Hi. I'm still quite new to these forums, so I hope that I'm posting this in the right place -- and apologies if this information is already more easily accessible elsewhere, if I knew where to find it. I have two questions about the proper use of this mod:
1) Under what circumstances is it actually necessary to "Load Database"? I try to avoid it, because generally whatever game I have first loaded runs the best. My laptop is not particularly powerful, but it seems to be able to run every mod I've wanted to use (that works with the Legacy version, to which my civ-dedicated laptop is committed for the foreseeable future, because after Legacy (as of last month or so) JT Warhammer no longer works (and I need the occasional elves and chaos cultists).
Anyway, as long as my settings are the lowest (no talking, animated leaders; no anti-aliasing) everything works, but the second game I load crashes more easily. So I can "load database" but only when I have to, hopefully. When do I actually need to do it to use the mod? The loading page mentions only that some of the more advanced options require it, but I don't know what is an "advanced option"
2) Is it necessary to make the map size selection match the stated size of pregenerated maps?
3) The mod just crashed again as I'm typing this. I know it works, because I just loaded a random game with this mod turned on in the advanced screen of create game. I made sure to select the desired map "Play the World". Eventually, it selected Jadwiga for me, gave me the infamous Unhandled Exception, I ignored it, and there I was with Poles settling a normal-looking map in 4000 BC. I made sure I could really wander around, closed Civ, reopened Civ, and attempted to actually load the game I wanted. I kept the mod settings unchanged, selected Play the World, set it to Enormous to match the map, selected my various desired settings (I can specify all of them if that would help), selected Muhammad Keita of Mali, chose 15 other leaders to be sure that I had only and exactly 16 as Enormous calls for....typed the rest of this message...and bang, "Error Loading : Mods Failed to Load" What gives??
4) Later, I also tried running this with all of the same options selected but no leaders chosen -- just sixteen random slots. Same result. I'm now going to try loading the database, and will be back to my original question (which options are requiring me to load the database) if it works.