I have decided to make a sticky thread to assist new (and old) members of the Scenario League in installing Test of Time Project Patch and other Test of Time files. It amazes me that there are still new faces appearing from time to time and I bet there are a lot of old MGE or ToT fans out there who lurk and would really enjoy playing some of the latest scenarios.
I know it can be daunting to get into a game that the existing players have been working with for years and know like the back of their hands. I remember when I first looked at Open General I didn't really know where to start. Then I saw that someone (Luiz Guzman?) had made an installer that did all the hard work for me and included a ton of campaigns. Anything that I can do to replicate that ease of installation has to be a good thing.
I will edit the rest of this post with instructions. If anyone has anything to add that would be useful please let me know.
I know I had issues getting it to work in the default ToT folder and had to install Test of Time on my external hard drive in a folder called GAMES. I then installed the 1.1 patch (which I will link to) and then ToTPP (I will link to the ToTPP thread so the latest download will be seen). I know there is a guide on there and I will copy this here. I just thought a step by step guide from start to finish would be helpful. We would also include details about getting stuff to fun on 32bit and 64bit machines.
* Install Test of Time. Check here for more detailed instructions.
* Install the v1.1 patch available here, here or here.
* Download the latest version of ToTPP and install (v0.13.2 is in post #646 on this page: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-test-of-time-patch-project.517282/page-33)
* In the Games folder create a Scenarios (you can call this whatever you like)
* Download scenarios and unzip them to the scenarios folder. Many scenarios are compressed with 7-Zip which is a free open source archiving program that can extract the 7Z, RAR and ZIP archives found on this site. It can be downloaded here.
* Launch Test of Time with the TOTLauncher.exe which is located within the Games folder
* Have fun! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in this thread.
I know it can be daunting to get into a game that the existing players have been working with for years and know like the back of their hands. I remember when I first looked at Open General I didn't really know where to start. Then I saw that someone (Luiz Guzman?) had made an installer that did all the hard work for me and included a ton of campaigns. Anything that I can do to replicate that ease of installation has to be a good thing.
I will edit the rest of this post with instructions. If anyone has anything to add that would be useful please let me know.
I know I had issues getting it to work in the default ToT folder and had to install Test of Time on my external hard drive in a folder called GAMES. I then installed the 1.1 patch (which I will link to) and then ToTPP (I will link to the ToTPP thread so the latest download will be seen). I know there is a guide on there and I will copy this here. I just thought a step by step guide from start to finish would be helpful. We would also include details about getting stuff to fun on 32bit and 64bit machines.
* Install Test of Time. Check here for more detailed instructions.
* Install the v1.1 patch available here, here or here.
* Download the latest version of ToTPP and install (v0.13.2 is in post #646 on this page: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-test-of-time-patch-project.517282/page-33)
* In the Games folder create a Scenarios (you can call this whatever you like)
* Download scenarios and unzip them to the scenarios folder. Many scenarios are compressed with 7-Zip which is a free open source archiving program that can extract the 7Z, RAR and ZIP archives found on this site. It can be downloaded here.
* Launch Test of Time with the TOTLauncher.exe which is located within the Games folder
* Have fun! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in this thread.
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