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**Locutus** · June 27, 2002, 07:28

As promised, here are instructions for installing Apolyton Pack:

Edit: this info can also be found in the Tournaments Section.

Installing Super Apolyton Pack v2.0

Note: all folder paths mentioned below are relative paths from the main CtP2 folder, the folder in which you installed CtP2. By default this is often C:\Program Files\Activision\Call to Power 2.

1) Make sure you have the patch (v1.11) and ModSwapper (v1.5) installed. You can download these from the Files Section.

2) Open the file ctp2_program\ctp2\userprofile.txt and look for the line that starts with DebugSlic. Make sure this is set to No, so the line should read DebugSlic=No.

3) Download the Super Apolyton Pack from our temporary database, here.

4) Unzip (see here) the file you downloaded into your main CtP2 folder. When you're prompted if you want to overwrite battleview.ldl and scenarioeditor.ldl, confirm this.

5) If you have a non-English or non-German version of CTP2, you must copy all files and folders from the 'english' or 'german' folder (depending on which language you prefer) into your own language folder in order for the Pack to work. (Hopefully a French version of the game will also become available at some point in the future.)

6) Start Modswapper. You should now see the option "Apolyton Pack! CTP2 the way it should be" next to the existing options ("Original Game" and maybe others, depending on what other mods you already installed). Whenever you want to start a new Apolyton Pack game or continue an old game that was started with the Apolyton Pack, you will have to choose this option in ModSwapper before you hit 'Launch' to start the game.

Zipped files

The savegames for the Tournaments, as well as most of the mods that these Tournament games are played with, are 'zipped', they are stored in a special (compressed) format to make them smaller and thus faster to download. In order to be able to use such files you need to 'unzip' them. Some Windows versions have an unzip tool by default. If this is the case on your system, you should be able to double-click the file in Explorer and it will be unzipped. Since I've never actually used this feature myself, I can't explain how it works in detail but, as with many Windows features, it should be fairly self-explanatory and help should be available. In any case, if this doesn't work on your system (or you don't like how it works), you should download a program like WinZip from a place like www.downloads.com, at the time of writing, the latest version could be downloaded from here (link might go obsolete as newer version are being developed all the time). To be able to participate in the Tournaments and download mods, you should download and install a zip program like this and the above trick of double-clicking a file in Explorer should work. Different programs work in different ways, but usually this will bring up a window with all files included in the zip file (this could 1, it could also be 10,000) and a number of buttons. Simply hit the button called 'Extract' (or something similar) and select the location where the file(s) should be extracted (in case of a mod, usually your main CtP2 folder, in case of a savegame, usually your savegame folder: ctp2_program\ctp2\saves\games\).

When you want to upload the finished Tournament savegames, so that you can be included in the rankings, you'll have to 'zip' these files yourself. With WinZip, you can simply right-click the file in Explorer and select the option 'Add to Zip' and, after choosing a name and location for the zipfile, the file(s) will compressed in a zipfile. Then, press the 'Post Reply' button on the thread where you want to submit the file to, and a screen will come up with a number of fields. Right above the 'Submit Reply' button (near the bottom) there is an 'Attach file' option. Press the 'Browse...' button and select your file. After writing your reply (which should at least mention the type of victory that you accomplished and optionally other info/comments) and hitting the 'Submit Reply' button, your reply will be posted with the zipfile attached to it.

**centrifuge** · June 30, 2002, 13:43

Ok, guys, My capital just got sacked by a stack of eleven barbarians!! This is going to be an interesting tournament

**Immortal Wombat** · June 30, 2002, 14:03

lol. that happened to me in the first one. pain in the arse...

**centrifuge** · July 1, 2002, 11:24

Originally posted by centrifuge
Ok, guys, My capital just got sacked by a stack of eleven barbarians!! This is going to be an interesting tournament

Never fear everyone... I got my capital back prompltly (w/in two turns) and now the Romans are toast (like a hot knife through butter). Well not quite

The differences in this tournament compared to the last one are amazing... It's so much fun being the weakest Civ in the world

**ískallin** · July 1, 2002, 12:05

The AI is nut's

The Barbarians kicked my rass for the first time

Attached Files

**TheArsenal** · July 1, 2002, 12:40

Ah, every one else is getting smacked around a bit as well. Makes me feel much better. Nevertheless, to say this is going to be challenging for those "medium" player like me is an exercise understatement.

**Jesper Portus** · July 2, 2002, 01:51

Re: 2nd Apolyton CtP2 Tournament: 26 June - 26 July 2002

Heavy!!!

1.000 BC and I´ve only crushed one opponent.

I hope to win by science victory.

"Bad": I have only two weeks´, because in July I loose my "freedom".

(I marry on July 20th

)

So long, have fun.

Jesper Portus

**Locutus** · July 2, 2002, 04:06

Well, think of it this way: at least you guys *can* play, I don't have a pc to play on

Congratulations, Jesper!

Or should I say condolences?

Have a good wedding and eh... make sure Mrs Portus gets her own copy of CtP2 as a wedding gift

**Jesper Portus** · July 2, 2002, 06:19

Originally posted by Locutus
Congratulations, Jesper!

Or should I say condolences?

Have a good wedding and eh... make sure Mrs Portus gets her own copy of CtP2 as a wedding gift

Thanks! Unfortunatly she dont play, but fortunatly she let me play. Therefore she likes to cook. Thats important, because sometimes you cant keep on playing without "real" food.

I tried to push the supply button, but I feel not saticefied ...

So long
Jesper Portus

**centrifuge** · July 2, 2002, 10:02

Originally posted by Locutus
Well, think of it this way: at least you guys *can* play, I don't have a pc to play on

Locutus,

When are you getting that new computer, that I've seen you talk about? Hopefully, pretty soon, so that you can have a go at the tournament game...

I've only encountered one problem with the game so far (Aside from the early struggle with the barbarians from above

) At about 800AD, the game crashed without warning, and continued to crash until I added Martin's Slic file that stops the ability to pillage neutral tile improvements, and did a /reloadslic.

Everything's been smooth since... well sorta...

**Locutus** · July 2, 2002, 10:40

Originally posted by centrifuge
When are you getting that new computer, that I've seen you talk about? Hopefully, pretty soon, so that you can have a go at the tournament game...

Could be a few weeks. I'm currently borrowing my sister's pc but I can't install CtP2 here

I'm trying to borrow an extra HDD somewhere, but it might be a while before I have everything up and running

I've only encountered one problem with the game so far (Aside from the early struggle with the barbarians from above

) At about 800AD, the game crashed without warning, and continued to crash until I added Martin's Slic file that stops the ability to pillage neutral tile improvements, and did a /reloadslic.

Hmm, I thought that code was part of AP... Oh well, that's something for others to keep in mind then, I'll add instructions for that to the website later...

**child of Thor** · July 3, 2002, 06:08

Originally posted by centrifuge
I've only encountered one problem with the game so far (Aside from the early struggle with the barbarians from above

) At about 800AD, the game crashed without warning, and continued to crash until I added Martin's Slic file that stops the ability to pillage neutral tile improvements, and did a /reloadslic.

Everything's been smooth since... well sorta...

God! I think i've drunk too much over the world cup(and now Wimbledon and Tim Henmen are pushing me to the hard stuff!), I can't find the link to Martin's useful stop pillage file!

And, I think,it was because of my whineing that he wrote it, very embarassing!what was the title of the thread you got it from?
(as a note for Martin, the file doesn't appear to be on your website, at least not as a seperate download.)

**Immortal Wombat** · July 3, 2002, 06:21

Code:

HandleEvent(pillage) 'stop_pillaging_you_game_crashing_idiots' pre{
if(TileOwner(location[0]) < 0){
return STOP;
}
}

**child of Thor** · July 3, 2002, 06:48

Announcement

2nd Apolyton CtP2 SP Tournament: 26 June - 26 July 2002

2nd Apolyton CtP2 SP Tournament: 26 June - 26 July 2002

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