Mesh error when joining Entrenchment game

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Hey guys, hopefully I can get some help here.  When joining a game in Entrenchment I receive an error saying something along the lines of "cannot join game because mesh files differ than host". 

 

Now I have uninstalled and re-installed....uninstalled, deleted the entire entrenchment folder and reinstalled and nothing has worked so far.   I was able to join a game in vanilla sins.

 

Any thoughts on how to fix this?  I downloaded through Impulse following what I believed to be typical procedures.

 

I didn't have any beta entrenchment stuff either.

 

Thanks for the help!

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Hi I have exactely the same problem....

 

It worked for entrench beta ..but since 1.0 it have not been working ....when joiniing entrench game ..

 

ay help would be apprectiated thx

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Same issue - updated Sins to latest hotfix of 1.15 then installed Entrenchment. Get a different version of mesh files error to other's who are hosting.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

And I can't change the name of the game when I want to host to see if people can connect to me...

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

OK - that was weird.

Impulse said Sins wasn't installed after I installed Entrenchment. Yet Entrenchment was opening and saying 1.01, so it MUST have been installed. After re-installing Sins, Entrenchment still says 1.01, but at least I can now change a game name.

Still don't know if I can join/host yet

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Blair, reply 1
Zip up your mesh folder and send it to support@ironcladgames.com.
End of Blair's quote

 

Done

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Zip up your mesh folder and send it to support@ironcladgames.com.
End of quote

 

done too

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

any news about this yet? i'm having the same problem and the person im connecting to is sitting about 10 feet away and the original version used to work fine.

Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top

follow the first response then

Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

Uninstall the game, and make sure you [Shift + Delete] the game folder from the install dir.
Furthermore, delete your game settings from:

  • Windows 7: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\user.setting
  • Vista: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\user.setting
  • XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\user.setting

Do not install from your CD. Download a copy of your game from Impulse. It will download, patch and install it all for you.

 

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Another possible solution:

Go into the application folder (right click in Impulse, select 'Open application folder'), and there are three different 'Mesh' folders. The first is in the root folder, and there may be two more, depending on which version of the game you have, in the \Entrenchment and \Diplomacy folders. Delete everything in those folders, then right click on the game(s) in Impulse, and select 'Verify Installation'. Impulse will check the integrity of the installed application, and an update should be made available in Impulse. This is not an update to a newer version, but simply Impulse using the update mechanism to replace the missing files. Once you complete the update, reboot your computer.