Design Tips Chronological Index Scenario League Apolyton Civ2

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Art and Graphics
	How do I change the units.bmp and units.gif files?		Artificer's Guild
	Working with title.gif files.		Blackclove
	Changing flags and civilization colors.		Dan Scheltema
	How to make icons for your Tech Tree.		Cam Hills
	Merging images to give effective 'personality' icons for Wonders.		Cam Hills
	An explanation of the Civ2 colour palette and its effect on the various graphics files		Allard Höfelt
	Alternative uses for Terrain2		Kobayashi
Sound
	How do you change sounds and make new sounds?		Artificer's Guild
	Map of the unit sound files for reference when creating scenarios.		Blackclove
	Getting the units right from the beginning. Also contains game mechanics information.		Kobayashi
	Sound advice. All about replacing and creating your own sound files.		Gothmog
Game Mechanics
	Dealing with the memory bugs in Fantastic Worlds.		Blackclove
	What should go into a readme.txt file?		Cam Hills
	Information on altering governments, including how to limit governments to particular civilizations.		Cam Hills
	Ever thought that aerial combat in Civ2 was inadequate? Here are some suggestions to make dogfights more interesting.		Alexandre Ostrowiecki
	Identifying the special characteristics of technology-advance slots.		William Keenan
	How do you edit rules.txt without using Fantastic Worlds?		Artificer's Guild
	Editing pedia.txt to include descriptions of Wonders.		Blackclove
	All about barbarians. How to create barbarian units that last, barbarian cities, barbarian cities that produce air or sea units, and so on.		Blackclove & Allard Höfelt
	A guide to the bugs in Fantastic Worlds' events handler and to dealing with "embedded" events problems.		Gothmog
	Working with the "Domain Three" unit type.		Darth Spoot & Blackclove
	All about editing the instant advice files.		Gothmog
	All about making final touches to your scenario, and making sure for yourself that everything works the way you want.		Cam Hills
	Using units effectively by accommodating certain game mechanic 'foibles'.		Mike Daumen
	Customizing city improvements and Wonders of the World to strengthen tribe identity.		Mike Daumen
	Mixing and Matching Land, Sea and Air Unit Abilities.		Kobayashi
	Using multiple copies of events.txt and other files to create new effects.		Allard Höfelt
	Advanced Tech Trees, Part I. Features sample scenario and different trees for different tribes.		Blackclove
	Advanced Tech Trees, Part II. Features summary of special effects, partially divergent trees, and other misc. notes.		Blackclove
	Identifying the trigger technologies for Barbarians (v.1.11).		William Keenan
Planning
	Relating city sizes in Civilization II with populations.		Blackclove
	Where can you find old maps to help with city placement?		Blackclove
	Making sure that the details in your scenarios are both relevant and logical.		Stefan Härtel
Test of Time
	Implementing alternate game files for Civ2 and Civ2 ToT.		Cam Hills
	Identifying the special characteristics of technology-advance slots.		William Keenan
	Customising tribe colours for Test of Time.		Cam Hills
	Introduction to 'flags' for Test of Time scenario events.		William Keenan & Cam Hills
	Using Test of Time's Civilize2 and Leaders2 feature for customised technologies.		Cam Hills & William Keenan
	Introduction to 'masks' for Test of Time scenario events.		Cam Hills & William Keenan
	Getting Civilize2 and Leaders2 to work for you		Kevin "DarthVeda" Chulski
	Understanding and using map transport relationships.		William Keenan

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