Sins of a Solar Empire cheats for PC
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Achievements
Complete the following achievements to unlock Microsoft Gamerscore points.
Achievement - How to unlock
Acolyte - Win the game an Advent player.
Actually HAL, I can do that - Win the game by yourself against at least four hard AI players.
Advent Fleet Diversification - Have atleast one of every Advent Capital Ship built at the same time.
Advent Harmony Researcher - Research every subject in the Harmony Tree while researching no subjects in the Hostility Tree.
Advent Hostility Researcher - Research every subject in the Hostility Tree while researching no subjects in the Harmony Tree.
Anti-Globalization - Destroy 100 trade ships.
Archaeologist - Find and own every artifact at the same time.
Best Defense is a Good Offense - Win the game without building any Tactical Structures.
Capital Ship Armada - Own the maximum number of Capital Ships possible. Your fleet research must also be at max level.
Capital Ship Assassin - Destroy 30 enemy capital ships.
Capital Ship Captain - Get a Capital Ship to maximum experience level.
Colonizer - Have 30 planets colonized at the same time.
Comp Stomper - Win the game by yourself against at least three hard AI players.
Crystal Lender - Give 20,000 Crystal to other players.
Crystal Merchant - Sell 10,000 Crystal directly to the Black Market.
Crystal Miner - Collect 35,000 Crstal from resource extractors.
Crystal Speculator - Buy 10,000 Crystal from the Black Market.
Dead Canaries - Destroy 50 refinery ships.
Ensign - Win the game as a TEC player.
Escape from Max - Travel through a wormhole to discover where it leads to.
Expert Bombardier - Do 15,750 damage to planets.
Export Maven - Collect 20,000 Credits from trade ships.
Family Planning - Your empire must support at least 6,000 population at once.
Fear the Icebergs - Win the game without building any Capital Ships.
Frigate Killer - Destroy 1,000 enemy frigates.
Go Big or Go Home - Win the game without building and Frigates or Cruisers.
He's no good to me dead - Spend 66,000 credits increasing the bounty on other players.
Initiate - Win the game as Vasari player.
Master of any Domain - Win the game as a Random player.
Metal Lender - Give 20,000 Metal to other players.
Metal Merchant - Sell 10,000 Metal directly to the Black Market.
Metal Miner - Collect 35,000 Metal from Resource extractors.
Metal Speculator - Buy 10,000 Metal from the Black Market.
Money Lender - Give 25,000 Credits to other players.
Mutual Trader - Form a Trade Alliance with another player.
No Exhaust Port Found - Win the game without building any strike craft.
Outstanding Resume - Complete at least 30 missions.
Pacifist - Form a Peace Treaty with another player.
Pilot's Bane - Destroy enemy fighter craft.
Pirate Baron - Colonize a Pirate base.
Pirate Exterminator - Destroy 1,000 pirate ships.
Planet Visionary - Form an Planet Vision alliance with another player.
Plug Puller - Win the game by yourself against at least one hard AI player.
Pop Idol - Spread your culture to 75% of the galaxy.
Refining Magnate - Collect 20,000 Metal or Crystal from refinery ships.
Resource Opportunist - Gain 15,000 Credits from other players buying up your resources.
Road to Peace - Form a Cease Fire with another player.
Ship Swarm - Own the maximum number of ships possible. Your fleet research must also be at max level.
Ship Visionary - Form a Ship Vision alliance with another Player.
Space Ponies - Um... What?
Squadron Leader - Own at least 100 Squadrons at once.
Star Explorer - Travel to another star system.
Tax Collector - Collect 200,000 Credits from taxes.
TEC Civilian Researcher - Research every subject in the Civilian Tree while researching no subjects in the Military Tree.
TEC Fleet Diversification - Have atleast one of every TEC Capital Ship built at the same time.
TEC Military Researcher - Research every subject in the Military Tree while researching no subjects in the Civilian Tree.
Toaster Roaster - Win the game by yourself against at least two hard AI players.
Union Buster - Destroy 50 construction ships.
Vasari Empire Researcher - Research every subject in the Empire Tree while researching no subjects in the Warfare Tree.
Vasari Fleet Diversification - Have atleast one of every Vasari Capital Ship built at the same time.
Vasari Warfare Researcher - Research every subject in the Warfare Tree while researching no subjects in the Empire Tree.
World Builder - Create your own custom galaxy and preview the results.
Wrecking Crew - Destroy 200 enemy planet structures.
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Game modding
Note: Improper tinkering of game files may cause problems with the installation; proceed at your own risk.
Look for your game's installation path. (Normally its in C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire) Look for the galaxy folder.
Within the "Galaxy" folder, you'll see all sorts of systems from the game, tutorials, and more. Right-click on any file in the "Galaxy" folder and open it with Notepad. You should see the following string at the top of the text file:
* homeplanetupgradelevel: population
* homeplanetupgradelevel: civilianmodules
* homeplanetupgradelevel: tacticalmodules
* homeplanetupgradelevel: home
* homeplanetupgradelevel: artifactlevel
* homeplanetupgradelevel: infrastructure
These strings mean different things, and represent upgrade choices that can increase tactical capacity, population, and more. Here's what they mean specifically:
* population = civilian infrastructure
* civilian modules = logistics capacity
* tactical modules = tactical capacity
* home = capital planet (default when you start a game, cannot change)
* artifact level = exploration (already at max when you start a game)
* infrastructure = emergency facilities
If you head back to the same text file and scroll to the very bottom, you'll find a section that starts with "playercount [#]". You should find it right after the section describing the phase line connections. The section starting with "player 0" represents you. The three strings "startingcredits", "startingmetal", and "startingcrystal" are values of your starting material that can each be changed to a maximum of 9999. Change those values freely.
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Stealing Resources
1. Start a new game and play as usual, giving the other empires time to build up their resources.
2. When you're ready to steal resources (as you're running low on resources yourself), save your game, quit, and then reload another empire to play as.
3. Once you have loaded your alternate empire, go to the Diplomacy menu. Send the resources from this empire to your "normal", default empire.
4. Save the game, quit, and reload your original empire. The resources sent from the alternate empire should now be there -- you can repeat this as much as you want.
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