the SCN file and Freeciv

[himasaram]

I ran into snag while trying to convert a Civ2 scenario to Freeciv: the use of SCN files, instead of '.mp' maps that can be directly converted to a Freeciv map with the civ2mp2fc program.

Is there any easy way to extract map data from these files?

[CapTVK]

Hmm I´ll have a look at this. You could probably open them up in the in the Civ2 mapeditor.

[himasaram]

Yes, actually, Mercator replied in a PM with some useful information. I'm fiddling around a little with his MapEdit tool. I also heard from evyscr that he is working on an automatic converter script for this file format too, as he has done for the .MP format in 'civ2mp2fc'.

[Boco]

Sigh, it'd be nice if Merc got himself unbanned. That info would be a very helpful post. Good luck on the degree, lurker.

[himasaram]

From Mercator's PMs, for reference:

You can use my MapEdit utility to extract maps from savegames and scenarios. Opening a scenario in MapEdit will load the map, and you can then save it (as a map) before converting that map again with the civ2mp2fc program. MapEdit works for all Civ2 versions, and will load all maps in case of multi-map ToT games.

Well, the Civ2 community has found out quite a bit about the savegame/scenario file format. At least the map, unit and city data are well-known. There's a (slightly chaotic) document that describes what is known of the file format, so it should be possible to write a program that extracts all that data and converts it to whatever format FC needs. You can find that document here: http://www.civgaming.net/mercator/reference.html It's the top one. It's not the most recent one, but it should be good enough. I can send you a more recent version if necessary.