23-01-2002 04:10									#1
	ModSwapper utility Got spare money?

I've written a VB program to handle the swapping of mods (thanks to The Rusty Gamer for the idea).

Currently the program loads mod files from a subfolder in scenarios using information from an INI file in the scenarios folder.

When a subsequent mod is loaded the program will first restore standard files for all files the previous mod changed, then load the mod and do some error-checking on the incoming civ3mod.bic. Finally the program exits, saves session activity to a log file, and either launches the game, the editor, or simply closes down.

The program is still beta but is working well for me right now (running 98SE). You will need the VB runtime files for the program to work. (If you don't have them you can download a full install of this program at my admittedly primitive website.

New for V1.04

The program automatically keeps the large and small tech icons in sync for mods that add techs.
Command line switches are added that make it possible to create shortcuts to any particular mod.
You may load a random mod (the game will launch automatically)

Attachment: modswapper104.zip
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Last edited by Cimberbe on 01-02-2002 at 04:05

	23-01-2002 05:01									#2
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Oh yeah, Paul did one of these for CtP2. Quite a good idea.
You might want to change the name to avoid confusion in fact.
ModSwapper's here

	23-01-2002 07:18									#3
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I tried to download. It gave me something called "Attachment" which was not a zip file.

	23-01-2002 07:59									#4
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Simply rename attachment to attachment.zip

	23-01-2002 09:51									#5
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Sorry, I wasn't aware of the other ModSwapper. Just seemed a natural name. I'm thinking of adding a check on filedatetimes to determine if the current mod has been changed. I'll try to come up with a more unique name for the next version.

	23-01-2002 23:59									#6
	Just teasing ;) Got spare money?

I think its a great program. Something that was sorely needed, as it was in Civ2 and CtP2 [the scenario structure is buggy , one of the few things Activision did right, they did wrong].

	01-02-2002 04:06									#7
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New Version 1.04 released. Details in first post.

	02-02-2002 04:29									#8
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Hi

By my opinion need change format for paths of folders/files in ini to Windows standard, like ..\Scenarios\MyGreatMod

	05-02-2002 07:46									#9
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this is a nice util. thanx

	09-02-2002 04:30									#10
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Excellent work! At last I can test different mods without fiddling with dozens of files!