Re: Pitboss BTS: Fog of War - Signups

**emperor** · 02-19-2009, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by whiplash

Well, I get the same Load Failed error described by others. I got in there to grab Inca before the load. I'm pretty sure I have the mod in the right place. It's in C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods

Yeah, that's the right place. Do you have just the one copy of the mod, grabbed from the first post of this thread? If you have other copies floating around then that could be your problem - the one in the first post is a heavily modified version of the original.

**da_Vinci** · 02-19-2009, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by whiplash

Well, I get the same Load Failed error described by others. I got in there to grab Inca before the load. I'm pretty sure I have the mod in the right place. It's in C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods

Can you load the mod in the advance menu at the main menu? (Independent of connecting to the test site?) Or is that what is failing?

Did you rename the mod? Vista would not let me delete a faulty install, so I renamed to Noscore1, which I could load at main menu, but game would not take.

Had to play with Vista permissions to clean that up ...

And be sure you don't have two Noscore folders layered in, which you can get depending on how you unpack.

dV

**whiplash** · 02-19-2009, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by emperor

Yeah, that's the right place. Do you have just the one copy of the mod, grabbed from the first post of this thread? If you have other copies floating around then that could be your problem - the one in the first post is a heavily modified version of the original.

I downloaded it from the link on the first post. I looked around and found no other versions lurking.

**whiplash** · 02-19-2009, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by da_Vinci

Can you load the mod in the advance menu at the main menu? (Independent of connecting to the test site?) Or is that what is failing?

Did you rename the mod? Vista would not let me delete a faulty install, so I renamed to Noscore1, which I could load at main menu, but game would not take.

Had to play with Vista permissions to clean that up ...

And be sure you don't have two Noscore folders layered in, which you can get depending on how you unpack.

dV

Yes, I can load the mod usning the "advanced" feature and I've tested it in single play. It runs ok.

I have not renamed anything.

The unzipped folder contains only one Noscore sub-folder.

**Ebenezer** · 02-20-2009, 12:04 AM

look one level deeper. Open the assets folder inside noscore and post the full path.

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\NoScore\Assets is correct

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\NoScore\NoScore\Assets is wrong.

A broken mod will appear to load in singleplayer, but won't actually take effect. If you start a game that way (advanced, load mod) and then settle your city, does your civ have more than 1pt of score?

**Methos** · 02-20-2009, 02:15 AM

Signing up.

**emperor** · 02-20-2009, 02:19 AM

Originally Posted by Methos

Signing up.

Remember:

Originally Posted by Bernout

To reserve a spot, please reply to this topic with:

Please acknowledge that you have read and understood the first message of this signup topic:
Have you connected to the test server:
Civ4 Player Name:
Time Zone:

**Methos** · 02-20-2009, 02:25 AM

Thanks Emperor.

Originally Posted by Bernout

To reserve a spot, please reply to this topic with:

Please acknowledge that you have read and understood the first message of this signup topic:
Have you connected to the test server:
Civ4 Player Name:
Time Zone:

Yes, I've read the rules and I've connected to the server. In fact, I just exited out. My Civ4 Player Name is Methos and I'm in GMT -6 (that or -5).

**whiplash** · 02-20-2009, 08:02 AM

Emperor nailed it! I'm good to go. The correct procedure is copy the CONTENTS of the NoScore folder to the mod folder, not the folder itself.

**Bernout** · 02-20-2009, 11:46 AM

Looks like we are looking at a full game!

With Mythos and whiplash both coming in for that 18th spot, in the interest of fairness I gave it to Mythos because he at least supplied all of the information that was requested in the signup topic.

Anyone, including whiplash, who signs up at this point will be added to the backup/reserves list in the event someone doesn't start the game as planned or is in need of a sub.

I would also point out, that anyone who is a TG supporting member also gets priority in the sign up list regardless of when they sign up. So that is always an option for someone coming in late.

And last but not least, I double checked last night and every single person in the sign up list did indeed log into the test server as requested. My thanks to everyone for taking care of that in a timely manner to ensure we get off to a smooth start on Sunday.

Bernout

**emperor** · 02-20-2009, 07:27 PM

Will we continue to use this thread after the official game start? If not, please make a post to remind us that the game has started. (I'm liable to forget things otherwise, since I don't regularly check this forum except for email reminders.)

**da_Vinci** · 02-20-2009, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Ebenezer

look one level deeper. Open the assets folder inside noscore and post the full path.

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\NoScore\Assets is correct

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\NoScore\NoScore\Assets is wrong.

A broken mod will appear to load in singleplayer, but won't actually take effect. If you start a game that way (advanced, load mod) and then settle your city, does your civ have more than 1pt of score?

Given this pearl from Elkad/Scrooge (ebewhatever is too long ... ) ... do we need to verify that everyone got into test game and saw all scores as 1 or 0?

Just want to avoid someone discovering a problem on game day.

The NoScore\Noscore issue is what I meant by depending on the unpacking ... if you unpack directly to the mod folder, I don't think you get the duplication. If you unpack to desktop, as I did, you do get the duplication.

dV

**Niklas** · 02-20-2009, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by da_Vinci

Given this pearl from Elkad/Scrooge (ebewhatever is too long ... ) ... do we need to verify that everyone got into test game and saw all scores as 1 or 0?

No, it will not be possible to connect with the wrong mod, anyone trying would get the protected assets error. This is why it is so important to run the server with an admin password.

**Methos** · 02-20-2009, 11:27 PM

When will we learn what civ we are assigned?

**da_Vinci** · 02-20-2009, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Niklas

No, it will not be possible to connect with the wrong mod, anyone trying would get the protected assets error. This is why it is so important to run the server with an admin password.

Well, at what step of connect would the problem be apparent? I connected to host, selected a civ, set a password, and only on attempting to enter the game did it tell me it needed to load NoScore, (since I had my NoScore1 already loaded), and then could not find NoScore.

So is it possible that folks who only got to the list of civs page have not really confirmed that all is well? Or is it that my NoScore1, being the true NoScore by another name, got me past asset checks?

dV

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