May 23rd, 2021, 19:21
(This post was last modified: May 23rd, 2021, 20:08 by GeneralKilCavalry.)
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So, @Blake00 I have realized there's a really fast way to sort through the atomic gamer collection. This process can be optimized by a script to go through all of these and search for references to civ3, .biq files and anything else similar.
Open one of the links from the AtomicGamer backup, for example:
https://archive.org/details/AtomicGamer_130313
click on the show all files button:
https://archive.org/download/AtomicGamer_130313
And then press on the view contents button (HOW DID I NOT SPOT THIS BEFORE!!!!!)
https://ia801302.us.archive.org/view_arc...130313.tar
And it will show you the contents of that zip file.
I don't know if you've realized this already and I'm just being slow, but I plan to start searching through these slowly. As I find relevant mods, I'll post the links here, and you can do the second-level checks, downloading, and sorting.
EDIT: So it seems that most of the files are in these incomprehensible formats, with file names like userUploaded.106639
will test to see if these are zipfiles.
EDIT2: They are zip files, so yeah, there's really no way to search these all except by hand. Ugh.
EDIT3: WOW! I downloaded a few of these files, and randomly came across a civ 3 mod! It's downloadable on civfanatics as well, but it does confirm that plenty of civ3 mods are out there to be found that were not tagged under civfanatics/strategy-games in atomicgamer.
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(May 23rd, 2021, 19:21)GeneralKilCavalry Wrote: So, @Blake00 I have realized there's a really fast way to sort through the atomic gamer collection. This process can be optimized by a script to go through all of these and search for references to civ3, .biq files and anything else similar.
Open one of the links from the AtomicGamer backup, for example:
https://archive.org/details/AtomicGamer_130313
click on the show all files button:
https://archive.org/download/AtomicGamer_130313
And then press on the view contents button (HOW DID I NOT SPOT THIS BEFORE!!!!!)
https://ia801302.us.archive.org/view_arc...130313.tar
And it will show you the contents of that zip file.
I don't know if you've realized this already and I'm just being slow, but I plan to start searching through these slowly. As I find relevant mods, I'll post the links here, and you can do the second-level checks, downloading, and sorting.
EDIT: So it seems that most of the files are in these incomprehensible formats, with file names like userUploaded.106639
will test to see if these are zipfiles.
EDIT2: They are zip files, so yeah, there's really no way to search these all except by hand. Ugh.
EDIT3: WOW! I downloaded a few of these files, and randomly came across a civ 3 mod! It's downloadable on civfanatics as well, but it does confirm that plenty of civ3 mods are out there to be found that were not tagged under civfanatics/strategy-games in atomicgamer.
Yeah I did know about the view contents option and have used it a few times on things. But yeah when I saw there were 2,366 atomic files mostly with those stupid code names that are filled with so much other non-civ stuff i couldn't think of a good way to do it. I wish there was a search option that allows you to search within all the files at once for certain file names.
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Civilization Mods/Scenarios:
Civ1 Soundtrack Overhaul mod, ToT Graphics for Civ2MGE mod, Star Wars Civ2 Scenario, Heroes of Might & Magic Civ2 Scenario, Wonxs C&C Civ2 Scenario Remaster, Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Civ2 Scenario, Civ2 Master of Magic Jr Scenario Remaster For ToT, Attilas Conquest - Play as Barbarians in every Civ game Scenario Series.
Blake's Sanctum:
- TC Mods: Quest for Glory IV 3D Hexen, & Star Trek Doom 2
- Game Shrines: Age of Wonders, Babylon 5 Fan Games, Civilization, Command & Conquer, Elder Scrolls, Dune Games, Final Fantasy, Freelancer, Heroes of Might & Magic, Imperium Galactica, Master of Magic, Quest for Glory, Starflight, & Star Trek Games
July 17th, 2021, 06:07
(This post was last modified: November 26th, 2021, 09:30 by Blake00.)
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Hey guys,
Big update as it's been a while! I've been busy doing lots of searching and tracking down long lost mods & scenarios to rescue and upload. I've also added some new search categories of interest to me and made some big changes to existing ones... - Merged C&C and Red Alert together to save space.
- Merged Doom with Fallout & Mad Max under a new main Apocalypse category to save space & also added new Terminator, Judge Dredd, Zombies, & After WW3 to the Apocalypse category too.
- Added a new Starcraft category and combined it with the existing Warcraft one to save space
- Added a new Lunar/Moon category to the existing Mars Colonization one.
- Added a new Final Fantasy category
- Added a new Civ Crossover category (Mods that make a Civ game look like another Civ game) as I've been finding some good stuff for these and wonder if there's more out there!
Regarding that rescue work keeping me busy I recently started a huge new scenario catalog & rescue project creating proper download pages at CivFanatics (even rescuing lost scenarios that are not part of this search cause I'm nice like that lol), as well as extra scenario download mirror pages on ModDB and Internet Archive Library to ensure they don't get lost again as both those sites are long living & offer free hosting. At the moment I'm setting up Civ2 scenario libraries on these other sites but I look forward to setting up these library file mirrors for other Civ game scenarios in the future. Uploading to these sites is not hard (I've written guides in my thread) so I hope others follow my example and add to all these collections in the future to ensure all these amazing pieces of work live on!
List updates...
Civ2:- Final Fantasy - Added FrankJohnson's Final Fantasy II/IV modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Final Fantasy - Added Jomb's Final Fantasy NES Civ scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Final Fantasy - Added honourable mention of the Final Fantasy III/VI scenario to the list which has no custom graphics but is the only surviving FF Civ2 scenario!
- MoOrion - Added Jeelen's Master of Orion Jr Remake 4 scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added MichaelDMcCart's Judge Dredd - I am the LAW modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added ParVahadar's Fallout for Civilization scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Apocalypse - Added honourable mention of Skulb's Fallout City Background graphic to the list, which would go great with a Fallout scenario if we can find one!
- Apocalypse - Added Blackclove's Dawn/Day of the Dead scenario to the list (Apocalypse), however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Mars & Lunar - Added JBG's Colonisation of the Moon scenario to the list.
- Mars & Lunar - Added FredericMeunie's MoonLand modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnMavin's Alpha Centauri scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added honourable mention of JohnValdez & AndrewLivings's SMAC Project scenario to the list which sadly appears abandoned (Blake is considering fixing up).
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added CarlosDiaz's Alpha Centauri modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Warcraft & Starcraft - Added Aland007's Starcraft: Terran War scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added N.Chautru's Dune - Pour L'epice! scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added IsaacAshdown's The Battle for Arrakis scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added JamesDahl's Sands of Dune scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Dune - Added DavidGreenfield's CivDune scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added Skulb's Star Trek 2018 modpack to the list.
- Star Trek - Added DirkWeber's ST Mission on Vesta scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added StLeo's Star Trek 7of9 (Voyager) scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Star Trek - Added Jeelen's Star Trek Voyager scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- Star Trek / Star Wars - Added TomChoinski's CivSpace (Star Trek, Star Wars & more crossover) modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added NikolaKuprešanin's Star Contact Part I: The Star Wars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Markus Schegel's The Battle of Endor scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added PaulCaldwell's Star Wars scenario modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Ambra's Star Wars scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Babylon 5 - Added the German Babylon 5 scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
- C&C & Red Alert - Added C&C2 Red Alert scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- C&C & Red Alert - Added Wonx2150's Command & Conquer scenario to the list (which I AM REMASTERING).
- Crossover - Added Blake's Demaster of JohnValdez's Civ1 modpack to the list.
- Crossover - Added KasiusKlej's Civ1 modpack (uses some of Blake & John's work) to the list.
- Crossover - Added Blake's Remaster of VWPsycho1984's ToT Graphics modpack to the list which is in progress.
Civ2ToT:
Civ3:
Civ4:
Civ5:
FreeCiv:
AlphaC:- Mars & Lunar - Missing download for GeoModder's Mars Survivor scenario has been rescued by Geo himself! Thanks to Darsnan for fixing the link.
FreeMars:- Mars & Lunar - Added mention of the really cool Civ/Col/AlphaC hybrid FreeMars Project game that's not finished but quite playable.
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Civilization Mods/Scenarios:
Civ1 Soundtrack Overhaul mod, ToT Graphics for Civ2MGE mod, Star Wars Civ2 Scenario, Heroes of Might & Magic Civ2 Scenario, Wonxs C&C Civ2 Scenario Remaster, Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Civ2 Scenario, Civ2 Master of Magic Jr Scenario Remaster For ToT, Attilas Conquest - Play as Barbarians in every Civ game Scenario Series.
Blake's Sanctum:
- TC Mods: Quest for Glory IV 3D Hexen, & Star Trek Doom 2
- Game Shrines: Age of Wonders, Babylon 5 Fan Games, Civilization, Command & Conquer, Elder Scrolls, Dune Games, Final Fantasy, Freelancer, Heroes of Might & Magic, Imperium Galactica, Master of Magic, Quest for Glory, Starflight, & Star Trek Games
November 26th, 2021, 09:19
(This post was last modified: November 27th, 2021, 06:37 by Blake00.)
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Hey guys, been a while since the last project update again as I've been continuing work on my huge Civ2 search & rescue preservation project (which is why Civ2 mods dominate below) which is in its final stretch now as soon I’ll be moving onto to Test of Time, Civ3 & newer Civ games. I also took time away to finally start releasing my video series that all this preservation work feeds into which anyone interested can see the first episode on Playing Civ1 in HD with mods & Scenarios here. While Civ2 dominates this update below don’t worry guys, newer Civ games haven’t totally been neglected thanks to people replying to my threads with great discoveries and I’ve found a few on my own too!
I swore I wouldn't add anymore categories to the search list but I have bowed to popular demand haha as many people asked me to add the Warhammer Franchise (Fantasy & 40K Scifi) and while I've sadly never played any of their games I can't help but notice there's some really really good Warhammer scenarios out there for various Civ games so I've added them to the list! This will likely annoy diehard fans of each respective franchise (I've seen some of the "they stole this off us" arguments lol) but I've combined the new Warhammer category with the existing Warcraft & Starcraft section to save space, sorry lol.
Oh and I've also added a new Missing scenarios & mods section to the bottom of the original thread post to better display the projects I've been unable to rescue so far. If you have one of them, please let me know!
List updates...
Civ2:- Star Trek - Added JohnValdez's Star Trek Generations (5 scenarios) modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added KevinGilbert's Star Trek (7 scenarios) modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added JohnValdez's Star Trek TOS modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added JohnValdez's Star Trek TNG Colonies modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added MatthiasPitz's Bajor The Cardassian Occupation scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek - Added MichaelMcCart's Star Trek AT WAR modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Trek / Star Wars - Added ACoates+CEyre's Space Civ 2 (Star Wars & Star Trek) scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added JohnValdez's Star Wars Colonies modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Draco's SuperWars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Chris+SteveWalpole's Star Wars Tatooine scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Star Wars - Added Justin Giles's Tatooine scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added BenShragge's Aliens On Mars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added JohnValdez's Mars modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added JohnValdez's Lunar - Apollo Mission modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added JohnValdez's New Moon! scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added JesusFernandez's The Conquest of Mars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added LukaRejec's Dead Worlds modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Mars & Lunar - Added BowTieGuy's Prospero Now! scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Donnqa's Alpha Centura scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added RickLeeII's Space Colony modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added MichaelMcCart's Freedom AT WAR II Off World modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnValdez's Desert Planet scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnValdez's Ice Planet II scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnValdez's Water World modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added GiantSquid's Starsaga II - Where The Stars Meet scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- AlphaC & Alien Col - Added BenShragge's Solar System Battle scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Colonization - Added JesusMunoz's Colonies IV The Expansion of Europe scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added Jamestout's Colonialism scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added Jamestout's Empires scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added Kobayashi's The R*** of Nations scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added JohnValdez's Birth of America scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Colonization - Added StLeo's Imperial Ambition scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added StLeo's Fictional Americas scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added AllardHofelt's The Age of Discovery scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added CarlFritz's Struggle for Empire French & Indian War scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added Prometeus's Asiento scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added JesusBalsinde's The Quest for Eldorado scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added GeeForce's The World of 1600 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Colonization - Added GeeForce's Colonize scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added JesusBalsinde's Alba De America scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added MacarioReyes's The Fall of the Aztecs scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added JesusMunoz's The Spanish Odyssey scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added MichaelDaumen's The Birth of America scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added JesusBalsinde's The Conquest of Mexico scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added ShayRoberts's Age of Piracy scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added CarlFritz's Pitt's War at Sea scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added GaryLongo's Revolutionary War scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added ShayRoberts's Sacrificial Blood (5 scenarios) modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Colonization - Added DanScheltema's Slash & Burn scenario to the list.
- Colonization - Added StefanHartel's The Lost Paradise scenario to the list.
- MoMagic - Added Dwingert's Master of Magic modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Babylon 5 - Added TimothyFowlkes's Invasion of Narn scenario to the list.
- Apocalypse - Added JDShepherd's Rebuilding the world after WWIII scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added WarVoid's Heavy Metal Earth 3000 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added WarVoid's Air War 3000 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added JohnValdez's Planet of the Apes modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added MarkLaanen's Barron's Earth 3000 scenario to the list.
- Apocalypse - Added Techumseh's Millenium 004 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added BerndBrosing's SubWars scenario to the list.
- Apocalypse - Added PatrickWilliams's Mad Max scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added MrTemba's Sagan's Earth 3000 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added RyanCaruso's U.S.A. 3500 A.D. scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added Foster's Earth 3000 - Jump Trooper scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added JosephDaughtery's The Fall of Civilization scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Apocalypse - Added PaulHeron's Terminator Future War scenario to the list (which I AM REMASTERING).
- LOTRing - Added AndrewG's The Lord of The Rings scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- LOTRing - Added GeeForce's MYTH - Fall of the Gods scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- LOTRing - Added NicholasWordsworth's Tolkien modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- LOTRing - Added JDixon+SSchmeling's War of the Jewels scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- LOTRing - Added NellSmith's The Battle For Middle Earth scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
- Warhammer - Added ManuelPalma's Warhammer Athel Loren scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
Civ2ToT:
Civ3:
Civ4:
Civ5:
Civ6:
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Civilization Mods/Scenarios:
Civ1 Soundtrack Overhaul mod, ToT Graphics for Civ2MGE mod, Star Wars Civ2 Scenario, Heroes of Might & Magic Civ2 Scenario, Wonxs C&C Civ2 Scenario Remaster, Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Civ2 Scenario, Civ2 Master of Magic Jr Scenario Remaster For ToT, Attilas Conquest - Play as Barbarians in every Civ game Scenario Series.
Blake's Sanctum:
- TC Mods: Quest for Glory IV 3D Hexen, & Star Trek Doom 2
- Game Shrines: Age of Wonders, Babylon 5 Fan Games, Civilization, Command & Conquer, Elder Scrolls, Dune Games, Final Fantasy, Freelancer, Heroes of Might & Magic, Imperium Galactica, Master of Magic, Quest for Glory, Starflight, & Star Trek Games
June 13th, 2022, 08:47
(This post was last modified: June 13th, 2022, 14:15 by Blake00.)
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Hey guys, figured it times for another project update. No new search categories added this time as I've given myself too much work already lol, however there's plenty of new scenarios found under the existing scifi & fantasy categories (listed in the top post)! I'm pleased to announce that I've pretty much reached the (foreseeable) the end of my Civilization 2 MGE preservation project and have uploaded hundreds of individual scenarios and a bunch of super collections containing thousands of scenarios to CivFanatics, ModDB & Archive Org ensuring they don't get lost again! I was going to post this weeks ago however an anonymous donor gave me a ginormous collection containing some of my most wanted lost scenarios based on cool stuff like Final Fantasy, Starcraft & Dune so I've been busy sorting them out! Naturally all these new finds are in the update list below and in the OP with their download links.
Speaking of classic Civ games I put a call out across many sites to try and get more GoG wishlist votes for adding Civ1&2 to GoG & Steam as it's crazy that the 2 big Civ games that started it all are not legally sold in any stores (& can only be found on archive & dodgy warez sites) while other classic Microprose games and all later Civ games are all being digitally sold. Presumably the pre Firaxis Civ games seem to be stuck in some sort of licensing hell they need to be rescued from. Only fans voting and making themselves heard can possibly change that. Yes some classic Civ fans probably still have their original discs & CDs like I do and don't need another copy, but plenty probably don't now and these games should really be back in stores, easily accessible, ready to run without config hassle, and getting more attention again! More fans returning to these classic Civ games injects new life into their modding scenes!
Anyway now that my Civ2 MGE preservation work has come to an end I can finally get back to making my Civ2 videos showing some of these great old scifi and fantasy mod projects to the world, and also working on my own Civ2 mod projects and finally releasing them! Then I can start focusing more on finding, rescuing & cataloging mods for later Civ games as I know I've only just scratched the surface of them. However as you'll see below I've still managed to find a bunch of new mods for them too!
CivFanatics (CFC) Search List updates...
Civ2:
Civ2TestOfTime:
Civ3:
Civ4:
Civ4Col:
Civ5:
Civ6:
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Civilization Mods/Scenarios:
Civ1 Soundtrack Overhaul mod, ToT Graphics for Civ2MGE mod, Star Wars Civ2 Scenario, Heroes of Might & Magic Civ2 Scenario, Wonxs C&C Civ2 Scenario Remaster, Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Civ2 Scenario, Civ2 Master of Magic Jr Scenario Remaster For ToT, Attilas Conquest - Play as Barbarians in every Civ game Scenario Series.
Blake's Sanctum:
- TC Mods: Quest for Glory IV 3D Hexen, & Star Trek Doom 2
- Game Shrines: Age of Wonders, Babylon 5 Fan Games, Civilization, Command & Conquer, Elder Scrolls, Dune Games, Final Fantasy, Freelancer, Heroes of Might & Magic, Imperium Galactica, Master of Magic, Quest for Glory, Starflight, & Star Trek Games
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