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CTP1 Sprite List for CTP2 modders
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CTP1 Sprite List for CTP2 modders
The following is a list of the units sprites that existed in CTP1 and are not now in CTP2. To be more specific, the units are not in the game, but Activision left the sprites for use in mods. Here is the list...
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Call to Power II: Scenario Editor
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Call to Power II: Scenario Editor
This is Call to Power II Scenario Editor Reference. It lists all the four tabs of Scenario editor and describes their functions.
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AI Customization
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AI Customization
AI Customization
Following is a description of how to use the AI SLIC functions available in Call to Power II to customize the behavior of AI players and the mayors that can control human cities.
Getting Started
You should create a new scenario that will include the modifications you make. Specific directions for creating a new scenario can be found below in Appendix A. Most of the files that you will modify to make AI changes can be found in the default\aidata subdirectory of your scenario. You will also create/modify the scenario.slc file in the default\gamedata subdirectory of your scenario.
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Modification Table of Contents
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Modification Table of Contents
Modification Forum- CtP2-Creation Discussion on specific MODS, scenarios, AI and general modification * Go
AI Customization- A description of how to use the AI SLIC2 functions available in Call to Power II to customize the behavior of AI players and the mayors that can control human cities. By Activision * Go
CTP1 Sprites List- The sprites for the ctp1 units that are not in ctp2 are still there! Here's the list. * Go
Scenario Making- Apolyton CtP2 Modificiation Section Official Activision documentation on the scenario editor. Lists all buttons and options and briefly explains what they do and how they work. By Activision & Apolyton * Go
- Modder's Guide to CtP2 A guide compiled by hexagonian from posts on Apolyton made in the first months after CtP2's release. It contains a ton of info on how to do text file editing (editing/adding units/wonders/civs/etc, getting the AI to use new these new things, changing game settings to make the game and AI more challenging, etc) and on how to create scenarios and use the scenario editor. Although advanced topics such as advanced AI modding, SLIC, UI modding, etc are not covered by this guide, it's still the first resource every new modmaker should turn to when learning to mod CtP2. By Hexagonian * Go
- CtP2 Map Editor Manual There's no clear documentation on how the Scenario Editor of CtP2 works but for beginning scenario makers this can be a confusing tool. That's why Immortal Wombat wrote a brief guide on (the buttons in) the Map Editor, the largest and most complicated part of the Scenario Editor. By Immortal Wombat * Go
- BMP to CtP2 Tool that can convert BMP maps to CtP2 format so you can use your own maps in CtP2 scenarios without having to manually lay out every single tile in the Ctp2 built-in map editor. This program can be used in combination with the enormous Earth map OmniGod created to auto-generate maps of any part of the world of almost any size. By Harlan & Activision * Go (Program); Go (Map by OmniGod)
- turnlength.txt Generator This is a tool that lets you automatically generate turnlength.txt files for your scenarios, which saves a lot of repetitive type work. Of course, this does require that there is at least some degree of regularity in your date system. By DDowell * Go
- Setting Trust & Regard This article explains how one can easily set the diplomatic trust and regard levels between civs at the start of a scenario. By Immortal Wombat * Go
Graphics, Sprite, and Sound Creation- Unit Creation Tools and Documentation Contains official Activision tools and info for the creation of sprites (graphics files for units, cities, trade goods and special effects), as well as a guide and some tools by Harlan to facilitate this process. Originally written for CtP1, but most of it still applies to CtP2 as well. By Harlan & Activision * Go
- ReadZFSFile A tool which can be used to view and extract graphics and sound files from the ZFS archives. Useful for editing the graphics and sounds in the game. By Martin the Dane * Go
- CtP TGA Picture Sizes Explains what the picture sizes of various graphics should be and where and how they are used. By Caranorn * Go
- CtP1 Sprites List Official Activision list of CtP1 Sprites. This is a list of the units sprites that existed in CtP1 and are not in CtP2. To be more specific, the units are not in the game, but Activision left the sprites for use in mods. Note that the naming convention is different: CtP1 sprites are named GUxx.SPR whi
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CTP II map editor manual
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Immortal Wombat
CTP II map editor manual
BUTTONS IN THE MAP EDITOR
1. Cut Map Area
2. Copy Map Area
3. Paste Map Area
- These work much like any such cut, copy and paste buttons in painting programs. To use them, you first have to select an area of the map using button 13, see below. Having selected a map region, you can cut it (copies it to the 'clipboard' and replaces with shallow ocean), copy it (copies to the 'clipboard' but remains present also. Once it is on the 'clipboard', you can paste the region by selecting the paste button (#3) and clicking a tile which you wish to become the TOP LEFT tile of the pasted region.
4. save map area.
-I never use this. I guess it's so you can save a segment from one map you make. why? (see #8)
5. Small brush size. One tile at a time
6. Medium brush size. I dunno, maybe 9 at a time.
7. Large brush size. Something like 25 or 36 at a time.
8. load map area.
-Cunning, no? You can now load the segment (that you saved from one map in #4) into another.
9. Set Map 'Explored'
- All players see the map as fully explored. I think this saves into the scenario, otherwise it works no difference from button #16.
10. Set Map 'Unexplored'
- Opposite of #9
11. X-wrap on/off.
- i.e. do the sides of the map connect in the game?
12. Y-wrap on/off
- i.e. do the top and bottom of the map connect?
CO-ORDS
- Displays the co-ordinates of the tile your cursor is hanging over.
13. Select portion of the map
- As used with buttons 1,2 and 3. Simply click the tile you want at a corner of the chosen region, then drag across to the opposite corner of the region and let go.
14. Eraser.
- Works like a paintbrush, but turns everything to default terrain (shallow water)
15. Reset Map
- Covers the whole map in shallow water.
16. Reveal Map
- duh...
17. Reload Slic
- You won't need this for map design, but it reloads the SLIC files that you may have changed while modding.
18. Locate!
- Type in a set of x and y co-ordinates, and press locate to center the map on them.
19. Remove all Goods
- Removes all goods...
20. Generate Goods
- Generates goods at random across the map. Different seeding pattern on each click.
21. Hut
- Place a hut on the map, or remove one by clicking this button, then clicking the hut.
22. River.
- As above, but with rivers, not huts.
23-26. Place goods
- Place (or remove) goods on the map. Most terrains only have 2 goods, so only the first two buttons work. Some mods allow the other 2 to work as well.
Button 1 places the first good for that terrain, button 2 will place a different one (but will firstly remove the first good, click again to add the second - it doesn't replace. if that makes any sense...)
27. Toggle Pollution on/off
28. Map Size.
Select the map size you want. This will reload the map as a blank all-sea map, so copy any regions you want to keep.
29. Difficulty
- Select one of the 6 difficulty levels.
30. Barbarians.
- Select one of the 4 barbarian levels.
31. Date Roller
- Change the year in the game by scrolling backwards and forwards.
32. Save Map
- Save the map to a map file. Then you can reload it later, or publish it, or something.
33. Load Map
- So you can continue working on it I guess. You have to have saved it first.
34. Save scenario.
- Save the whole scenario (map, rules, etc. ) to a scenario file, which you are asked to place in the scenario structure. Select the scenario fo your choice, and click save. The press 'back' outwards.
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CTP tga picture sizes
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CTP tga picture sizes
Until today I was convinced there were only 3 sizes for the tga files 160 x 120, 32 x 24 and 24 x 18. But the large pictures used for units appear to be 96 x 72. This might explain some of the bad quality of the pictures in game (if the game has to scale them down). The uniticon.txt obviously uses 4 entries for icons (2 are identical), so I tried to enter a 96 x 72 tga instead of one of the UPUPXXXL.TGA files and it does work. However, I guess this requires additional space for the files, but probably this gives better quality of game icons and possibly even improves speed...
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Setting Trust and Regard in CTP2 scenarios
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I would like to do a SCENARIO. where things have already happened you know.
Are there some place to read about how to define regard,- trust,- startyear,- cost of researches and that kind of stuff?
Answer: The questions you have asked are really two things. You can alter scenarios by changing the text files, and more abstract stuff has to be done by SL...
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Until today I was convinced there were only 3 sizes for the tga files 160 x 120, 32 x 24 and 24 x 18. But the large pictures used for units appear to be 96 x 72. This might explain some of the bad quality of the pictures in game (if the game has to scale them down). The uniticon.txt obviously uses 4 entries for icons (2 are identical), so I tried to enter a 96 x 72 tga instead of one of the UPUPXXXL.TGA files and it does work. However, I guess this requires additional space for the files, but probably this gives better quality of game icons and possibly even improves speed...December 25, 2011, 16:47
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Question:
I would like to do a SCENARIO. where things have already happened you know.
Are there some place to read about how to define regard,- trust,- startyear,- cost of researches and that kind of stuff?
Answer: The questions you have asked are really two things. You can alter scenarios by changing the text files, and more abstract stuff has to be done by SL...December 25, 2011, 14:51 -
BUTTONS IN THE MAP EDITOR
1. Cut Map Area
2. Copy Map Area
3. Paste Map Area
- These work much like any such cut, copy and paste buttons in painting programs. To use them, you first have to select an area of the map using button 13, see below. Having selected a map region, you can cut it (copies it to the 'clipboard' and replaces with shallow ocean), copy it (copies to the 'clipboard' but remains present also. Once it is on the 'clipboard', you can paste the region by selecting the paste button (#3) and clicking a tile which you wish to become the TOP LEFT tile of the pasted region.
4. save map area.
-I never use this. I guess it's so you can save a segment from one map you make. why? (see #8)
5. Small brush size. One tile at a time
6. Medium brush size. I dunno, maybe 9 at a time.
7. Large brush size. Something like 25 or 36 at a time.
8. load map area.
-Cunning, no? You can now load the segment (that you saved from one map in #4) into another.
9. Set Map 'Explored'
- All players see the map as fully explored. I think this saves into the scenario, otherwise it works no difference from button #16.
10. Set Map 'Unexplored'
- Opposite of #9
11. X-wrap on/off.
- i.e. do the sides of the map connect in the game?
12. Y-wrap on/off
- i.e. do the top and bottom of the map connect?
CO-ORDS
- Displays the co-ordinates of the tile your cursor is hanging over.
13. Select portion of the map
- As used with buttons 1,2 and 3. Simply click the tile you want at a corner of the chosen region, then drag across to the opposite corner of the region and let go.
14. Eraser.
- Works like a paintbrush, but turns everything to default terrain (shallow water)
15. Reset Map
- Covers the whole map in shallow water.
16. Reveal Map
- duh...
17. Reload Slic
- You won't need this for map design, but it reloads the SLIC files that you may have changed while modding.
18. Locate!
- Type in a set of x and y co-ordinates, and press locate to center the map on them.
19. Remove all Goods
- Removes all goods...
20. Generate Goods
- Generates goods at random across the map. Different seeding pattern on each click.
21. Hut
- Place a hut on the map, or remove one by clicking this button, then clicking the hut.
22. River.
- As above, but with rivers, not huts.
23-26. Place goods
- Place (or remove) goods on the map. Most terrains only have 2 goods, so only the first two buttons work. Some mods allow the other 2 to work as well.
Button 1 places the first good for that terrain, button 2 will place a different one (but will firstly remove the first good, click again to add the second - it doesn't replace. if that makes any sense...)
27. Toggle Pollution on/off
28. Map Size.
Select the map size you want. This will reload the map as a blank all-sea map, so copy any regions you want to keep.
29. Difficulty
- Select one of the 6 difficulty levels.
30. Barbarians.
- Select one of the 4 barbarian levels.
31. Date Roller
- Change the year in the game by scrolling backwards and forwards.
32. Save Map
- Save the map to a map file. Then you can reload it later, or publish it, or something.
33. Load Map
- So you can continue working on it I guess. You have to have saved it first.
34. Save scenario.
- Save the whole scenario (map, rules, etc. ) to a scenario file, which you are asked to place in the scenario structure. Select the scenario fo your choice, and click save. The press 'back' outwards.
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Why not get back to CTP2-modding just to enjoy the luxury of syntax highliting in EditPlus?
- for SLIC (Locutus' SLIC-definitions file updated for CTP2 AE)
- for CTP2 AE database files (a brand new definitions file)
I will keep updating both files as long as the Source Code Project is going on with the Information I can find in the AE Modding Wiki (or somewhere else, but preferably there).
The EditPlus definitions for CTP2 AE database structures are currently supporting all files in \default\gamedata and \default\aidata. I will see how much I can do for the string files, but I intend to integrate at least some highliting support for editing the Great Library. Personally, I like browsing the textfiles with syntax highliting -- I can see clearly now
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I will eventually post updates here (not too frequently though).
Please don't hesitate to post your suggestions and complaints
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Installation:- Requires: EditPlus
- copy the zipped files into the EditPlus program folder
- open EditPlus, open the menu Tools > Preferences
- go to "Settings and Syntax"
- hit the "Add" button
- for SLIC enter a description like "SLIC", file extension "slc", the syntax file is "slic.stx", the auto completion file is "slic.acp" and the function pattern file is "slic.ctl"
- for the database defintions enter a description like "CTP2 DB", the file extension is "txt" (which might be a bit annoying if you use EditPlus for other textfiles and if you frequently use words like "InvaderMovementRegardCost" in your notes
), there is just a syntax file "ctpdb.stx"
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The following is a list of the units sprites that existed in CTP1 and are not now in CTP2. To be more specific, the units are not in the game, but Activision left the sprites for use in mods. Here is the list...December 10, 2010, 20:19
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AI Customization
Following is a description of how to use the AI SLIC functions available in Call to Power II to customize the behavior of AI players and the mayors that can control human cities.
Getting Started
You should create a new scenario that will include the modifications you make. Specific directions for creating a new scenario can be found below in Appendix A. Most of the files that you will modify to make AI changes can be found in the default\aidata subdirectory of your scenario. You will also create/modify the scenario.slc file in the default\gamedata subdirectory of your scenario.
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