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Indeed! Quite often (but not always), the modder is a RL programmer. Having a background in programming sure motivates someone to mod.
Dawn of Civilization - an RFC modmod by Leoreth
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Hey, so i recently got a new laptop with windows 8. I had played RFC Dawn of civilization before on my old windows xp computer, however when i try to run the game on my windows 8 computer the mouse shows that something is loading but after a few seconds nothing happens and nothing ends up loading. Is this an issue i can fix please help. I really want to play the game
I have no experience with Windows 8, but I'd take a look into the task manager. Is there still a process called "Civ4BeyondSword.exe"? If so, the game is still loading and you might just have to wait a bit longer. Increasing the priority of the process might help.
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
merijn_v1
Black Belt
I recently got a new computer too. Thank God it runs on Windows 7 instead of Windows 8.
I did that the program shows its running for maybe 5 seconds max and then it disappears into the ether, never to be seen again. Do have any suggestions?
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
OK, help me, I'm dumb.
I wanted to create a shortcut to the mod because as the OP says loading this mod is a PITA. I put scenario shortcuts on the desktop and told Windows to open it with the Beyond the Sword executable, but that just launches BTS. What am I doing wrong?
I wanted to create a shortcut to the mod because as the OP says loading this mod is a PITA. I put scenario shortcuts on the desktop and told Windows to open it with the Beyond the Sword executable, but that just launches BTS. What am I doing wrong?
blizzrd
Micromanager
You should shortcut to the WorldBuilder scenario maps instead:
e.g.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\RFC Dawn of Civilization\PublicMaps\RFC 3000 BC.CivBeyondSwordWBSave"
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
I did so, and Windows promptly nagged me that it cannot open the file, so I made it open it with the BTS executable, to no avail.
blizzrd
Micromanager
I didn't get that from Windows 7. I just navigated to that folder, selected "Send to Desktop" and have been using it ever since. It automatically selected BTS executable for me within the shortcut.
Afraid I'm out of ideas if that doesn't happen for you, sorry.
Afraid I'm out of ideas if that doesn't happen for you, sorry.
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
I am using Steam, which may have something to do with it.
blizzrd
Micromanager
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
I guess I can suck it up.
Tomorrow's Dawn
Heroes Never Die
If you are using Steam, the filepath should be:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV\Beyond the Sword\Mods\RFC Dawn of Civilization\PublicMaps\RFC 3000 BC.CivBeyondSwordWBSave
See if that works and report back to the thread.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV\Beyond the Sword\Mods\RFC Dawn of Civilization\PublicMaps\RFC 3000 BC.CivBeyondSwordWBSave
See if that works and report back to the thread.
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
That's the filepath I was using, but I'll give another crack at it.
Tomorrow's Dawn
Heroes Never Die
If you want to load DoC directly, the only way I've found to do so otherwise is to load up a save.
That's really the only way to do it AFAIK.
It may be useful to keep a 3000BC Egypt/Babylon/China start lying around on your Desktop,
and promptly entering and returning to Main Menu if you want the fastest possible way to load the game directly from Desktop.
That's really the only way to do it AFAIK.
It may be useful to keep a 3000BC Egypt/Babylon/China start lying around on your Desktop,
and promptly entering and returning to Main Menu if you want the fastest possible way to load the game directly from Desktop.
The Diocletian
Fire Fly
Eureka! I've found my problem. At least, I think so.
"Sid Meier's Civilization IV" doesn't exist. (!?) Who needs base game files anyway, right?
Anyways, I was navigating to Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword.
"Sid Meier's Civilization IV" doesn't exist. (!?) Who needs base game files anyway, right?
Anyways, I was navigating to Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword.
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