How to add a custom scenario (that works)?

[Rewasvat]

I'm trying to use SolarForge to create a custom map for playing, but having a lot of problems being able to use it in-game/play it.

First, there's no documentation or anything about how to add the scenario to the game. I got another custom scenario from the mod-portal, found its files in the disk, then copied the mod folder to the AppData/Local/sins2/mods/ folder.

Opened all files inside and changed them accordingly (mod name, description, etc).

I changed the .scenario file in the scenarios/ folder with my own that SolarForge created. Then in-game, enable my local mod.

The new scenario appears in the list of maps, but its description is kinda incomplete:

But I can live with that. The problem is trying to play it. Just creating a game in it shows this:

So no skybox, all models (ships, planets, etc) are super white and that error/warning message...

How can I fix this and play my own custom scenarios?

[jseward]

Please post your log file and the first error you encounter. Also post a link to the mod on mod.io or a .zip mod here so we can debug, thanks.

[Rewasvat]

The instructions on https://github.com/IroncladGames/tools/blob/main/docs/making_a_custom_scenario.md solved it.

Had to set the skybox_random and bake the map.

What I found weird with those instructions is:

• The drop_in_scenario folder method didn't work, used as a mod, as I was trying previously.
• How do we see the game version? The readme says 28.6 for drop_in_scenario method, 28.4 for mods. If I check properties on Sins2.exe, it says version (file/product) is 28.3.0.0... So it shouldn't work, but it does work (using mods). And there's no updates to the game in steam.

[jseward]

Thanks for update, the version of the game is on the bottom right of the screen when you load the game.