26-11-2002 09:48									#1
	Where is the PTW equivalent of civ3mod.bic? Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

In the Civ3 directory is a civ3mod.bic. When double clicked the editor comes up and I can edit all the base rules of the game with no map or anything. Then every game I start after that uses those rules. (Not consistantly of course but it worked with some careful quit-starting and mutteres incantations.)

I want to do the same thing for PTW. But there is no equivalent file for PTW. Anything I can do? How else can I make corruption tolerable on large maps?

	26-11-2002 17:50									#2
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It's called civ3x.bix. DO NOT CHANGE THIS! Seriously. Make a scenario and play it instead. No muttering or incantations needed.

	26-11-2002 17:53									#3
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Listen to Warpstorm.

Also, if you do go into the editor, just because the map editor displays doesn't mean you have to have a map. I always go into the editor, then just open your mod and use the "Rules" drop down menu to edit just the rules.

	27-11-2002 09:34									#4
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Okay thanks. I should of seen the .bix when looking for .bic, oops.

So what's the problems with editing civ3x.bix? The thing I liked about editing the civ3mod.bic was that I didn't have to keep making scenarios, it affected all (well you know, not all...) new games I played.

	27-11-2002 10:48									#5
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Keep a clean copy of the original, just in case.

Unless you like to reinstall the whole game, since modifying the original can cause problems if something gets messed up.

	27-11-2002 17:08									#6
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Plus every time Firaxis releases a patch they will overwrite it.

I just play a scenario for nearly every game to get the changes I want. It's just as easy, more flexible, and I don't have to worry about clobbering important files.

	28-11-2002 03:47									#7
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The disadvantage to always playing scenarios is no HoF scores, which don't bother me personally. I typically only play terrain only mods myself, until I find the one I am looking for to change to permanently.

	28-11-2002 04:02									#8
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The rumor is mucking with the rules for the main game keeps it from being added to the HOF also.

	28-11-2002 09:44									#9
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Hmm.. Points taken. Thanks guys.

Modifying the rules in classic Civ3 didn't prevent me from being added to the HoF. It will be a real quick test to see if this is the same or not for PTW.

The only point of playing is the HoF!! I still don't know what the highest rating is, only the second highest.

All I normally change is just increase the number of cities on each map size because of the horrible corruption.

	28-11-2002 10:33									#10
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Ack! The rumour is true! Any games played with a modified civ3mod.bix will not be recorded int he HoF. That sucks.

I restored the original civ3mod.bix and new games showed up in the HoF just like normal. Loaded games started with a modified civ3mod.bix will not show in the HoF even after restoring the original.

Bummer.

	01-12-2002 00:00									#11
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couple of questions:
If you build you5 own scenario what map do you use?
If you change someone elses scenario will that cause the same type of problems that changing the original PTW .bix file?

	01-12-2002 01:04									#12
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Well, you can load in someone else's map (using import)or set it to build a random one. The only problems I had were when I imported a map into a scenario that doesn't support the features of the map (say there are additional resources on the map).

	01-12-2002 01:28									#13
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What about changing others scenarios will there be problems like when you try tochange the original PTW .bix file?