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A TOP MAC GAME
(24 February 2004, 23:14 | Civ2Mac) The Inside Mac Games (IMG) staff has ranked Civilization II as the thirteenth game that has mattered the most for the Macintosh platform to date. For IMG, Johan Hansen speaks to this in saying that it was a heaven for Mac strategy fans that refined its original, and helped take the genre to new heights especially in light of the multiplayer capabilities added later with Mulitplayer Gold Edition.
Dark Castle takes top spot in the index. - DanQ
WORK-AROUND: MAC MGE PATCH ERROR
(16 March 2001, 19:00 | Civ2Mac) CmdrSalamander has recently discovered a work around for a "feature" that was preventing Mac users from applying the Civ2 MGE Ver. 1.1.1 patch:
I figured out how to update Civ on the Mac from 1.0 to 1.1.1. Before this, I just kept on running the updater and getting an error with a code number that made no sense to me or to anyone I knew. Then I tried this and it worked.
You have to rename the application from "Civilization II Gold 1.0" to "Civilization II Gold 1.1". Sounds stupid, doesn't it? But it works.
This useful tidbit will be added to the Patch notes on the ACS Mac-Civ2 page. See the Forum discussion to pass on a word of praise and thanks to Salman. - macuser
EUROPEAN MOD & SCENARIO CONVERTER
(11 January 2001, 00:29 | Civ2Mac) Newly posted on the Mac pages:
European ModPack by Henrik Lohmander posted to the Scenarios page.
A new scenario conversion application, Civ II Scenario Converter by Brian Nesse posted to the Customization page.
Option-click the above links to download. - macuser
NINE NEW MAC SCENS AND MAP TOO!
(16 November 2000, 23:11 | Civ2Mac) The good news is that I have posted 9 new Mac scenarios and a map of the Indian subcontinent on the Civ2 Mac Scenarios page. The bad news is that I have not yet added the descriptions and credits. So, for the short term just play them all! ;) - macuser
RED FRONT AND DARK TOWER FOR MAC
(18 September 2000, 23:00 | Civ2Mac) I am pleased to announce that the GameStats techies have fixed my ACS access! I can now catch up on all the scenarios that have been sent to me for posting! First a HUGE conversion and some real coding: Wulf has converted the epic Red Front scenario by Capt. Nemo and Alex the Magnificent and has additionally written an AppleScript Delevent file for the Macintosh!! This took a tremendous amount of effort and is greatly appreciated and eagerly awaited by the Mac-Civ community! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'd hate to follow an act like that, unless it were an original and novel scenario! And yes, it is! Mike Lacy has created for us the Dark Tower! A Tolkien-esque Heroic Fantasy scenario for Civ II, written for the Macintosh. Go to the Civ2-Mac Scenarios page. Now that I'm up and running I'll be posting more soon! Stay tuned for more and check the ACS Civ2-Mac Forum frequently for updates! - macuser
HI-RES VER 2 ADDITIONAL UNIT FILES
(4 May 2000, 07:16 | Civ2Mac) I regret to say that the original HiRes ver.2 post lacked two units files: UNITS.PICT and UNITORIG.PICT. Go to unitpicts.sit if you downloaded prior to 3 May 00, 18:30 EST US time. The current HiRes file is complete. I performed penance last night by watching the KC Royals loose 14 to 5 to the Oakland A's. - macuser
