Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => The Theory of Everything => Topic started by: Ajantaka on September 16, 2013, 01:27:03 AM

Title: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Ajantaka on September 16, 2013, 01:27:03 AM

Hello all,

I am not a new player - got the game the year it came out - but I am new to this forum.  Am trying to download the Netload Node Factions but I can't find any button or anything on that page that actually says 'download' or start download.  What am I missing?  Thanks for any help.

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: JarlWolf on September 16, 2013, 01:49:30 AM

Welcome to AC2 forum! While you are here, don't be afraid to poke your head around to other custom factions made by myself, Sigma or others.


No worries  on being new, questions are welcome. All you have to do is just click the NetworkNodeFactions.7z, which is in the middle of the screen, then a small box should appear for a zipped file. Open it/save it, and then all you got to do is import its contents into the appropriate folder, one with all your game files.

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Ajantaka on November 16, 2013, 01:51:55 AM

thanks for the answer, Jarlwolf!

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: JarlWolf on November 16, 2013, 02:11:06 AM

Bez problem tovarish  ;)

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Ajantaka on November 17, 2013, 03:49:39 AM

Hello again,  I am still stumbling along.  I am playing Crossfire.  I downloaded the Kingdom of the Cartel faction and installed it into Alpha Centauri.  But when I go to play it is not offered as a choice in the list of factions.  I installed it into the general Alpha Centauri file.  Does it go into a specific file?  All help appreciated.  Thanks

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Yitzi on November 17, 2013, 03:56:02 AM

You have to add it to the list of factions.  Go to alphax.txt and scroll down to #CUSTOMFACTIONS, and add the appropriate line (like the lines above it, it's the faction filename, followed by a comma, followed by the faction filename again, with a blank line between it and the #MANDATE entry.)

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: JarlWolf on November 17, 2013, 05:06:11 AM

Another way to do it, is to go into faceeditor in your files, and simply select "LOAD FACTION" and then type in the name of the faction in the finder.

But be warned: do NOT save the faction. Merely load it.

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Ajantaka on November 18, 2013, 11:55:22 PM

Got it!  Thanks all.  You might want to put this information on the page with the downloads for the succor of technological simpletons like me; I would never have figured it out on my own.

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Ajantaka on December 25, 2013, 05:44:48 AM

I am still having trouble with this.  I put the factions names into alphax file correctly and in right place.  Some custom factions (the Church and the Huxley one) then appear on the game list and will play.  Some (the Union and Armada Confederacy) don't.  Any suggestions?

Thanks

Title: Re: New member needs help with downloads
Post by: Yitzi on December 25, 2013, 12:53:56 PM

Quote from: Ajantaka on December 25, 2013, 05:44:48 AM

I am still having trouble with this.  I put the factions names into alphax file correctly and in right place.  Some custom factions (the Church and the Huxley one) then appear on the game list and will play.  Some (the Union and Armada Confederacy) don't.  Any suggestions?

Thanks

If you provide your alphax.txt file, that might help figure out what's going on.