Personal Techniques

[Shadowstrike]

Allard, could you please copy your guide on the text boxes and post it here? It would be most helpful.

[Allard HS]

Ok, but instead of spoiling this thread, I'll just give a link instead:

http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum18/H...tml?date=20:52

And here's the thread on hex-editing:

http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum18/H...tml?date=17:45

[Paul Hanson]

My tip is not to make historical scenarios. It` so much quicker to make everything up rather than research stuff

[Shadowstrike]

So, have you discovered anything new yet Allard? Thanks for the text box hints. I'm going to try it in my next (first) scenario.

[Gothmog]

Evil Capitalist,
In general I only irrigate,road build, or mine build the actual squares in use by a city. That can turn out to be a lot of the map, but not usually the entire map!

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There is no tiddle-taddle nor pibble-pabble in Pompey's camp.

[Kitana]

Well, I have found this thread very useful. I just wish that I could find books with the images I would like. I'll have plenty to scan for my next scn. Thanks for the tips.

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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese

[Shadowstrike]

Thank goodness someone brought this up. All the scenario-building tips I need in one place. As to my scenario, it should be ready for playtesting in a couple of weeks.

[Shadowstrike]

If you use FrontPage Express with the default empty square as the back ground, then skrink/enlarge the image as needed, you can get the diamond background onto the units. This of course depends on the fact that you saved the units on a .gif file with a pink (Civ-recognized) background. Dunno if this is helpful though.

[Kitana]

Does anybody have advice on setting the time line for a scenario in MPG? I've had to do a lot of complex calculations to get it right, then when I changed difficulty level it went haywire. I couldn't seem to get the start date in the scenario parameters to 2015. It kept going to 4000BC.

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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese

[Civfan]

Kitana, you have mpg right...To fix your problem just turn your game into a scenario... OPen up scenario parameters.. Change turn year increment to 1....Starting year to 2015..... Maximum turns 300..... NOw open up editor from the main menu....toggle scenario flag and enter a code for your scenario....After that, the year changes to 2015 and you can save the scenario.....

[Kitana]

quote: Originally posted by Civfan on 08-22-2000 05:31 AM Kitana, you have mpg right...To fix your problem just turn your game into a scenario... OPen up scenario parameters.. Change turn year increment to 1....Starting year to 2015..... Maximum turns 300..... NOw open up editor from the main menu....toggle scenario flag and enter a code for your scenario....After that, the year changes to 2015 and you can save the scenario.....

Thanks for the tip, I got my scenario dates right, now. It sure is alot easier than what I was trying to do.


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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese

[Kitana]

Civfan, thanks for the advice. I didn't realize I had to set the turn interval. But I got it working!

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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese

[Kitana]

Civfan,

Thanks for the tip, I did figure it out after posting this (and a little bit of hair pulling ). I didn't realize that trying to use civ's standard turn rate meant I had to use the civ timeline. DOH!!!!

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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese

[Prometeus]

How weird... why haven't you mentioned the barbarian 0 movement settler unit trick ?
A barbarian unit ( with 0 movement points and defense factor more than 0 ), if killed, gives to attacker the same reward of a killed barbarian guide...

BTW, download Chung Kuo sceanrio from SLeague to see it in action...
[This message has been edited by Prometeus (edited August 23, 2000).]

[Kitana]

I think I'll have to talk with you about this Prometeus. I'm planning on using A LOT of barbarians in my current scenario. This sounds very appealing...

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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese