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Thanks to Gabe Isbell we now have the Faith of our Fathers combined with my Priests and 10th Anniversary expansion as an update to the RTS card list. It also has new scans for all of the FOOF cards. They should be better looking than previous scans!

It's now been repackaged as an update to the base RTS cards and NOT AS AN RTS EXPANSION.

This means that if you've used my previous Priests and 10th Anniversary expansion set, you'll need to update all of your decks that used the expansion. To do this, run the installation (link below) then go into RTS. Edit each of your decks and remove any card whose name is in bold and replace it with the exact same card from the master card list that doesn't have the card name in bold letters. Once all of your decks are updated. Simply remove the old Priests and 10th Anniversary expansion. You won't need it anymore!

http://www.redemptionsocal.com/RTS.aspx

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this and then sharing it with everybody, it's really cool.

Also, any chance you could do the same for the G/H Starters? A CEC expansion file for them already exists, but I don't think anyone's scan the pics. In addition, if you don't have a complete G/H starter set yet, I'd be happy to send you a brand-new, unopened one free of charge.

You're welcome!

I can scan the pictures for the G&H Starters as well. I'll see if I can do it this weekend. I'll let you all know when it's available.

I have the CEC file and the cards, so I'll add the scans.

Hey, would it be better to add them along with the Priests in the same file so that people only have to add one file? Or would you rather have them as two separate CEC expansion files? Or should I make it available both ways?

Sweet, Gamer X could probably use these for his expansion, which means all he needs to do at this point is get a couple of functions added into the program for an official release.

*gets all excited* YAY!

Hey, would it be better to add them along with the Priests in the same file so that people only have to add one file? Or would you rather have them as two separate CEC expansion files? Or should I make it available both ways?

I think you should do what's easiest for you, obviously. Having everything in one file might make things slightly easier for people new to downloading custom expansions, but if it would require much extra work, it's probably not worth it.

Sweet, Gamer X could probably use these for his expansion, which means all he needs to do at this point is get a couple of functions added into the program for an official release.

Even given Gamer X's above post, I think (based on past experience) there's still a good chance he might not be able to find time to finish an official release. If he does, great, but if not, at least we'll still have the custom expansions.

When I add the expansion there aren't any images attached....

Kirk

Where do you save the images and the Priests EXP file?  I deleted my old one and the images still don't work.  I can't seem to figure out how to link the file to the images.

Kirk

You should place the file Priests.exp in your RTS folder (for example, C:\Program Files\RTS).

Then all of the picture files go in the 'pics' folder that is within the RTS folder (c:\Program Files\RTS\pics). The actual link is in the Priests.exp file. The only thing you should have to do to make the link work is to get the pictures into the folder RTS is looking in as mentioned earlier.

So if you're having problems, go to RTS and select the "Options-->Card Graphics-->Picture Directory..." menu item and make sure that the selected picture directory is "C:\Program Files\RTS\pics" (or wherever you saved the picture files).



 

I scanned in the cards with my scanner, processed them in batch with Paint Shop Pro X and built the expansion file with the Custom Expansion Creator program that comes with RTS (but I think you might have to download it separately). Then I painstakingly re-checked every entry against the cards to try to ensure complete accuracy.

I've only played with my son who was on a different computer in the other room. We learned pretty much how to use RTS ( at least in our own way). I'm looking to actually try to find someone on the boards to play against to learn how to do it over the internet when you can't just yell to them in the other room.

And yeah I bought a complete set of the tall cut cards from JDS (who must have gone to Nats). I wanted them as part of my collection. But I'm still looking forward to the release so that I can get cards that I'll put into my deck.

you rock dude! seriously this is great.

It was my pleasure to be of service!

You need to go into RTS, use the Options->Custom Expansions... menu item and Add... the expansion file into RTS. If that's done, you need to make sure that in Options->Card Graphics the Show menu item is checked and that the pictures you downloaded are in the directory specified in Options->Card Graphics Picture Directory...

Good luck