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- INSTALLING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY SCENARIO
- If they don't already reside there, copy all of the files contained in the zip
- file into the civ2 directory. If you don't know where it is, try the default path
- of c:\mps\civ2.
-
- CHANGING RULES.TXT
- During the design of this scenario, we felt it necessary to change the numbers of
- several item paramaters stored in the rules.txt file, primarily for the sake of greater
- historical accuracy. We have included a modified rules.txt file entitled disrules.txt
- in the zip file that incorporate these changes. You need only exchange this file with
- the rule.txt file located in your civ2 directory to play the scenario as it was intended
- to be played.
- WARNING: These are permanent changes so the player must be confident he can follow
- the instructions given below to recover his original rules.txt file before he attempt to
- change it.
-
- Changes:
- 1. The movement allowance of caravels has been increased from 3 to 9;
- the movement allowances of galleons and frigates have been increased to 12. Even with
- this extraordinary boost in speed, these ships still cannot match their historical
- counterparts.
- 2. The "Gems" terrain feature has been changed from providing 1 food, 0 shields,
- and 4 trade to providing 3 food, 1 shield, and 8 trade. This has been done to
- reflect the extreme importance of trade with and settlement of the East Indies, Africa,
- and South America to the European motivation for expansion. We couldn't improve the
- more obvious Spice special resource as it doesn't appear anywhere on the scenario
- map.
- 3. Due to the close proximity of the advance, Magnetism, to the advance,
- Steam Engine, in the research path, it is practically impossible to include
- the discovery of the former with its desirable technology, galleons and
- frigates, and exclude the latter with its undesirable technology of ironclads. We solved
- the problem by removing Steam Engine from the research path. For similar reasons, we
- also removed Electricity and Conscription.
- 4. The characteristics of many of the leaders have been modified to more
- accurately reflect their historical aims and philosophies. As the changes are
- both numerous and invisible to the player, we won't take up space recounting
- them here.
- 5. The AI preference for certain discoveries has been curtailed to channel it
- within historical directions.
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- CHANGING THE RULES.TXT FILE
- 1. All of the changes for this scenario will be stored in a special file, rules.txt.
- When installing the game, this file, along with some other critical files, are
- copied from the CD onto the hard drive for ease of access. You will need to know
- where this is file is stored on your hard drive to make the changes.
- For most people, the file is located in a default directory, the path to which
- is c:\mps\civ2. If you changed the path of the directory then you should know how to
- get to it. Proceed to this directory, either default or customized.
- 2. You first need to rename the rules.txt file found here. You will then replace
- this file with the special file included with the scenario and containing the
- changes. When you are done playing the scenario, you will reverse the process and
- replace the scenario rules.txt with the original one.
- 3. Rename rules.txt, rules1.txt. This indicates that it is the first and original
- rules.txt for the game.
- 4. Rename disrules.txt, rules.txt. You can now play the Age of Discovery scenario
- with the appropriate modifications. Be aware that the changes recounted above will
- appear in any Civ2 game you play and not just the Age of Discovery scenario. This is
- because all games refer to the same rules.txt file.
- 5. To recover the original rules.txt, first rename the current rules.txt as
- disrules.txt and then rename rules1.txt as rules.txt. You are returned to the
- original parameters.
- 6. If you get into trouble and can't get the original rules.txt back, try
- reinstalling the game again.
- 7. For those playing the French or German version, you will need to
- substitute rules.fre or rules.ger, respectively, for rules.txt in the
- above instructions to maintain language consistency.
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