Nate1976
Just Plain Wierd
I second the motion for this to come out for C3C.
Tech Editing and Positioning Tool
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This is a terrific utility.
Wish I'd seen it long time ago.
Would've really helped make CAMELOT!
One way to work it in with Conquests is to do all your tech positioning & such in a bic file, save it, then open the bic file with the Conquests biq editor. Save that as a biq and then use this as the basis for a new scenario. Or, if you've already started a scenario, you could import the new techs into the biq file that you're working on.
Once again, great work.
Wish I'd seen it long time ago.
Would've really helped make CAMELOT!
One way to work it in with Conquests is to do all your tech positioning & such in a bic file, save it, then open the bic file with the Conquests biq editor. Save that as a biq and then use this as the basis for a new scenario. Or, if you've already started a scenario, you could import the new techs into the biq file that you're working on.
Once again, great work.
hotdogger125
Chieftain
Azmorg- you're a genius. I was starting to fret, but alas, the solution to the problem is relatively simple.
Good program, I know I'm going to use it quite a bit.
Good program, I know I'm going to use it quite a bit.
hotdogger125
Chieftain
okay, this is annoying me.
i keep trying to open a bic, and it comes up with:
Run-time error '9':
Subscript not found
am I just going nuts? I think I may have misplaced the dll or ocx. any suggestions? thanks in advance.
i keep trying to open a bic, and it comes up with:
Run-time error '9':
Subscript not found
am I just going nuts? I think I may have misplaced the dll or ocx. any suggestions? thanks in advance.
For the utility to work properly you need to save the modified bic file in an uncompressed format. This is done in the View menu under Options. Make sure that the box for Compress BIC Files is not checked. Then you can save & open.
However, I must say that your compliment of genius attributed to me a couple of posts up (thank you very much, btw) is, unfortunately, misapplied. I have done some mucking around with the utility, trying to do what I suggested (save as bic, open with biq editor, resave as biq), and have found that it does not work.
You can open the bic file in the biq editor all right, and even save. But once you try to play the game and load that altered biq (which used to be a bic), the game crashes. Not sure why. Sorry for the misleading information.
However, I must say that your compliment of genius attributed to me a couple of posts up (thank you very much, btw) is, unfortunately, misapplied. I have done some mucking around with the utility, trying to do what I suggested (save as bic, open with biq editor, resave as biq), and have found that it does not work.
You can open the bic file in the biq editor all right, and even save. But once you try to play the game and load that altered biq (which used to be a bic), the game crashes. Not sure why. Sorry for the misleading information.
warmwaffles
Programmer
If the creator of this utility or if someone knows would post the source code I could take a crack at it and try to edit it to work with .bic
CEO Daedalus
Gibsoneer
I would seriously and desperately like a conquests version since i suck at tech trees.
Consider yourself, Esc27, to build a PTW and conquests version.
Consider yourself, Esc27, to build a PTW and conquests version.
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
the Civ3 Multi Tool has an in-built tech positioner, and it is for Conquests 
CEO Daedalus
Gibsoneer
the Civ3 Multi Tool has an in-built tech positioner, and it is for Conquests
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matspb
Chieftain
Hello esc27. Are you still there? Your email address doesn't deliver any more.
This is a great tool, but am I missing something? I thought that if I create a new tech and give it required predecessors and a reasonable coordinate pair, then the tool might add in the arrows. This doesn't happen. Is it meant to I wonder? I'm new to this stuff. Maybe I'm asking too much.
This is a great tool, but am I missing something? I thought that if I create a new tech and give it required predecessors and a reasonable coordinate pair, then the tool might add in the arrows. This doesn't happen. Is it meant to I wonder? I'm new to this stuff. Maybe I'm asking too much.
The tool was never meant to add in arrows. The arrows are located in the advisors folder. science_ancient.pcx, science_middle.pcx, science_industrial_new.pcx, and science_modern.pcx. You will need to manually make new arrows using a graphic program that can properly index and save a pcx.
FYI, the latest version of my expanded editor includes a tech tree builder, that take civ specific tech tree into account.
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