When you start the Galaxy Forge tool, you begin with a default map already setup with the following: You will be greeted by the following screen (pictured right). Once you've downloaded and extracted the tool, open up Galaxy Forge.exe.

You can get a copy of the tools from the Sins of a Solar Empire website on the Downloads Page. To start, make sure you have the Galaxy Forge tool downloaded to your PC. So you can install this on virtually any machine, even that old Pentium III you have stashed in the closet. Galaxy Forge is a stand-alone tool that does not use the main game to run. Save early and often to make sure you don't accidentally delete something you've spent hours tweaking and customizing.

WARNING: The editor has no undo feature, so be careful when you move elements or make any changes. So, to get everyone up to speed as quickly as possible creating great maps to share with the community, I've created this short guide to building a complete map from start to finish. While Galaxy Forge is incredibly easy to use for the amount of control it gives you, it's not fully an end-user-friendly tool. Galaxy Forge is a WYSIWYG editor, so placing planets, phase lanes, stars and more is as easy as a few clicks of the mouse. Do you want a multistar map with strategic choke points and no pirate base? No problem, just create it in Galaxy Forge and load it in the game. You can build a map to your exact specifications. Part of the Forge Tools suite used by Ironclad Games to develop content for Sins of a Solar Empire, Galaxy Forge is a map editor tool that allows you to place stars, planets, travel lanes and more. Galaxy Forge is the answer to that problem. If you want to hand-craft your map, the in-game tools won't meet your needs. You can't set how many militia forces are stationed there, or whether or not it's a homeworld, or if it's a pirate base. You can't choose, for example, where you want a planet to be placed, or what you want it to connect to. Unfortunately, the in-game designer doesn't give you complete control. You can even share and distribute the map to friends, either via the Sins of a Solar Empire site, or directly in online multiplayer matches. Set your preferred planets, stars, distances etc and have the game automatically generate a map based on your choices. To start you off, Sins comes with dozens of pre-built maps, 3 sizes of randomized maps and a sophisticated in-game map generator that lets you define virtually every aspect of a map. Games can last hours, weeks or even months. Sins of a Solar Empire is an incredibly robust RT4X strategy game that allows you to grow your empire and conquer the galaxy. Note: Download the example map that accompanies this tutorial here.

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