18-09-2000 08:59									#1
	Red Front and Dark Tower Scenarios Posted! Suffering from ads?

The Red Front with Delevent script and Dark Tower scenarios are posted! Both seem to download okay. The Read Me file is not displaying correctly as it is a simple text file. I'll compress and post a nicer version tomorrow night.

It's been a while so I've got a lot of catching up to do! Don't worry if you've sent me a scenario and it hasn't showed up yet. It'll take me a while to update and post all the files that I have.

Let me know if you have problems or if you have a scenario (original or conversion) that you wish to post!

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	19-09-2000 01:41									#2
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Well,well..this is very exciting for MAC civers.

Can't say enough about Wulf.This guy is awesome.A million thnx!!!


D/Led ok.Looks ok.

Got some reading to do

The MAC read me is fine but I had to use claris for the pc readme.

	19-09-2000 04:13									#3
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Yeah, the PC Read Me is a bit of a novel; I used Word. The Mac Read Me has the "look and feel" of one written by a talented Mac user - until a browser gobs it all up! There should be a graphic and formating to the text. Hopefully the compress version will download correctly.

Well, I'm off to Cub Scout Den meetings. TTYL.

More stuff to come!

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	20-09-2000 01:01									#4
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red front..


well,I'm still researching the civlopedia in June '41.Seems to be working.All texts have worked so far.Looks good.Try to resist reading strategies at Art of War.

There are some missing sounds.9 of them.This is very easy to do when you think how much work is needed to convert a big scenario like this.I sent them to Macuser.

	20-09-2000 07:33									#5
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Hmm... yep, those 9 are missing all right (relative to the PC version I assume). Thanks for catching that Smash and sending the converted files. I' ll post those and a downloadable Red Front Mac Read Me tonight, since I scuttled the Open Player Game! I'll try to post another scenario too.

Oh, BTW, I upgraded to StuffIt Deluxe ver. 5.5 and if you are not using a compatible version of StuffIt Expander (also v. 5.5 I think) you may need to download it from Aladdin Systems (Note the above Read Me was compressed with Ver 5.5).

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	21-09-2000 15:16									#6
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1) Where is red front posted?
2) I found the PC version I think, it had gifs instead of picts, correct?
3) Is Red Front posted someplace for the Mac and not the PC?

	21-09-2000 15:32									#7
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scenarios here: http://apolyton.net/civ2/mac/Simple_scenarios.shtml

	21-09-2000 16:00									#8
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Boy this is a consistent problem. I think I'll start a new thread....

edit typo
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[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited September 21, 2000).]

	22-09-2000 03:14									#9
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The actual MAC civ2 page is not that easy to find.Or ,at least,easy to miss.

Most people have a forum bookmarked as their way here.Then you would need to go to the bottom of the page and click on civ2.Then do again on civ2mac.Not the easiest way in.

The front page causes my browser to freeze so I avoid it like the plague.

I think if a forum at Apoyton has a section or page it should have a link to said page at the top of the forum page.

There is a perfect one in place.The civ2-macintosh beside (moderated by macuser) would work.Same deal on other forums that have sections.

	24-09-2000 20:59									#11
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I downloaded the Dark Tower scenario. But the zip-file seems not to contain a scenario-file.

	24-09-2000 22:05									#12
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Where did you get the file? The Mac version is a StuffIt (.sit) file and the "complete" compressed file requires StuffIt Expander Ver. 5.5. If you downloaded a .zip file, you quite likely have the PC version from the ACS Database (DB). The only thing that is a .zip file is the individual Delevent file, which is included in the "complete" Red Front file. Go to http://apolyton.net/civ2/mac/Simple...ml#anchor927278 and double check what you downloaded.

Now on the chance that you did get the Mac .sit file and you dont see a Civ2 Scenario file, open the file that is named "redfront.scn" with ResEdit and check that the Type and Creator lables are Cv2S and Civ2, respectively, and correct if needed. If that didn't make sense, let me know and I'll explain further.

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	27-09-2000 01:34									#13
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Thanks a lot dear Steve for all that hard adaptation work!

	28-09-2000 13:27									#14
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I got the file from your download-page in the mac-section. When you click on the link (Dark Tower) it's still a .zip File to download. So where can I get the .sit File including the scenario-file?

	28-09-2000 13:28									#15
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I got the file from your download-page in the mac-section. When you click on the link (Dark Tower) it's still a .zip File to download. So where can I get the .sit File including the scenario-file?

	29-09-2000 05:06									#16
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I apologize profusely! Usually, when someone sends me a scenario, I play it a little first to make sure that it works then I take the working files and recompress with StuffIt. In this case I just posted the most recent zip file that Michael Lacy sent me just to hurry up and post it since it had been so long!

As you noticed, StuffIt expander seems to have a problem with ZipIt files! The whole reason that I bought StuffIt Ver. 5.5 was specifically to handle zip files! Needless to say I'm not real happy and yes, Aladdin Systems WILL be hearing from me! In the mean time there is a shareware program called ZipIt available at http://www.maczipit.com . I just downloaded it and used ZipIt to expanded the Dark Tower zip file; worked like a charm! Plus you can use it to expand Chris "Wulf" Beijner's Convert Scenario V.1.1 and Delevent AppleScripts!

Again, I apologize and I will add some of these notes to the the scenario page at the next update.

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	03-10-2000 17:54									#17
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With Stuff it, there is no problem to unstaff a zip-file. But the problem is: The unstuffed folder of Dark Tower doesn't contain a .scn-file!

	26-12-2000 14:38									#18
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The Red Front download is not working

	27-12-2000 01:20									#19
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Did you option click it?

	28-12-2000 03:14									#20
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I've the same problem with the other offered downloadable scenarios on the same page. Neither "Archer" or "Sagan" doesn't work. Stuffit, Maczip, nothing is useful.

	28-12-2000 05:24									#21
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Smash, no, I'll try that...but I downloaded it once before without any special commands.

Thx

	28-12-2000 07:07									#22
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Ya,the first one was a .sit format I think but it was missing a bunch of sounds.This one comes thru as a simpletext file.What I find easiest is to compress that simpletext to .hqx with Dropstuff.Then drop it on Stuffit in the normal way.Presto.

I would suggest that anyone who post MAC stuff do it with a .sit file or preferably a .hqx.We got MACS because...well..we're stupid when it comes to computers.The less a downloadee has to do the better.

And..don't compress with the latest version.That just means another download is needed to decompress for a lot of people.

Then again,I still use 8.5.1.I am resistant to change.