Need help, want to add downloaded units to my game and don't know how..

[timdk]

Hi.. Running Civ3 PTW, with current patch. Just now found this awesome site, found a few custom made units I would like to add to my game (such as the Jeep) but cannot find any instructions or readmes that tell me how to go about adding the units to my game. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[timdk]

Please? : )

 

[MadScot]

OK, I'm not great expert but here's what I have done...

There's a thread by Plutarck which gives a quick guide to adding units. I did that and it seemed to work. Search for his name in this forum, should be easy to find...

There is also now the Civ3MultiTool thing, which I think will take some of the drudgery out of the task.

Best adsvice is really to dive in and muck around - but BACK EVERYTHING UP that you mess with, you WILL mess things up believe me, I did!

 

[timdk]

Thank you for the assistance. I will try your suggestions and post back here if I still have problems.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Or you can try this article:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35778

Just skip over the parts about adding civs and focus on the parts about adding the UU. You should read the article to also understand how the scenario pathfinding works in PTW. And read some of the responses (other posts) in that thread, because that further explains some of the things.

 

[timdk]

Hmm.. As an experiment, I just tried to add "Fascism" to the game. (Civ3PTW)

So I opened up the PTW editor, and made up both a goverment Fascism listing, and a Civ Advance, "Fascism". Saved it (I think) but when I go and launch a game, no sign of Fascism anywhere. Am I saving things wrong? I save it as "civ3mod.bix" but don't see anywhere to load this. I really don't know what to do. : (

Edit: I guess what I am asking is, how do I get my changes to "stick"? I understand the interfaces, I figured out how to add an Advance and a Government type (I think) but I cannot figure out how to tell the editor "I want these changes used when I play Civ3PTW."

Edit II: Figured out what I was doing wrong above, I wasn't saving to the Scenario folder. Duh. But, now, when I try to run my new scenario (a game that has Fascism in it) it tells me something about text not being found in Pediaicons. Did I miss something while setting up the new government and advance in the editor?

 

[timdk]

Another update: Figured it out on my own (sorta) I simply removed any references to the Civilopedia I had put in (such as TECH_Fascism) and now it seems to be OK. Will post again if I have more questions, and thank you for the assistance.

 

[zulu9812]

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