Scenario creation in Civ 3

[echidnasarf]

ok this is gonna sound painfully stupid but how do u create scenarios in civ 3 when their is no cheat editor.
i remember in civ 2 i could change the parameters of the scenarios and the main game via the cheat editor but civ 3 doesn't have one - what am i missing?

 

[Civinator]

For modding Civ 3 we use editors. You find the editor and an explanation of the functions of that editor here in the Conquests expansion of Civ 3 Complete:

To control the settings you have done in the editor, the editor has an own special mode, the Debug Mode (that cannot be used for cheating).

 

[echidnasarf]

unbelievable, i've had this game for about 15 years and never knew, ur screenshot looks very similar to the cheat editor in civ 2.
i think i may propose lol
you stay safe and much thanks.

 

[Civinator]

You are very welcome.

For more questions about modding Civ3, may be it is a good idea to post them at the CFC modding forum, that can be found here:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ3-creation-customization.46/

Btw.: As you posted you have some experience with modding Civ 2, may be the Civ 2 TOTPP project with tons of patches for Civ 2 ToT and lua programming for it, could be interesting for you, too:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-test-of-time-patch-project.517282/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ2-scenario-league.428/

 

[echidnasarf]

i only play civ 3 and i only play the scenarios, just had a quick look and the editor looks pretty much like the cheat editor in civ 2. i used that editor a lot and created, for me at least, more interesting gameplay. i just quickly modified the rise of rome scenario and managed to access it on the game via civ-content and it works just like a cheat editor.
now from memory (cause the last time i modified a game was almost 20 years ago) i remember that you have to be careful when changing parameters, that some parameters need to be changed in more than one location.
i really can't thank u enuff - impassable mountains again at last.
if i can create something funky are folks still posting new scenarios?
if they are i will ask in the future how i actually post them.
now its play time and again thanx and u stay safe from the zombie apocalypse.
btw is the editor available in all civs? the last civ i bought was civ4 - i cant remember if there were any scenarios but u cud change the actual game (i never rally enjoyed the fantasy element of the later units, i prefer stuff from the greeks to the Naopleonic era.
btw i did what you said bout where to put new scenarios but the 3 ive downloaded, although they appear once the game is loaded when i try to play them i get error messages, but thanx for trying to help.

 

[Civinator]

if i can create something funky are folks still posting new scenarios?

Yes, there will still be new scenarios for C3C. Tonight I just have finished the version 1.7 of the epic mod RARR (including an extended version of the biq and a 180x180 worldmap) and my next project is an update of the scenario WW2 Global Gold.

btw is the editor available in all civs? the last civ i bought was civ4.

As far as I know, Civ 3 is the last version of the civ series with an editor, but there are other methods for modding those versions. I personally have no fun with Civ 4-6 cause of the ugly graphics and the bad 'table top presentation' making the world looking like a toilet brush (of course this is only my personal opinion about Civ 4-6). That´s why I stay with modding Civ 2 and Civ 3 with graphics, that in my eyes are much better suited for a strategy game like civilization. For modding Civ 4-6 you should ask civers in the modding forums of CFC for those versions of the civ series.