Help needed

[waylander]

I am trying to play GOTM20 just to get used to the setup and plan on participating with the next game. However, I am having difficulties getting the game to work.

I am trying to play this under PTW. I used the spain_open_start_ptw.sav file.

I installed the gotm folder under scenarios and put the unit folders under CIV3\Art. That was pretty straight forward. However, when I load the saved game I get an error from the text\pediaicons.txt : animname_prto_pictish_warrior not found. It's like the game is going to the standard pediaicons.txt instead of the one in the scenario folder.

Question 1
Does this work if you do not use the default install path. Mine is D:\Games\CIV3

2. Do I just put the .sav file into the save folder under PTW to play and choose Load Saved Game on the main screen?

 

[CruddyLeper]

I regret I can't answer your first question much because I don't use PTW. What I can tell you is that the GOTM uses a heavily modifed Civilipaedia, and that work on this is ongoing...

Perhaps if you put back the original Civilipaedia.txt file in the Text directory, that might fix the problem - although of course you don't get any help then on the extra units (FOG, Barbs etc).

Also be aware that different language versions of Civ cause problems on the GOTM.

I'm sure a staff member will answer this question more completely - perhaps an email to gotm@civfanatics.net might be quicker though.

2. Yes, that should be the way you start the game.

 

[mudfoot]

@waylander: did you download the full or the partial file for the resource download? The partial download is only good enough if you installed all the previous GOTM resource files. If I'm not mistaken, the 'pictish warrior' was one of the first 'modded units' in GOTM.

You'd best go to the PTW Setup Instructions - June 2003 and download the 'full download' at the bottom of the page. If you then follow the readme, you should be fine.

If you did all that already or it still doesn't work, than PM Cracker or use the email CruddyLeper provided!

mudfoot

 

[CruddyLeper]

Oh yes - AND DON'T FORGET TO SWAP resouce FILES!!!

Otherwise all the resources are invisible...

Good job GOTM21 has an auto install - and yes, you can decide which directory it all goes to. Using that might solve your problem (I understand that GOTMs are evolutionary - bits get added each month but nothing gets taken out).

Very good post Mudfoot - yes, without ALL the files it will complain about not finding some!!

 

[RufRydyr]

Originally posted by waylander
However, when I load the saved game I get an error from the text\pediaicons.txt : animname_prto_pictish_warrior not found.

Question 1
Does this work if you do not use the default install path. Mine is D:\Games\CIV3

2. Do I just put the .sav file into the save folder under PTW to play and choose Load Saved Game on the main screen?

A couple of days ago when I began to load all of the QSC games to process the minimaps I received the same message. I have civ3 on my C: drive and PTW on my D: drive. I was loading 1.29 and PTW games. I've seen similar error messages when loading the last several QSC games even though I had no problems playing the last several GOTMs. I'm not sure exactly what the fix is so let me just share what I did:

• PrintScreen the error message.
• Paste it in a paint program for reference (so I don't have to write it down, cause I'm lazy.
• Open the folder Civ3, open the text folder, open PediaIcons.txt in notepad.
• Search for Aniname_PRTO.
• Scroll to the bottom of that section.
• Type in animname_prto_pictish_warrior
• Below it type in Pictish Warrior.
• Save PediaIcons.txt (You should save the original as PediaIcons_Original.txt)
• Open the PTW folder and repeat the last few steps.
• Load the game again and you'll probably get another error message like can't find art/units/pictish warrior.ini
• Printscreen/paste.
• Open the civ3 and PTW folders and for both go to the art folder, then the units folder.
• I took a shortcut here by finding a similar unit, copying all the files in the folder and then renaming everything in it to Pictish Warrior.
• Place a new folder in art/units called Pictish Warrior and put the new .ini and all the rest of the files in it.

This is basically what I do each month. Hope it helps. If you have any questions, feel free to email me.

For question 2, yes.