Realy Realy newbie question

[Grand Cadfael]

This is going to sound pathetic but... How do I keep units I save to a scenario from being erased? I decided to put preset start locations into a custom map. ok done, then I save. Uh oh. The computer vigorously deletes any thing that vaugley ressembles a unit. Any way of stoping this?

[Darsnan]

Re: Realy Realy newbie question

Not sure if this should be in the General/Help/Strategy section instead, but doesn't really matter.

Originally posted by Grand Cadfael
This is going to sound pathetic but...

This is not a bad question at all. One of the reasons I got into setting up scenarios in the first place was because I'd be about 30 years into a game and encounter an AI that was in an absolutely horrible spot, and would never pose any threat to me whatsoever just because it started out in such a crappy position! By setting up a scenario with pre-defined starting locations I therefore ensured that the AIs were more competitive from the get-go. Can't tell you how many false starts I had with the Scenario Editor I had, as it can be finicky and buggy at times.

Originally posted by Grand Cadfael
How do I keep units I save to a scenario from being erased? I decided to put preset start locations into a custom map. ok done, then I save. Uh oh. The computer vigorously deletes any thing that vaugley ressembles a unit. Any way of stoping this?

There could be several reasons, as follows:

1) if your talking about the Progenitor Factions disappearing when you start your scenario, then, because the Scenario Editor always starts out in MY2100, then because the Progs aren't supposed to arrive till MY2105, then the game will simply delete units from these Factions. I think the same is true for the Planet Cult.

2) Did you accidently save as a map instead, as a map-save will not include units.

Barring that, zip and post the file here and I can look at it to see if there is some reason for this issue.


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[Grand Cadfael]

Ahh! so it's that fact that I saved it as a map. Thanks

[Grand Cadfael]

Aargh. A bit of finicking with the editor got me what I wanted, problem is when I try to load the scenario it gives me the following error message: "Unable to allocate draw-buffer, terminating program."
Any insights as to my problem in this case? The realy anoying part is that I loaded any early attempt at a scenario and it worked perfectly

[ForesterSOF]

I am not sure but I am pulled to the video card not being enough.

Maybe changing some of the setting in the ini so less video is used may solve this.

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Grand Cadfael
Aargh. A bit of finicking with the editor got me what I wanted, problem is when I try to load the scenario it gives me the following error message: "Unable to allocate draw-buffer, terminating program."
Any insights as to my problem in this case? The realy anoying part is that I loaded any early attempt at a scenario and it worked perfectly

Sorry, you've already used up your "really really newbie question" allocation, so we can't help you....

Actually, the only thing that comes to mind is whether you are building the game in SMAC and then trying to play it in SMAX (or vice versa). Otherwise, I'd say zip and post it here and see if other people have the same problem or not.


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