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 INFORMATION
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 Title     : SINSounds - GurkoZ Sins of a solar Empire Sound Modification
 Version   : 1.0
 Filename  : gurkoz_sinsounds_v10.zip
 Supports  : Sins of a solar Empire v1.5+
 Base Used : Sins of a solar Empire v1.5
 Date      : 2008-07-29
 Author    : GurkoZ
 Email     : gurkoz@gurkoz.com
 Website   : http://www.gurkoz.com

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 DESCRIPTION
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 This is a sound replacement mod with the focus on weapons and explosions.
 It replaces just about all the sounds used ingame with new enhanced
 versions. Things that was left out where either voice acting or effects
 that already contained high quality.

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 FEATURES
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 - EXPLOSION SOUNDS
   New explosion sounds all ranging from small ship, installations to
   big capital ship explosions with a longer duration to better match
   up the visual experience.

 - CRITICAL HIT SOUNDS
   New critical hit sounds to really let you know when a ship is in 
   trouble.

 - WEAPON SOUNDS
   New beefed up weapon sounds for all weapons and installations.
   All sounds still trying to uphold the feeling of quality towards each
   race.

 - WEAPON IMPACT SOUNDS
   New impact sounds for all weapons making a clearer message about
   when things are actually hitting.

 - ENGINE SOUNDS
   New sounds for all ships engines.
   Different characteristics for each race.

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 AUTHORS NOTE
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 I always felt that the sound in this game where a little lacking. 
 To me, all the sounds where a bit too much muffled. I can see why the
 developers took this approach since it should convey the feeling of a
 grand scale battle. I personally didn't like it and that is really the
 reason why i made this mod. These new sounds should be somewhat clearer
 and hopefully enhance the experience of participating in a massive battle!

 Hope you will like it!

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 INSTALL / UNINSTALL
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 1. Locate your mod folder. 
    Start the game and use the "Show modpath" feature from the ingame 
    options menu. This will tell you where your mods will be placed.

 2. Unzip the contents of this mod to your mod folder in your modpath.
    The result should be something like this...
    C:\..\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods\gurkoz\

 3. Enable the mod.
    Start the game and open the mods section of the options menu.
    Select the "gurkoz" mod in the list of mods and click enable.
    You can also check the "load at startup" for future autoload.

 4. Crank up the volume and Play!

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 * To uninstall the mod just delete the folder in your modpath.

 * To merge this mod with your current enabled mod just unzip the 
   containing folders in your existing mod path.

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 COMPATABILITY WITH FUTURE VERSIONS
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 Since this mod is based on the sole purpose of just replacing resource 
 files and not altering any game-files, i am fairly convinced that it will 
 be fully compatible with future versions. It might even be compatible
 with versions prior to v1.05 but i leave that up to you to find out.

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 CREDITS
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 * gurkoz

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 BETA AND QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTERS
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 * Automan
 * PiP
 * MaD

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 DISCLAMER AND DISTRIBUTION PERMISSIONS
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 This software is distributed 'as is'. 
 I am not responsible for any damage or modification this mod does to your 
 hardware or software, if you play Sins of a solar Empire you ought to be
 tough enough to pick up the pieces yourself and to take full 
 responsibility for your own actions as a galactic conqueror.

 GurkoZ is not responsible for any harm or psychological affects, 
 loss of hearing, fatigue or general irresponsibility from playing with 
 this new mod. This thingy is 100% safe and tested, so you should have no
 trouble with it. But if you do, please don't blame me.

 GurkoZ SINSounds mod is freeware and can be distributed freely as long as
 the zip and it's content is not modified. If your looking to include this
 mod in your own or a collection, please contact me first. Or at least
 leave some kind of credit.

 I am doing this just for kicks and to honor a great game like this and i
 hope you will enjoy this new experience. Comments are always welcome!
