25-05-2000 09:10									#1
	Red Front/Pelop War Scenarios PC to Mac Conversion help needed Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Two questions: 1) I am looking for a Mac programmer who could create code similar in function to the .exe and .bat files in the Red Front scenario by "Captain Nemo and Alex the Magnificent." It can be found at 27 June 1709. The following is a portion of an e-mail that I received from a frustrated Civer:

"I downloaded the scenario Red Front from "Captain Nemo and Alex the
Magnificent." This is a World War II Scenario in 9 Parts, which means that
there are separate Rules, Events and Pictures for each of the nine parts!
There is also a .bat-file included, which helps the PC-user to switch
between the different parts. Normally, when I convert PC-scenarios (which I
do a lot!), I open the .bat-file with a text-editor look what it does. Then I
simply do it "by hand"! But this time, there is a little problem with that.
In the package of the scenario is an .exe-file included (Delevent.exe),
which removes the event-part of the last saved file (called RF.sav). After
you did so, you can continue playing the next part with a complete new
Event.txt-file! Till now, I didn't know that all events are saved with a
saved game! So my problem is: I don't know how to use the events of the
second part of the Red Front scenario! How can I remove the event-part of my
saved game, so I can use the new event-file? I hope I could explain my
problem and I hope you got an answer!"

Several other Mac Civers have posted about the "Delevent.exe" file, but until now I didn't realize what it was or how it worked. I haven't a clue as how to help!

2) The second question is related to the same site. Another dedicated but frustrated civer, has been trying to convert the Peloponnesian War. This is also by Alex the Magnificent. The problem is converting the UNITS.GIF to pict. NONE of the applications I have, including civ, can open this file! I've tried Clip2gif, QuickTime 4 Pro, GraphicConverter, PhotoDelux and others. I have NO idea what is wrong! It would be helpful if a PC-user could download this file/scenario and confirm that it actually does work. I'm at a dead end here.

Thanks for your help and suggestions!

With apologies to Ming, I'm double posting in the Mac section and the Creation section as this is addressed to Forum users which may or may not visit both sections.

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	31-05-2000 03:22									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

I emailed MacSoft because of the "event-part" of a saved game. I asked them how to remove it! The reply was: "Sorry, but I have no information on this." So any suggestions?

	31-05-2000 06:03									#3
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All I can say is wouldn't it be AWESOME if one of our own Mac-ACS Civers wrote a program for that? Wouldn't we ALL jump up and yell "YOU DA MAN!!"

Stay turned Campers...!

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	31-05-2000 13:18									#4
	Got spare money?

The good news is: I could locate the event-Part of a saved game! As Captain Nemo suggested (see Civ2-Creation-Section), I compared a saved game with events with a saved game without events. At the bottom of a saved game, everything after "EVNT@" belongs to the event-part. The bad news is: I used BBedit Light to remove the event-part. But after I did so, I couldn’t open the game anymore with civ ii. Does anyone know a solution to this problem?

	31-05-2000 15:23									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I should have included a link to the thread in the Civ2-Creation Forum in my above post, so here it is: Red Front Thread. Go give it a read, Capt. Nemo replies are quite informative!

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