Mac Version

@Thamis:

I've already been in contact with you. You asked me to tell you what was needed to make this mod Mac-compatible. I emailed a detailed reply, the most important issue being that it contains a CvGameCore.dll that the Mac version will not handle. I also fed back fixes that you need to do to the XML to make it play nice with the Mac version, and I've had no response. If you didn't receive my email, please let me know and I'll send it again. Alternatively, check your spam bucket in case that's where it finished up.
 
That's a relief! I was wondering what I'd said to offend you .... now I wonder what I said to offend your spam filter :mischief:

What will be missing without the CvGameCore.dll?
 
That would presumably stop Mac players joining multiplayer games that use TAM, but they'd still be OK to play single player games.
 
AlanH said:
.... now I wonder what I said to offend your spam filter :mischief:

What will be missing without the CvGameCore.dll?
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Well, you know, any talk about macs is spam :)

From an AI standpoint you'll miss out on some fine-tuning aspects in the DLL right now. If we continue with other AI changes I'd like to make it will be missing more but should still be very playable, much like it is in its current state.
 
I've downloaded and installed it and played a few turns on the small map scenario. Seems to be fine. Well done :) :goodjob:

Installation:

  • Expand the zip file (just a double click if you have Stuffit Expander)
  • Move the /TAM_v1.951 Folder/Mods/The Ancient Mediterranean/ folder into your /Applications/Civilization IV/Mods/ folder
  • Move the files in the /TAM_v1.951 Folder/PublicMaps folder into your /Applications/Civilization IV/PublicMaps/ folder.
Running the Mod:
  • Start up Civ4
  • Select Advanced in the main menu
  • Select Load A Mod
  • Select "The Ancient Mediterranean" in the file selection screen
  • Click OK. Agree to the reload message.
  • When the Civ4 main menu reappears you should have the Ancient Mediterranean splash screen
  • Select Single Player
  • Select Play A Scenario
  • Select one of the Ancient Mediterranean scenarios
  • Continue as usual to select the game parameters.
 
I am going to give this a try. A PC-using friend of mine loves this mod. However, he tells me that the AI changes are actually critical for the playability of the mod - that without the AI changes, the AI is unable to address key aspects of the scenario and plays stupidly as a result.

Can you give me more information as to what AI changes are missing?
 
As of 1.951 the only DLL change for the AI that has actually been released is a change to the way the "Aggressive AI" game option works. We have several others in the que but they haven't made it intoa release yet. The biggest AI changes right now are all XML based so you'll get everything the PC users are suffering through right now :)
 
Cool, thanks for bringing this to the Mac! Looking forward to trying this out once my current scenario ends :).
 
yup, I've got the same errors that MickeyKitsu has.

(There's two XML files that fail to load:
Assets/XML/Text/Hittites.xml
Assets/XML/Text/TAM_Civilopedia_BuildingsProjects.xml

And the other obvious error so far is that if i select the Thrace civilization, the game crashes to the desktop.)

Also, when I build the Persian hero the game instantly crashes. I'm using 1.97 version, the latest one for the mac. Is there a more stable version or any ideas how to fix these problems??

help much appreciated. From what little I played, the MOD looks the . .. .. .. ..

so help, help, help!

me beg!

please!
 
I posted this under the Mac forums, but I thought it would be best to post this under TAM:

In TAM (Civ IV), as soon as I get to the Education technology, the game shuts down. Oddness.

Edit: No, that's not it. I went back and changed the technology I was researching, and it still shut down. I was at 412 AD.

Ugg. I tried to go back to an earlier saved version and keep progressing time til 412, but no matter what, the game shuts down then. Very disappointing. I had really enjoyed TAM until that show-stopper bug.
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Any ideas what could be causing the meltdown?
 
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