No, err, "anything" problem

Where did you put the mod? See http://soase.weebly.com/placing-mods.html.

Even if you placed the mod in the games root directory reinstalling should have fixed it.

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I put the mod in the mod folder with the rest, but I didn't enable it. I'm familiar with mods, so 'm pretty positive that wasn't the issue. I was just hoping throwing that out would be of some help, since I was reluctant to ask stardock. They just got done helping me not two days ago, so I was hoping for help from the community. Kinda feel like I'm bugging them, but I guess there's no other choice.

Thanks anyways.

We don't mind, that's what we're here for.

Thanks man. I sent a ticket, but in the meantime (since it may be a while until they get back to me) does anyone else have any useful advice or theories? I'm really open to anything.

is there any translucent colour visible, or perhaps a screenshot to help us help you

harpo

I'm about to turn in for the night (came back to check any responses), but I can get you a screen shot of the main menu and in-game pretty quick, though.

wnything that can help us help solve the problem is worthwhile

harpo

Alright, here's the line-up.

Here is the Main Menu, and as you can see, for some reason, no background of space, planets or stars appear. It's just black.

This is the planet (or rather, lack there of) zoomed up all the way.

A second planet shot, moved to show it's position in relation to the main system star. Still nothing.

This is a zoom up on two scout ships (forget what Advent calls them) in the front, and a frigate and capital ship factory both directly behind them. All invisible.

Zoomed out shot of the entire system. As you can see, the icons are still working fine and well, as are the menu features, mods, options, and other aspects. I can, for what it's worth, still click stuff, and hear the response sounds you get for clicking them. However, as you can again see, even the space "wallpaper" with the teeny-tiny stars are gone. It's just this big nothingness.

Hope this helps.

have you tried a verify installation in impulse?, (btw to do this you need to hold the shift key down when you right-mouse click on your diplomacy/entrenchment/sins to get the menu with the verify instalation)

and do any other games missbehave?

harpo

3d engine being toasty while the icons display, that's impressive.

Did you perchance install new drivers?

I verified (didn't know I could do that), but it didn't fix it. And this doesn't affect any other game of mine. Haven't installed any new hardware of any kind. I did recently try updating the video card, but that didn't work either. I still really do appreciate all the helpful suggestions.

typhylo, is the problem only in diplomacy or is it in entrenchment  & vanilla sins as well?

harpo

I believe it affects Sins and the expansions as a whole. I have only tested it with Diplomacy, then Entrenchment (to see if it was still there, which it was), so I assumed it would be on vanilla Sins too.

and what changes were made to the computer from when it was working  and the problem happened?

harpo

something happened there. got restore points for windows?

Use driver sweeper to clean up your video drivers and reinstall them fresh.  I'd say go ahead and redo DirectX too..