TerraForm -- a map editor for CIV dos

I gave up on TerraForm despite Dack's attempts. I've playing my original on DOSBox and shall try it once again when return home next month! Perhaps Dack will try editting it, but then hundreds of our fellow players are using it successfully!! Maybe something wrong with our configuration?


PEACE!!!
 
I gave up on TerraForm despite Dack's attempts. I've playing my original on DOSBox and shall try it once again when return home next month! Perhaps Dack will try editting it, but then hundreds of our fellow players are using it successfully!! Maybe something wrong with our configuration?
PEACE!!!
I doubt if it is our configuration.

I really love the program. So I can't complain but I think the copy protection is just not necessary.

I used to have another interesting program that has not worked on any of my machines for a long time now called CIVED15.

Someplace I might still have the excel CIV map editor program. What was pretty unique!
 
Well all the luck! For me, for the time being the game by itself is enthralling enough!!


[B]PEACE!!![/B]
 
URLSAME="http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=6982801&postcount=226"]post 226[/URLSAME]Doesn't the mere use of TerraForm take away from the "charm"?
I think so, if it is used to look ahead. For me the mystery of exploration and the unknown size and strength of the other civilizations is where the fun is.

The whole point of the software is to dissect the game.
I thought the point of TerraForm was to build worlds and scenarios to offer up as a game of the month.. For a better dissection of the game see CIV$


But since it is free, how about just letting us install it without needing a PW.

As I have explained before (see post 4) I like to know my users, at least a count of them so I’ll know when the interest in this fades. As far as free, the price is participating in the civfantics forums and offering and playing the GOTM postings. Most people never log on again.
Ver 3 registered users 166 never posted anything to the forum.


(I was about to disappear some annoying barbarians. LOL)
CIV$ has a single button to vanish barbarians. CIV$ can be Semi-Integrated into CIV game play.


I used to have another interesting program that has not worked on any of my machines for a long time now called CIVED15.

In XP pro service pack 2; a double click and CIVED15 starts right up for me, but I didn’t test it in dosbox.

Looking about I see I haven’t updated CIV$ in years.
 
Fine with me Dack :)!

PEACE!!!
 
This new release of CIV$ ver 081001 works in DosBox, Windows command processor, and DOS. It has a number of new features. None of the new features are described in the documentation. CIV$ can be Semi-Integrated into CIV game play. By that I mean you can do a save, exit CIV, CIV$ starts immediately, You modify what you want in CIV$, Click on the CIV button and you answers to the 3 questions are pushed into the keyboard stack and without further ado you are at the Select Load File prompt in CIV. If I do say so myself it’s a very good civ helper (play the way you want! cheat!) program.



complete settlers tasks -- all of your settlers complete their tasks this turn
Change Your People -- human becomes other civilization
Unit Descriptor -- changes functions of units (see below)
SpaceShip -- only works for ver 5 (needs fix)
Finish Turn -- allows auto goto & aeroplane not in cities or on carrier to move
Replay view -- Look at replay information
First screen -- Answer the three CIV questions
Turn/Year -- modify year [/list]


Unit Descriptor





The advance page now has a button to fill the light bulb bin so that the end of the next move will give you an advance.



runciv.bat

start E:\0DATA\vb6d\CIVmon\CIVmon.exe
cd C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.65
dosbox -c "mount c \mps\civ\" -c "c:" -c "cc.bat"


This file needs to be edited to indicate the current directory (folder) that DOSBox is in for example: cd C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.72 if using version 0.72

If you download this how about posting a review.


CIV dollar sign - CIV$
 

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Changelog available? The one available in the distribution is from February 2005.
 
A new version of civ$! Cool... Lots of neat things you can do with this.
 
what is CIVmon.exe listed in above bat file?

I'm just going to REM it out since I don't have it or know what it is.

EDIT
More comments. Never used Civ$ bf. Dont see a need for Dosbox, both civ$ and civ run from windows (I may have compatabilty mode set for both, not sure. I dont like going direct from civ$ to civ, as my icons then flash real slow and movement is slow. I find that to avoid that I always start CIV and hit 1,2,1 (setting mouse, and graphics options and something else). Other wise it is slow like that.

Civ$ seems interesting. I didnt stumble across how to "disappear" the bad guys (in my curent case, the greeks and french). I found a list of the othersies pieces with reference to grid location. I guess if I figure out the grid of my cities then I could figure out which pieces are about to take my city
 
Just curious. Did everybody's version 3 expire? Or is it just that a couple of us happened to no longer have working copies.
 
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In no praticular order the Version 1 users:
1) Noli, 2) hannurabi, 3) krille, 4) Matrix, 5) carniflex, 6) solharis, 7) Goldberg, 8) flobi, 9) wanwan, 10) clownbox, 11) Tenochtitlan, 12) simonnomis, 13) trada, 14) NuPenguin, 15) sehner, 16) Snake05
There may be other users (one or two), I did not keep records but have reconstructed this list from emails.
 
This release detects and repairs the City Remains Unprotected... bug

The French and German version of CIV DOS produce a SVE file that is of a slightly different format from the English version. At the moment TerraForm does not work with these versions.

Build 64 Build 65 replaces Build 62 - Oct 10, 2008
This release allows read only viewing of the German and French version of CIV DOS (MAP & SVE) output files.
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Note: 17Nov08 Current build is 72 see first post

Attached Files TerraForm0074.zip (432.3 KB, 20 views)
Oct 8, 2009: The attached file was removed as new verison in first post

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Users Version 4 Placed here Oct 12, 2009
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I just sent a request, Dack, maybe I'll be the first on the list for this version
 
what is CIVmon.exe listed in above bat file?

CIVmon is a windows program I wrote that monitors the directory that contains the MAP & SVE files (C:\MPS\CIV). It uses the FindFirstChangeNotification API to watch for changes in that folder. Then it makes a backup of the MAP/SVE files using the following format: date stamp, country, leader, civ year, game number.
Example: 080527172244 English Churchill 1948AD 0.sve

The program also restores the files it produces back into civ naming format. If there is interest I’ll post it.

I dont like going direct from civ$ to civ, as my icons then flash real slow and movement is slow. I find that to avoid that I always start CIV and hit 1,2,1 (setting mouse, and graphics options and something else). Other wise it is slow like that.

CIV$ on the MISC screen there is a button called First screen click it then enter the your answers to the first 3 questions of CIV. These answers as saved in a file CIV$.111 and used any time you start CIV from CIV$. The default 111 is not stored and if the file does not exists CIV$ uses the default.

On my machine if I start CIV directly I get inconsistent results some times normal speed , some times slow and often the mouse pointer will only go half way across the screen. I get good consistent results from DOSBox-0.65

Civ$ seems interesting.
I would suggest reading the documentation and experimenting. CIV$ is feature rich.
 
When I re-installed my civ, I didn't do the patch, where is the patch? I think that lead to incompatibility with TerraForm
 
I received the following pm from »Vûlçåñø«

Hi Dack,
thanks for your fast answer and registration.
I have to say WOW.
The Programm was great, nice work, respect.
But, ive the german version and can save the map in german or french. Only english is here supported.
What ive todo to use german Savegames.
Thanks
cheers

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The current version of TerraForm will read and detect if the SVE was written by the German, French or English version of CIV DOS. The German and French SVE files are read only at the moment. Note: TerraForm may encounter a program error and terminate if modification are attempted to a file produced by the German or French version of CIV DOS. So what you are getting is an early version of the effort to alter the German and French SVE & MAP files.

Over time I hope to modify TerraForm so that it will read / write the German and French MAP & SVE files. At the moment all you will be able to do is look at the map.
 
Ahem..Hey.
I'm brand new to this, and was wondering how I would get this to work in the first place. :rolleyes:

Try to be specific, I'm not the brightest lightbulb!
How do I edit the map? I'm trying to edit it but I have nothing to edit.
 
The first thing is to download the TerraForm map and get e-mail from Dack (its creator), only then will you be able to install or edit it :)!

PEACE!!!
 
Thanks for the help, but I've gotten everything figured out with Dack's help now. :D
 
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