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Savant Warlord The Mountain Empire Jul 1999
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posted December 06, 2000 11:30
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I ran into this "problem" last night. Over and over again I was trying to load a knight onto a Coracle and I must have gone through 3 turns before I realized what was going on. I had forgotten to unload a unit I had on the coracle before and so... well, duh.  Might be your case too so check to see if you have a unit already on it that prevents you from loading more. ------------------ 'Blood will run' |
perthboy Settler Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia Dec 2000
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posted December 07, 2000 19:36
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quote:
 Originally posted by Savant on 12-07-2000 10:07 AM "Some such"?Well, given the info provided, I would reckon it may be that the program is seeking the CD for files and then crashes to the desktop bc it can't locate your CD in the CD-ROM. It may be going to the CD to get movies or sound files that aren't on the hard drive and then crashes to the desktop when it doesn't find them. I would check your devices in system settings and you can also add device settings in config.sys and autoexec.bat to make sure your CD is identified properly. You probably have a CD driver install disk you can get that info from. Other thing is that you may have another IDE device on that same cable? That may be the cause of the failure to find the CD.

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Thanks for replying to my query. I have actually reinstalled the program, using the other, non-maximum option, but it keeps doing it. It says it can't find the graphics files for certain units. I have checked the 'civpath' file and compared it with the civpath file for CTP1, and there are no big differences, I'll try what you suggested. Thanks again for your help.
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Forever Newby Settler New Zealand (south a ways) Dec 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 21:28
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Like How? Where do i find the code that needs to be altered?? which line of code do I alter?? and to what do I alter it to?? Thanks yours nuly. |
LandBuilder Chieftain Shawnee, KS, USA Nov 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 19:17
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Just keep posting away like I'm doing here (this makes post #28 for me)!!! |
LandBuilder Chieftain Shawnee, KS, USA Nov 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 19:20
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Or go to the Creation section and look at OmniGod's 14 civ map of the world- you can down load it from there. |
XWaste Prince of passionpop Aug 2000
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posted December 03, 2000 00:23
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Yeah, I've noticed the border doesn't change when the cities area of influence changes. So the border is four tiles away, and the city can grow to fill the borderSo the manual isn't right in any place, the city influence max is four tiles, not three or five? |
XWaste Prince of passionpop Aug 2000
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posted December 04, 2000 18:47
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Building fortifications will move your borders out. Fortifications can be built outside your borders as well, as long as you have an army there. They give extra territory of a radius of two tiles. |
edo Settler Brooklyn,NY USA Aug 1999
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posted December 06, 2000 00:58
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you can only load infantry - no artillery, no tanks, no horse riders |
perthboy Settler Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia Dec 2000
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posted December 08, 2000 01:54
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quote:
 Originally posted by Savant on 12-07-2000 10:07 AM "Some such"?Well, given the info provided, I would reckon it may be that the program is seeking the CD for files and then crashes to the desktop bc it can't locate your CD in the CD-ROM. It may be going to the CD to get movies or sound files that aren't on the hard drive and then crashes to the desktop when it doesn't find them. I would check your devices in system settings and you can also add device settings in config.sys and autoexec.bat to make sure your CD is identified properly. You probably have a CD driver install disk you can get that info from. Other thing is that you may have another IDE device on that same cable? That may be the cause of the failure to find the CD.

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I tried what you suggested, but to no avail. I guess I'll have to wait and see what the activision support people say...
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Darkknight Warlord Ireland,Galway,Athenry Nov 2000
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posted December 04, 2000 21:16
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WAR!!!!!!  Try a little nuclear/Nanite warfare hahahhahahahah!!! 
------------------ " mind over body " |
Darkknight Warlord Ireland,Galway,Athenry Nov 2000
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posted December 04, 2000 21:29
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I think it's something like: ------545------------------------------------ -----54345----------------------------------- ----5432345---------------------------------- ---543212345--------------------------------- ---432101234--------------------------------- ---543212345--------------------------------- ----5432345---------------------------------- -----54345----------------------------------- ------545------------------------------------Thats probably wrong i remember 5 as only affecting 3 tiles each corner but there's definetly 5 and 5 only affects the corners this is ****ed up because of the posting system thing try to figure it out ------------------ " mind over body " [This message has been edited by Darkknight (edited December 04, 2000).] [This message has been edited by Darkknight (edited December 04, 2000).] [This message has been edited by Darkknight (edited December 04, 2000).] |
Darkknight Warlord Ireland,Galway,Athenry Nov 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 21:12
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I don't actually count but it only took me 20 days to become chieftian so keep posting. and use a small p for   ------------------ " mind over body " |
Forever Newby Settler New Zealand (south a ways) Dec 2000
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posted December 07, 2000 19:29
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Where do yah make the map larger than Gigantic?I tried changing ..MapSize from 3 to 8 but got an error..... |
MapleLeaf Warlord Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Apr 99
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posted December 06, 2000 22:34
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../../Forum43/HTML/000171.html?3 |
lago King King King King Ace Nov 1999
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posted December 06, 2000 01:29
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Whether Tanks should load is arguable. Somehow I think that was a mistake in the Units.txt file. But it says Tanks are a 'Small' land unit, and thus can ride in the choppers. I do it all the time. |
Anunikoba Prince Michigan,USA Sep 1999
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posted December 05, 2000 00:39
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Try forts to extend your borders. |
Captain_Dave Settler ...of River Tiles! Nov 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 11:09
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Yeah, I thought tanks wouldn't load either from what I had read here. Surprise, surprise, I've got a cargo heli with 4 tanks on board as we speak... They inadvertently got picked up because they were asleep in the city that built the heli! I know settlers work too! |
MrFun Prince United States, Iowa Nov 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 23:45
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And how do you make a red frown face?  |
lago King King King King Ace Nov 1999
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posted December 05, 2000 13:10
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code:
------545------------------------------------ -----54345----------------------------------- ----5432345---------------------------------- ---543212345--------------------------------- ---432101234--------------------------------- ---543212345--------------------------------- ----5432345---------------------------------- -----54345----------------------------------- ------545------------------------------------
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Captain_Dave Settler ...of River Tiles! Nov 2000
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posted December 07, 2000 10:20
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Mr Fun,When you post/reply to a message, there is a margin on the left of your text box. There you'll notice the link "Smilies Legend". It tells you how to do all the special smilies   [This message has been edited by Captain_Dave (edited December 07, 2000).]
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Darkknight Warlord Ireland,Galway,Athenry Nov 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 21:02
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If you think about it one of those big weirdy shaped mother****ers of helicopters was specially modified to carry 3 M1Abrams during the Desert Storm.where'd I hear that   ------------------ " mind over body " |
XWaste Prince of passionpop Aug 2000
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posted December 05, 2000 18:31
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OK, so the max radius is basically four, but because for some reason diagonals are counted as two not one you can claim that the influence can reach five tiles away. so instead of --111-- --101--
I guess the reasoning is that because the diagonal length is longer then the model should be --212-- --101-- It's not that big a hassle in the game, now that I have been playing a bit and so have a better feel for the cities and their growth but its just one of those things that make learning the game more frustrating than fun, with a manual that is so bad. Why couldn't they just say the influence will reach a four tile radius if that is the case. |
romelus Settler my room Dec 2000
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posted December 05, 2000 13:10
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hmm forts, that's a good idea, i'll give it a tryif that fails or my patience runs out... ranger time! |
Al'Kimiya Settler
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posted December 06, 2000 17:24
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I played around a bit with the linesBORDER_INT_RADIUS 4 BORDER_SQUARED_RADIUS 20 in ctp2_data\default\gamedata\const.txt as well as the SquaredRadius setting in citysizeX.txt This in order to test different city influence settings and discovered the following: first off.. the border_int_radius seems to do nothing (at least not that affects gameplay, I could be wrong though, correct me if so) The border_squared_radius is interesting, corresponding the SquaredRadius in the citysizeX.txt determines which squares belong to a city influence. I found out the following: code:
--------------- --------------- -----JHGHJ----- ----IFEDEFI---- ---JFCBABCFJ--- ---HEB000BEH--- ---GDA0x0ADG--- ---HEB000BEH--- ---JFCBABCFJ--- ----IFEDEFI---- -----JHGHJ----- --------------- ---------------
Where x is the city. The letters denote areas under city influence (including areas with lower letter). Producing a little table: code:
SquaredRadius Letter 0-3 0 4 A 5-7 B 8 C 9 D 10-12 E 13-15 F 16 G 17 H 18-19 I 20-24 J
(Yes, I restarted the game MANY times ) You can enter larger numbers in the citysizeX.txt, but make sure the BORDER_SQUARED_RADIUS is at least as large as the largest citysize. Don't know if the game will crash but it's illogical  Btw, does anyone know why there are 6 citysize files containing the same data? Anyway, I hope someone has any use for this! |
MrFun Prince United States, Iowa Nov 2000
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posted December 07, 2000 16:22
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Cool - thanks for this crucial, vital, essential, top-priority information.  All those Santas lined up like that look cute. LOL |
romelus Settler my room Dec 2000
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posted December 06, 2000 19:39
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woohoo it worked !i'm playing on impossible now, and doing quite well - you guys are right the computer just doesn't attack well at all, although the barbarians have given me a run for my money! they've taken over 4 german cities too and have been holding them for ever. |