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Convert is a small utility to convert the country file generated by
*BETA* versions of Empire 2.1w to the final, released 2.1w format. It will
NOT convert data files from 2.0 to 2.1w format, and can only be run once on
the data file without ruining it. So make a backup copy of empire.country
BEFORE you convert.
To use it, change your current directory to the directory that the
empire.country file is located in.
Make a backup of the file now
Now type "convert" and you should see some output. If the output stops and
doesn't say the conversion was complete, some kind of error occured and
one of the following has occured:
1) You didn't have the BETA version of Empire 2.1w (Hardly anyone should,
I am only including this with the archive for that one in a million
person who got it from an unscrupulous beta tester)
2) Your empire.country file was corrupt
3) There was some kindof disk error
In any case but #1, you should restore the backup you made (you DID make one,
didn't you???) and try again. If you still can't get it to work, you
should just give up on using the real 2.1w until the current game is
completed.
If it DID work, your empire.country file should be about 12780 bytes long.
You should now be able to copy the new files on top of the old files and
start using the new version.
Dave