It's more about the tone of the settings than the colors of the map. Just think "the world is not a happy place" and adjust whatever you need to accomplish that. Ruins, war and conflict are all central elements.

After running CC3+ once, it should set .fcw files to open in it automatically.

But that box from Windows is normal whenever a program changes the file type, windows just wants to let you know it has happened. After running CC3+ once. it should be the default option at the top of the dialog (listed as fcw32.exe), you should be able to just click Ok. And if that somehow don't work, look for other versions of fcw32.exe in the same dialog. You should eb able to tell from the icon which is the correct one. Once you have tested and know which one is correct, make sure it is selected, and the checkbox for allways use that program is checked, and you're good.

Most of the features of Yahoo Groups, including all the downloadable resources on the group page such as files, images and message archive, was removed about a year ago. There isn't any way anymore to extract anything from there and put it anywhere.

The shutdown anoucement on the site now is just for their final service, the email part, which will also go away.

You can easily convert a lot of text at once by using :CC2MCHANGE: to change the text properties.

Just hide the layer that contains text labels you don't want to change, and then just simply select everything in the map at once.

November 1st is a Sunday. You probably have to wait until the 2nd.