Anyone have MapFinder experience?

[vmxa]

I would use a short path. I have folder call Civ. It have sub folders for CivI, CivII, CivIII and Civ4. I made a folder called Maps in the CivIII folder and that works. It is no so long as you get from the default save in C3C.

That you do not see ti working, does not mean it won't work. It surely works for scores, if not hundreds of people. What you need to do is take it one step at a time and simplify, until it works. Then add back any complex stuff you need.

So I would take the two paths and browse to locate them. The place to save the file being a very short path. Make the rules very simple to start. save one AND. Run it and if that works, you can enhance the rules.

Try a plain AND for say, Food Bonus > 0. If it still fails, then see what it is complaining about. Probably will be the delays settign.

 

[darski]

I got an error code about the .... something or other .ini file

You know the boxes with the big Red circle and X thingy

 

[vmxa]

Not to helpful, take a screen shot and post it. Use Irfanview or a tool that can snap windows.

 

[darski]

I'll do that next time I try it. Just not tonight

 

[Othniel]

Thread bump.

I've spent waaaaayyy too much time this evening trying to get MapFinder to work. After following all the tips in this thread and in the main Mapfinder thread, I still cannot make this thing work.

BTW, I have Mapfinder version 6.5b.

My issue is this: Mapfinder rejects every generated map. Even ones that obviously fit my Ruleset.

MapFinder seems to be working well other than refusing to play nice and actually save some maps. It iterates through map after map, no error messages, and the "map rejected" count always equals the "map generated" count.

My first thought has been that somehow my ruleset is logically impossible and thus gets all the generated maps rejected. However, my test rulesets have been very simple. I've tried simple ones like:
AND grassland > 2
or...
AND food bonus > 0
or...
AND forest > 1

I would expect most maps to meet this criteria. I don't see any obvious problems.

For the delay settings, I've tried many different combos, including the ones that Gmaharriet suggested in her walkthrough.

I've also made sure the Autosave and Output directories are correct. I've tried 4 or 5 different locations for the Output directory, no dice. I've made sure the path is short (such as putting the output on the root in C:\MF Maps, a folder I created) since vmxa suggested using a short path, but still no luck.

Soooooooo...

Anyone have ideas after my longwinded explanation? I'll be happy to upload screenshots of my settings if needed. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Bucephalus]

I've given up on Mapfinder. More often than not it crashes my PC.

Given the problems encountered by others, too, I'd say there is a something wrong with it.

 

[Bartleby]

I don't know why it won't save your maps.
Have you tried a ruleset that should save 100% of maps, such as Domination Limit > 0 and no tile-based rules?

 

[Othniel]

I don't know why it won't save your maps.
Have you tried a ruleset that should save 100% of maps, such as Domination Limit > 0 and no tile-based rules?

I tried your suggestion of the Dom Limit > 0 and still Mapfinder won't save any maps. I have to believe it is not something with the ruleset, but I'm stumped.

I'm going to try a complete reinstall of Civ to see if reseting the autosave directory will fix the issue. If that doesn't make this thing work, Mapfinder and I are finished. Too much hassle.

And Buce, I agree that there seem to be a lot of people who have issues with this program. Frustrating, because it is such a useful idea for a program.

Thanks for the replies.