During <B>ApolyCon '06</B> held last month in Timonium, Maryland, <A HREF="http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=80" TARGET="_new">Alex "alexman" Mantzaris</A> and <A HREF="http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=85" TARGET="_new">Jon "Trip" Schafer</A> gave a presentation on "Modding <I>Civilization IV</I>" at <A HREF="http://www.hotel-ballt.com" TARGET="_new">event venue</A> <B>Holiday Inn Select-Baltimore North</B>. In the <A HREF="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/modding_civ4-1.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (23.5MB)">first of five installments</A>, Mantzaris leads off by noting that while <I>CivIV</I> is very modifiable, it is not very easy to modify. He introduces the three levels of modification abilities and focuses on the first's pros and cons with accompanying code examples: XML. Below is a screenshot from this production:
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<table cellspacing=0 border=0 width=300 style="border: 1px solid gray;margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 60px;"></tr><tr><td colspan=2><a href="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/modding_civ4-1.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (23.5MB)"><img align=center src=http://convention.apolyton.net/photos/modding_civ4-1.jpg style="padding: 4px 4px 0px 4px;" BORDER=0></a></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-left: 4px;"><font size=1 color=gray><A HREF="http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=80" TARGET="_new">"alexman"</A> introduces <I>CivIV</I> modding abilities
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The video is in <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10" TARGET="_new">Windows Media</A> format, 09m50s in length and 23.5MB in size. Part 2 is scheduled for release on <U>August 16th</U>.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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<table cellspacing=0 border=0 width=300 style="border: 1px solid gray;margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 60px;"></tr><tr><td colspan=2><a href="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/modding_civ4-1.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (23.5MB)"><img align=center src=http://convention.apolyton.net/photos/modding_civ4-1.jpg style="padding: 4px 4px 0px 4px;" BORDER=0></a></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-left: 4px;"><font size=1 color=gray><A HREF="http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=80" TARGET="_new">"alexman"</A> introduces <I>CivIV</I> modding abilities
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The video is in <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10" TARGET="_new">Windows Media</A> format, 09m50s in length and 23.5MB in size. Part 2 is scheduled for release on <U>August 16th</U>.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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