If you installing the mod for the first time. Download the Full Install. THEN the patch. The patch will contain alot if not all of the same files. Reason being we may require you to delete files/folders(to get rid of older files that are broken or not used anymore) There is a README and/or DELETETHESEFIRST file you need to read. You will need to patch 0.095 to 0.0951 to play on the lastest Entrechment version.

Beta 0.9951 Release:
Beta 0.995 Patch from 0.995 to 0.9951:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.9951_Patch_[36672852].7z
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.995_[36672790].7z
To play with 1.051 you must patch from v0.995 to 0.9951 with the above Patch!

The problem is that you say that I need to patch to 0.0951 but in neither the full download or the patch file do I see a program to do this. The readme files in both downloads only tell me where to drop the files but as they wont work without this patch being installed then I dont see what the purpose of the patch download is.

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There not gonna be a program. The patch contains updated/fixed/tweaked/whatever files we changed to make it work with 1.051. You have to patch it manually. Which is as simple as dragging and dropping. And letting Windows copy over the older files.

If you read the advance instructions(the link is on the OP) it tells you how to patch the mod and install the mod.

Hey,

First I want to say great mod, I love it. Sad thing was that it would crash every 30 minutes with high settings because of the 2GB RAM issue. I solved this by using a program called "CFF Explorer" (http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php).

You open the desired executable (SoaSE Dip in this case) with CFF Explorer, go to the "File Header" and you'll see a sheet and at the bottom is "Characteristics" and all the way to the right of that should be a highlighted box saying "click me". When you click it another window will come up and most of them are unchecked, if you look through it one will be called "App can handle >2gb addressest" (it should be unchecked when you open it) and check that  box in, press "OK" and exit the program.

TLDR: Right click SoaSE exe> open with CFF Explorer > File Header > Characteristics (click me box) > check "App can handle >2gb addressest"

I have been playing without any crashes after this fix with all highest settings (I have used it for Fallout 3 as well). I'm also using Windows 7 x64, but I think this should work for everyone that has more than 2GB of RAM available. Enjoy

- AdverseCharity

Although different program, I did something similar to Supreme Commander. Although it's not a true solution to the optimization problems, it does help extend gameplay and reduce lag. Probably not a bad idea for those with 5+ gigs.

Of course, I have Vista. Not sure if that option is open to me.

More specifically, you're referring to Large Address Aware which has been covered a number of times already.  In simplest terms I can think of, think of street addresses for houses.  Your house address may have 2 numbers, it may have 3 numbers, it may have 4 number, or it may have 5 numbers, possibly more.

32 bit systems and programs such as Sins recognize RAM addresses such as 6 elm street, 34 pine avenue, and 447 easy street. Then you hit your 2 gig address limit.  So everything is crammed in down in the downtown section of your RAM because those are the only address they know about and can read.  When those addresses all fill up, you've got no where to go and you crash.

However, large address aware lets programs know that there are more addresses then that.  They find themselves a nice real estate agent and they get shown that there is more then just the busy downtown addresses.  The LAA real estate agency says hey look at what we have over here, such as 7533 evergreen terrace, and 18639 park place, or even higher, and should they need the room so the little bits can play in the yard on a not so busy street, they can move there.  (everything over that 2 gig address limit)  This option will NOT work for anyone using a 32 bit OS.  The OS itself is restricted to the downtown part and will not let programs relocate to the suburbs unless it get's to as well but since it can't, it doesn't let anyone else go.  Damn communist OS. 

LAA does not let the program use any more RAM then it could before, you're not moving from the downtown section to the suburbs and keeping both places to use.  When you move, you move.  You're not getting a bigger house then you had before either, you're just getting away from the clutter and cramped space of the lower downtown addresses.  LAA is not the silver bullet people want to believe it is.  While on a 64 bit OS you see improvement because the game ends up not competing for space, it's still limited in how much space it can take up.  It's a 32 bit program so it can still only use 2 gig max of RAM.  The real solution is to rewrite the executable into a 64 bit version.  Then it will use up however much free RAM your system has available.  But again, 32 bit systems gain nothing.

I like the pool metaphor better.

Oh yeah, this one...  https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335474/page/111/#2571696

I'm just going to keep using as many different metaphors as I can until people stop recommending LAA as the solution, since it's not.  I should probably chronicle all of my metaphors on the wiki so I know which one's I've done before.  What should I use next?  Seats on a bus?

Women at a bar

I know it doesn't solve "solve" the issue, however it allows me to play without crashing the game, at all. So those with powerful machines with x64 software can crank their settings back up without fear of constant crashes.

Glad it helps you out, but to be fair though, you did kind of put it out there to everyone that it was "the" fix without noting any of the limitations, which required some pre-damage control by adding the LAA disclaimer/lesson noting that it isn't a fix...  Just a band-aid of sorts for those who have machines capable of taking advantage of it.

It's kind of important to note the limitations to these things so you don't get a hundred people trying it and then coming back complaining that it didn't work for them when you could have told them right from the beginning before they even tried it that it wasn't going to work for them.  Prevents everyone from getting a big headache, ya know?  ;]

Happy Hunting.

                                      -The Lore Jerk 

Just a quick question regarding the 0.7 release for Diplo 1.011:

I downloaded it, have it working great etc etc. I noticed a few small bugs (more like typos and such) and went to your forum to report, but noticed that nobody was reporting them for diplomacy. Was I looking in the wrong place, or is it just that nobody plays it on diplo? 

Right place, people play, just no one reports...  So report away.

Eh, tried to, kept giving me an error upon trying to post.

"Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 't found an upgrade yet that says anything for starbases other than 4 commas. As ' at line 1"

I dunno.  here's the report I made anyways, in case they check here.

"Playing in Diplo 1.011. All upgrades that affect starbases, instead of saying "Starbases Affected: Argonev(or All)" it says "Starbases Affected: ,,,,". I haven't found an upgrade yet that says anything for starbases other than 4 commas. As well the description for the Takyon generator does not fit in the description box - it cuts off."