[Blue]- Inquisitor
[Red]- Programmer

[Inquisitor] so will it be a kind of colonization system with trade goods that can be improved with factories etc?
[PeterAP] By the time the game comes out this will not seem so high
[Inquisitor] thats true
[PeterAP] indeed...
[Inquisitor] when's it coming out?
[PeterAP] 12 months
[PeterAP] everybody is buying 300mhz machines today...
[PeterAP] Yes lumpkin, just in a fantasy world!
[Inquisitor] MarkG: not me.. I'm a student.. and on a pretty fixed budget
[PeterAP] Yep that is why we are not worried
[Inquisitor] but 12 months is plenty of time.. by then the 900s will be out and 300s will be cheap
[PeterAP] 12 months from now, this will be very inexpensive...memory already is and a 166 is not really all that high
[Inquisitor] cheap, but probably out of production.
[PeterAP] hehe
[Inquisitor] any names of techs?
[Inquisitor] Will is run under NT (i.e. will is require more recent versions of Direct Draw that NT doesn't have?
[PeterAP] yes it will
[PeterAP] but you'll need the service pack(coming out later this year I believe)
[PeterAP] it should run in NT, as for the drivers who knows what will be out by then, we aleady have applied it to Directx6 and now 98, time tell all truth
[PeterAP] otherwise NT won't run DirectX
[Inquisitor] will there be any differences between civs? (like with Firaxis's AC)
[PeterAP] as said earlier, each race will have some attributes...
[PeterAP] AC is in space, Not 3D, not customized units and not Real time tactical combat...that I hope is enough difference, :)
[Inquisitor]no I think he spoke about the civs/races on the actuall game... :)
[PeterAP] ahh
[PeterAP] actually, AC is planet based, 3d(not noticably though...)
[Inquisitor] will the game start as in civ2 with one settler?
[PeterAP] Yes as MarkG said you will be able to fully cust. all races
[Inquisitor] your game uses 3d to it's fullest.. I especially like the alpha blending
[Inquisitor] any examples of the techs?
[PeterAP] It will be different...how annoying was that running around with your settler trying to find a cool spot
[PeterAP] Thank you the prog. will be thirled they are very hiped about the 3d engine as am I
[PeterAP] That for the moment is kept secret :)
[PeterAP] we promise at least 100, we hope for more
[Inquisitor] any examples?
[PeterAP] not specificaly, but in a vague answer your once very efficient Archer will posibly be armed with something like a multiple shot heavry crossbow with explosive armour pearcing profectiles 
[Inquisitor] a comment just posted to our review of AP :AP seems highly original and looks very promising. However I'll want to more before I'm convinced. The big attraction for me is the new fantasy environment. I can see how this has a lot of potential. Nicolas Holzapfel (j.holzapfel@virgin.net)
[Inquisitor] will magic play any part, or priests? 
[PeterAP] I understand your desire to wait it out, and that is a great attitude, we do not expect you to love it on the spot, the more you see the more we hope you are convinced
[Inquisitor] Peter, I don't know if you have noticed it, but visitors can leave their comments on our preview of AP...
[PeterAP] Yes Magic will have a role but it will be limited nothing which can devistate an army as it should be :)
[PeterAP] Yes I noticed and thank you for it as I read it everyday hoping to get input on things we may have overlooked
[Inquisitor] great, btw on the last page we have a screenshot of the advisors screens, right?
[Inquisitor] the url is http://civilization.gamestats.com/alt/prophecy/senatview.gif
[PeterAP] yep it is the senate view!