How to install CloseCombat2-mods


Hi to everyone here still enganged in CC2-modding!

First think you must know, there are two different original
installation concepts:
- installing under Windows95,
- installing under System 7.5 on a Macintosh.

Clearly, today we use newer operating systems. So you will
find these two typical situations today (2011):
- a PC with WinXP or Win7,
- a Mac with MacOS-X 10.4 or newer.

Let's talk now about PCs:

CC2-installer software from the original CD allows you to
make different installations. If you want to mod the game
(on HD) later on, you must choose always "Full
Installation" during the installation process. The
CC2-modding community invented a plugin-management tool,
which I'm not familiar of.

The basic routines of installing ANY CC2-mod on a PC is
this (as taken from my CC2-Afrika-Mod-ReadMe):

How to install on PC:
- place original game CD in your CD-ROM drive,
- make a full install of CC2,
- download the latest CC2 updater from the Internet (v2.0b),
- update the file "CC2.exe" to v2.0b using this updater,
- duplicate the folder where CC2 is installed,
- give the duplicated folder a suitable new name like "CC2 my mod",
- all operation described now must be done inside this duplicated folder:
- unzip all the mod's map files and place all the files
   named "BGMap###", "OVMap###", "MMMap###", "Bridg###",
   "Roof###" (where ### stands for three digits) into the
   subfolder "Graphics\Maps", replacing the original files,
- do the same with all other graphical files of the mod and replace 
  the original files in the folder "Graphics",
- do the same with the sound file "Sounds.cc2"of the mod
   and place it into the subfolder "Sounds",
- modding files of folder "Data" must replace the existing
   subfolder "Data" files. This folder contains the latest updates
   for Map###/Map###.los files, too,
- the files of the mod's folder "Games\Battles
   must go into the subfolder of the same name,
- modding files "CC2.exe" and "cc2rsrc.dll" must go into the
  main folder of the installation,
- place the original CD in the CD-ROM drive, double click
   the new "CC2.exe" and after first launch of the mod disable
   videos (use "F8" to get to the menu).
- in case the intrinsic battlemaker functionality is disabled
  by the mod, you can use my tool CCBmaker.exe. I recommend
   to place it inside the mod's folder.

Understand the file hierarchy and you will understand how
to mod CC2.


Now let's talk about Mac-installation of CC2-mods. First
thing is: you need a PPC-Mac. And MacOS-X 10.4 with
Classic-environment running Mac-OS-9.2.2 (or a real PPC Mac
under MacOS-9). SheepShaver didn't worked for me. On the
Mac, the installation is never "full". But you can make
several installation folders if you like, too. And the
MacOS gives you an easy ability to create CD-images. Most
of the CC2-modding on a Mac must be done on such a CD-image
of the original game CD. The files of CC2-mods will go in
this case into the approbiate folders of the CD-image. So
here is my universal text for installing CC2-mods on a Mac:

How to install and use Maps or Mods for CC2 under MacOS:
1. Take your original CD.
2. Place it into your CD-ROM-drive.
3. Install the program on your harddisk (small install).
4. To use Mods it is not necessary to change the installed files.
5. Replace the main program "A Bridge Too Far" with the
    updated version found on the web site of Microsoft (version
    2.0b).
6. Increase the memory for "A Bridge Too Far" from 19408 KB
    up to 48000 KB if you want to
    use very large new maps like the "Airfield"-map by Adam
    "The Man" D'arcy or my map "FireBaseCC2".
7. Create an uncompressed disk image file from the original
    CD using "Disk Copy" or something
    else. Be sure not to make it read only. The volume's name
    must remain "Close Combat".
8. Place the Mod-Files at the correct places on this image
    as described in the author's ReadMe-files.
9. Strip all "LF"-chars from the "TXT"-files of the Mod, if
    they are coming from PCs.
10. Remove the original CD from your CD-ROM-drive.
11. Leave the disk image mounted (activated).
12. Start the main program "A Bridge Too Far" from the
      harddisk.
13. If the program asks for movie-files (xxxxxxx.mpg not
      found), press the "abort"-button and
      click the mouse or double-click it. Even if the program
      asks for the CD in the SCSI-drive press
      the "abort"-button. Do not make a search, it will fail!
14. The program will now start, showing the new maps (or
       battles, campaigns), when you scroll
       down through the menu. Not replaced old maps will be also
       shown.
15. Select in the "Preferences"-option "Videos off", and
       you will be no longer asked for the CD or
       movies, but now the intro-picture will be displayed
       starting the game next time.
16. If you run into error message "out of command space",
      quit the program, quit all other applications except of the
      Finder and then start the program ABTF again.
17. After finishing the game, you can delete the disk image
      or leave it for the next day, 
DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES OF THE SOFTWARE.


Cheers
Mafi

