ParadigmShifter
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Sounds like a Windows Vista/Windows 7 issue, they can only write to subdirectories I believe.
I am trying to set up mapfinder for a Warlords HoF game. It will not accept my save file path. It states that it is invalid. It accepts my Mapfinder path and rule file. This is the file location. It is the same for my Buffy mod.
C:\Users\Shulec\Documents\My Games\Civ4_Map_Finder\Saves
Any suggestions?
I am trying to set up mapfinder for a Warlords HoF game. It will not accept my save file path. It states that it is invalid. It accepts my Mapfinder path and rule file. This is the file location. It is the same for my Buffy mod.
C:\Users\Shulec\Documents\My Games\Civ4_Map_Finder\Saves
Any suggestions?
Sounds like a Windows Vista/Windows 7 issue, they can only write to subdirectories I believe.
Problem solved! I applied illogic, tried random nonsense manipulations and Voila! I have disproven the theory of "Garbage in = Garbage out!"
Yeah, I guess I'm looking for examples on what are reasonable starts to request.
Also, the saves I do get from MF only show the BTS loading screen, not the map. Any idea why this happens.
I usually go with 2 commerce resources and then review the maps to see what else it has on it.
As to the loading screen, it is a known issue. If you only run MF when you have BtS running in a window, rather than full screen it will solve the problem (can change civ.ini to request full screen on starting).
Is it okay to change the default MF save directory in BUFFY? The BUFFY default directory and MF default are different - bit of an annoyance.
It is no problem to change the save directory in BUFFY.
I tried this but it didn't work at all. Doesn't stick with in-game options and Map Finder doesn't like it when you change the BUFFY MF ini - doesn't work anyway. Not sure if anyone know how to do this. Currently, I have to redirect the save directory in MF every time I open it which is a tad annoying. Is that normal for everyone?
I thought maybe I could install MF differently, but the thing that is really odd is that MF in BUFFY Options points to two completely different directories.
BUFFY uses differenr hotkeys. I can't remember it off the top of my head. If you go into the BUFFY options and click on help you can find the hotkeys there.Well, I've read through this thread, and I've read through all the documentation I've been able to find about Map Finder, and I still can't get it to work. ALT + G just acts like regenerate map in the options menu, and CTR + ALT + G does . . . nothing?
I've got XP, and BTS, and BUFFY .003 loaded, and the latest Map Finder loaded. And a recent enough .NET. And I've got Map Finder enabled in the BUFFY options. And the paths there (in My Documents, much like in the threads above) match the paths I installed MapFinder to. Oh yes, I've made sure I'm pointing to the Default.rul
I found the Map Finder settings in the Buffy Mod folder, and saw it said something about the default path being in the Program Files, so I re-installed Map Finder to there. Still no dice.
Actually, I've uninstalled and re-installed Map Finder about 6 times, lol.
I'm assuming I'm just cursed to hand regenerate maps for the rest of my now-blighted HOF career. Can anyone think of something else I could be trying?
Thanks for the quick reply, Denniz. I know you've long since stopped working on these mods (I love BUFFY by the way). . . .
I looked where you suggested and no dice. Nothing there that indicates that anything but CTR + ALT + G is the hotkey.
I've tried quite a few likely combos, too. Nothing I've tried works as the Map Finder toggle--though I did find out that ALT + F4 is a quick way to exit the game
Anyone out there using Map Finder with BUFFY? If so, what's the Map Finder hotkey?
The idea is to run the program when you are not using your cpu, like overnight or at work. Then you come back to the mapfinder program to sort the maps and choose the ones you want to try.
If I am lucky, overnight I will get 1-2 good maps. Here are my rules:
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I get a lot of saves that I don't use. Some of them that don't look super turn out well once you clear some of the fog.