Using Excel as a design tool

[Cyrion]

And sorry about the testing...

[fairline]

Originally posted by Boco
Civ2 is my hobby. My wife's hobby is redoing the kitchen. I may need to enjoy her hobby tomorrow, so this'll take a bit.

If you're doing the kitchen, does that mean your missus be civving?

[techumseh]

What ever happened to that guy, 'My Wife Hates Civ'?

[Boco]

She did give me 4 books on Burma over the last two Xmas'. I'm afraid that if I drag her into Civ, she'll expect Sims time from me.

@Cyrion, is Pomarj your current ToT project? If it's not too much trouble, can you send me or point me to a current Rules.txt?

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by Boco
@Cyrion, is Pomarj your current ToT project? If it's not too much trouble, can you send me or point me to a current Rules.txt?

Yes, it is! As I'll work on it this afternoon, I'll send you a rules file tonight or tomorrow!

[Boco]

I'm such a slave driver! Seriously though, whenever you're ready is fine. In the meantime, I'll test it out with EAv2.

[Cyrion]

Here you are Master! Please no more whipping!

[Boco]

A little progress...

Just to show I haven't been completely lazy with Civ2, here's some shots showing progress on this utility. These have been cropped to fit postings restrictions. Still haven't done anything more than tests of individual sections, long ago before the current edits in the spreadsheet...

The UNITS tab covers @UNITS, @UNITS_ADVANCED, & @SOUNDS. It also contains tips and in some cases, prevents illegal settings (e.g. 0 hp). It's too wide to post in one shot, so I've split it.





The TERRAIN tab combines all @TERRAINx sections and rearranges how specials are viewed.



LEADERS tab covers @LEADERS, @LEADERS2. This screenie shows how Excel's data validation can give instructions for legal entries. Likewise, CIVILIZE tab merges @CIVILIZE & @CIVILIZE2 (no screenie).



The Map_Xport tab covers information in @MAP_TRANSPORT_RELATIONSHIPS and @RIVERS



Output in Excel format is attached.

[Boco]

Oops!

[Cyrion]

Re: A little progress...

Originally posted by Boco
Just to show I haven't been completely lazy with Civ2, here's some shots showing progress on this utility.

This looks incredible Boco!

Honestly, this is exactly the tool that would help me the most while designing!

When can we expect a release?

(and if you want some "live" testing, I would be glad to use it on Pomarj!)

[Boco]

Thanks!

I'm plugging your Pomarj values into the template. When that's done, I'll send it your way to test in your scenario. If it works, I'll send the Excel file your way.

[Cyrion]

If possible, use the file below: it's the updated one!

But if it's too much work, please simply use the one you already have, it should do nicely for a test!

[Alinestra Covelia]

This is all pretty frickin' amazing, guys!

I'll try to download stuff and use it over the summer when I'm out of school. Keep up the great work!

[Boco]

Re: Re: A little progress...

Originally posted by Cyrion
(and if you want some "live" testing, I would be glad to use it on Pomarj!)

My ToT computer isn't available. Does this file load? If not, could you send or post the error message? Thanks.

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
This is all pretty frickin' amazing, guys!

I'll try to download stuff and use it over the summer when I'm out of school. Keep up the great work!

Are you still working on that SW scen?