MAP: Marla's Earth Map - 204x256

[Vonotar]

Re: DataIO Operation System Error : TILE

Originally posted by Immortal Khan
yes, i did save the fixed.sav file in the Saves directory because i remember seeing all my other saved games there as well. But after I downloaded the 1.18, i still saved fixed.sav in the Saves directory but it worked fine. I think it had to do with 1.17b is incompatible with the 1.17f patch.

1.17b and earlier is incompatible with Firaxis 1.17f patch

Sorry I thought this had already been covered in the thread, (they've been quite vocal about it on CivFanatics, hence my confusion)

Basically it's the CPT tool which is incompatible, you can either download the new version of that from Gramphos' thread and attempt to find the right place to put it, or download 1.18 upgrade from CivFanatics

Vonotar

[Marla]

Version 1.18 now on top of the thread

Well... everything is in the title I guess...

[N35t0r]

Have you seen my SA map for CIV2?

its on the 4th page, near the bottom.

And as for moscow, i could bet that i saw somewhere a photo of a river crossing that city, not to mention the map that is beside my computer...

[godinex]

A fast answer to this is making the tunfra tiles, the desert only a source of shields. An the jungle anf the forest hard to get of 30 times to cut them

[Aqualung]

I'm still confused. I thought CTP was Call to Power.

Y'all are throwing numbers around like I don't know what? What do I need to do to get "Correct Starting Positions For Marla's Earth Map" to work?

And here's a suggestion I thought of after watching Shaka Zulu:

Make the Impi a swordsman with 2 movement. Impis are useless except as scouts/defenders... and even as defenders, they're not that good. How are you supposed to use hordes of them to conquer (like Shaka did) with only 1 attack. The Zulus had Iron Working, as their spears and assagais were made of Iron, so that would logically make them an Iron-requiring unit. But at the very least, they could be changed to Horseless Horsemen.

[sieboldii]

Moscow and River

>> And as for moscow, i could bet that i saw somewhere a photo of a river crossing that city, not to mention the map that is beside my computer...

The Moscva River meanders through Moscow and doesn't flow too far from Red Square.

[Gramphos]

CtP=Call to Power
CPT=CivPlacementTool

Use the install, and save your file as fix.sav, then use the start menu to correct starting positions, and load fixed.sav.

[Aqualung]

Use what install? As far as the rest of your directions go, that's what I did. I've played (well, started) dozens of games on Marla's map, but now that I've got the 1.17 patch, I get a "Tile" error, and the Greeks, Chinese, whoever I'm playing... end up not being visible at all, and the info box says they're standing on Ocean.

[roalan]

different versions

When extracting Malars 3 different versions will one overwrite any of the others. I have 1.6 innstalled with some changes and am wondering if I enstall 1.8 wioll it overwrite 1.6?

[Gramphos]

You need thge upgrade version (1.18) posted earlier in this thread.

[Immortal Khan]

Is there a CPT/Earth Map that works w/ version 1.17f AND allows you to start without America as a civ?

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Immortal Khan
Is there a CPT/Earth Map that works w/ version 1.17f AND allows you to start without America as a civ?

What? doesn't this map do that?

The map should do... Is there another bug in CPT?

All you should hve to do is to select what civs you want from the dropdown menus.

[roalan]

upgrade

my question still is will version 1.8 when installed overwrite version 1.6??

[Vonotar]

OK, In reverse order.....

1.16 and 1.17(and above) used different file locations, so it's may be possible for the two to co-exist, however remember that 1.16 was a Beta version... so it's buggy

version 1.18 works with the 1.17f Firaxis patch and your free to choose whatever Civ's you do/don't want in the game, just don't EVER choose customize map as this does not give you the option to choose the size of the map (unlike one silly person thought)

So you don't like the river thru Moscow, ok YOU change it, then post the changed version on this forum for myself and Marla to look at

Anybody still confused about correct positions shoud consult the readme file (yes, that's right, you need to read it in order to understand how to use the mod!) either find the shortcut to the readme on your start menu, or point your browser HERE (Yes I know it say's version 1.17 on the website, but, believe me, nothing of importance has changed)

I'll just repeat..... 1.17b and earlier are incompatible with Firaxis' 1.17f patch, which given that they are probs virtually re-writing the game from the inside out to fix the bugs *ahem* features, is not really surprising.... I imagine there will be more problems once the multiplayer version appears

If you have suggestions for improving the map, make the change and then post it here for everybody to look at, Please do not suggest major changes to the size/shape of landmasses this is the one thing that makes this map stand out from all the others which appear to have gone down the route of europe twice the size it's supposed to be and the atlantic ocean being a small north-south river rather than an ocean

If you don't like the fact that the europeans are so close at the start of the game, de-select some of the europeans before starting the game (there's no rule that say's you have to have all 16 civ's)

If you want to avoid the game crawling from 1200/1400 onwards don't choose the full 16 Civ's

Some browser's have trouble downloading from Apolyton. if your having trouble downloading this map from here, try getting it from CivFanatics HERE

I've still not decided what to do about the Iroquos, anybody who knows where to find decent information about the Inca's on the net please email me

Right, Rant Over... back to normal service

[roalan]

patch and Marlas map

I did not like the reviews on the 1.17 patch so I will stick with 1.16. I used marlas 1.16 map for an entire game (with changes ) and found NOT bugs. I did find after a while the game went very slow 5+min for the computerr to move and at times I had to reboot because the game became stuck or if you went to the dip. table the lines between civs. would not show up is that the bug?