My Leipzig Campaign mod version 2.0 (and later) is actually two different mods.

If you want to keep your life simple and don't mind missing out on a fuller Napoleonic experience, stick with the basic Campaign Lepzig mod and don't worry about Campaign Dresden.

But if you want to have a fuller experience of the 1813 campaign, follow the instructions in the Campaign Dresden README file.

The terrain for Campaign Leipzig comes in one flavor, regardless of the season.  By breaking the mod into two parts I can show the summer battles in a summer landscape (Campaign Dresden), and the autumn battles in a fall landscape (Campaign Leipzig).

I've come to the conclusion that switching textures in a game like this to make the terrain look right is simply too much of a pain.  If I have trouble remembering to do it, nobody else will.  So the solution is to make two parallel installs of the game.  The games aren't that large, and the second install can be made by simply copying the first (main) install and renaming it.

At that point the Desktop Icons really come into their own.  You need something to tell the two versions of the game apart, and if you have different Desktop Icon images for each game mod, you'll always know which one to click on.  All you have to do is remember not to play autumn scenarios in the Campaign Dresden mod, or summer scenarios in the regular Campaign Leipzig.  You won't have any trouble actually playing the different scenarios if you open them up in the wrong mod, but they won't look right.  The Desktop Icons that I have provided are identical heads of Napoleon against different color backgrounds.  The green background is used for Campaign Dresden (think summer leaves),and the reddish background is used for Campaign Leipzig (think autumn leaves).

BASIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Start with a clean, freshly installed version of JTS' Campaign Leipzig.  Apply the latest patch. If you want to be really careful about things you may want to make a copy of the unmodded game before proceeding: it won't take up much space and it will make your life easier if you make a mistake in installing the mods and have to start over.

The easiest way to make a back-up copy of the game is to simply right-click on the Campaign Leipzig folder wherever you have it located, and then select 'copy' from the drop down menu (these instructions are written for Windows XP - your mileage may vary).  Move your mouse pointer to an empty spot on the screen, right-click again, and select 'paste' from the drop down menu.  It will take a few seconds depending on how fast your computer is, but you'll end up with a fully working copy of Campaign Leipzig named 'Copy of Campaign Leipzig'.  You can then rename it to anything you want to distinguish it from the modded versions of the game.  



24 October 2012

Philippe Divine

padivine@juno.com



[See the beginning of the second Campaign Leipzig readme for a description of what is new in both mods]
  