the actual expansions are installed by the impulse downloader into subfolders of the game's install folder (usually the program files\stardock games\sins of a solar empire), theere is no way that I know for zips of the expansions to be downloaded & installed into the mods- folders.

do not try to use entrenchment & diplomacy mods in vanilla sins as the modding structure was significantly changed with the release of entrenchment & diplomacy, BUT the vanilla sins structure is the same ie NEEDING ALL FILES IN THE MOD, whereas entrenchment & diplomacy because of the manifest files only NEED the changed files.

due to these MAJOR differences any mod from an expansion WILL minidump(error) when attempting to use in vanilla sins.

hope this info helps

harpo

ok i downloaded the expansions from a modding company is what im trying to say i then unzipped the expansions into the vanilla's mod folder so how do i use them instead of the vanilla

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/sins_mods
thisis the website i got the expansions from

the only way(s) that I know of to get the actual expansions are

1 buy them from the impulse website

2 buy sins of a solar empire trinity at a game shop, then use impulse to update to current.

any other method is as I see it PIRACY, and you should email all details to support@stardock.com who are the publishers.

BUT if you are talking about mods for the expansions as are available from wincustomise and others, then you NEED the expansions so that you can play the mod(s), and back to the top of the reply.

harpo

problem was the expansions were on wincustomize as mods themselves as well as the vanilla version

No the expansions are not in the wincustomize mod section.  Those are reference files to help modders out.  You have to buy the expansions from the impulse website that wincustomize links to at the bottom of the shop page.  When you buy each of the expansions you'll get an email telling you how to activate them on your impulse program that you used to update sins to not only download, but also install the expansions.

assuming you are refering to the myfist0 sourced REFERENCE files, they are TEXTED copies of the entity files AND DO NOT include the NEEDED exe's dll's etc. the myfist0 files are a MODDERs resource for people that want to make their own mods and ARE NOT complete copies of the expansions, also I have uploaded copies of the TEXTED reference files for sins 1.191, entrenchment 1.051 & diplomacy 1.011 and there IS NO WAY that any person can convert the reference files into the full expansion due to the MISSING exe's, dll's etc because in my own ones I particularly DELETED ALL movies, sounds exe's dll's ocx's appdata,font etc, just leaving the entity, manifest, mesh, brushes, galaxy, particle, str, window, brushanimations, constants, gameeventdata, sounddata and manifest files.

edit thanks stant you beat me to it, but I was doublechecking which files & folders were in them

harpo

where to download the patch???

Start your game and on the main menu, click update.  Your game will exit, impulse will start.  Impulse will update itself and restart if you haven't used it in a while.  Click on 'My Games' and it'll show you your copy of Sins and tell you if there is an update available.  From there, just click update and impulse will do all of the work.

The damm patch download on Impulse is not working properly. It stops downloading at 95% and then after another 10 min tells me there is an unknown error. Please can somebody sort this out urgently? I want to start playing my new game!

lucasfer, the best advice is to email support@stardock.com with all system details and specifications eg windows version & whether x86 OR 64 bit , internet connection type and speed, cpu, amount of ram, amount of free disc space on your primary hdd, antivirus & firewall and ASK for help.

harpo

how do i download the update or whatever?

WHOA, what do resurrect an extremely old thread.  Google Impulse, install said Impulse, click update button.

the answer is impulse.

just add the registration code to impulse and it should offer the updates.

harpo

I just bought Trinity at a Target store....now How do I update my game to v1.191 so I can play the Mod SoA2

Also I do not have internet on the computer I installed Sins on, so How do I register with Impulse