XML Doesn't show up and Galaxy/Particle Forge doesn't work

Hey,

I am new to the SoaSE forums. I am a pretty good modder for GalCiv2 and I just got this game. When I try to open up an XML file to mod the data inside of it, the file isn't in xml. It is in some other code. In addition, when I download the different forges, the files do not come in a zipped file but in one document.

I am running windows vista 64 bit

Has anyone ever had this problem and if so, how did you fix it?

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Sins modding isn't XML based. In the forge tools download archive there's a Reference Data folder which contains the text versions of all the relevant and moddable files the game uses - you can just open those with notepad and start modding.

Galaxy/Particle forges require .NET 2.0 framework or later for the executables, and I *think* Particle Forge needs to be run out of the root Sins installation folder because it needs some of the game's resources.

Hope this helps a bit.. if you have any more troubles, feel free to post

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Thanks,

Ill definitely try that.

Since xml is in many games that I play I thought that it would be in this one to.

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Also in the forge tools archive is a Documentation folder that has some tutorials, think there's an advanced one for importing XSI models, but the sins_modset.pdf goes over the basics of Sins modding and runs you through some basic things.

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Oh yeah and also, there is no "Mods" button in the options screen. Is this a normal thing and you just need to enable something or is this a serious problem.

I had to create my own mods folder, but in the game there was no mods section.

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You need to update the game. v1.0 has no mod support, it was added in 1.02

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