19-10-2004 23:35									#61
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quote: Originally posted by Mercator I'm pretty sure that's not true.

Whoops, you're right. I thought it was different.

	20-10-2004 03:45									#62
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Ok, I'm missing it. Merc, how is the event I posted different from your correction? Of course you're correct, but for some reason, I am just not seeing any difference.

Am I blind or something?

	20-10-2004 04:03									#63
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Incorrect:

@THEN
CHANGETERRAIN
TERRAINTYPE=5
MAPRECT=17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17
@ENDIF


Correct

@THEN
CHANGETERRAIN
TERRAINTYPE=5
MAPRECT
17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17
@ENDIF

	20-10-2004 19:16									#64
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Well, I tried that and it didn't work either.

I'm about to give up on the artillery and just remove them.

Everytime I try to make a changeterrain event, it gives me a events.txt error when I load it.

This is getting ridiculous. I only need to do 1 damn thing, and the program just isn't doing what it's supposed to do.



Here is the event;

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=A Battery
attacker=Russians
defender=Germans
@THEN
CHANGETERRAIN
TERRAINTYPE=5
MAPRECT
17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17
@ENDIF

	20-10-2004 20:16									#65
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quote: Originally posted by Exile Well, I tried that and it didn't work either. I'm about to give up on the artillery and just remove them. Everytime I try to make a changeterrain event, it gives me a events.txt error when I load it. This is getting ridiculous. I only need to do 1 damn thing, and the program just isn't doing what it's supposed to do. Here is the event; @IF UNITKILLED unit=A Battery attacker=Russians defender=Germans @THEN CHANGETERRAIN TERRAINTYPE=5 MAPRECT 17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17 @ENDIF

Sorry if I'm being obvious, but I just saw in the other thread that I sometimes should be!

Are your sure of the spelling of "A Battery" (Isn't it "A. Battery"?) , "Germans" and "Russians"??

And isn't your event file already full?

	21-10-2004 02:14									#66
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16.3 KB is just about the max for MGE event space. Check the text file properties.

Try just making the event in a blank scenario file using the event editor and see if it comes out different. In fact, copy the rules into the blank scenario folder before you use the event editor. Cyrion might be right, the unit name might be spelled wrong. I've gone back to the event editor time to time to make sure I've written the event in correctly. The computer will always dump in the correct info if only for that one specific event.

Also, this is a dumb question, but the tile coordinates are definately 17 by 17, right?

	21-10-2004 05:10									#67
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No, sorry. MGE has a 32 kb events "heap", whatever that is. ToT is 100kb.

	21-10-2004 05:56									#68
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quote: Originally posted by techumseh No, sorry. MGE has a 32 kb events "heap", whatever that is. ToT is 100kb.

Well I have a max of 16.3 KB file size for the text file itself. I don't know how that translates in the editor.

	21-10-2004 07:09									#69
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You may want to try the following logical sequence.

1. Delete 4-5 events or disable them with semi-colons. If that works, then you have a size problem.

2. If that doesn't work, simplify the problem event to

@IF
TURN
turn=XXXXXX
@THEN
CHANGETERRAIN
TERRAINTYPE=5
MAPRECT
17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17
@ENDIF

and fill in XXXXXX. If it works, that'll tell you that the problem is in the first part of the @IF.

3. If that doesn't work, I have no more ideas.

	21-10-2004 09:25									#70
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Finally got it to change terrain. No idea what the difference was between the initial version and the successful version. It's a mystery.

The coordinates are correct. The spelling of the unit names is correct. I don't use the event editor. I only do events manually.

But now I can't get the specified unit to appear where the artillery unit was.

Brian, I think you're right about not being able to do this. I even took your advice literally and changed the terrain to ocean to see if that was the trick. I can't get the Russian unit to appear in any of the three squares.

	21-10-2004 23:31									#71
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Maybe it's the UnitKilled that really causes the problems.

Both techumseh and Cyrion fixed the CreateUnit by delaying it. Maybe the ChangeTerrain isn't really necessary at all, maybe it's simply a problem with the UnitKilled event, or rather the square that unit was on, on the turn it happened.

	30-10-2004 15:39									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Exile Have you got an SU-76 graphic around somewhere? It'd be more appropriate if so. *HINT*

Here you go:

	18-12-2004 01:54									#73
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I forgot about this project until recently. Was it ever released?

	18-12-2004 02:36									#74
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I don't think so. Either way, I wanna play it!

	18-12-2004 03:33									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Exile But now I can't get the specified unit to appear where the artillery unit was.

I hope my understanding isn't too simplistic, but are you trying to use the same event trigger for both the ChangeTerrain and CreateUnit actions in a single statement? If so, I think you'll be stymied by the order of execution. CT occurs after CU.

	30-01-2005 03:58									#76
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About to be released.

Soon on the Spanish Site.

Look for it in coming days.

I'll announce it here.

	30-01-2005 04:03									#77
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Great news

	30-01-2005 05:33									#78
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Awesome

	30-01-2005 06:21									#79
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Bladdy great!

A long-awaited masterwork - My downloader is poised for action!

	30-01-2005 20:50									#80
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Just got the word back from Xavier . . .

It's up. On the Spanish Site now.

Enjoy.

Report any problems here.

	03-02-2005 14:47									#81
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...downloading now

	03-02-2005 16:16									#82
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Brilliant job, phenix! Congrats!

	03-02-2005 17:08									#83
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*Garbled radio message from Kalinovski*

"Morale is low, leather uniforms are barely holding up to battle damage! Drunk Russians seem unstoppable!"

"Arrghhh!"

PS
Bloody great scenario - Just like Stalin, short and brutal!

I love the 'just about to be defeated' feeling that you are almost holding back the soviet enemy!

I have a feeling the defeat 'feeling' will be very real soon though!

This would rock as part of a series of tactical scenarios in a vast Eastern Front series!
Your performance could influence the next scenario to load, via events.
If you lose, you are told to load a certain version of the scen, etc...

Anyway, I am enjoying this one, a lot!

	03-02-2005 21:24									#84
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Glad you like it, Curt.

This one is an experiment to determine if WWII tactical can work with Civ2.

In Von Mellenthin's book, he addresses, in a matter-of-fact fashion, how difficult his task was at this time. Reading it, you DO get the feeling of a narrow line of elite German units holding back the hordes of Russian soldiers and tanks from the east. I did try to create that feeling with this one. Nice to see I got it.

I would be happy to create more tactical scenarios along these lines, but . . . .

I need a map-maker. Someone with much more talent in that area than I. As it is, I scavenge the maps of others, changing elements here and there, but never really make my own.

Any takers?

	03-02-2005 22:47									#85
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I have offered my expertise before, but you didn't respond I'm still here...

	04-02-2005 02:16									#86
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I missed that?

Absent-mindedness is sometimes said to be a side-effect of genius.

Well, Kobby, you ARE the master mapmaker, no doubt. You Norway was spectacularly good. The Chir battle didn't really require much in the way of creativity--a river, couple of towns, . . . and the ukraine. That about sums up the terrain out in the Don and Volga basins. Simple enough.

I've got a new email addy and am now on high-speed etc etc yadda yadda. Maybe your communique' got lost in transit? Send me a PM and we'll talk about stuff.

Um, Gareth? Are you around anywhere?

	04-02-2005 02:34									#87
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quote: Originally posted by Exile This one is an experiment to determine if WWII tactical can work with Civ2. In Von Mellenthin's book, he addresses, in a matter-of-fact fashion, how difficult his task was at this time. (...)

Someone wrote a book about implementing WWII tactics in Civ2?

quote: Originally posted by Exile Well, Kobby, you ARE the master mapmaker, no doubt.

What the... !?


(but well, I suppose you can consider me de facto retired)

	04-02-2005 02:35									#88
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Do you have MSN?

	04-02-2005 02:46									#89
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Len Zigante is a map master
if you haven't seen this before,
i don't know how well he does real maps though
How many of you have seen these?
Bottom line: How is the scenario coming along?

Attachment: len zigantemaps.gif
This has been downloaded 65 time(s).

	04-02-2005 04:14									#90
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You're too busy to make maps for moi, remember, Merc?

No, I don't have MSN, Kobra.

Erika, it's done. DL it at the Spanish Site. It's there. I've got some of the Zigante maps around here somewhere. He seems like more of an artiste than a Civ2 enthusiast, but there's no doubting his talents, mosaic-wise.