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Originally posted by mriswrith on 02-27-2001 08:24 PM
hey, whenever I try to open a downloaded scenerio the comp gives me this message, "cannot open game: game not a saved file." I don't know what's up, I open the .scn file when I choose play scenerio. Help is appreciated.
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Have you unzipped the scenario file? When you download from the net, the files are compressed in a program called 'zip'. If you don't have winzip (zip for windows), you can get it free. Just search for 'winzip' download. After you download the scenario you want, open the zip file and remove the files contained within it. The thing to do with windows is to make a folder on your desktop. Name it after the scenario you have downloaded. Place all the files you remove from the zip into this folder, except any with the designation .wav. These are sound files. Make a seperate folder for these, and it
must be titled sound. Place this folder
inside your scenario folder. When you have done all of this, start your civ-2 game, select scenario, but scroll down the area that says
LOOK IN, and select desktop. then search the desktop, and you will see the folder which you named. Click on it, and it will open, and select the file that has a designation .scn. That is the scenario file. Some scenarios only work with fantastic worlds(usally because the author hex edits), and some only work with Multi-player Gold(because the events file is too long for FW to handle). When I first started to play scenarios, I had the problem you describe. I think this is the answer you need. If not, post again, and I'll try to help you get it working.
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