MapView 2.0 - Civilization 4 Editor
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kevinman4404
Lightning Warrior
just use buttons- to draw anything (including plot types... hill, peak, etc.) you first click on the pen button, then on what exactly you want to draw (ie hill, cow, tundra, jungle, swordsman, farm, etcetc)
to erase, you hit the eraser button, then click on one of the buttons of the type of thing you want to erase. Ie to erase bonuses, you would click eraser, then on any bonus (ie click on aluminum), then you can erase any bonus
this is used to carefully delete bonuses, features, improvements, units
you can also go to plugins, Remover 1.0.0 to remove a lot of stuff at the same time. You can also mass-erase to a specific area by selecting the area first with the selection tool
hope this helps
to erase, you hit the eraser button, then click on one of the buttons of the type of thing you want to erase. Ie to erase bonuses, you would click eraser, then on any bonus (ie click on aluminum), then you can erase any bonus
this is used to carefully delete bonuses, features, improvements, units
you can also go to plugins, Remover 1.0.0 to remove a lot of stuff at the same time. You can also mass-erase to a specific area by selecting the area first with the selection tool
hope this helps
still a problem for me
I'm sorry, i don't work on that version anymore. You sadly have to live with that. ;(
But i have another version in the working which is based on QT etc.
I don't know what will happen to mapview atm but the release of civ5 will probably give me another push.
liosalpha
Chieftain
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Hi, I love this tool and i would like to make a Europe map for the mod "total realism". But for some reason it will not let me load the content.
I does work for other big mods like fall from heaven II but not this one.
It always gives me a appcrash with the folowing details.
This is where i got the mod from.
Thanks Lios
I does work for other big mods like fall from heaven II but not this one.
It always gives me a appcrash with the folowing details.
Spoiler :
This is where i got the mod from.
Thanks Lios
Peng Qi
Emperor
Posted this on the download page, too, but figured more people would see it here:
I was hoping this would be able to edit a save file, but it does not appear to be able to do that? Saving my game as a scenario file and editing it that way broke a bunch of things because I'm playing the Fall From heaven 2 mod and the in-game worldbuilder has no clue how to properly export it, which is a shame because I really like the position the world is in and think it would be fun to reload it as a bunch of different civs, but it needs some tweaks to work properly IMO.
Any advice?
I was hoping this would be able to edit a save file, but it does not appear to be able to do that? Saving my game as a scenario file and editing it that way broke a bunch of things because I'm playing the Fall From heaven 2 mod and the in-game worldbuilder has no clue how to properly export it, which is a shame because I really like the position the world is in and think it would be fun to reload it as a bunch of different civs, but it needs some tweaks to work properly IMO.
Any advice?
Sorry for not answering recently.
This is probably because one of the xml files has another structure as MapView expects. This is especially likely if the Mod defines it's own Xml schemas or comes with it's own *.dll.
You could try to make a copy of any working mod (you will just need the assets xml folder in the correct file structure) and then copy over the xml files from "total realism" one by one and see at which file it crashes.
That way you can get it working. The most important files you prolly wanna use are the bonusinfos and featureinfo xml files and all those that define the things you wanna change.
That, unfortunately isn't that easy. Save files are encrypted and hard to reverse, also it's theoretically illeagal.
This is probably because one of the xml files has another structure as MapView expects. This is especially likely if the Mod defines it's own Xml schemas or comes with it's own *.dll.
You could try to make a copy of any working mod (you will just need the assets xml folder in the correct file structure) and then copy over the xml files from "total realism" one by one and see at which file it crashes.
That way you can get it working. The most important files you prolly wanna use are the bonusinfos and featureinfo xml files and all those that define the things you wanna change.
That, unfortunately isn't that easy. Save files are encrypted and hard to reverse, also it's theoretically illeagal.
Okay so I just downloaded this tool onto my computer. I saved it into my downloads folder. I launched it and everytime I select a tile I have to click on the default map then back to the new one in order to be able to place it. I also can only place the tiles were the center of of my view is pointed at. I installed this tool on my second computer. There is no lag between tile changes and I can place the tiles were ever I want to. The first computer is Windows Vista and the second is Windows 7. Any idea whats going on?
lafittejean
Chieftain
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I'm having trouble with the [BtS] American Civil War Mod from here http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=265168&highlight=american+civil+war
It crashes when I load it, what's missing? Because the map for it is missing parts and units, and I want to improve the mod from that stand point.
It crashes when I load it, what's missing? Because the map for it is missing parts and units, and I want to improve the mod from that stand point.
kevinman4404
Lightning Warrior
Hey, I actually made the map in mapview, so it should work. I'll give it a try and let you know how I get it running
Kevin
Kevin
kevinman4404
Lightning Warrior
The mod will not load, as you said. To do what you want to do, you will have to make a new mod folder and move all the artwork and units to that folder. Something in his mod is incompatible with mapview- the map and the mod were made seperately and later combined.
However I don't see why you wouldn't just do units, cities, etc. in-game, I didn't find it any easier in mapview. Most cities were actually placed by Shiggs in worldbuilder
However I don't see why you wouldn't just do units, cities, etc. in-game, I didn't find it any easier in mapview. Most cities were actually placed by Shiggs in worldbuilder
lafittejean
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Well, thankyou for the suggestion, I think I'll do that.
No one can help?
I have spent some hours fixing up contacts etc with mapview for a Rise of Mankund scenario. When I try to load it up I get this error message:
Mods\RiseofMankind\ is an invalid mod directory, ignoring
then it won't load the mod required for the scenario to play. Please help!
Mods\RiseofMankind\ is an invalid mod directory, ignoring
then it won't load the mod required for the scenario to play. Please help!
FriendOfAgadia
Chieftain
The MapEditor is a fantastic tool,
Here a few ideas about the good pic2map:
Grid xmax/ymax given from the user,
the picture as a layer in the background (you can see which box you have to change) and a switch on/off,
polygon input for irregular regions of same type
bye
Here a few ideas about the good pic2map:
Grid xmax/ymax given from the user,
the picture as a layer in the background (you can see which box you have to change) and a switch on/off,
polygon input for irregular regions of same type
bye
