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Discussion in 'Civ4 - Game of the Month' started by ainwood, Dec 15, 2007.

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  1. Cactus Pete

    Cactus Pete Deity GOTM Staff

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    Thank you, Green Light. I am playing!
     
    Cactus Pete, Dec 15, 2007
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  2. Honkoid

    Honkoid Honk of the hill

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    Thanks for the fast response! Unfortunately I don't remember, where I changed the file. Does anyone have the original file ("..\python\screens\CvExoticForeignAdvisor.py") available for upload? I would like to avoid reinstalling BtS. Would it work to replace my file with an unaltered copy anyways?
     
    Honkoid, Dec 15, 2007
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  3. AlanH

    AlanH Mac addict, php monkey Moderator Hall of Fame Staff Supporter GOTM Staff

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    Yes. It should work. All you have to do is to reinstall the HoF Mod, as that file is part of those Assets.
     
    AlanH, Dec 15, 2007
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  4. Lehm

    Lehm Gypsy Jester

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    I have BTS patched to 3.13 and installed the HOF Mod but cheking the settings I see two red infos telling me the game is not vaild for the HOF.

    The following must not be checked:
    1. - no tech trading
    The following must be checked:
    2. - locked modified assets

    What do I have to do to start the game in the right way to make it valid for submitting?
     
    Lehm, Dec 15, 2007
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  5. AlanH

    AlanH Mac addict, php monkey Moderator Hall of Fame Staff Supporter GOTM Staff

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    "Not valid for HoF" earnings are irrelevant for GOTM. If they annoy you then you can turn them off in the Options/HOF3 screen. Uncheck "Startup HOF Settings" and "Victory Screen HOF Settings"

    They *should* be suppressed for xOTM start files. I suspect the start file doesn't have the correct parameter set to cause this to happen. But it will have no impact on your submission for this game.
     
    AlanH, Dec 15, 2007
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  6. ainwood

    ainwood Consultant. Administrator

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    Yes, my mistake.
     
    ainwood, Dec 15, 2007
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  7. Lehm

    Lehm Gypsy Jester

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    Thank you for your quick reply. :goodjob:
     
    Lehm, Dec 15, 2007
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  8. Adonias

    Adonias Warlord

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    Second culture expand did it for me...
     
    Adonias, Dec 16, 2007
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  9. Ace of Gold

    Ace of Gold MAKE WAY FOR THE BAD GUY

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    do i need to save my game over the save i downloaded or do i save it as a different name
     
    Ace of Gold, Dec 16, 2007
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  10. AlanH

    AlanH Mac addict, php monkey Moderator Hall of Fame Staff Supporter GOTM Staff

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    Save it as any name you like.
     
    AlanH, Dec 16, 2007
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  11. pholtz

    pholtz King

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    The darkened squares problem resolved itself when I chopped my first forest. I guess the game did another check on LOS when that happened.
     
    pholtz, Dec 17, 2007
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  12. Mungo_84

    Mungo_84 Chieftain

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    G'Day, I'm totally new the the Forum and the xOTMs, this is probably a stupid Noob question, but I was trying to confirm that I had the right version of BTS, so I checked the "ABOUT THIS BUILD" option in the advanced section of the main menu and it said:

    Civ Version: 313
    Save Version: 303
    Build Version: 3.0.0.1 (81539)

    So do I have 3.13? I thought I did because when I try to "Check for Updates" in game it says there are no updates available...

    To summarize my nooby naive question, can I just install the 3.13 HOF mod and be ready to be smashed in my very first xOTM?
     
    Mungo_84, Dec 18, 2007
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  13. AlanH

    AlanH Mac addict, php monkey Moderator Hall of Fame Staff Supporter GOTM Staff

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    Welcome :)

    You should be able to. However. there seems to be a lot of variation out there to trap the unwary - for example, if you have installed the better AI mod then you will have to remove it.
     
    AlanH, Dec 18, 2007
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  14. Mungo_84

    Mungo_84 Chieftain

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    Thanks for the quick reply, I haven't installed any Mods or anything so I guess I'll just give it a bash :) thanks again
     
    Mungo_84, Dec 18, 2007
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  15. rflor

    rflor Chieftain

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    Apologies in advance for this newb question since I've never played with a Mod before...

    If I save the game and come back into Civ4 later, do I need to reload the mod before I reload the save?
     
    rflor, Dec 18, 2007
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  16. Sarek

    Sarek Logical

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    If you save the gamefile and then come back to pick it up another time...
    a) if you click on the file to open it, the game will load, along with the mod, and you can play that way
    b) if you start BtS and then try to load the game from within BtS it will tell you that it needs to restart with the HOF mod

    You shouldn't have any issues either way IF you've already started the game and saved the file once?

    Hope that helps?
     
    Sarek, Dec 18, 2007
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  17. Thrasybulus

    Thrasybulus Chieftain

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    Does this mean if I have Better AI installed in Warlords I need to remove it before I can play with this mod on BtS?
     
    Thrasybulus, Dec 19, 2007
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  18. Thrallia

    Thrallia Prodigal Staffer GOTM Staff

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    if you have betterAI installed in the custom assets folder, I don't believe you will need to, as the mod ignores anything in the custom assets...however, I'm not sure how the betterAI mod works to tell you for sure.
     
    Thrallia, Dec 19, 2007
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  19. rflor

    rflor Chieftain

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    Makes perfect sense...thanks for the quick answer! :)
     
    rflor, Dec 19, 2007
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  20. morpheus11

    morpheus11 Warlord

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    Well, I have the save and it opens great for me.

    Hopefully I will be able to find some time to run some tests around all the holidays and get to the game after the new year.

    Good Luck to everyone!
     
    morpheus11, Dec 19, 2007
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