Captain Nemo, Please Read

[Djugashvili]

I seek wisdom from the God of Scenarios, Captain (Komrade) Nemo. If I may know, Komrade, how is it you used the DOS prompt to change the seasons on Red Front? I noticed at the bottom it said 'events file removed.' How does this whole thing work? I was thinking of doing something similar in the scenario I am working on now, not to reflect the change in season, but to reflect different eras of soviet history. If you could find the time, I would appreciate a visit to the thread I created on the Civ2 Creation Forum devoted to my new project. Any input would be welcome. So how about that DOS thing, huh?

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"When You Kill One, It Is A Tragedy. When You Kill 10 Million, It Is A Statistic"
-Comrade Stalin

[Captain Nemo]

Thank you for the endorsement, but most of the things I use in Red Front are borrowed from others who figured these things out and deserve the real credit! (Michael Jeszenka in the case of the batch file to change the seasons)
How it works:
Simple as far as replacing the rules, units, cities, terrain1, terrain2 files but, as you may have noted, if you reload a saved scenario, it "remembers" the original events, even if you have changed the event file later.
To get rid of the previous events you must run "delevents" on the saved game which gets rid of the embedded events and allows the game to pick-up a new events.txt file when you reload it...
Simple...
BTW,the "Delevents" utility was only available with the FW version so I included it in my Red Front files.
Good luck!

[MagyarCrusader]

Hahaha! I didn't get gyped. Allard was the one who invented the process, I was just the first to put it into practice. As for the change of seasons, that idea came from Petroski, but I finished my scenario before he did.

[Djugashvili]

Okay, whoever thought of it...

Thank YOU.

[Allard HS]

Hahaha! I didn't get gyped. Allard was the one who invented the process, I was just the first to put it into practice.

As for me, I don't remember it completely; I'm getting old, my memory is leaving me, but I believe that Alex was the first to have the idea. I simply simplified it a bit and made it ready for common use, as is still viewable in one of the Sleague's tips.

a bit late but.... MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! or:
Kalá Christoúyenna (kè kalà chroniá)!

[Djugashvili]

Swedish! That's Swedish, right?! Swedish...

[Stefan Härtel]

No, that's Greek. At least I think so

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Follow the masses!
30,000 lemmings can't be wrong.

We who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just want to scream it louder and louder:
"What the hell are we fighting for?"
"Just surrender and it won't hurt at all"
-Brian May (Queen)

[Allard HS]

Swedish? I don't speak a word Swedish.
Let me give you two hints; it's supposed to be written with Greek letters, and Markos knows what it means.
I can also do it in some more languages:
Prettige Kerstdagen (dutch)
Prettig Kerstfees (afrikaans)
Joyeux Noël (french)
Frohe Weihnachten (german)
Merry Christmas (english)
that's about it, i guess.

[Allard HS]

Damn, Stefan was faster than me

[Djugashvili]

Don't forget Feliz Navidad, mi Padre.

(Senora Volland would be proud )

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"When You Kill One, It Is A Tragedy. When You Kill 10 Million, It Is A Statistic"
-Comrade Stalin

[Allard HS]

what does that mean then?

hey let's stop this now; we're ruining the thread. yeah, I know i started it but still..
[This message has been edited by Allard HS (edited December 26, 1999).]

[Djugashvili]

Okay, 'Feliz Navidad, mi Padre' means 'Merry Christmas, my Friend' in spanish.

Now, back on subject...

[Djugashvili]

ahh, so Mike got gypted. Tell him he's effectively thanked. Anyhow, I'll see what I can do with that information; people are sending me lots of ideas on the other forum and I'll consider using this one.

[NickC]

For my uocoming Greek Revolution scenario ( http://members.xoom.com/crownciv ) "The Dream of Kolokotronis" I was going to have the name of the scenario be the word "FREE" but I couldn't find a text editor to let my type Greek letters.

It is something like this:
"EYeuOepos"
With an upside down "Y", accent marks over the first E and the u, and a line through the O (not through it, just in the middle of it, in a way that is hard to explain).

That's one thing I hate about Greek, I may be Greek, but there are no well-made text editors for different languages!

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Nick Crown (Greek.)
Yasou!

[Djugashvili]

Hey, Nemo, while I (hopefully) got your attention, how do you feel about me using the industry idea from Red Front and 2194 Days for my new Soviet Union scen? Do you think it is flagrant copying, or could I make it somewhat original? I REALLY love this idea and I think it would fit perfectly in with the topic of my project. Whaddaya think?