Exo2000 Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 (edited) I just remembered this old trick I used to know that allowed me to play different city maps on difficulty levels, so I'll post it here for reference (as if anyone still plays Apoc ) -- In your X-COM Apocalypse folder, there will be a folder named "Ufodata". Open up this folder and scroll down until you see a series of files named "Citymap#" and "Citymap#.bld". Citymap1 is RookieCitymap2 is EasyCitymap3 is NormalCitymap4 is HardCitymap5 is Superhuman The next step is easy; Take the original difficulty map file (say, Citymap3 and Citymap3.bld) and rename them to something else (like CitymapNormal & CitymapNormal.bld) and then rename the version you want to take it's place (say, Citymap 5 and Citymap5.bld) to their name. So in this case; Citymap3 becomes CitymapNormalCitymap3.bld becomes CitymapNormal.bldCitymap5 becomes Citymap3Citymap5.bld becomes Citymap3.bld Et voila, you should now be presented with the Superhuman map when you try to play Normal mode. Take in mind that Apocalypse will probably crash if you try to run Superhuman after that, because it'll have no corresponding map files unless you renamed the original Citymap3 to Citymap5 after replacing it. It is also important to rename the corresponding .bld file, as I believe this tells the game which buildings belong to who, and so on and so forth. Note that this will not change the difficulty level - just the map you play on. The game should work fine after this assuming you did it right, and it's nice for a change of scenery. If you're feeling adventurous you can also edit the maps using XME although this isn't adviseable and may cause errors. EDIT by j'ordos: XME cannot save changes. There is an option for it in the program but it doesn't work! Best to know that before wasting hours on a new map. Edited November 6, 2009 by j'ordos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 A neat trick I use for file replace ment is a large series of self installing mods made out of Zip files. ^^'..A backup, and the "Mod" 's Id explain it but Im in a bit of a rush atm, Ill update this post later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slip de Garcon Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) I'm going to try this today, having just finished normal again... ...yep, that works! Edited April 9, 2012 by Slip de Garcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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