Help, playtesters needed for Alexander scenario

[Chris B]

Sorry Harlan, I haven't touched Civ ever since I got Age of Empires Collectors for Christmas. Is the scenario out Now?

[jethro]

lookin for a play tester,im a little late,but i enjoyed the official version,and am willing to give acurate feedback.sign me up

[Harlan]

Jospeh, what are you playing? The version that came with the game? I recommend holding out on playing that further till my updated version will come out. Its gonna be much better.

Chris, that should answer your question. I'm hoping to have at least something out by next week, though it won't be final.

Jethro, I can use more playtesters. A couple people have given me good feedback, but most seem to have disappeared off of the face. Maybe its the holidays.

[joseph1944]

I will wait. Thanks

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[Harlan]

Jethro,
What's your email. I have a new version for playtesters to playtest, but have no way of notifying you.

[Maksim-Smelchak]

Harlan,

Please send me a copy of the improved ALexander scenario. Please also read my post in the Medieval Mod forum. I particularly wanted to know where the other three wives are. I've only found the Sogdian wife after lots of looking. I also wanted to know how to get the Corinthian settlers. I've beaten the scenario several times and never seen a settler. My Email is Max200@Lanset.com just in case. Great job with the scenario. Even with what Activision did yo it, I really enjoyed it. The only research woth having is the Hagia Sophia. The longboat will wipeout the Trireme as obselete. I made that mistake once.

Cheers,
Max.

[Chris B]

Im havin lots of trubble.
I downloaded all your files and the cenario loaded fine, but then it crashed because i didnt have grafics for the isege tower. Fine, I put in dummys- the then the same thing happened with the horse armor advance.
Did I miss something. Also, do the difficulties mater? I've been playing on medium and keep getting whooped.

[Maksim-Smelchak]

Harlan,

I downloaded all of the most current Alexnew files and followed the directions from the playtest area. My program doesn't get as far as actually starting the scenario. I have the menu option for the Alexnew 2.0 scenario and choose the Macedonians. After the load bar finishes, the program crashes and says that it can't find the "gg102.spr" sprite. I tried changing my sprite, the "gu102.spr," to a "gg" name and the rename doesn't go through claiming that a "gg102.spr" already exists. It also makes that annoying glass breaking sound! What am I doing wrong? I hope this info helps.

Cheers,
Max.

[Harlan]

Chris,
You probably don't have the most recent set of sprite files. I recently updated those to have the Seige Tower graphic (that update is up right now). The Horse Armor advance problem is because of a file in the Pictures folder. It should be named UPAP161L.tga, but I accidentally had a space in the name, so it came out UPAP161L .tga.

Max,
I imagine that your problem is that you aren't naming the folder the scenario goes in as "Alexnew". If you call it anything else, you'll have messages saying that certain sprites can't be found. Let me know if that helps.

I will have a new update of files posted tonight. In any case why not send these kinds of messages to me as emails, I'll get to them faster.

[Changmai Beagle]

I wouldn't mind taking a run at testing. I think you did a good job with the scenario as it is. It's quite interesting, but the next one sounds even better.

P.S. I just lost Babylon to a 12 stack and had to fight off a 5 stack attacks against some troops I fortified in the mountain passes, so there's some AI signs of life. But I'm sure looking forward to a new awesome AI mod.

[Harlan]

Changmai,
If you want to be a playtester, you have to let me know your email.
[This message has been edited by Harlan (edited January 08, 2001).]

[slamp]

Harlan, count me in. I will send you an email with my email address.

[Biekert]

Harlan,

Any word on an update? I am patiently waiting for your new-and-improved scenario to come out before trying it at all! Many thanks for your efforts on our behalf. . .

[Harlan]

Biekert,
The first "official" version may not be out for a while (a couple weeks?), as we are beginning to realize the depths of AI stupidity, and that means more work. But there's a version I have now that, while still problem filled, is tons better than the one with the CD. Give me your email and I'll let you know how to get it.

[Chris B]

Harlan, new BUG:
every game i load, it says i can't find the sprit GG102.spr
I then tried moving all the sprites into ctp2/default/gamedata. then it worked
new games start fine what could be wrong????

Also, i am seriously unimpressed with your latest version of texts.
Ionian cities can no longer build and close up infantry units at all, and Rhodes can still build every buildable unit in the game.
please fix this


[This message has been edited by Chris B (edited January 14, 2001).]