Civ III Great Books Editor

pesoloco · Aug 28, 2002, 11:04 AM

This is my second utility for Civ III modders.
This utility makes it easy to edit the "Great Books" dialog that pops up in the game. For example, you can change the "Machiavelli has completed his work...." to "John Doe has written a book about...."

Just download the file and unzip it. Run the setup program.
bookeditv101.zip

Version 1.01

pesoloco · Aug 28, 2002, 11:15 AM

Please post feedback and/or rate this thread. Thank you!

I am planning on making a series of editors for the game and expansion pack so if you have any ideas, let me know.

hagen · Aug 29, 2002, 06:03 AM

Cute program.

I think it's not too difficult to modify the txt file, but with this application it becomes very, very easy.

But, i hope, you agree that this is not one of the most important parts of Civ3.

pesoloco · Aug 29, 2002, 08:08 AM

Thanks for the compliment.

I know this is really the most important thing to modify in Civ III and there are many people who don't even read the message when it pops up, but it's still fun to play with.

I made this utility mostly for modders who are making scenarios/mods that are fictional. For example, Star Wars mod people can make it say "Yoda has completed his book on the Wealthiest Civilizations."
I used it to add the following historian/authors:

Josephus
Shakespeare
Henry Thoreau
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagorus

GIDustin · Aug 29, 2002, 05:00 PM

I feel this is a great utility as it reminded me that I have to change the Author Names in my MTG mod, because I dont think Gerrand and Squee have been introduced to Vliny, Gibbon, or Heroditus.

Thanks pesoloco for your contribution to the world of mod-making

GIDustin

zulu9812 · Aug 30, 2002, 02:38 PM

Presumably you can't increase the no/ of entries to more than 8 without making the box art bigger?

Exsanguination · Aug 30, 2002, 06:01 PM

Can you explain "dialog options" box?

Idea for next tool: Editor that edits the script.txt.

pesoloco · Aug 31, 2002, 09:25 AM

Sorry, the I believe the game limits the number of civs displayed to 8, but I haven't tested this.

Quote:

Originally posted by Exsanguination

Can you explain "dialog options" box?

Idea for next tool: Editor that edits the script.txt.

The dialog options box lets you customize the message that pops up and tells you the top 8 civs in a certain category.
The box usually pops up with the cultural advisor's face and he is happy. You can change which advisor pops up by selecting one from the advisor combo box. You can also change what facial expression he has by changing the Mood combo box. The caption is the title that appears on the message. The message can get a little confusing because it has so many keywords (all caps with $ in front of them). You can add anything you want to this message. The game inserts words in place of the keywords.

I have started a tool for editing script.txt

pesoloco · Aug 31, 2002, 09:26 AM

In the message box, the ^ means "start a new line"
the "^^" means "start a new line and center the text"

pesoloco · Aug 31, 2002, 09:28 AM

In the message:

To make text bold:
enclose it in curly brackets:

{this text will be bold}

To make text italic:
enclose it in square brackets:

[this text will be italic]

To make text both bold and italic:
enclose it in both curly and square brackets:
{[this text will be both bold and italic]}

pesoloco · Aug 31, 2002, 09:29 AM

I think I may put a key like that in the next version to make it less confusing.

Exsanguination · Aug 31, 2002, 12:15 PM

So you can't change the advisor/mood for individual books? It has to always be the same?

pesoloco · Aug 31, 2002, 02:23 PM

The game has it hard-coded that the same advisor pops up for all the books.

I have uploaded the new version (1.22)
This version re-organizes the program and provides better instructions on-screen.
There is no new functionality, but its worth getting the update.

Here is the full install:
bookeditv122setup.zip

If you already have it installed ,all you need to do is get the patch:
(see attached file)

pesoloco · Aug 31, 2002, 02:31 PM

Here is a new screen shot

The category buttons at the top reveal more options when you click on them.

Nahuixtelotzin · Sep 10, 2002, 01:18 PM

It's Pythagoras btw.

Everyone who changes the txt should have Jean Bodin and Theodor Mommsen in, one a famous 17th century French historian, the other 19th century Germany.

kring · Sep 10, 2002, 05:57 PM

It looks good. I like the other utility you made as well.

I was hoping to add a list of all the civs if you played with more than 8.

pesoloco · Sep 11, 2002, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kring
It looks good. I like the other utility you made as well.

I was hoping to add a list of all the civs if you played with more than 8.

You can try and see what happens. As far as I know, the number is hard-coded at 8 civs.

OmniMower · Oct 05, 2002, 06:11 AM

Hey Peso,
Your utilities are GREAT!!!

...can you put all your UTILITIES in one Editor????

...and where shall I post my demand on the Military Loss Utility?

/Your Lawnmower OmniMower

pesoloco · Oct 05, 2002, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OmniMower
Hey Peso,
Your utilities are GREAT!!!
...can you put all your UTILITIES in one Editor????

...and where shall I post my demand on the Military Loss Utility?

/Your Lawnmower OmniMower

Maybe once I get a few more utilities under my belt I will put them all together into one editor.
I will look into making the military loss utility.

OmniMower · Oct 05, 2002, 01:49 PM

Great to hear (see) about the Military Loss Screen!

...see ya on MSN?

Aug 28, 2002, 11:04 AM	#1
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	Civ III Great Books Editor This is my second utility for Civ III modders. This utility makes it easy to edit the "Great Books" dialog that pops up in the game. For example, you can change the "Machiavelli has completed his work...." to "John Doe has written a book about...." Just download the file and unzip it. Run the setup program. bookeditv101.zip Version 1.01 Attached Thumbnails __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site Last edited by pesoloco; Aug 28, 2002 at 11:11 AM.

Aug 28, 2002, 11:15 AM	#2
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	Please post feedback and/or rate this thread. Thank you! I am planning on making a series of editors for the game and expansion pack so if you have any ideas, let me know. __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site

Aug 29, 2002, 08:08 AM	#4
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	Thanks Thanks for the compliment. I know this is really the most important thing to modify in Civ III and there are many people who don't even read the message when it pops up, but it's still fun to play with. I made this utility mostly for modders who are making scenarios/mods that are fictional. For example, Star Wars mod people can make it say "Yoda has completed his book on the Wealthiest Civilizations." I used it to add the following historian/authors: Josephus Shakespeare Henry Thoreau Socrates Plato Aristotle Pythagorus __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site

Aug 29, 2002, 05:00 PM	#5
GIDustin Emperor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Spearfish, SD Posts: 1,392	I feel this is a great utility as it reminded me that I have to change the Author Names in my MTG mod, because I dont think Gerrand and Squee have been introduced to Vliny, Gibbon, or Heroditus. Thanks pesoloco for your contribution to the world of mod-making GIDustin __________________ Visit Civ3Files.com V12 (Now with advanced search & sort functions!) ~2400 files and rising!! ::Improvement Icons::Leaderheads::Maps::Mods::MUnits::Resources: :Tech Tree Icons::Terrain::Title Screens::Units::Wonder Splashes:: For all Civ games , , , and - Rate any file - Comment on any file Current Projects: Making Civ3Files.com Current

Aug 30, 2002, 02:38 PM	#6
zulu9812 The Newbie Nightmare Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Athens of the North Posts: 5,967	Presumably you can't increase the no/ of entries to more than 8 without making the box art bigger? __________________ UP THE IRONS! Get the inside story on the war in Iraq , The War Prayer My Units Field Gun, Carthage Pikeman, Rome Pikeman, Viking Spearman My Leaderheads Dwarf Lord, Dark Elf My tutorials How to make Leaderheads in Poser, Using Daz's Michael 3 for Unit Creation

Aug 29, 2002, 06:03 AM	#3
hagen Chieftain Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Pécs, Hungary Posts: 58	Cute program. I think it's not too difficult to modify the txt file, but with this application it becomes very, very easy. But, i hope, you agree that this is not one of the most important parts of Civ3.

Aug 30, 2002, 06:01 PM	#7
Exsanguination No longer here Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Where this man is Posts: 1,466	Can you explain "dialog options" box? Idea for next tool: Editor that edits the script.txt. __________________ [size=1]You can take my sig but you can't take my freedom.

Aug 31, 2002, 09:26 AM	#9
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	In the message box, the ^ means "start a new line" the "^^" means "start a new line and center the text" __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site

Aug 31, 2002, 09:28 AM	#10
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	In the message: To make text bold: enclose it in curly brackets: {this text will be bold} To make text italic: enclose it in square brackets: [this text will be italic] To make text both bold and italic: enclose it in both curly and square brackets: {[this text will be both bold and italic]} __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site

Aug 31, 2002, 09:29 AM	#11
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	I think I may put a key like that in the next version to make it less confusing. __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site

Aug 31, 2002, 12:15 PM	#12
Exsanguination No longer here Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Where this man is Posts: 1,466	So you can't change the advisor/mood for individual books? It has to always be the same? __________________ [size=1]You can take my sig but you can't take my freedom.

Aug 31, 2002, 02:31 PM	#14
pesoloco Civ-aholic Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,287	new screen shot Here is a new screen shot The category buttons at the top reveal more options when you click on them. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Come, see my units (18) : New! Triplane, Opossum Warrior, Napalm Bomb, Balloon, Freight, Moving Van, Napalm Bomber, Naval Mine, Plesio-Powered Transport, Dinosaur Rider, Land Mine, Fencer , E-3 Sentry , Engineer , Blimp, PPS-15 Radar , Penguin Anti-Ship Missile, Trojan Horse Utility Programs (2) : Civ III Diplomacy Editor, Civ III Great Books Editor See all my Civ stuff at Pesoloco's "NEW!" Custom Civ Web Site

Sep 10, 2002, 01:18 PM	#15
Nahuixtelotzin Huey Tlatoani Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Graz, Austria Posts: 591	It's Pythagoras btw. Everyone who changes the txt should have Jean Bodin and Theodor Mommsen in, one a famous 17th century French historian, the other 19th century Germany. __________________ Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm and yet makes Gods by the dozen. - Montaigne An idiotproof thing just helps evolution in creating better adapted idiots. - Nahuixtelotzin

Sep 10, 2002, 05:57 PM	#16
kring Asst Cook & Bottle Washer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wichita,KS,USA Posts: 1,210	It looks good. I like the other utility you made as well. I was hoping to add a list of all the civs if you played with more than 8. __________________ Looking for cIV and Civ3 terrain and resource mods. 1.52 1.29f 1.27f 1.22

Oct 05, 2002, 06:11 AM	#18
OmniMower Codename Synrise Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In the middle of Sweden Posts: 1,349	Hey Peso, Your utilities are GREAT!!! ...can you put all your UTILITIES in one Editor???? ...and where shall I post my demand on the Military Loss Utility? /Your Lawnmower OmniMower __________________ OmniMowius Rex Sveciae .... Weaponsmith of the Carolean Armory

Oct 05, 2002, 01:49 PM	#20
OmniMower Codename Synrise Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In the middle of Sweden Posts: 1,349	Great to hear (see) about the Military Loss Screen! ...see ya on MSN? __________________ OmniMowius Rex Sveciae .... Weaponsmith of the Carolean Armory

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