
                       Age Of Empires 2: Age Of Kings
                        Campaign To Scenario Utility
                     (C)opyright 2000 by Mikel F. Rice
                             All Rights Reserved

Introduction
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Okay this is a quick and dirty, yet very attractive looking utility, that I 
threw together in a day and a half.  It simply extracts scenarios files from 
a campaign file.  I wanted to examine the triggers some scenarios were using
and I had no utility to do it, so I made one.

Instructions
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Simply run the Campaign To Scenario Utility.  Press OK to bypass the credit
acknowledgment dialog.  You are presented with the "Open" dialog.  This is a
standard Microsoft Windows open dialog and should be familiar to everyone.

The default directory is the CAMPAIGN directory for your Age of Empires 2
install.  You may change directories if so desired. Select the directory
containing the campaign file(s) you wish to process, if not already correct.
You can only process one campaign at a time, so select a single campaign.

Within seconds a report should appear detailing the scenario files that were
extracted and the location that they were extracted to.  Scenarios are auto-
matically extracted to the SCENARIO directory of your Age of Empires 2
install.

Special Option
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If for some reason you need to have the scenario files written to a DOS format
file name (8.3) then select the check box on the Open dialog.  This is for
compatibility with older hard drive formats and network namespaces that may
not support long file names.

Limitations
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There are a couple of blocks of "data" in the campaign file that I am not
certain what they do.  It looks to be random some times, but may have to
do with the avi files or bitmaps.  So you will not get this data from
the scenario correctly.  However, the triggers, which is what I wanted
should be fine.  The extracted scenarios should still load into the
Map Editor and play correctly, just without the AVI and bitmaps.

If you find any problems with the extracted scenarios please contact me.

NOTE: ANY SCRIPTS EMBEDDED IN THE SCENARIO ARE NOT EXTRACTED!  IT WILL
NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PLAY THE SCENARIO, BUT YOU CAN STILL INVESTIGATE THE
TRIGGERS IT IS USING!

Legal Stuff
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This utililty is provided "as is" and you assume all responsibilty for using
it.  You may not sell this utility, include it as part of any other software, 
bundle CD, etc, without prior written permission from the author!  I am making 
this available to you for free so please respect my rights!  Thanks.

I am not above accepting a donation or allowing it to be used for one of the
above, so contact me with details.  I would also like any input on making
the utility better.


Age Of Empires 2: Age Of Kings is property of Microsoft/Ensemble Studios.
This utility is not endorsed, approved or supported by the above companies.

Final Thoughts
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Feel free to visit my web site at http://www.mikelrice.com for more free programs.
Download The MONDAY Adventure, the Reverend Fun Screen Savior, and more...free!
I welcome any feedback or suggestion on this utility.  If you have an improvement
feel free to share it with me!  Thanks.

Mikel Rice 2/25/00


Version History
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1.1 05/05/00	Registered my own Internet domain name, so I updated the
				About dialog with the new URL.  No other changes made.

1.2 09/16/00    User requested the limit for a campaign be increased from 30
                to 60.  No bugs reported or fixed.

1.3 11/19/00    User asked that CPX files from the Age of Empires 2 expansion
                pack be supported.  Added support for CPX files.  I do not
				own the expansion pack yet, so I cannot verify the results
				other than verifying that the SCX files are created.

