actually i found that last night after an hour of tinkering. im on win 7 32 bit windows. mines the Trinity version of sins so that might be it or something was missing from the prog when i downloaded it, dosnt seem to have sinreg.txt file so gonna DL from both sources and try again.

nope still not working, i know where to find the registry files for the sins i have installed 'Trinity' but not how to make the prog look there or dose it not recognise my version.

there IS NO sinreg.txt in ANY of my utilities, the closest is sinsref.txt that is used in the textbinner and sins stringer ONLY, and it points to your reference files area only.

all on my utilities use the registry paths from the original information that was posted for the complete removeal for re-installing sins/entrenchment/diplomacy

 C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire (or where ever you installed the game)(and copy it into the paste buffer

Then launch the System Registry (Start-> run, and type regedit)
Look for and edit the path value in the following Keys;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sins
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sinsentrench
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sinsdiplo

For Vista 64 bit and windows 7 64bit;
HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sins
HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sinsentrench
HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sinsdiplo

my utilities ONLY look at the sins path and assume the expansions are in subdirectories of the sins install, and only uses the path as  fallback to find the convertdataEXPANSION.exe.

the mod updater uses the standard location of mods ie

assuming you have sins 1.191/entrenchment 1.051/diplomacy 1.01,  the Mods NEED to be placed here for xp
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-v1.191
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.051
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Diplomacy v1.011

or here for vista/windows 7
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-v1.191
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.051
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Diplomacy v1.011

NOTE the first two folders after the 'user name' are hidden , so to see them you must first click on 'tools' then 'folder options', then 'view', then click on 'show hidden files& folders' then click ok, then you will be able to browse your want to the folder. I suggest when you find the folder that you create a shortcut to it on the desktop

NOTE 2 the 'user name' in the above paths is your WINDOWS login user name, eg Administrator

note 3 the c:\ actually refers to the drive letter that windows is installed on (usually C:, but I have seen it as high as L:)

and for trinity it is the same paths

harpo

ah now I understand. I made a shortcut so I could unzip/paste mods easyer ages ago.

thanx for the help.

course if I still cant do it then I'm a idiot.

ive done

C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire (or where ever you installed the game)(and copy it into the paste buffer

Then launch the System Registry (Start-> run, and type regedit)
Look for and edit the path value in the following Keys;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sins
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sinsentrench
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sinsdiplo

though my ones HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\stardock\drengin.net\sinstrinity

it still says it cant find the right version... unless you want me to reinstall it i dont get why its not working.

all of my utilities USE the following registry key (for 32bit)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sins

 or (for 64bit)

HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sins

and the path value in the registry key as I had started writing them either during the beta of entrenchment of early days of entrenchment I did NOT know of the trinity key which at that time did not exist, so create the sins and copy your sinstrinity values over and it then should work.

harpo

Is there any plans to update the mod converter to Diplomacy 1.2, or is it included with another pack already?

the mod updater for 1.2 diplomacy is undergoing tests at the moment, so that I can give the correct instructions for updating mods and so that the mod updater correctly updates all mods.

harpo

have uploaded the latest dip 1.21 compatible versions(link is the third in the op), just remember to run the manifest maker on the mods you update with the updater as there are several changes in the manifests

harpo

I recently reinstalled Diplomacy onto my PC and I tried to activate an old mod I had. The only problem is that the mod is for 1.011 and I have 1.21. I saw this converter and I have been working with it for the majority of the past day or so and I still have yet to get it to work...  My most recent error has been "Run-time error '76': Path not found" This only happens when I work with the updater, I did go through and use the manifest maker for the mod folder like you said in your directions. This is my first time ever having an issue with a mod, so I'm sorry about my noob ways.

sierra_54 , which windows are you running, and do you have vanilla sins/entrenchment/diplomacy, or is it trinity?

if trinity the text bin gui AND the mod updater do not know the path to the trinity files, but look to the following registry points to find the path to the sins install

32 bit windows

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sins\path

64 bit windows

HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sins\path

with the path at the end being a string value containing the actual path to the sins install

, and another thought for the path not found is if you did not extract ALL the files into one folder, as the program assumes that all the update instructions, AND the older convertdata's ARE in the SAME folder as the exe( and the reason for the old convertdata's is that EACH version has a different convert pattern that is NOT compatable with older OR later convertdata's OR from different expansions.

hope this helps

harpo

Run-time error '75':

Path/File acces error

Wtf ??

nic40000, some questions that will help me to help you

(1)which windows are you running it on, ?

(2)did you extract ALL the files in the archive to a single folder?

(3) which sins installation  type is it ie (sins/entrenchment/diplomacy OR trinity)?

harpo

Im on Xp everything is in a single folder sins vanilla and entrenchement are both instaled  but what are you calling the archive and i must extract the file in a random folder ?

the archive is the rar that you downloaded that has all of my utilities in it. it is a good idea to have each program in it's own folder, and in the case of my utilities they ONLY READ the registry, and have no other parts loaded anywhere else, so to un-install all you have to do is DELETE the folder and any shortcuts that you created.

the path error might be for the diplomacy mod path, but without diplomacy having been run the mod-diplomacy v#.### folder(s) would not have been created, so should not be the problem(assuming the mod updater)

if it was the textbin gui that gave the error then it might be the reference folder location that is stored in the sinsref.txt, then just delete the sinsref.txt file and it should be good to go.

harpo

Thanks i will try .

I have just finished adding the trinity friendly code to all of my utilities that needed it( ie all other than the map updater)(just took ONE day to figure out what was happning in the trinity only installs, then design and test the code to fix the problem, and added a little indicator if the program is running on a Trinity ONLY installation)

 and am uploading to both my filefactory and dropbox, and will add the links in the morning my time..

harpo

utility pack updated in dropbox

and  filefactory

harpo

and an updated utility pack with the diplomacy 1.3 converter in filefactory

due to the LARGE number of changes in the playerRACE.entity files and also the manifests and the new pacts and research , I am suggesting that the mod updater should not be trusted to update mods to diplomacy 1.3.

harpo

Where is the faith? 

BTW, your link to the update in the OP is bad.

thanks for pointing the error out stant, the only mods that will work from the updater are either TC mods that do NOT use any stock files OR simple mods that do NOT have playerRACE.entity's OR manifests, but the manifest maker will fix the manifests

harpo

Not entirely sure why I'm getting this error:

I'm trying to update the Stars mod.

In info.txt:

win7, 64 bit ?True

C:\Users\Craig\AppData\Local
program locationC:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\
mods locationC:\Users\Craig\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\
localapps location C:\Users\Craig\AppData\Local
where run fromC:\Users\Craig\Desktop\test\

does 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\' exist ?True
does 'C:\Users\Craig\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\' exist ?True
does 'C:\Users\Craig\Desktop\test\' exist ?True
C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\
1.1.9.1

You're getting it because of this:

Because of this:

Your best bet is to wait for Aplos to update it, and that may take a couple days...

regarding the convertdatadiplomacy1.21.exe, I had forgotten to include it in the archive, but it IS in the previous version, and I have added it to the archive and am now uploading and will post a corrected archive link when it is available.

sstant, thanks for helping to support.

harpo

and  another corrected archive link now has the diplomacy 1.21 convertdata along with all other official patch release convertdatas since 1.15 sins and all the files needed for my utilities.

harpo

Can't seem to download it, I wait for 30 seconds, click the link and it times out. Can you provide a dropbox mirror or something else?