CIV2 SCENARIO CREATION INFORMATION

[McMonkey]

CONTENTS:
1) Contents
2) Introduction to Civ2 Scenario Creation
3) News
4) Current projects
5) Useful threads
6) Links to related sites
7) Links to resources
8) Links to scenario archives
9) A guide to starting scenarios
10) Reserved for new ideas

CIVILIZATION II:



TEST OF TIME:

[McMonkey]

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THE SCENARIO LEAGUE HAS MOVED!

The Scenario League moved hosts in January 2011 to CFC. Feel free to continue posting at Apolyton. However if you want to contribute to the Scenario League we are no longer here

Some of the information here may still be useful but a lot of the links are old or broken. There is an up to date version of this thread at our new forum. Feel free to drop in to see what is going on with Civ2 Scenario Creation.

[McMonkey]

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NEWS

January 2011 - The Scenario League moves to CFC

14th May 2009 - New Scenario League Information thread begun

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CURRENT PROJECTS - This info is now out of date

Techumseh's ToT Mod

Red Storm - The Cold War gets hot

Great War Multiplayer scenario

Moros y Cristianos

Aeterna Civitas III ToT

Balkan Breakup

Malaya-Burma

POMARJ for ToT

The Korean War

The Sea Kings!

A Divided Nation

Blood and Iron

A Slim Victory

The Thirty Years War
R.I.P. Battosai

Rise and Fall of Teutonic Order

Soviet Steel 3

Caesar's Gallic War

Fortress Europe

RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

American Civil War Multiplayer

Jamestout's Hundred Years War

Jan III Sobieski

A Soaring Spirit

Jamestout's Crusades update

American War of Independence2

Dainichi Sekai Taisen version 3

Eurasian Wars Final Release!

ToT Graphics for Bonaparte II

New Viking Age Scenario

War of the Ring - beta

The Greek world Divided

Red October v.2.0

US Civil War 2008/12

RED FRONT ToT REDUX

Rise of the Dictators

Age of War Redux

OStfront

Sengoku Jidai v3 ToT

People's General PeG-ACW

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USEFUL THREADS

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Modified Scenarios Workshop

Skill needed. Please apply.... (Old ToT conversion thread)

Test of Time Conversion Project update

GRAPHICS THREADS:

New:Ancient/Pre-Steam Unit Graphics
Old:Ancient/Pre-Steam Unit Graphics

New:Industrial Unit Graphics
Old:Industrial Unit Graphics

New:WW2 Unit Graphics
Old:WW2 Unit Graphics

New:Modern Unit Graphics
Old:Modern Unit Graphics

New:SciFi/Fantasy Unit Graphics
Old:SciFi/Fantasy Unit Graphics

New:Non-Unit Graphics Showcase
Old:Non-Unit Graphics Showcase

Flag Request Thread

THE OLD STICKY THREADS:

The Great Library: Important Thread Index & Useful Links

Scenario League site news and advice

Guide to uploading to S-League site

Submissions for Sleague

PBEM Players Needed Thread

THE CIV2 SOURCE CODE PETITION
The general consensus is that the quest for the source code is dead, mainly due to the fact that current owners (2K Games) never received it. That's without even beginning with the legal and technical problems! For those interested in the history of the quest for the code read here:

The Civ 2 Source Code Petition at Apolyton

The Civ 2 Source Code Petition at Civ Fanatics

Civ II source code (Last attempt)

PLAY GUIDES

The Great Library Index #1

The Great Library Index #2

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LINKS TO RELATED SITES



The Scenario League Site
Home to the Scenario Leagues scenarios and resources.

The Scenario League Forum
Home to the Scenario Leagues forum, now at Civ Fanatics.



Civilization Fanatics Centre
The other major Civ2 scenario creation forum on the internet.



We Play Civ
A new Civilization site with a small but active Civ2 forum.



The Cradle of Civilization
This fertile valley is home to Civilization Test of Time. Loads of great resources, a real goldmine!



Civ2 Group on Facebook
Our very own Scenario League group on Facebook.



Civilization Webring Forum
A German language Civilization Forum.

Civ2 - Multiplayer at the Civilization Forum
One of the last bastions of CivII multiplayer. My own personal recommendation!



Catfish's Cave
Resources for Civilization 2: Test of Time as well as his epic War of the Rings scenario.



Tecumseh's village
Home to our very own Tec(h)umseh's ToT scenarios as well as several classic scenarios by other designers converted to ToT.



Mercator's Civilization 2 Site
Need a Utility for Civ2? Look no further than Mr Vermeiren's treasure trove!



The Spanish Civilization Site
Available in Spanish and English. Home to a fine collection of scenarios.



Best Old Games.net
A free download of Civ2 Multiplayer Gold Edition. No CD required, just unzip the files and your good to go! I take it this site is kosher but use your own judgement.



Carl's Scenarios for Civilization II
Five of Carl Fritz's own scenarios (all very good) and three very useful utilities (Civ Tweak, Civ City and Civ Hot).



Civilization Gaming Network



Prometeus' Classic Civilization Home Page



Sacrificial Blood 2.1: Rise of the High Native Empires
A Civilization II Multiplayer Gold Modpack created by Shay Yates Roberts.



The Swedish Civilization II Site



BeBro's Civ2000 Site



C-evo Empire Building Game



Free Civ

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LINKS TO RESOURCES

Graphics:

Civ2 Units section of the S-League wiki

Utilities:

Carl's Scenarios for Civilization II
Home to three very useful utilities: Civ Tweak, Civ City and Civ Hot.

Guides:

The Barbarian Paper Version 1.2 by William Keenan
Essential reading if you wish to include barbarians in your scenario.

Scenario League Design Tips (The Old Site)

Everything about Hex-Editing - UPDATED

Getting started making a scenario

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LINKS TO SCENARIO ARCHIVES

Civ Fanatics Civ2 Downloads Collection

Civ Fanatics Civilization II downloads database

The Civilization Scenario Collection

Some of John Ellis' Scenarios

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A GUIDE TO STARTING SCENARIOS

1) Make sure the scenario you wish to download is compatible with your version of Civilization. For example a scenario designed for Test of Time will not work if you only have Multiplayer Gold Edition and vices versus. You may also need to add a patch. If you are not sure look for a 'Read Me' text file in the scenario folder. This should state the version needed.

2) Unzip the downloaded scenario and put the folder into your Civ2 folder. I normally create a new folders called Scenarios to keep them in order. You can play the scenario from your desktop if you wish but keeping them somewhere in the Civ2 folder helps you keep track of things.

3) Make sure you check in the scenario folder for a notepad file called "Read Me" or "Players Notes". These documents may contain important information regarding the installation of the scenario as well as background info. Some scenarios come with a batch file that must be run before starting a game. The batch file normally re-names certain rules, events and graphics files automatically and you may need to repeat this at various points in the scenario. If you are running Windows XP or Vista you will need to download this: http://sleague.apolyton.net/images/7...PPLICATION.zip
Choice will allow XP and Vista to run the batch file.

If CHOICE.com does not work for you then try CHOICE.exe which can be downloaded in this thread: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...89#post5615989

4) If you encounter any problems that you cannot resolve please feel free to ask for help in this forum. Enjoy your scenario!

[McMonkey]

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RESERVED FOR NEW IDEAS

This is the last post I need to annex. I guess every CivII player has a megalomaniac inside them just waiting to get out. Feel free to post comments, ideas, criticisms and requests below. Although I have submitted the first ten posts this is by no means my baby. The idea is for everyone to have their say and to build an information page that will benefit the whole community. I have deliberately left this post in reserve to allow room for expansion. If one of the sections proves pointless or we run out of space everything can be shuffled around to fit.

[McMonkey]

I have been thinking about how people might find their way to our forum and I decided to see how easy it was to find us on Google using the search words "Civilization 2".

The first result is the Wikipedia page about Civilization 2. Under the "See also" section there is a link for Apolyton Civilization Site (IE a Wikipedia page about the Site) and at the bottom of that page there is an external link to Apolyton's home page. From this home page you can either choose forums and look through the list to find Civ2 Scenario League or you can click on the Civilization II section under Classic Gaming which takes you to the Apolyton Civilization Site: Civ2 homepage/news. From there you can click on forums to find us.

I tried to edit the Wikipedia page to add the Scenario League forum and Scenario League Wiki in the External Links but it did not seem to work. Could somebody with Wikipedia editing experience mind adding these two links. This would mean that after typing Civilization 2 into Google potential visitors would only be two clicks away from discovering our lair

The second Google result is a site called Best Old Games that has a download link for Civ2. I have downloaded this and will see if the game works. If it does it would be a useful link for this Info thread.

The third result was for a site called Abandonia which as far as I could tell offered a download of Civ2 MGE that does not work.

The fourth result was for Civ Fanatics CivII overview which should allow people to find the Civ2 forum there after a little hunting.

The fifth result was for Apolyton Civilization Site: Civ2 homepage/news like the Wikipedia link from the first Google search result. This home/news page appears to be a little out of date. The most recent news was the release of Eivind's First Strike II in April 07. This is strange as I know Curt has added more recent news stories! Although there is a link on the left for Forums that would take you here I think it would be good if there could be a "news article" that was kept permanently at the top with prominent links to this forum and to the Scenario League Wiki.

As it stands this page appears to be the easiest way to find us through either Wikipedia or Google and I think we need to try and update it a bit. I take it that you can update this page directly Curt, to do you submit news stories to the higher ups?

There is a download database on the left hands side but it is clearly inferior to the Wiki. Do you know if it would be possible to alter this Civ2 home page to be more focused on the active parts of the community, such as the Civ2 General and Scenario League forums and our Wiki and hide away some of the redundant areas such as the Database?

[kobayashi]

I not too sure about this thread. Would not our collective interests be best served if all (or most) of these things are dealt with on our website. I mean the galleries and stuff etc. all should all eventually be housed on the wiki site right? Or else what is the wiki site for?

Or is the plan to origanize them here first before porting them over to the website.

[McMonkey]

To have everything on the S-League Wiki would be amazing. I just thought this thread could replace some of the older sticky threads which were out of date and a bit disjointed. Here all the useful info is gathered in one place and organized to make things easy to find. I can see no problems replicating all this info on the Wiki too. Think of this thread more as an index than a rival to the Scenario League site.

I'm not quite sure what you mean about the galleries. All I intend to do is provide links here to the existing graphics threads on this forum so people can find them easily and submit their work. There is also a link to the Resources section of the SL Wiki. I do not intend to post any graphics collections in this thread, just provide links to other threads and sites that host them.

I hope that makes things a little clearer.

[techumseh]

Nice work, McM. I'm impressed!

[DarkCloud]

This consolidation was much needed. Good Work.
~DC.