Civ3MultiTool - Now at Civfanatics

[Gramphos]

The Map bug is fixed now, but I don't know how well copying civs will work. The Foreign advisor crashes because some bad Firaxis programming.

I also recommend to change old BICs to the new format before copying anything. (Load in the editor and save.)

out after 640 downloads

 

[Vonotar]

Originally posted by Gramphos

Try to run it again. It is mostly an error with another VB app using to mush of the VB-runtimes.

I don't have any other VB app, running or otherwise unless either Civ3 or Windows XP itself is classed as a VB app

 

[Gromit]

Cheers Gramphos.
Do you have any ideas on the foreign advisor thing?

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Vonotar
I don't have any other VB app, running or otherwise unless either Civ3 or Windows XP itself is classed as a VB app

Okay, then it is harder. Does the Spashscreen show up if you start the tool without any parameters?

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Gromit
Cheers Gramphos.
Do you have any ideas on the foreign advisor thing?

I know what the error is, but I don't know how to fix it.

The problem is that CivilizationIII.exe uses paths in itself for the circular leader art, and not the art specified in pediaicons.txt (unused), but it is the same path. I was hoping that they would change that for the patch, but they didn't.

 

[Vonotar]

Originally posted by Gramphos

Okay, then it is harder. Does the Spashscreen show up if you start the tool without any parameters?

I am starting the tool without parameters
This used to work when I had Win98se (despite having hacked IE and several other things out of it)



Actually I would settle for a far simpler program just to set the correct start locations on Marla's map. Anychance of you creating a single exe file which can patch Marla Map Save Games? I think my problem may be that I've gone wrong somewhere with all the vb runtimes and ctl/ocx stuff, maybe i've replaced something in XP that I shouldn't have.

Aloisia Vonotar

 

[Gramphos]

Vonotar,
Do you use the latest VB-runtimes (Not the OCX-files, but the DLL)?

Try this empty VB-app. It does nothing, but you can see if it starts.

 

[Vonotar]

Empty VB app works, tried replacing the OCX files but I still get the same error.

 

[Russiophile]

I've been using your civ3copytool on my office computer and it works great! But when I try to use it at home, I always get an "unexpected error."
I HAVE installed both OCX files as instructed and the VBS file. Still doesn't work.
Please tell me you have some ideas about what the problem might be! If you need any info about the computer (using '98) to make a diagnosis, don't hesitate to e-mail me!
Many thanks!

 

[SadBloke]

I have the same problem with the tool - even after installing Runtime files etc - I'm not really clued up on XP, or anything else for that matter - but could it be some XP protection system in place?

 

[metrognome]

anytime i try to copy a pre-existing element (i'm trying to create a Spanish civ) the program freezes after i hit "copy." any idea why?

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Russiophile
I've been using your civ3copytool on my office computer and it works great! But when I try to use it at home, I always get an "unexpected error."
I HAVE installed both OCX files as instructed and the VBS file. Still doesn't work.
Please tell me you have some ideas about what the problem might be! If you need any info about the computer (using '98) to make a diagnosis, don't hesitate to e-mail me!
Many thanks!

When other people have had the unexpected error they have had wrong version of COMDLG32.OCX. Did you download the file instructed (http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/comdlg32.CAB) or did you just check that you had the file?

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by metrognome
anytime i try to copy a pre-existing element (i'm trying to create a Spanish civ) the program freezes after i hit "copy." any idea why?

It might be an error with arrays, that only appear in the complied version. Can you check if you have a <bicname>.tmp file?

 

[metrognome]

Originally posted by Gramphos

It might be an error with arrays that only appear in the complied version. Can you check if you have a <bicname>.tmp file?

yes indeed i do.

 

[Vonotar]

Originally posted by Gramphos

When other people have had the unexpected error they have had wrong version of COMDLG32.OCX. Did you download the file instructed (http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/comdlg32.CAB) or did you just check that you had the file?

Yes I downloaded that file as instructed but it still didn't work.

 

[Russiophile]

Originally posted by Gramphos

When other people have had the unexpected error they have had wrong version of COMDLG32.OCX. Did you download the file instructed (http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/comdlg32.CAB) or did you just check that you had the file?

I've tried BOTH OCX files. Nada.

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by metrognome
yes indeed i do.

How big is it if you zip it? Can you attach it?
(It tells me where the problem is.)

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Russiophile
I've tried BOTH OCX files. Nada.

What OS do you have, does the empty.zip App (see earlier post) run?

 

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Vonotar
Yes I downloaded that file as instructed but it still didn't work, altogether i've chucked over 3MB of VB and OCX stuff into my XP Partition and the tool still doesn't work (But Opera no longer works, tho I dont think thats related)

I won't be able to test it on XP myself before sometime next year.
Have you tried compatibility mode?

 

[Vonotar]

Originally posted by Gramphos

I won't be able to test it on XP myself before sometime next year.
Have you tried compatibility mode?

Yup, for what good that is, all my really old programs (those little tools and web aids that I can't do without) don't work no matter what compatibility mode I put them on.

For those interested in XP, its true that you never see the old blue screen of death anymore...... its now three tones of blue and in a nice truetype font, still kills your computer tho