No Hall of Fame Save on the 1.12 beta

Pounder · Dec 27, 2003

I just one a rare diplomatic win on the 1.12 patch, rare for me because I am usually a war monger. It did not save it into the HOF. This was on the Epic game. The game might be treating the patch as a modded game.

Any one else notice the same. I am going to keep a save of just before I won and reload it on the final released patch.

JazzToucan · Dec 29, 2003

Bump.

This happens to me, too. Really ticks me off since I just won on Deity.

However, in my case I'm using a mod that has Austria in it... on the other hand, I renamed the mod "conquests" and replaced the original file and it seems to 'fool' the program in all other aspects.

Anyone else having this problem?

Commander Bello · Dec 29, 2003

My win on victory points was saved, but with "Name/Won" - ????

Pounder · Dec 29, 2003

I know that if you make any change to the Bix/Bic/Biq file that the game won't save, I one changed the colour of one Civ and it would no longer save to the HOF.

I think that they use a checksum on the file to see if there haver been any changes. So if the file checksum doesn't match the value of the checksum of the unmodded Biq/Bic/Bix then there is cheated assumed and the game won't be recorded.

They made changes to the file for the patch, maybe the pre-patch checksum is still in place. Maybe new checksum will be applied with the official patch release.

Commander Bello · Dec 29, 2003

My game has been played with version 1.12. And, it did save - with the strange rank entry, as stated above.

But, and that is what really gets me - why don't allow a modded game to save? If there is this checksum, then under rank it could be stated "changed settings".
I really get the impression that there is a big fraction at Firaxis, who don't like the idea that the players are doing something of their own. Seems to be an internal struggle between the ones who released the editor and the ones who think: Pay and play. But don't interfere with our divine decisions.

Pounder · Dec 29, 2003

I would also like to see all games go into the HOF maybe flagging the modded entries.

For now I will manually entry my game into the HOF.

Adam7Eight · Dec 29, 2003

Originally posted by Pounder
For now I will manually entry my game into the HOF.

I was going to suggest that because I have to do the same thing too. I have also edited the "labels.txt" file located in the Conquests Text folder to show wonder victories since the game doesn't originally display wonder victories as wonder victories :crazyeye:

Here's the thread the shows how to edit the HoF:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72726

Adam7Eight · Dec 29, 2003

Forgot to attach the screenshot.

Smellincoffee · Dec 29, 2003

I loaded "conquests.biq" into the editor, and the option to "restore default rules" was there. What did they change in the rules? :confused:

Frimlin · Dec 29, 2003

Weird. Seems to me *all* scores should go to the HOF, so that eventually only the highest ones are shown at the top of the list.

If it's somehow choosing which ones are eligible to be recorded or not, then that just seems wrong.

But then I also think disabling Aerial View to hide the fact there's no new City Improvement graphics is also wrong!

Adam7Eight · Dec 29, 2003

Originally posted by Frimlin
If it's somehow choosing which ones are eligible to be recorded or not, then that just seems wrong.

If you are playing with an edited conquests.biq file then scores won't be automatically entered into the HoF. To have scores saved in the HoF with any edited rules then you have to do it manually. I know it's lame, but that's the way it is.

Frimlin · Dec 29, 2003

It may be, but my objection to it "is" as well.

I'd rather an option to filter out non-"epic game" scores, than simply ignoring them completely.

JazzToucan · Dec 29, 2003

Thanks everyone. Looks like I'm penalized for playing Austria!

Actually, the odd thing is that usually modded games don't allow you to view the cities (overhead)... however, since I renamed my modded file to conquests, the city view option is enabled. Hmmm.....

Pounder · Dec 31, 2003

Originally posted by Smellincoffee
I loaded "conquests.biq" into the editor, and the option to "restore default rules" was there. What did they change in the rules?

If you click on 'restore default rules', 'restore default rules' still stays highlighted. This means that the file may or may not be changed. Of course, you know that they have made changes.

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