Would be awesome if we could simply create a package, that could be put on one's own server, so that scenarios could be made accessible where they are relevant. The advantages of this approach is that it is more easy to use HTML to index different scenarios and point players in precisely the right direction and make additional instructions unnessecary. Each scenario runs as if it is a separate version of Civ2. scn files is placed in the game root folder. There's an independent executable version of MGE for each scenario, where those of the game files that are customized for the given scenario are simply replaced by the customized ones, and the. Where there is one executable version of MGE, which is launched, and this version has access to all scenarios, which are placed in the 'scenario' folder'.Ģ. The only exceptions are the scenarios where other files than standard files have been customized, such as customized menu art in the. When the scenario.scn file is loaded so are the customized files. This subfolder may contain customized graphics files, rules.txt, events.txt and other customized files for the scario. scn file which is placed in the root folder or in the 'scenario' folder, or in a subfolder in the 'scenario' folder with the same name as the. It will need to be determined if this edition will be executable online (but since the basic version can I can't see why MGE would not). The scenarios are mostly created for the MGE version of Civ2. Writing this to see if any others of the old guard (or a younger guard) would have any interest in this idea and/or would be willing to help set it up, and/or determine what type of technical setup/man hours would be needed in order to accomplish this. I've made a couple of these scenarios myself, and would love to make them accessible in this way, and blow some new life into this game. It would be an obvious way, for instance, to create scenarios and use these for educational purposes, where you will have no problems regarding that not all students have the game etc. But it seems, that online play is an excellent way to make old Civ2 scenarios accesible to most people today, where they can be played without regard to platforms or local context. The percentages next to the main topics indicate the approximate percentages of exam questions on those topics.There are a number of sites, where one may play Civilization II online, for instance :įor obvious reasons these sites do not allow one to play scenarios, other than the two provided by the basic game. The subject matter of the Western Civilization II exam is drawn from the following topics. Ability to reach conclusions on the basis of facts.Ability to distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant.Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate textual and graphic materials.Ability to identify the causes and effects of major historical events.Understanding important factual knowledge of developments in Western civilization.

Questions on the Western Civilization II exam require test takers to demonstrate one or more of the following abilities: Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. The exam contains 120 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Groups of questions may require candidates to interpret, evaluate, or relate the contents of a passage, a map, a picture, or a cartoon to the other information, or to analyze and use the data contained in a graph or table. Test takers may be asked to choose the correct definition of a historical term, select the historical figure whose political viewpoint is described, identify the correct relationship between two historical factors, or detect the inaccurate pairing of an individual with a historical event. Questions cover European history from the mid-17th century through the post-Second World War period including political, economic, and cultural developments such as scientific thought, the Enlightenment, the French and Industrial Revolutions, and the First and Second World Wars. The Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present exam covers material that is usually taught in the second semester of a two-semester course in Western civilization.

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