Map download weirdness

[Mxzs]

Okay, I don't know if this is a Mac issues, a map issue, a CivFanatics forum issue, a browser issues, or what. But since this forum seems to deal broadly with Mac, I'll ask it here. I am not terribly computer literate (as you may soon gather), so I'm hoping this is some simple issue that I'm just too much of a doofus to figure out on my own.

This is my first time back to CivFanatics in forever, and there are lots of new goodies to try out. But I keep running into something weird when I try to download Civ3 maps. The .bix files (which I know I can't use) download and unzip just fine. But the links to self-advertised .bic files open an alert in my browser: "Doesn't know how to handle files of this type; please choose an application." And then it downloads "application.php."

All the info I know to give you: I'm running OS 9.0. I've downloaded and installed 1.29beta2 (no issues by 1700AD on my first game -- hurrah!). I've tried downloading with both IE 5.1 and Netscape 7.0, and I keep getting the above result.

From what I've been able to gather by consulting other threads in this forum, I should be able to use .bic files, shouldn't I? (I only tried downloading the .bix files to see if the same thing happened there -- and it didn't.)

So, what's up with this?

 

[dojoboy]

Originally posted by Mxzs

And then it downloads "application.php."

Very common, just change .php to .zip and it wil unzip to the map file.

 

[nini1972]

...and, please, how I can use any downloaded map? [I said JUST THE MAP].
I have to drop it into map folder, and then?

thank to you that answer...

 

[dojoboy]

Originally posted by nini1972
...and, please, how I can use any downloaded map? [I said JUST THE MAP].
I have to drop it into map folder, and then?

thank to you that answer...

You have to place it in your scenario folder and load as scenario. I have no idea why we have a map folder, unless its just for storage.

You can only load .bic maps (Civ3), not .bix maps (PTW).

 

[nini1972]

Thanks dojoboy,
but also if I mounted 1.29b, I can't load any map, neither as scenario. [for example Canada, or China - the lasts I tried to load].
thay all are .bic files....

 

[dojoboy]

Originally posted by nini1972
Thanks dojoboy,
but also if I mounted 1.29b, I can't load any map, neither as scenario. [for example Canada, or China - the lasts I tried to load].
thay all are .bic files....

Hmm. Email them to me (check your PM messages for my email address).

 

[Mxzs]

Thanks for the php/zip tip! Works great now!

Ah, now I'm addicted to Civ3 all over again.