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[VENI]

Thx for the heads-up.
I confess a certain pleasure derived from working first pencil & paper, then manually in the rules & event txts. ... 'specially when the events fire correctly! The in-game editor seems nice, esp. when I can easily review my events, but I don't fore-see abandoning my old ways quite yet ....

[McMonkey]

I remember how I felt a few years back when I first discovered the treasure trove of scenarios at CFC. I take it you have seen our own SL Site (see link in my signature). There are a load of MGE scenarios there and IMHO they are some of the best, like a filtered version of the CFC database.

Sticking to manually altering the tech tree text file is a must. It took me ages to figure out that part of the in game editor was screwed. If I recall correctly it kept shifting the text down a row so everything ended up out of place!

One other thing. I would recommend spending a few £/$ to get hold of a copy of Test of Time (ToT) from Amazon or E-Bay. If you don't already know its basically Civ2 MGE on steroids:

-More unit slots
-More event space
-More complex events language
-Multiple maps
-Features like non-passable terrain
-Better graphics

Some of the best scenarios are designed for ToT so owning a copy is essential for any true Civ fan, even if you carry on designing for MGE which is probably a good idea for a first scenario attempt. You can always convert it to ToT later on.

Enjoy

[DarkCloud]

>>Sticking to manually altering the tech tree text file is a must. It took me ages to figure out that part of the in game editor was screwed.

I spent hours redoing corrupted files due to that #*#*&$( ruined tech tree editor... I never realized I could just edit in the text file. ops:

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