i haven't got this new version, but is it possible to run, say, the economy of a country and let the game automate the generals? -- that is, be the secretary of the treasury?

thanks, then, and i'll experiment with both fireworks and with photoshop settings.

mike

I avoid targas or tiffs. I convert jpegs to rgb psds, do my work in that format, and then save to png-24s. (I'm not a professional artist, and didn't take the courses that might've taught me the benefits of other formats) I've also used fireworks and have noticed the difference in file sizes, but i...

I use Photoshop 6 for my graphics mod. The 'Save for the Web' command allows me to create png-24s. d'accordian, but what it does is save them in a different file-size than the app acw is expecting. it's a crc thing, i think, and photoshoppo compresses to its own order. for one thing, it asks you, n...

What version of Photoshop are you using? CS2 -- then, editing in image-styler and saving as png-24. for some reason it seemed to compress the file to a different size than the original, whereas the windows paint thing didn't. maybe i should open it in photoshop lite, or whatever it's called."png" m...

oh, yes... humm, examined the file in the the regular windows paint program and its editor worked fine with png-24... not subtle coloring, but it did save correctly. hope i din't confuse you'all with my arty talk, but if i didn't talk arty, i wouldn't be able to talk at all.

mike

this is embarrassing, because obviously so much detail has gone into making the game look good, but i'd like to darken the message bar, at least, so that it doesn't continually read as part of the map for me -- i'm sort of Visual, and i can't help but see the entire screen as one image. the reds of ...

eh, pardon, j.v.e.p. en a.., pour ma mauvais Franc,ais -- je veux dire que j'ai finalement ouvre' la boite du ACW et a' trouve' un vrai manual en forme d'une livre et pas PDF, et c'a ma plait beaucoup. la mois prochine, apres ma retourne chez mois et mon ordinateur, je peut jourerais actualliment le...

On our side, there is no copy protection (check CDV publisher though, perhaps they added one), this is an anti-piracy protection. That's two different things. The game simply don't allow to be reverse engineered (easily at least). You can safely backup your CD, you can play without CD. The game don...

is the anti-cracking protection on the CD version? i've bought a copy of the game monday, but am on vacation here with no pc and haven't opened the box. am i going to have problems installing or should i take it back and wait? ( 30 day limit to take back)? -- that is, i have downloaded games from ne...

you know, it's occurred to me after several eons of playing Vic and HOI and other, historic ruler with another name, games that it would be more realistic to be a minister or a military commander in a government of one of the historic leaders, than to pretend to be, say, churchill or hitler or stali...