01-12-2001 19:47									#211
	v0.75.8 Suffering from ads?

So, I found some errors with the Filter as well.
- The check for valid coordinates from the filter has been removed.
- The item you select from an empty list is now the selected item when you have selected it as well.

55 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 03-12-2001 at 03:33

	01-12-2001 19:50									#212
	Here is the fixed SAV. Enter the AD-FREE zone

I fixed the SAV as well.

I changed two settlers to workers (One at something,99 and the other at something,1)

Do you know what happens when they try to build a city at the edges of the map?

Attachment: lincoln of the americans, 1954 ad fixed.zip
This has been downloaded 5 time(s).

	01-12-2001 20:14									#213
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

GRAMPHOS GOD OF SWEDEN :-)

Okay all works fine, could continue my race to space flight ... thanks a lot, maybe you should work at firaxis instead of that unprofessional guys or should I use another word for that scrap programming skills of some of the firaxis team.

HEY FIRAXIS PAY GRAMPHOS SOME MONEY OR AT LEAST BUY HIS TOOL FOR THE UPDATE !!!

Once again thx for the work ... with respect ALEX (also real name :-)

	01-12-2001 20:20									#214
	Got spare money?

Bye the way, the strange thing is, that sometimes it works to build a city at the edge of the map (See save game) But as you could see this cities even didn't have any names ... maybe I should NUKE them away :-) ... I save every time, before I do the next turn and I always play as long until I get the ERROR from the Operating system and the game crashes to the desktop. Then I use your tool to change all settlers to workers, that's it :-)
THX a lot

	01-12-2001 20:23									#215
	Tired of ads?

quote: Originally posted by Tzar Alex III. Bye the way, the strange thing is, that sometimes it works to build a city at the edge of the map (See save game) But as you could see this cities even didn't have any names ... maybe I should NUKE them away :-) ... I save every time, before I do the next turn and I always play as long until I get the ERROR from the Operating system and the game crashes to the desktop. Then I use your tool to change all settlers to workers, that's it :-) THX a lot

What if you modify the rules while playing that game to not allow the AI CIVS to build settlers?

	02-12-2001 07:09									#216
	Increase Your PM Length

I've added this text file that gives some basic locations in the various text file that each
race uses (diplomacy dialogues). Also included is where the various art files are located.

The only thing that I can't figure out is why the picture in the "foreign Minister" window never appears.

Hopefully this is useful. I was going to clean it up a bit but I use @home which may disconnect (bankrupt) at any minute.

Attachment: addingtociv3.txt
This has been downloaded 39 time(s).

	02-12-2001 20:28									#217
	Put an end to popups!

You shouldn't have to worry about @home disconnecting you anymore... from their website (corporate press release), they've entered into preliminary agreement for AT&T to purchase their service and don't anticipate disconnecting anyone... just figured I'd pass this along.

	03-12-2001 03:31									#218
	v0.76 Increase the size of your Attachments

- Units can now (hopefully) be added to savegames.
- Lockup bugs when load failed taken out
- All controls are now locked when no file is loaded (Also if I forget to gray one) to prevent some really bad bugs.
- The Map and FOW functions have been slightly improved to not miss some cases of FOW

Out after 60 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 04-12-2001 at 17:33

	04-12-2001 04:06									#219
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Gramphos:

Found a bug for you on that newest version

Run-time error '32755', which makes the tool die and have to be restarted.

To make it:

-Open tool.
-Open a .BIC with no map in it.
-Click the File Contains No Map "button", then choose Import Map.
-Click Cancel on the screen and the error will appear.
-Click OK and the program is terminated.

	04-12-2001 16:56									#220
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quote: Originally posted by Plutarck Gramphos: Found a bug for you on that newest version Run-time error '32755', which makes the tool die and have to be restarted. To make it: -Open tool. -Open a .BIC with no map in it. -Click the File Contains No Map "button", then choose Import Map. -Click Cancel on the screen and the error will appear. -Click OK and the program is terminated.

Runtime Error 32755, Cancel was selected. Must have forgot some error handling . Will deal with it for the next version.

	04-12-2001 17:00									#221
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I found some other errors with the MapFunctions. I'll deal with them as well. Until then I don't recomend use of Import or Remove Map.

	04-12-2001 17:08									#222
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I was just reminded of a feature I thought up for the CopyTool.

You'll have to tell me if this is possible as I haven't seen any documentation for the .sav format, but I was wondering.

You know how if you change the .bic file in certain ways (like add a new improvement, etc) you can't load your old saved games? Is there any way a feature could be added where you choose a saved game and a .bic file, and the CopyTool will strip out the information from the old .bic in the .sav and replace it with the info from the new .bic. Thus you could make a change in a BIC and still be able to play your old saved games.

I imagine some major changes obviously would make it impossible (like deleting a unit which has already been built in the game), but I would think minor changes wouldn't make it impossible.


It would be really nice if just for testing mods, but it'd be nice for when people upgrade to new versions.

	04-12-2001 17:27									#223
	v0.76.1 Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

I've fixed it now.

7 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 04-12-2001 at 23:42

	04-12-2001 17:31									#224
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

quote: Originally posted by Plutarck I was just reminded of a feature I thought up for the CopyTool. You'll have to tell me if this is possible as I haven't seen any documentation for the .sav format, but I was wondering. You know how if you change the .bic file in certain ways (like add a new improvement, etc) you can't load your old saved games? Is there any way a feature could be added where you choose a saved game and a .bic file, and the CopyTool will strip out the information from the old .bic in the .sav and replace it with the info from the new .bic. Thus you could make a change in a BIC and still be able to play your old saved games. I imagine some major changes obviously would make it impossible (like deleting a unit which has already been built in the game), but I would think minor changes wouldn't make it impossible. It would be really nice if just for testing mods, but it'd be nice for when people upgrade to new versions.

I don't know exactly what makes it impossible to play some SAVs with certain modifications. I know that units changes can be Fatal, but Other stuff I don't know mush about. I think it is something saved in the sections of the SAV that I've only looked brief on. When playing with custom rules (not replacing civ3mod.bic the rules are saved in the SAV)

I might look into it, but I'll most likely wait until after the patch to decide what to do with my tool.

	04-12-2001 23:27									#225
	v0.77 Remove this text

Now can Maps be exported (partly) from the SAVs.
Rivers are not exported, and I do not recommend to play on the maps, as there still are some unknown fields. They can however be opened in the Editor, so that you can get the coordinates to move units to in random map games.

Huts can also be removed.

5 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 05-12-2001 at 03:09

	05-12-2001 03:06									#226
	v0.77.1 Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

- Now rivers can be exported as well.

I still don't recommend playing exported maps as some sules might be exported in the wrong way. The maps should be used to get an overview and to know where to move the units.

out after 44 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 05-12-2001 at 23:54

	05-12-2001 23:51									#227
	v0.78 Suffering from ads?

Changes both in the SaveGame Editor and in the CopyTool.
- Units can be deleted from SAVS
and
- Maps can be changed to not wrap around. (Something if you want to make a European map)

84 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 08-12-2001 at 03:33

	06-12-2001 01:07									#228
	Support Apolyton

Well Gramphos no scenario editor, starting locations, or any thing of the sort in the patch update, well I think it's time to get to work.

James.

	06-12-2001 01:14									#229
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quote: Originally posted by jimmyh Well Gramphos no scenario editor, starting locations, or any thing of the sort in the patch update, well I think it's time to get to work. James.

Yes, I think you are right.

If I only knew what to prior (except school (have a big test this Friday)).

	06-12-2001 09:12									#230
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Sorry, I think I'm stupid.

I unzipped the download into a new directory, and am rightclicking on the file and selecting "Install". I get an error message saying "The disk labeled 'Default' is now required" and no matter what I select the dialog box just closes and nothing else happens.

Is there a specific directory I should be unzipping these files into before trying to run the Install? Is there a specific piece of software [other than the game and VB 6] that I need to have on my machine?

	06-12-2001 17:49									#231
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Ludwig, I don't really get what you tried to do. Was it the VB runtimes?

What OS do you use?

	06-12-2001 19:25									#232
	Got spare money?

Sorry Gramphos, I should have been more specific.

I have a Windows 98 machine with CivIII and Visual Basic 6 loaded on it. [Disclaimer: I don't know much about VB. I only use it to develop tools for use in MS Access applications. If the CopyTool requires extensive VB experience, I'm probably not smart enough to use it and that's where I'm screwing up.]

After downloading and extracting the files posted on this forum, I end up with two directories, each containing two files:

C:/MyDownloadFiles/comdlg32/comdlg32.txt
C:/MyDownloadFiles/comdlg32/comdlg32.ocx

and

C:/MyDownloadFiles/comdlg32/comclt32.txt
C:/MyDownloadFiles/comdlg32/comclt32.ocx

If I click on either of the .ocx files, I get the Windows prompt asking me what program to use to open the files. Since I don't want a bad program association, I just back out of that.

If I right-click on either of the .txt files, I get the option allowing me to Install. This is the closest thing I could find to your instruction to run the Install. When I try to run Install on either of these files, I get the error message I originally referenced.

Was I supposed to download these files to a specific directory? Do I have a naming convention problem? Should I have opened the .ocx files in VB? Sorry, I guess I'm fairly clueless.

	06-12-2001 20:13									#233
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There should be .inf and not .txt, and they are the files you should right-click on (not the ocx-files).
You need VB5 drivers, not VB6 drivers, can it be it?

Read the readme.txt in the zip.

	08-12-2001 03:27									#234
	v0.78.1 Put an end to popups!

Support for the patch added. If I can get into the first post and edit it today (30 minutes left) I'll do that. Otherwise I'll do it tomorrow.

19 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 08-12-2001 at 12:24

	08-12-2001 05:12									#235
	Suffering from ads?

Just a word of warning.
The CIV3 patch won't write over any file newer than what is supplied by the patch.

Translation: If you made any mods to the .BIC since 11/27 then you won't get all of the patch.

It be nice to see a list of files the patch changes.....

	08-12-2001 12:20									#236
	v0.78.2 Tired of ads?

- Bugs with the CopyTool and the patch fixed.

9 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 08-12-2001 at 16:25

	08-12-2001 14:25									#237
	Put an end to popups!

quote: Originally posted by danguru It be nice to see a list of files the patch changes.....

I've have seen these files changed:
readme.txt
drvmgt.dll
secdrv.sys
00000409.016
00000409.256
Civilization3.exe
jgl.dll
civ3edit.hlp
civ3edit.exe
civ3mod.bic
Art\Advisors\science_modern.pcx
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanAttackA.flc
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanDeath.flc
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanDefault.flc
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanFidget.flc
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanFortify.flc
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanRun.flc
Art\units\Horseman\horsemanVictory.flc
Art\units\Horseman\Musketeer\Musketeer.ini
Art\units\Settler Industrial Ages\Settler Industrial Ages.ini
Art\units\Worker Industrial Ages\Worker Industrial Ages.INI
Scenarios\earth (huge).bic
Scenarios\earth (standard).bic
Text\civilopedia.txt
Text\diplomacy.txt
Text\labels.txt
Text\script.txt
Text\version.txt

	08-12-2001 16:22									#238
	v0.78.5 Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

So, I found some more places in my code where I read and wrote BIC info. They are also fixed now.

New: The CopyTool will no longer terminate after a copy has been made.

6 downloads

Last edited by Gramphos on 08-12-2001 at 18:01

	08-12-2001 18:00									#239
	v0.78.55 Got spare money?

Bug with maps fixed.

Out after 286 downloads.

Last edited by Gramphos on 16-12-2001 at 21:10

	09-12-2001 09:46									#240
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Is it possible to change player civ? IE change from the Indian civ to a different AI controlled civ, and make it the new player controlled civ?