Map Finder Help

[Anysense]

I think I can do it, once my PC is stable enough. Its been a bit of a problem ever since my graphics card cooler snuffed it. Hard to find parts for something seven years old.

 

[boogaboo]

I start too many projects I don't finish, so don't do it for me, do it for the community! and only if you have time

 

[Anysense]

I've done it. Sort of. At least it does what it s supposed to do - collect data, interpret it correctly and put it into a txt file. I haven't got around to testing much, though.

 

[boogaboo]

Hi,

Wow.. good job!
I'm out of civ atm.. checking other stuff to keep myself from going [more?] insane.
I'm sure at some point some other civ fanatic / AI will use this to optimize map finding

Booga.

 

[Anysense]

I've been out of Civ for three months. If anyone would like to use the program, just let me know.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Yes please!

 

[Anysense]

I`ve done a bit of testing and noticed that mapfinder does not count mountains. Is it supposed to work this way?

 

[misterfilmgeek]

Someone posted earlier about BtS being greyed out in the menu, but was never answered as far as I can tell. Is this a known issue, and if so, is there a resolution?

Civ4MapFinder-NoBtS

• misterfilmgeek
• May 21, 2020

My manually added reg entry (I have the Steam version). Do I need to add a BtS entry? What's the format?

Civ4MapFinder-regentry

• misterfilmgeek
• May 21, 2020

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Not aware of this issue, have you tried re-installing?

 

[misterfilmgeek]

Reinstalling Civ4 or the Map Finder? In either case, no. What's the idea behind reinstalling?

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Re installing should write the correct entries into the registry, Civ first then Map Finder.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Why do I not get the icons as column headings? I just get a short text description. I believe I use the last version of the programme. The only thing I can think of is that due to running it in Linux it somehow doesn't display the icons. But it seems to work perfectly otherwise, the "You have been defeated" crash the other day aside.

I've just done a fresh install of Civ on an old machine now repurposed as my Civ 4 computer and have this same issue but it's windows 7 (not connected to the Internet so not an issue), anyone remember how to fix it on Windows??

 

[boogaboo]

Small question :

Sometimes I forget Mapfinder is running in the background on my PC, and just press ALT+F4 then "Enter" to close my computer and go to sleep...
I'm guessing this force closes Civ4 and Mapfinder, but everything seems ok when I run civ again.
My question is - Are the maps produced usable? I'm guessing yes, but I'm asking

Be cheerful wherever you are

 

[Noble Zarkon]

My question is - Are the maps produced usable? I'm guessing yes, but I'm asking

Don't see why not, you can check maps before playing them here.

 

[boogaboo]

Thank you, and yes they are valid

 

[Pangaea]

I've just done a fresh onstall of Civ on an old machine now repurposed as ny Civ 4 computer and have this same issue but it's windows 7 (not connected to the Internet so not an issue), anyone remember how to fix it on Windows??

Interesting, I thought that was somehow linked to being on Linux. Did you manage to get it sorted? Maybe it's possible to fix for me too then Not a big deal as everything else worked, but would still be nice. Not tried running MapFinder for yonks, mind you, but hopefully it would still work if I get into the HoF stuff again.

 

[boogaboo]

Don't see why not, you can check maps before playing them here.

That link is dead, Z. That link is dead.
I just deleted 60 saves to recycling bin... restored and then wanted to check if they are ok...
My saves are dead now. R.I.P. Note they did NOT die of Covid.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

That link is dead, Z. That link is dead.

Works fine for me, are you logged in?

 

[boogaboo]

Works fine for me, are you logged in?

That was it... :|
I don't always log in... my bad.
Now tested, and recycle bin saves can be restored
Just a thought - why not make it open to all?

 

[Pangaea]

I'm trying to setup Map Finder again, on my Linux Mint system. Looks like I got it running now at least, and it saved a couple of maps in a test run. Need to figure out a better way to actually start the thing. However, when it does start up without crashing, I'm getting two error messages like this. What does it mean? Is it about Windows registry settings? How do I fix it?

Also, what does the "Update Save Path" option do?


Edit: One more thing. Think this must be from my old rules that I found in a folder. The default is probably shorter. Does it look reasonable, or is it something that I should throw out?

Spoiler :