really big games

jc173 · #1 May 16th, 2001, 11:16 PM

LCC you can probably just delete the Posts, just click on edit option below each post then check the delete checkbox when the new screen loads.

Suicide Junkie · #2 May 16th, 2001, 11:35 PM

If you edit, you can blank out the attachment box and your broken file links will dissapear.

#3 May 16th, 2001, 11:39 PM

I spoke too soon. When I renamed the file .txt it changed the file type from MAP File to Text Document or some such. So the game will not recognize it. I then used win explorer help File Types adding to add the new file type MAP File with a function of save game to the list attached to application Space Empires IV. It now recognizes MAP File and this attachment is the new hack. On your own computer define the new type THEN try the download, which I will do as soon as this Posts.

#4 May 16th, 2001, 11:49 PM

Download of map3.map will not work, but if you have defined file type MAP File as instructed in the Last post and download map3.txt to file map3.map then it becomes file type MAP File. So that should fix the problem. I find it hard to believe that nobody has run into this problem trying to share maps before. Maybe it is just us internet ignorant types who get confused. Seems to me the *internet* software is defective here, it should not CARE what file type is used standard or not....

Suicide Junkie · #5 May 17th, 2001, 12:01 AM

For IE Users: right-click the file, select "save target..."

For Netscape Users: hold "shift" while clicking the file.

You don't need to mess with file associations to D/L stuff.

Nitram Draw · #6 May 18th, 2001, 01:39 AM

How about trying a smaller Version of your map? If the problems are with the size this should help.
Sounds like even a smaller Version would be very interesting to play on!

dogscoff · #7 May 17th, 2001, 04:48 PM

QUOTE:
Seems to me the *internet* software is defective here, it should not CARE what file type is used standard or not....
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Welcome to the wonderful world of windoze. Real operating systems use information from inside the file as well to determine what kind of data it is.

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