3 quick questions

[Askthepizzaguy]

1) I am having trouble with the long road and lands to conquer, I cant get them to function. What is the proper procedure for adding these mods to a completely unmodified version of the game? Is there a patch I need to install first?

2) How do I create animated .gif files of the campaign map portion of the screen so that I can post the results of my campaign without having to post 100+ photos?

3) Can I create movie files of my battles? If so, how? Do I need a different version of the game? And would I have to post the files on youtube?

Detailed answers are much appreciated. The reason why this question is here is because this is the only forum that I really use. If someone feels the need to move it somewhere else, I guess that's ok.

[Lamprey]

I play LtC, how can you possibly be having trouble with it? It comes with an installer that does everything for you :)

Make sure you have patch 1.02 and the latest version of LtC and you should be. The only thing I can think of is that you have the wrong version of LtC that you're trying to install.

[phonicsmonkey]

1) you'll need to patch to 1.2 before installing LTC 2.3 over the top - not sure about the long road but as far as I'm aware most mods are now dependent on the latest patch

2) if you have photoshop you can use the cropping tool to cut the .tgas file down to size, then select the size of the image and save it as a .gif file - otherwise (although I haven't used it) I hear irfanview is also good

3) I believe (although I haven't used it myself) that a feature called "cinematic editor" comes with the patch 1.2 download - I remember seeing a readme for it somewhere in the files...

sorry I can't be more specific, hopefully others can fill in the gaps

[Askthepizzaguy]

Anyone have a link to the 1.02 patch?

[phonicsmonkey]

there used to be a link in the stickies, can't see it now

you're in the US right? try this one:

http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/m...tch/13869.html

can't vouch for it as I used a different one (I'm in oz)

[John_Longarrow]

Check down in the mod forums on how to set up your install for mods. I'm not sure if LTC does that for you, but if it doesn't then you would need to set it up first.