Yesterday I discovered that THE DEITY's Gwani scenario (modpack by ACS convention) plays WITHOUT conversion on my iMac! I was trying to perform the conversion using the Convert Scenario AppleScript, and I wasn't sure that it worked as the sound files were still .wav files and the text files appeared unmodified. So I took the folder, tossed it into the MPG Scenario folder and it WORKED!
Now, I wondered what would happen if the "unconverted" original PC files (including BMP, WAV and TEXT) were placed straight away into the Scenario folder...IT WORKED TOO! What's up with that?
I queried THE DEITY to see if he did anything special to allow this. He wrote back that he thought that in general, PC scenarios should be Mac compatible. (a nod to THE DEITY, he told me that a couple of months ago and I didn't try it! Shame on me! ).
Unfortunately, I have not been able to access the ACS DB to try other files to confirm this ability. So, please give a PC download a try and tell us what happens!
Caveat: I am using Civ II MPG ver. 1.1.1 on an iMac running OS 8.6 and QuickTime 4 Pro. The ability to easily read PC file types may be dependent on the OS and QT version that you are using.
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Different is GOOD!
AOL IM--JacSamDad
[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited March 14, 2000).]
Now, I wondered what would happen if the "unconverted" original PC files (including BMP, WAV and TEXT) were placed straight away into the Scenario folder...IT WORKED TOO! What's up with that?
I queried THE DEITY to see if he did anything special to allow this. He wrote back that he thought that in general, PC scenarios should be Mac compatible. (a nod to THE DEITY, he told me that a couple of months ago and I didn't try it! Shame on me! ).
Unfortunately, I have not been able to access the ACS DB to try other files to confirm this ability. So, please give a PC download a try and tell us what happens!
Caveat: I am using Civ II MPG ver. 1.1.1 on an iMac running OS 8.6 and QuickTime 4 Pro. The ability to easily read PC file types may be dependent on the OS and QT version that you are using.
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Different is GOOD!
AOL IM--JacSamDad
[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited March 14, 2000).]
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