That will not fly to well with assorted mods.

Maps call info from the GameInfo\GalaxyScenarioDef which in most mods will be radically different. It could work if you stick to editing the standard planets and the mod did not rename or remove the standard planets. Don't try creating templates.

I said it depends on the mod. Increasing the extractors for example probably wouldn't crash most mods, but many large mods make other adjustments to planets. So you'll be missing out with certain changes from that (Like planet abilities from distant stars). Other mods like SoaGE could be totally broken by using this minimod.

Your tweaks to hangar defenses should have worked. You must of either screwed something up in the file (I.e. not just changed the number, or changed the wrong line) or used bad reference files (maybe you accidentally used the Diplomacy references files instead of Rebellion's).

I think you mean Requiem no? If you release something yes you need permission. I don't think anyone cares if you tweak things and just keep it for yourself. Just don't expect any help from the mod creators. It's usually a "mod at your own risk" kind of thing.

anyone had luck adding a 4 race the faction select screen for rebellion?  Any examples would be nice so I can base off where to start my own. Thanks! 

With a personal mod I've been working on since Rebellion came out, I currently have 4 races ingame. Two are just the Advent and Vasari, who have been left in just for testing purposes, but the other two are new.

Basically,making a new race is exactly the same as in Trinity, but now we've got the new race select screen to fiddle with too. (Which is good fun.) Get the latest reference files or something, and copy the RaceSelectDialog.window from the Window folder into your mod, and have a look at how it is setup.

I simply copied the TEC entry, altered the strings and icons and such, as well as making sure the next/previous race icons were adjusted to show the correct next race on each entry.

I also couldn't figure out what was wrong for ages, so used to Trinity, but eventually I found the correct file and fixed it.

I have not seen it myself but I assure you it is possible. I intend to do it eventually.

I didn't look at the file because I'd rather not download something (use pastebin if possible), but I'm 99% certain you have "isChannelling" set to TRUE, which causes any order to stop the ability.

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Ok so im sorry but the tutorial didnt explain well but i got a ship with 12 engines how would the naming go for the mesh null points? 

ah fail i did P0010 hehe

Please help.
I'm confused with the number of weapons Points in the game and the number of trunks points 

  enum {MaxNumWeapons = 3};
enum {MaxWeaponPointCount = 20}; //per weapon per bank (so 3 * 4 * 20 = 240 total)

1)  MaxNumWeapons  -These are the types of weapons (laser \ plasma \ torpedoes)?

 This restriction on the types of weapons for the nation? or for a single ship?

 2) MaxWeaponPointCount - Installation point weapons at the model (P001, P002, etc )?

 Possible install 20 turrets???

3)What does the number 4 in the formula - 3 * 4 * 20 = 240 total ? side of the ship ( front, left , etc) ?

In general:

1)What amount of weapons points can be mounted on one ship ?

2)What is the limit on the weapon's trunks? 

I beg to explain in detail. 

English is not my native language -  i apologize.
I meant the gun barrels, you understood me correctly

Very grateful for the detailed answer.
You have confirmed my suppositions.

 I fully agree with you here.
I do not plan to use the all 3 * 4 * 20  on single ship  

Wanted to just understand the limits of

First off, a thank you to everyone who has posted modding guides and information. Its been a big help in getting into modding this game.

Some background: I have the latest (1.1) version of Rebellion and am using harpo's reference files. The mod I'm working on is somewhere around 400 .entity files and aside from the occasional hiccup of forgetting to update numEntityModifiers from 2 to 3, the mod has been working flawlessly. However I haven't added any new entity files: All of the ones I'm using were present in the reference files, meaning AbilityRepairDroids is still AbilityRepairDroids and so forth.

Yesterday I tried creating my own ability from scratch. I followed all the sensible steps: Copy an existing ability and buff set, rename the files, modify the contents into the new ability, create new strings and point to them. Double and triple checking confirmed the new .entity files were functional and doing exactly what they should be.

Launch the game and Sins crashes, Dev.exe spits out the line "Entity Ref not found: AbilityNewAbility" which is odd because its not the same as "Failed to find data file 'AbilityName.entity'." that it does when it can't find the file. I did some testing and confirmed the new ability and buff files are present in the directory, are not spelled incorrectly and have no errors in them. I seem to get the Entity Ref error for any entity that didn't ship with the game whether or not the files are present.

This occurs when I try to create and point to any new abilities, buffs, research items, etc. Searching the internet, these forums and various wikis/etc. didn't mention any solutions to this or steps I had missed but it feels like I am.

So my questions: What is an Entity Ref and why is it not recognizing new entities? Is there a master reference of all entity files that I need to expand when I create new ones? Or is Rebellion 1.1 already at some sort of hardcoded entity cap?

Any help is appreciated.

Ah ha, that's what I was looking for. Thank you for the quick reply!