Text Mod

need help with a mod

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I wach the tv show Star Gate Atlantis a lot, so one day I was browsing the internet and found this font for my computer.
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Anyway, I want to have this text as the defalt text. I tried every thing I could think of and nohting worked. I would appreciate the help very much.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
there is a fonts folder, copy your new font there. you have to rename it to match the already used fonts, as the used fonts seems to be hardcoded into the exe. I couldnt find a single line of text refering to what font is used, so renaming is your best choice.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks but I alredy tried that before I upgraded to the current beta version. I think the game looks into the font files and reads the name there. Any other Ideas?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Then swapout the font file you want to use with the one in the folder. It would be easy to just create a simple batch program that would switch the 2 fonts back and forth.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hey thanks that sounds like a great idea. the only problem is I have no clue how to make a batch program.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
This should work. Copy and paste the code below into notepad. Replace ORIGINALFONT and NEWFONT with the appropriate file names. Save it as something like fontswap.bat in the galciv2 font folder. Open the folder and double click fontswap.bat and you're set. Use at your risk, I'm not responsible if it breaks your game, yadda yadda yadda.

When you want to return to the original font, you'll have to go to the folder in DOS and type: fontswap restore
Sadly, MS removed a nice little program called choice.com in modern versions of windows, otherwise this could've been more interactive. C'est la vie!

------- Copy and Paste Below -------

@ECHO OFF
IF %1 ==RESTORE GOTO RESTORE
REN ORIGINALFONT.TTF ORIGINALFONT.BAK
REN NEWFONT.TTF ORIGINALFONT.TTF
GOTO END
:RESTORE
REN ORIGINALFONT.TTF NEWFONT.TTF
REN ORIGINALFONT.BAK ORIGINALFONT.TTF
GOTO END
:END
ECHO Done!