Adding Advances

[Hawkman]

I added some advances using the editor, but the game lock up when I research Writing! None of my new advances have anything to do with Writing! I did run a test with just adding one advance and it worked fine! Does anyone have an idea?

 

[Bjorn Bjornson]

this is a pretty big known problem

it involves the science icons - if you add 1 tech, you cannot have any tech use the last icon, which happens to be Writing. the next are ones are warrior code, theory of gravity, etc. on up.

and you cant just add new icons to help; wont work (tried it)

the only way around this is to just change any affected techs to different icons

also, one thing that annoys me, is that when the sci dude comes up saying completed research, the icon will be all screwed (it will be off by 1 icon for every new tech added) - now this is just an aesthetic error, doesnt hurt the game any, but considering civ3s graphics are the best feature about it, i find it very annoying.

so cuz of this crap im gonna redo the tech tree without adding to it. it kind of sucks, but thats how it goes, unless the next patch fixes this issue - please yes, please please please please!!!! :crazyeyes

 

[Hawkman]

So I should change icon of writing to something else?
Will that fix the problem?

 

[Bjorn Bjornson]

yep

if you only added 1 new tech, just change the writing icon to something else, and it will work fine - atleast the game wont crash, but like said, science pop-up icons will be out of order

 

[Hawkman]

I have added 19 new tech, so I changed all icon from 63-82.
Only had time to do a short test, but it has worked.
thanks