04-11-1999 17:47									#1
	I can't turn off the sprites Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

The switch added in ToT patch 1.1 to turn off the sprites does not work on my system.

	04-11-1999 20:50									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

Well, that's two of us John. Anyone else out there? I find it unacceptable that Microprose would produce a flawed patch and then refuse to deal with it.

	05-11-1999 19:14									#3
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

Well, I'll remind the programmer about it and mention that it's showing up more frequently, but I can't make any promises.

One thing to keep in mind is that these are new features that were added in the patch; they're not really bug fixes per se. There are other ways to get rid of the sprites--though they're imperfect, I know. We tried to add convenient switches, but a patch, because of it's short schedule, doesn't really get enough testing time to make adding new features a good idea. We took a risk. If it didn't work out, I'm afraid there's no guarantee that we'll be allowed (by time constraints, I mean, not management) to fix it.

	05-11-1999 19:29									#4
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I figured out what it is. I was having the same problem too. The option to turn of the sprites simply didn't exist in the save files I was trying to use it with.

You have to start a game using the original graphics, turn off the sprites, and then save it into a directory with your altered graphics. You can't start a game from the altered graphics directory and then turn the sprites off. It just won't work.

But I did get it to work... it's pretty cool too.

	05-11-1999 23:44									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Thank You DarthVeda!

	06-11-1999 08:55									#6
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Thou art welcome

	07-11-1999 08:36									#7
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

I must also make a note that you need to Save As Scenario to keep the changes beyond your present open copy of Civ. Otherwise, the game will forget the options were toggled and turn the sprites back on.