UTILITY: Hacked Civ3Edit.exe

[Willem]

Originally posted by Furtigan
Is this utility ever going to get updated to use with 1.16?

Or can I use it as is?

There's not a big difference between the two, so yes you can use it as is. What I've been doing is opening up the Bic file in the regular editor after I've used the hacked one. There's only a few extra flags that have been added in version 1.16f, so it's just a question of setting those, then saving it again. It's a bit of a nuisance, but it gets the job done.

[Furtigan]

wwwwhat?

say that again real slow. I'm very new to doing this sort of thing...

[Willem]

Sorry, setting a flag simply means checking one of the boxes in the editor that gives the unit/improvement etc. some special ability or function. The 1.16f editor has a few more options you can select than the hacked editor does, but not really all that much. So if you want to include any of those new options, you have to load the Bic file into the new editor, after making any changes the hacked one allows you to, reset the new options, then save it again.

It's a bit of a nuisance like I said, but if you are also using the Civ3CopyTool (soon to be Civ3MultiTool I understand) it's not that big of a deal. It pretty much does everything the hacked editor allows you to do, and it generally does it much better, so most of the time you'd only have to use the 1.16f editor. I hope that helps your confusion.

[Satis5d]

The add/remove buttons are a godsend.

In the words of Pumba the Wise,

"I gravel at your feet, your majesty."

[rdplanglois]

unsuccesful download

argh!

help me! i downloaded this file (or maybe an earlier version of it) more than a month ago, and it worked fine. now im trying again (new pc, old one was robbed), and my blasted computer is telling me it's only a 26 BYTE file!!!

somebody help me, please! i really want to get playing again, but i cant mod the game to the way i like it without this .exe!


thanx

That is the idea I intended to convey... officially.

[donarumo]

I am currently having some sort of issue with my online space where the program will not download. I will be looking into this tonight to see what the issue might be. Sorry for any inconvenience. Try back in a couple of days.

Fixed, sort of, link on first message now works. Should be obvious what to do....

[jaw]

You don't need the hacked editor !!

The hacked editor is completely Unnecessary.

All you need to do is:

1: Press "rename" followed by "cancel".
2: Now you press "a" to add or "d" to delete.

Very simple, and it actually works !

JAW

By the way: What does "randomize bonus grassland tiles", and the "seed" function do ?
I can't seem to understand the help-function on these subjects.

[The Rusty Gamer]

Even easier, simply tab to the "Rename" button.

Problem: I've deleted all my technology (I didn't want any for my mod) but the game bombs out. I can no longer access the "Rename" button to add a tech back in as it's disabled. So now what to I do?

I'm about to download the civmulticopy tool and see if that'll help.

Otherwise I may have to start the mod from scratch again!

[Mike Breitkreutz FIRAXIS]

Re: You don't need the hacked editor !!

Originally posted by jaw
By the way: What does "randomize bonus grassland tiles", and the "seed" function do ?
I can't seem to understand the help-function on these subjects.

Randomize bonus grassland tiles:
If this is checked, Grassland tiles will randomly have an extra shield when placed. If unchecked, you must manually select Bonus Grassland to place if you want Grassland with an extra shield.

Seed:
The seed can be used to generate the exact same map again. When you generate a map, all calculations are based on a single seed number. If you generate another map with the same world setup and same seed, you will get the exact same map.