Apolyton Pack, coming soon to a ctp installation near you... :)

[MarkG]

thanks, I have recieved it

[Celestial_Dawn]

Mark

Intention is not to rush you, but when is v1.0 of this Apolyton Pack going to be available for download?

Just thinking of giving 1.2 patch a go and reinstalling CTP

Rgz

CD

P.S. Thessaloniki is nowhere near Athens, I hope? In any case, hope you have no relatives or friends affected by the recent 5.9.
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[MarkG]

CD, we had problems with the scenario pack feature which I've described...

HOWEVER, last night I recieved a "patch 1.21" from someone which seems to solve almost all problems. I think we're only a couple days away...

[Big Dave]

Markos, would that "someone" be associated with Activision? Or is this 1.21 a hack from one of our talented friends on Apolyton?
Thanks,

Big Dave

PS Please don't read anything into the above question, it is truly just a request for information. If you don't want to post the answer publicly please feel free to email me.

[MarkG]

No problem at all, his hack(yes it's a hack from a fan not Activision) will actually be posted in our ctp files database asap. Not sure if he wants his name to be publicized, but you can contact him at ctpfan@hotmail.com

It is quite a "clean" job, as it has a windows install program which does everything for you. Basically it patches civctp.exe

It doesnt solve all problems though, so we'll have to wait a little longer....

[John LeMaitre]

Hey, I'd really dig an "Apolyton Pac". Just some questions about it... 1) Will the CD mod include sprites for the new units? If so, will they be an improvement over the ones on the website? (They're all good, except for the Noble. That one REALLY needs to be changed.) 2) As a Mayanist, I have to insist that the name of the Maya leader be Hanab Pakal. Hunahpu is a Maya deity. 3) Will there be any other changes to the existing mods on the site? I am hopeful for an improvement (if possible; it's a great mod!) on the graphics file that adds an Industrial Age, pyramids, and castles. Huts, maybe? Feel free to send it to me!
Thanks!

[MarkG]

and yes, Thessaloniki is some 500km away from Athens, no relative or friend has been affected. Thanks!

[MarkG]

Sprites and graphics for CD's mod are included and it's the pack that it's already posted

No changes to the mods have been made

[Big Dave]

Markos,
Any news on the Apolyton Pack? Is it out of beta? Or is there a new beta posted?
Thanks,

Big Dave

[MarkG]

no news, no out of beta, no new beta...

i'm holding up, waiting for an improvement of the 1.21 hack...

[Diemar]

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[Pintello]

Hi Mark,

I have experienced the same problem Hexagonian has with the Icons staying around after you have ended your turn and started a new one. I think this problem is related to Power Slic because when I had PowerSlic 1.71 in with CD's Mod and the Units Graphics Mod I saw the same problem only worse. With Apolyon Pack this problem is not as bad as it was with out the Pak. I think this may be because Apolyon Pak uses Power Slic 1.8, but the problem is still there.

Another problem, though this may be Activision's and not yours, is that when you play Hot Seat the Human Players after the first one cannot use the new Civ Names that Harlan has come up with. The names come up fine in the Hot Seat configuration box, but when you get into the game they are using the civilization names and related citie names from the same location in Activision's original setup.

An exaple to clarify this is as follows. I played a hot seat game with a friend. He chose the Celts, a Harlan addition I think. I go in and set up my civ as I am the second player. I choose the Byzantine, another Harlan addition. When we start the game, my friend gets his Celts just fine. When my turn comes up and I build my first city, I find out that I am the Cubans and my first city is called Havanna. Not what I was trying for.

I am using Activision Patch 1.2 fresh install, Apolyon Pak 0.9 and Unofficial Activision hack 1.21. Hope this helps Mark.

Other than these 2 issues, I have not seen any real problems with the Apolyon Pak. For those who were concerned about Hot Seat, I have played 50 some turn with the Apolyon Pak and I have not had any problems.

Timothy Pintello
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[MarkG]

thanks for the feedback Timothy
I suppose that the "known issues" part of the readme is going to be long after all...

I dont have any feedback from the creator the 1.21 hack on any progress in makimg everything work as it should.
I might jusr realease it with the GL txts renamed the v0.9 way....

finally, it's Apolyton, not Apolyon
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[hexagonian]

Mark,

Some imput on the Apolyton Pack:

A couple of small bugs to be aware of. Don't know if these are related to the Modpack.

I've had message icons that I cannot get rid of after reading them. They have remained on the screen for about 20 turns after the event had taken place. They are both the crossed swords icon. (Veteran promotion and a city lost to barbarians).

I also lost a city to slave revolt - I recaptured it and when I accessed the city workers screen, there were no workers in the fields to move around. Waited a couple of turns to try again, but that didn't work.

Other than that, everything has been working good.

I have CTP, without any other Mods, Patch 1.2, the Modpack and Hack 1.21.
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[TP]

Hexagonian,
Pintello,

I am just about to check this. There is the possibility to force CTP showing a meesage only for a given amount of rounds (e.g. just for 1 round), however Activision sometimes used that, sometimes not (don't ask me why that was not used consistently).

I will ensure that all messageboxes I changed in PowerSLICs 2.00 will have this feature of eliminating messages after 1 turn. If you then experience this bug again, it's due to Activision's inconsistency.


TP


P.S. I am playtesting PowerSLICs 2.00 Final Release. Mark, you should get it most probably during the weekend...