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Off-Topic Forum / Re: Civilization Series Favour...
Last post by Blake00 - July 19, 2021, 04:26:00 AM
Hey guys,

Big update as it's been a while! I've been busy doing lots of searching and tracking down long lost mods & scenarios to rescue and upload. I've also added some new search categories of interest to me and made some big changes to existing ones...

- Merged C&C and Red Alert together to save space.
- Merged Doom with Fallout & Mad Max under a new main Apocalypse category to save space & also added new Terminator, Judge Dredd, Zombies, & After WW3 to the Apocalypse category too.
- Added a new Starcraft category and combined it with the existing Warcraft one to save space
- Added a new Lunar/Moon category to the existing Mars Colonization one.
- Added a new Final Fantasy category
- Added a new Civ Crossover category (Mods that make a Civ game look like another Civ game) as I've been finding some good stuff for these and wonder if there's more out there!

Regarding that rescue work keeping me busy I recently started a huge new scenario catalog & rescue project creating proper download pages at CivFanatics (even rescuing lost scenarios that are not part of this search cause I'm nice like that lol), as well as extra scenario download mirror pages on ModDB and Internet Archive Library to ensure they don't get lost again as both those sites are long living & offer free hosting. At the moment I'm setting up Civ2 scenario libraries on these other sites but I look forward to setting up these library file mirrors for other Civ game scenarios in the future. Uploading to these sites is not hard (I've written guides over in my CivFanatics project thread) so hopefully others in the Civ community eventually follow my example and add to all these collections in the future to ensure all these great old pieces of work live on!


List updates...

Civ2:
- Final Fantasy - Added FrankJohnson's Final Fantasy II/IV modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Final Fantasy - Added Jomb's Final Fantasy NES Civ scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Final Fantasy - Added honourable mention of the Final Fantasy III/VI scenario to the list which has no custom graphics but is the only surviving FF Civ2 scenario!
- MoOrion - Added Jeelen's Master of Orion Jr Remake 4 scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added MichaelDMcCart's Judge Dredd - I am the LAW modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added ParVahadar's Fallout for Civilization scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Apocalypse - Added honourable mention of Skulb's Fallout City Background graphic to the list, which would go great with a Fallout scenario if we can find one!
- Apocalypse - Added Blackclove's Dawn/Day of the Dead scenario to the list (Apocalypse), however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Mars & Lunar - Added JBG's Colonisation of the Moon scenario to the list.
- Mars & Lunar - Added FredericMeunie's MoonLand modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnMavin's Alpha Centauri scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added honourable mention of JohnValdez & AndrewLivings's SMAC Project scenario to the list which sadly appears abandoned (Blake is considering fixing up).
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added CarlosDiaz's Alpha Centauri modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Warcraft & Starcraft - Added Aland007's Starcraft: Terran War scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added N.Chautru's Dune - Pour L'epice! scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added IsaacAshdown's The Battle for Arrakis scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added JamesDahl's Sands of Dune scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added DavidGreenfield's CivDune scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added Skulb's Star Trek 2018 modpack to the list.
- Star Trek - Added DirkWeber's ST Mission on Vesta scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added StLeo's Star Trek 7of9 (Voyager) scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Star Trek - Added Jeelen's Star Trek Voyager scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Star Trek / Star Wars - Added TomChoinski's CivSpace (Star Trek, Star Wars & more crossover) modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added NikolaKuprešanin's Star Contact Part I: The Star Wars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Markus Schegel's The Battle of Endor scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added PaulCaldwell's Star Wars scenario modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Ambra's Star Wars scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Babylon 5 - Added the German Babylon 5 scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- C&C & Red Alert - Added C&C2 Red Alert scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- C&C & Red Alert - Added Wonx2150's Command & Conquer scenario to the list (which I AM REMASTERING).
- Crossover - Added Blake's Demaster of JohnValdez's Civ1 modpack to the list.
- Crossover - Added KasiusKlej's Civ1 modpack (uses some of Blake & John's work) to the list.
- Crossover - Added Blake's Remaster of VWPsycho1984's ToT Graphics modpack to the list which is in progress.

Civ2ToT:
- Mars & Lunar / AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Kestrel's Escape From Sol scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Kestrel's Extended Original Game 4-Worlds modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Kestrel's Unit-Mania Addon 4 World scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Elder Scrolls - Added honourable mention of Dadais's TES The Stormcloak Rebellion scenario to the list which is unfinished. He's also made a Skyrim Map!
- Warcraft & Starcraft - Added honourable mention of CatFish's Starcraft scenario which sadly appears abandoned.

Civ3:
- Apocalypse - Added the AMAZING Vuldacon's Escape From Zombie Island 2 Elite scenario to the list.
- Mars & Lunar - Added Hunterkiller's Mars: Alien Invasion scenario to the list.
- Final Fantasy - Added Magus77's Final Fantasy 7 mod to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Final Fantasy - Added DJBonebraker's Final Fantasy mod to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Crossover - Added Matrix's Civ1 Terrain modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Crossover - Added Sims2789's Civ1 Units modpack to the list.
- Crossover - Added honourable mention of Theov's Civ1 Clone modpack to the list which is in progress.
- C&C & Red Alert - Added honourable mention of Xiaoxiaoa's Red Alert 2 mod to the list which sadly appears abandoned.

Civ4:
- Star Wars - Added Star Wars Final Frontier Plus mod to the list.
- Star Wars - Added honourable mention of Dumanios's Star Wars modpack that LouisTheXIV told me about to the list which is unfinished.
- Apocalypse - Added mention of the Official Firaxis Afterworld BTS scenario that LouisTheXIV told me about to the list.
- MoMagic - Added the Master of Mana Modpack (built from FFH) to the list.
- MoMagic - Added the Ashes of Erebus Modpack (built from FFH) to the list.
- MoMagic - Added the Fall from Heaven Modpack to the list.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Monaldinio's Conflict on Chiron Modpack (built from Planetfall) to the list.
- Final Fantasy - Added agentsmith952's Final Fantasy Tactics mod to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Mars & Lunar - Added JBG's The Song of the Moon scenario to the list.
- Crossover - Added Flobi's Civ1 Terrain modpack to the list, and have also managed to obtain its missing download file (thanks GeneralKillCavalry) and preserve it on CFC.

Civ5:
- Colonization - Added mention of the Official Firaxis Conquest of the New World Deluxe scenario that Pfeffersack told me about to the list.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added the 5 mod combo (FramedArchitecture's AlphaC Civilizations, AlphaC Policies, AlphaC Maps + HandyVac's Centauri City States + Arbogli's Beyond the Future) that creates an Alpha Centauri experience that Beetle told me about to the list.
- Final Fantasy - Added MrCookie's Eorzea - Final Fantasy 14 scenario to the list.
- Final Fantasy - Added honourable mention of MSW2010's Final Fantasy 2 map to the list.

FreeCiv:
- Crossover - Added ComradeOleg's Civilization 2 modpack for FreeCiv to the list.

AlphaC:
- Mars & Lunar - Missing download for GeoModder's Mars Survivor scenario has been rescued by Geo himself! Thanks to Darsnan for fixing the link.

FreeMars:
- Mars & Lunar - Added mention of the really cool Civ/Col/AlphaC hybrid FreeMars Project game that's not finished but quite playable.

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#12
General Forum / Any new projects on the horizo...
Last post by Adventure4Life - July 19, 2021, 12:42:35 AM
Any new projects on the horizon you would like to let us know about?
#13
Technical & Bugs forum / Re: "My Retrieve spell failed ...
Last post by maldaye - March 26, 2021, 07:57:36 AM
Interesting, I had the same problem in my first air mage save didn't even realize it was actually a bug! I gave up on the save instead, that means I can play air mage again. Thank God I'm locked in quarantine in my property in Turkey for two weeks which means I can enjoy the game without worrying about anything...
#14
General Forum / Re: Adventure/RPG set during R...
Last post by maldaye - March 26, 2021, 07:49:54 AM
Have you tried 7 Wonders? It may give you the feeling you are looking for.
#15
Technical & Bugs forum / Re: "My Retrieve spell failed ...
Last post by baronsmoki - February 20, 2021, 02:59:55 PM
That works! Thank you!
#16
Technical & Bugs forum / Re: "My Retrieve spell failed ...
Last post by GameDevChris - February 20, 2021, 01:00:54 PM
Thanks for sending in the save and for reporting this glitch. Wow, that's quite the major oversight! I'm surprised the bug made it through beta testing and hasn't been reported by anyone else in over two years.

I've implemented a fix, which will be rolled out in the next patch. Normally, I'd simply get past the glitch, re-save the game, and send the save-game file back to you. But in this case, I'm actually using a newer development version of the AGS engine, and my save-games will not be backwards compatible with the older version of the game you're running. However, I've found a reliable way to bypass the issue. When targeting your Retrieve spell on Strof, make sure to position the mouse pointer at the very top of the red cap on his head. The bug causes the game to think you're targeting the crowd of goblins behind Strof, and it prioritizes them (they intercept the click). By targeting the mouse cursor well above the heads of the crowd and clicking only on Strof, that seems to work.

Let me know if that does the trick for you?
#17
Technical & Bugs forum / Re: "My Retrieve spell failed ...
Last post by baronsmoki - February 20, 2021, 10:32:46 AM
I'm using the Compact Interface. I've just emailed my save to support. Thank you!
#18
Technical & Bugs forum / Re: "My Retrieve spell failed ...
Last post by GameDevChris - February 20, 2021, 01:22:31 AM
Could you email the savegame to support@himalayastudios.com and I'll take a look at it. (Instructions on how to do so are in the game's readme.txt file.)

Also, which Interface are you playing the game with?
#19
Technical & Bugs forum / "My Retrieve spell failed to l...
Last post by baronsmoki - February 19, 2021, 05:06:37 PM
As an air mage, I'm trying to stop Strof's summoning ritual. I cast retrieve on him to try to grab the summoning book, and I got the chime sound & 2 XP, but I still get the same message that the spell failed to lock on.

I've tried casting it about 20 more times, and no luck. I'm assuming it's a bug because I'm getting the XP, but it does nothing. I'm completely stuck.
#20
Off-Topic Forum / Re: Civilization Series Favour...
Last post by Blake00 - November 23, 2020, 05:45:23 AM
Big update as I widened my search to get help from more communities out there and had some AWESOME responses from people so many thanks to everyone who's contacted me publicly and privately! I'm also starting to look more at newer Civilization games (4-6) and finding some good stuff. Someone pointed out that I should include a The Elder Scrolls (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim etc) section and gave me several Civ scenarios for it I'd never heard of! I'm a huge TES fan so how could I say no! People also gave me some Warcraft scenarios so yup, we've got a new Warcraft section on the list too, hell maybe I should look at Starcraft while I'm at it too lol!

Note: Project links over in original CivFinatics thread (link in top post) as for some strange reason most forums don't like people coming in and posting 100s of offsite links lol. ;)

List updates...

Civ2:
- Have added PaulHeron's Babylon 5 Modpack scenario to the list.
- Have added AltF18's Azeroth (Warcraft) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added EvilKnevil's Dune: The Battle for Arrakis scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added NathanDawson's Battle For Adoij (Star Wars) scenario that axx told me about to the list (I actually already host it myself on my Star Wars scenario ModDB page but forgot lol!).
- Have added MarkusEklund's Death Star Attack (Star Wars) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added JoshAdams's The Battle of Endor (Star Wars) scenario to the list.
- Have added JaredKoger's Dominion (Star Trek) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added DirkWeber's ID4 The day of the Borg (Star Trek) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added Academia's The Age of Númenor (LOTR) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added CarlFritz's Darklord (LOTR) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added GabrieleQuaglia's Angmar - War in Arnor (LOTR) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added JoséMartinez's Señor de los Anillos (LOTR) scenario that ETTiNGRiNDER told me about to the list.
- Have added Shelly's The Martian Scenario scenario that axx told me about to the list.
- Have added John Ellis's Colonies III - The Struggle for Empire scenario to the list.

Civ4:
- Have added the Fallout: Tame The Waste Modpack (built from FR) that LonelyLurker told me about to the list.
- Have added the Fury Road (Mad Max) Modpack that LonelyLurker told me about to the list.
- Have managed to obtain Dale's Age of Discovery scenario missing download file (thanks Dale & Solver at WePlayCiv) and preserve it on CFC.
- Modied existing mention of Firaxis Civ4 Colonization game to state that I'm giving it a seperate category in Colonization section (see below).

Civ4Col:
- Have added the We The People Modpack (built from R&R) to the list.
- Have added the Religion And Revolution Modpack (built from TAC) to the list.
- Have added the The Authentic Colonization Modpack to the list.
- Have added the Colonization: 2071 Modpack to the list (in SMAC & Alien Col section).

Civ5:
- Have added The Elder Scrolls BNW Modpack that Gez told me about to the list.
- Have added Spatzimaus's Alpha Centauri Modpack that Darsnan told me about to the list, however its download file is CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know and I'll put it on CFC!
- Have added mention of Firaxis Civ Beyond Earth game to state that I'm giving it a seperate category in SMAC section (see below).

CivBE:
- Have added the Beyond Centauri (SMAC) Modpack that elektrizikekswerk told me about to the list.
- Have added The Unity Project (SMAC) Modpack that elektrizikekswerk told me about to the list.

Civ6:
- Have added The Elder Scrolls Modpack that Gez told me about to the list.
- Have added the A Civ of Ice and Fire (GoT) Modpack that Damien told me about to the list.

FreeCiv:
- Have added Azeroth scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.
- Have added Mars Terraformed scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.
- Have added The Americas scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.
- Have added Caribbean Colonization 1634 scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.

AlphaC:
- Have added GeoModder's Mars Survivor scenario that Darsnan told me about to the list, however its download file is CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know and I'll put it on CFC!
- Have added mention of the SMAC repository that Darsnan told me about in the SMAC like scenarios (even though I'm technically looking for SMAC themed Civ scenarios) section too.

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