Hi Zappara,
First I'd like to thank you for all the time and effort you've put into this wonderful MOD.
I've been an enthusiastic Civ player for many years now and it's MODs like yours that keeps me interested in this game.
I enjoy playing slow games so that I can savor the flavor of each age without that hurried pace to continue on to the next, for example, if I'm playing the Romans, I like their golden age of legions to last as long as possible, after all, that is why I'm playing as the Romans, right.
I also like playing on very large realistic earth maps (Huge or bigger, the better). I like to follow the course of history as best I can, with whichever civilization I'm playing, within the games limitations.
So your MOD is right up my alley.
I am currently playing on a PC with Win XP SP2
AMD x2 CPU (2.4 Ghz)
3 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT GPU
Have Civ 4 BTS ver. 3.17
I downloaded /installed ROM Version: 2.2 and can play without a hitch, so far.
However:
In your your Version: 2.2 readme
You state:
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2. Features
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* 2 New Map sizes: Giant (54% bigger than Huge), Gigantic (50% bigger than Giant ie. 134% bigger than Huge)
Question:
Where do I find these Giant & Gigantic size maps????
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3. About the mod
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I recommend playing this mod on Marathon game speed and on huge map size. I prefer making custom game and use Smartmap (you need to download it) mapscript for making good continental maps. Mod has also pre-made huge Earth map scenario with 28 Civilizations which all are on their historical starting locations.
Questions:
I've searched throughout this MOD and nowhere can I find the " pre-made huge Earth map scenario with 28 Civilizations" as you've described. Where do I go to get this Map???
Also, unable to locate in the forums a BTS ver. 3.17 copy of "Smartmap mapscript" could you direct me to where I can find a current download?
I'd like to say that I have downloaded/installed the:
Rise of Mankind 2.x Map pack
Likewise:
JEELEN's Huge Earthmap 18 civs for RoM 2.2
Both of these seem to load and play well... so far.
Somwhere I found a separate download " RiseOfMankind28CivEarth.CivBeyondSwordWBSave" and thought that this was the missing map you described in the readme, however whether I place this in a
Beyond The Swords\PublicMaps folder
or a Beyond The Swords\Mods\Rise of Mankind\PublicMaps folder
I get an error message when the map is trying to load.
I have installed "XXL World" and it seems to work well, but it is a separate MOD for supersized, non-earth maps.
I say all this because I don't think that my PC is at fault regarding the above RiseOfMankind28CivEarth.CivBeyondSwordWBSave file but I'm not sure where the problem lies, if this is infact the Map that you described in the Readme.
Your assistance in locating a good download of this map, or a fix that I can implement to make the existing copy work in your mod would be appreciated.
Once again, my very sincere and grateful thanks for all of your unselfish effort.
Cassus
Added Note:
The creation date on the RiseOfMankind28CivEarth.CivBeyondSwordWBSave I downloaded is Thursday, June 05, 2008, 6:49:36 PM
Is it possible that this particular map is not compatible with the 2.2 version of ROM?
If that is the case awhere can I download the compatible version that was supposed to be in cluded with the Mod?
Still waiting for a response?