My 2000 Installation and FAQs

My 2000 - What is it and why do I need it?

Manalink has a 2000 card limit (i.e. only 2000 cards can be in the game at one time). However, more than 2000 cards have been coded for this game. The 'My 2000' application allows you to choose which 2000 cards you want to use in your version.

Installation

This add-on must be installed separately from the latest Manalink patch. Here's how:

• Download the latest Manalink release and art if you don't have it already
• Copy your cardArtNew folder to a new folder called cardArtCus
• Create a new folder in your magic directory called custDeck. This is where decks for the custom version will live.
• Download and unpack this 1-time only download to your magic directory: ....

If you make changes to your custom set and then re-download this file, you will clobber your changes.

• Download the My 2000 application to your magic directory: ....
• If you try to run the above download and you get an error that you are missing files, try using this installer first, and then re-download the above file: ....

Usage

• To run this application, run My2000.exe

Running CustomSetEditor.exe will not work.
This program is very slow to load (up to a minute).

• Now just choose a card from the "Card Library" and choose copy.
  
• Click on a card in the "Custom Version" that you want to replace. Click "Paste".
  
• After waiting several seconds, you will get a confirmation message that you have copied over the card successfully.
  
• To run your custom version of Magic you can either:
  

(1) Run MagicCustom.exe -or-
(2) Run Magic.exe and choose Switcher -> Custom

FAQs

Q: My art is wrong is the custom version
A: If only a handful of arts are wrong, you can fix them manually. One way is to copy the proper arts from cardartnew, if you know the ids. If you don't want to do that, or don't know the ids, then you can use the set editor and re-copy the cards with the wrong art. To make things quicker, you can check the 'Art Only' checkbox.

Q: My token-generating card doesn't work. What's wrong?
A: Make sure that you have copied over the appropriate token create as well.

Q: Why do some cards start with --? Why can't I replace every card?
A: Some cards have their ids hard-coded in the binary exe files. These cannot be changed.