26-05-2003 23:46									#1
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I need to see something.Could please post a save game.Any will do

Thank you.

	27-05-2003 03:18									#2
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Here you have some MAC files:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...40&pagenumber=2

	27-05-2003 11:08									#3
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Those are net saves though, not saved games, they do differ a little...

I'll post a savegame for you when I get back home this afternoon.

	27-05-2003 21:53									#4
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	27-05-2003 22:32									#5
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This file is one of my saved files for the Red Front Demogame.

Just out of curiosity, what do you need it for?

Attachment: 1942aprbaltic.sav
This has been downloaded 1 time(s).

	28-05-2003 01:04									#6
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Oh you MAC users are always so nosey

I want to show how easy it is to make MAC saves PC freindly and vice versa.

	29-05-2003 20:29									#7
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How to make a mac save PC friendly:

1. Save the file
2. Add .sav to the filename
3. There is no 3

	30-05-2003 01:19									#8
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Actually there is #3 the first time.

You must tell your machine which application is to be used to open the file thru properties otherwise the file is unknown to the dumb PC.This is how it was for me on XP.

	30-05-2003 04:30									#9
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OK, Smash, thanks for taking a stab at this. I have a non-MP original Mac version, never updated as far as I know.

Good luck!

Attachment: fe_1750b.sav
This has been downloaded 5 time(s).

	30-05-2003 05:47									#10
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Ok that one won't work.Something odd with that save.It is 140 k!...thats at least twice as big as it should be for that date.

	30-05-2003 09:47									#11
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OK, smash. Here's a typical succession game save (fyi, the current "Silly rules" game) from my iMac. This is the full Mac file name, with ".sav" added to make it Poly-acceptable. No compression.

Hope this helps.

Attachment: emperor soupy sales 350 b.c.sav
This has been downloaded 2 time(s).

	30-05-2003 11:04									#12
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My Civ II version (FW on a PC) could not find the Jrabbit save (too many dots?) and said that the other one was not a game save. But I suspect you already new that would happen.

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	30-05-2003 19:39									#13
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OK, I try again, this time trying to document the steps.

1. Open Civ2 game
2. Save game, adding .sav and eliminating one period in B.C.
3. Close Civ2
4. Type this reply. Cllick on Browse. Add the just saved game.
5. Submit.

Let's see if this works. The file is 140k in my machine too. I had 8 cities, 13 units.

Attachment: king federico 1750 bc.sav
This has been downloaded 3 time(s).

	30-05-2003 22:27									#14
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ok something strange is happening here.Both of those saves are up in the 140k area and neither work using the normal method.Your MACs are adding a bunch of stuff in the save or something.I never had that on my MAC(g3 os 8.5).I may have to drag it out of the "closet of oblivion" and have a looksy.

	31-05-2003 03:02									#15
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Mine's an iMac on OS 9.0.4.

	31-05-2003 10:42									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Grigor OK, I try again, Let's see if this works. The file is 140k in my machine too. I had 8 cities, 13 units.

FW still says that it is not a saved game.

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	31-05-2003 15:37									#17
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I have an i-book with MAC OS 9.02

	01-06-2003 00:20									#18
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Well I'm stumped.I have no problem with one of Henrik's saves but the others have some 'extra" stuff in them that just causes "fail to load" or "Civ2 has encountered problems and must shut down"

Rather annoying.Probably something really simple too

	02-06-2003 07:22									#19
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Smash

It seems that I have no trouble enclosing readable game saves in an email (to CFC, for instance), so whatever is happening seems to be an unintended consequence of including a game save in a post. However, I can reload my own saves from posts at Apolyton, so whatever is going on is non-destructive. I play entirely from my hard disk without the Civ II CD, if that might could be an issue.

I wish this problem could be solved as I am eager to participate in succession games.

	02-06-2003 07:56									#20
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Do you have Maczip?

I used to run saves thru it making a zip.Then unzip straight away.For some reason that would leave me with a plain white "dog's ear' save file which I could then compress and send off to PCers with no further hassles.

	02-06-2003 17:38									#21
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I do not have MacZip. I tried using Stuffit (DropStuff) and going both ways but I still didn't get a dog-ear file. Here is the result:

Attachment: km4000b.sav
This has been downloaded 1 time(s).

	03-06-2003 05:38									#22
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Still messed up and 140 k.Try getting maczip.Its free at download.com.Not too big.Handy to have anyways since stuffit can't make a zip iirc.

Make it into a zip and then decompress with stuffit and see what is left.I seem to recall an option in stuffit "remove mac resource fork" or something like that.Im not sure if that is a problem or not.

	03-06-2003 07:44									#23
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OK, I got MacZip (a singularly un-Mac-y program) and I ran this save through MacZip (data fork only) and then stuffit expander and I got a dog-eared file, which is enclosed. (by the way, this is a challenging game to win - you start on Easter Island on a 1-square hill...)

Attachment: km4000b.sav
This has been downloaded 2 time(s).

	03-06-2003 10:34									#24
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It still failed to load on my PC running FW.

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