Red Front 1.5 Final Version here for Civ2

[atlon]

save and text version????

[atlon]

Is this what u mean?

1. Load Summer 1941
2. Load Winter 1941-42
3. Load Summer 1942
4. Load Winter 1942-43
5. Load Summer 1943
6. Load Winter 1943-44
7. Load Summer 1944
8. Load Winter 1944-45
9. Load Summer 1945
X. Exit without Loading

Enter your selection[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,X]?
Summer 1941
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
Error opening RF.sav for update

Press any key to continue . . .

[Harry Tuttle]

alright, let me do some testing tonight and I'll see if I can replicate.

[Mercator]

People, it's Delevent. You know, like in deleting events.

Atlon, you mention two problems:

When I try to load RedFront.bat it says events header missing.

Error opening RF.sav for update

These are quite different problems, both related to delevent.exe, but the actual problems they describe relate to the savegame.

In the first case, delevent could not find any events in the savegame. This might be related to the fact that you can't find the events file, as you say (though it really should be events.txt). Did you get any custom text messages while playing the first part (I can't play RF myself, so I don't know exactly what events RF uses)?

In the second case, delevent can't even open the savegame. That can only mean the savegame is no longer where it should be (deleted or moved).

[Arthedain]

@ Mercator: Why can't you play RF? There are alternatives to using the batch-file (do it manually).
Sorry for the OT guys!

[Boco]

From Atlon's captured readout, it's clear that Merc's right. Some code extracted from the bat:

:s1941
echo.
echo Summer 1941
copy sterrain1.gif terrain1.gif
copy sterrain2.gif terrain2.gif
copy scities.gif cities.gif
copy rules1.txt rules.txt
copy units1.gif units.gif
copy events1.txt events.txt
copy sound\Karl.wav sound\Extra1.wav
DELEVENT RF.sav
goto done

Commands were executed without error through the 'echo Summer 1941' statement. The error msg was generated by Delevent — it couldn't open the file. The batch file assumes that all needed files are in the local directory. The seven '1 file(s) copied' lines indicate that all the needed txt and gif files are indeed present, but is RF.sav in the same directory? Did you save the file as RF.sav in the scenario directory? Are you executing the bat file via a desktop shortcut or from Explorer?

Ideally, the bat file should have something like 'IF NOT EXIST RF.sav GOTO WheredItGo' immediately before the DELEVENT line. Then perhaps,

:WheredItGo
Echo RF.sav cannot be found in
cd
Echo RF.sav was NOT updated!
pause

This snippet should go prior to the ':done' line.

Bear in mind that much of this post is beer-influenced.

Btw, is Fairline out of town?

[atlon]

Merc I showed two different problems because I tryed to redownload the file and unzip it again to the folder in Civ2 which I named redfront. For some reason two different problems came up.

I dont think I have a .sav file could that be why.

[Biggles]

I am confused...nothing unusual.
Where do I unzip this?

It's a Civ2 file, right. So it goes into Civ2 Scenarios? Right?

Will it work opening it in C3C?

The original Red Front was brilliant.

[Leonidas]

First create a folder and call it "Red Front".

All files for this scenario should be placed inside the folder "Red Front".

Then the folder "Red Front" should be placed into the default directory:

C:\Program Files\MicroProse Software\Civilization II Multiplayer Gold Edition\SCENARIO

So it appears like this:

C:\Program Files\MicroProse Software\Civilization II Multiplayer Gold Edition\SCENARIO\Red Front

All saved games, etc should be saved within the "Red Front" scenario folder.

Hope this helps

[Harry Tuttle]

Originally posted by Biggles

Will it work opening it in C3C?

No. It will not work in C3C. Civ III Conflicts in Civilization does not support Civ 2 files.



Quiet Exile...

[Biggles]

Thanks people.

[atlon]

I think Ive found the reason. I dont have Civ2 multiplayer gold edition.

[Arthedain]

Get it here then:
*snip*

No he won't Arthedain. Apolyton does not condone software piracy.

[atlon]

[atlon]

Tried to download the files there too and nothing happend. Man I hate computers esp mine!

Dont bother helping me anymore guys, Ill just stick to playing the WWII scenerio that came with my Civ2 game over and over again.