What do I need to know about converting a .23 map to a .25 BTS map? I noticed a few differences, made some changes, but it is still crashing on me.
Ozzy, the changes you will need to make will all happen in Wordpad.
there are 5 things you will need to look at. the options part, the civics part, the civs part, the map summary part and the plot info.
In your options you will need to add at least 1 line
NumAdvancedStartPoints=
the game saves this info in BTS after MaxCityElimination=
if you want labascrum or any of the other options they would be added here as well.
The second part comes with the civics. Now starting with the first team (now numbered at 0) After BeginTeam the next line now needs to say
TeamID=
you will also need to make sure that after the number of leaders you use (say 12 players) that you fill out the rest of the spots up to team 39
(i.e.)BeginTeam
TeamID=39
ContactWithTeam=39
RevealMap=0
EndTeam
The third part, civs needs a few lines changed(will base examples on malakim for starters)
Leadername now changes from Varn Gosam to TXT_KEY_LEADER_VARN
CivDesc would change from Malakim to TXT_KEY_CIV_MALAKIM_DESC
CivShortDesc would change from Malakim to TXT_KEY_CIV_MALAKIM_SHORT_DESC
CivAdjective would change from Malakim to TXT_KEY_CIV_MALAKIM_ADJECTIVE
and a line will need to be added between startingera and civicoption
RandomStartLocation=false
and once again you will need to add the rest of the missing civs after team17
and change any unused civs under team1t to
BeginPlayer
Team=19
LeaderType=NONE
CivType=NONE
Color=NONE
ArtStyle=NONE
Handicap=HANDICAP_NOBLE
EndPlayer
and do this thru team 39
Next up map summary will need a line added just before endmap
Randomize Resources=false
lastly if any barbarian units (animal, warrior or city) are on the map you will need to hunt them down in the plot info section and change unitowner/cityowner = 18 to unitowner or cityowner = 40
my biggest advice would be to open the map and immediately save as a different name to work under(for instance I went from Faerun to FaerunBTS) so if you miss copy or miswrite something you still have a fresh copy to go back to.
edit: forgot to add that you will need to change the save name file from .Civ4WorldBuilderSave to CivBeyondSwordWBSave