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Call to Power -- PBEM Challenge Ladder

Continued from here http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?t=166378

The Ladder

(as of 18-Feb-2011):


RNK.NAME................BAID.......WIN.....LOSS... NAT
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01. dancemasseuse.......Deity.......13........5....USA
02. quinns..............Deity.......12........3....USA
03. thehappies..........Deity.......13........5....USA
04. HornedFrog..........Deity.......13.......17....USA
05. Cuaich..............Deity........3........4....CAN
06. JohnGalt137.........Deity........4........1....USA
07. EPW.................Deity........5.......11....USA
08. ricketyclik.........Deity........3.......12....AUS
09. Keygen..............Deity........2........2....GRE
10. Justin_Phillip_webb.Deity........0........1....USA
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Call to Power -- PBEM Challenge Ladder

Continued from here http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?t=166378

The Ladder

(as of 16-Nov-2010):


RNK.NAME................BAID.......WIN.....LOSS... NAT
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01. quinns..............Deity.......12........2....USA
02. thehappies..........Deity.......13........5....USA
03. dancemasseuse.......Deity........9........5....USA
04. Cuaich..............Deity........3........3....CAN
05. JohnGalt137.........Deity........3........0....USA-CO
06. HornedFrog..........Deity.......10.......17....USA
07. EPW.................Deity........5........8....USA
08. ricketyclik.........Deity........3.......10....AUS
09. Keygen..............Deity........2........2....GRE
10. Justin_Phillip_webb.Deity........0........1....USA

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For X, Y, and Z you generally need to put a number there. Y usually is the chance a unit special function succeeds, and Z is the chance the killed if the function fails. Occasionally I didn't know what the numbers referred to, so I just left them as is (like the middle number in INVESTIGATE_CITY, for instance). ...

By Joe Rumsey
About the author: CTP Programmer, a.k.a Mr Ogre on the forums

Variable concepts

Built-in variables in SLIC serve two purposes. First, they contain information about objects in the game. For example, when you have code that deals with a city, it will have access to a variable named city. To find out how many people live in the city, you can use city.population. Because you may sometimes have to deal with more than one city, an index as to which city you mean can be inserted between the container name and the member you are interested in. For example, city.1.population is the same as city.population since 1 is the default index if none is given. But city.2.population is the population of the second city in the current context. This use of indices is not specific to the city container, it works for all containers except g, clicked, and special.
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By Brad Santos
June 23, 1999

Note: This is the Developer's Corner, a part of the C:CTP section of Apolyton, where members of the C:CTP development team discuss ctp-related topics.

For many first time players of Civilization: Call to Power, the sound of sinister cackling as an unseen Slaver kidnaps another citizen from an unsuspecting city is enough to cause an anxiety attack. The reason for this strong emotional reaction is simple… Along with the addition of a 1000 year Science Fiction game era and a completely new stacked combat system, the introduction of Special Units is one of the most fundamental differences between CTP and its mighty predecessor, Civ2. Players who stayed up playing Civ2 for hundreds of hours in the dead of night are now forced to learn the basics of unconventional warfare under a new game system. Players may feel like Arnold Schwarzeneggar in Predator, facing an invisible enemy of unknown capabilities. That can be intimidating.

Don't worry. Change is good. As Arny pointed out in the same movie, "if it bleeds (you) can kill it". Once you get familiar with the Special Units you will learn to love them all like little computer sprite brothers….or you will never conquer the world again!

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Get the Full version of this guide with images and unit.txt example

Here is what I have so far on a file to help explain how to make non-animated unit graphics. I'm going to add some more (such as an additional section on how to make shadows) but this is the basic part. When I post it, I will include a couple of files that will help the user make files easier. For now if you want to try this out, use the text I included earlier in this thread for the text file, and open up one of the cow pictures that comes with the graphics editor patch to start your graphic off from (deleting the cow, of course).
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I think I've managed to figure out how the AIPs work. The AIPs certainly have a lot of information about the inner workings of the AI. Read and enjoy.

AIP COMMENTS (based on default.aip)

Default.aip is the first aip loaded at game start and contains a number of strings which are not found in the other personality aips. If repeated in the other aips, the new values take precedence over the default.

// The next line was used in Dark Reign to specify a likelihood that a spy
// would be seen... We can use that stuff in Civ3, too
int infiltrator_period = 2;

No clue.
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SET_FOOD_OR_PROD.FLI and SET_RESOURCE_DESIRE.FLI COMMENTS

For all non-barbarians:

1. If cities = 0-1 and total population is 1,
Maximise growth ratio (minimise turns to next pop)
Pay as much wages as needed, minimise rations, average workday
No PW
Minimum workers on production tiles
Maximum workers on food tiles
Opening game strategy (this means explore more, and don't build roads yet - this is the same for all entries in this FLI so I won't repeat it)
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