Lightning Strikes!

[Thoth]

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 02-21-2001 08:28 PM I'm confused, too. I'm sure I chose Ceremonial Burial. Perhaps Thoth meant Code of Laws. Hope so anyway.

Indeed. Code of Laws it is.

kcbob: When you wiped the goody huts did you save as scenario? The save I recieved has "CHEAT MODE" slathered across the score in big ugly red letters.
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[kcbob]

quote: Originally posted by Thoth on 02-21-2001 09:14 PM Indeed. Code of Laws it is. kcbob: When you wiped the goody huts did you save as scenario? The save I recieved has "CHEAT MODE" slathered across the score in big ugly red letters. [This message has been edited by Thoth (edited February 21, 2001).]

I hope it's not my turn to . Yes, I did save as a scenario. Anybody know if the "CHEAT MODE" statement carries on anyway? I don't recall ever seeing it in other games. Maybe I goofed. AARRGGHH if so!

BTW, Roman and Thoth, could you zip the next go round that you send. It's a little faster on the downloads.

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Frodo lives!

[Julius Brenzaida]

Hey guys : we're much over the speed limit.
Game received, gonna play it for this evening. I hope that I don't slow it too much !
Nice to see it works so well (so far).

[Roman]

My version of antivirus is older than yours. Yes, I probably got a false positive. Anyway, there is no problem with it now so we don't have anything to worry about.

[Roman]

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 02-21-2001 09:59 PM I hope it's not my turn to . Yes, I did save as a scenario. Anybody know if the "CHEAT MODE" statement carries on anyway? I don't recall ever seeing it in other games. Maybe I goofed. AARRGGHH if so!

Saving it as a scenario would mean cheat mode would not appear near the score, so you must have saved it as a normal game. Never mind, it doesn't actually make any difference to the fun value that we will have CHEAT MODE written on our score.

quote: BTW, Roman and Thoth, could you zip the next go round that you send. It's a little faster on the downloads.

Unfortunately I have only winzip, so to the best of my knowledge I can unzip zip files, but not create them.

[Albert B]

First, I would like to say thanks to those who have played so far, the naratives make it fun to follow along even though I'm not playing.

Next, to Roman, you can create zip files with winzip. If you use the 'classic view', you should have a "New" button in the left corner of the toolbar or you can click "File/New Archive". The program will prompt you for a name for the new zip file and then prompt you for the name of the file(s) to add. You can either type the path and name or browse to find the files and add them. If you use the wizard interface, the second or third screen should have an option to 'create a new zip file'. If you choose that, it will again prompt for a zip file name and then ask for the name/location of the file(s) to add. Lastly, if you are still having problems, check the help files, they are pretty useful.

Anyway, I'll stop cluttering this post with my babble and just look forward to more entertaining accounts of the trials and tribulations of this soon to be great Sioux civilization.

Albert B

[Scouse Gits]

cheat mode doesn't show in a saved scenario - so if it is on it suggests that someone else has had recourse to the cheat menu since you started us off - not to worry - if the current game holder simply goes to Cheat | Save as Scenario and then reopens the new scenario not only has cheat mode gone, but the rest of the game is unchanged .......

It occurs to me with the slight confusion as to who has built what - could it be that Second Copy holders are starting on their game before getting the update from their First Copy fellows?

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"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

[kcbob]

Thanks for the tip, SG.

As for the confusion on research, I think it was just a miscall in the narrative.

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Frodo lives!

[Julius Brenzaida]

A brave warrior was killed fighting the hated barbarians. Another warrior became a hero defending Wounded Knee and became a veteran too. The city of Slim Buttes was founded according to the rules of the I and C and S. No other significant event happened during the short reign (2950-2550) of Dictaror Julius I..

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Oh Man, when will you understand that your greatness lies in your failure - Goethe

[Julius Brenzaida]

Game sent to Scouse Gits with copies to Ribannah and Kcbob. Slow start and Barbarians stopping early exploration.

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Oh Man, when will you understand that your greatness lies in your failure - Goethe

[Thoth]

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 02-21-2001 09:59 PMBTW, Roman and Thoth, could you zip the next go round that you send. It's a little faster on the downloads.

No problem.

[Roman]

quote: Originally posted by Albert B on 02-22-2001 07:55 AM Next, to Roman, you can create zip files with winzip. If you use the 'classic view', you should have a "New" button in the left corner of the toolbar or you can click "File/New Archive". The program will prompt you for a name for the new zip file and then prompt you for the name of the file(s) to add. You can either type the path and name or browse to find the files and add them. If you use the wizard interface, the second or third screen should have an option to 'create a new zip file'. If you choose that, it will again prompt for a zip file name and then ask for the name/location of the file(s) to add. Lastly, if you are still having problems, check the help files, they are pretty useful. Albert B

Tks., Albert B, it does indeed work. I have been ignorant of the powers of winzip all these years...

BTW: I received the intermmediate game files. Tks. Our situation doesn't seem to be the best ever, but is perhaps good compared to the AI.
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[John-SJ]

Another cool WinZip feature. If you open Windows Explorer and navigate to the directory containing the save file, right-click on the file and one of the menu options will be "Zip and E-Mail This File", it will create a zip file with the same name as the zipped file, open Outlook Express and add the zipped file as an attachment. This may only work with WinZip 8, not sure about earlier versions.

John-SJ

[Scouse Gits]

Got it - will be on it in an hour or so!

I hope this message posts - I have been Apolyton incommunicado for some 27 hours now - first it would not accept my password - and then after I had contacted Dan - it decided that I was on 'vacation' a first for the Gits - now, Dan assures me, I should be able to post - but I suspect that I will have a post count of ZERO!

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[Scouse Gits]

Yup - no post count and no sig file - the Curse of Apolyton is upon us

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