Is this possible, an extension of epic games?

[conmcb25]

Could we tack this on to an epic game?

something like

Launch spaceship ---> gives tech------>

that converts you to a one city civ on another planet?

Is that possible?

I had heard years ago that part of the plan for smac and CIV II was to make smac "continue on" from CIV II but it obviously never happened and I think it would be pretty cool oif we could do something like that.

[binTravkin]

Yeah I atually thought too why Apollo project in C3 does not lead to SMAC..

[Blake]

You know I bet it would be possible. It would basically involve loading a mod and starting a new game, but there's no reason why that wouldn't be doable if Civ4 really is as moddable as Firaxis claims.

[conmcb25]

Why couldn't the mod be on top of the epic game?

space race --->new tech----> plants you on a new planet and opens a new tech tree?

[Senethro]

Why not just start a new game of SMAC regardless?

[GeoModder]

The "story" pun could be that according to your winning civilization, the captain of the Alpha Centauri ship has an other name...

[binTravkin]

I guess it'd not only have another name, but the factions would be different, or even there would be no mutiny.

Also sending the ship in different year, say a century earlier would likely result Progenitors not fighting in orbit seeing how the entire Chiron is habitated by unknown race and how between their ships all kinds of inferior spacecraft is trying to shoot em down (think ODPs).
Thus would in turn result in Progenitors making a 'normal' landing and quickly setting up the needed infrastructure for a 'subspace call'. It'd take probably a couple of years to set things up for them, not as it now does ingame and during these years humans then would need to do all their best to prevent it.

[conmcb25]

You could start a new game certainly but wouldn't it be cool to extend your current epic game and take some of the attributes, skills and knowledge you have developed with you?

Im not saying this should be the main SMAC II approach, but after we have SMAC II up and running something like this maybe interesting to pursue if its possible.

[Kristjan]

Actually something like that should be possible with VERY HUGE maps. We could have another terrain type, say "Cosmic Space", and some spaceship unit (mov 1, loads 1) to travel it. Worlds and asteroids can be Mercator "islands" in that "sea of Space". It would be quite OK with Solar system, but somewhat crazy with deep space.

[conmcb25]

Great now we are thinking about how to do it. I like

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by binTravkin
Also sending the ship in different year, say a century earlier would likely result Progenitors not fighting in orbit seeing how the entire Chiron is habitated by unknown race and how between their ships all kinds of inferior spacecraft is trying to shoot em down (think ODPs).
Thus would in turn result in Progenitors making a 'normal' landing and quickly setting up the needed infrastructure for a 'subspace call'. It'd take probably a couple of years to set things up for them, not as it now does ingame and during these years humans then would need to do all their best to prevent it.

Thought that the Progenitors were "called" so to speak when the humans discovered the Manifold Nexus. At least some of the stories written hint that way. The Nexus emaninating a sort of signal that the Proggie's can detect somehow.
If that is the case, they would always come to Chiron when humanit is still very weak.

[#endgame]

Didn't CivII:ToT do this?

[Grandpa Troll]

actually this gives me an idea for the CIV IV Stories forum...kinda like planet of the apes..you take off in a pod and land who-knows-where?

then start from there

Maybe this could be modded?

GT

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by #endgame
Didn't CivII:ToT do this?

While I've never played ToT, I think it had multiple maps that you played at the same time. Am I right?

[Addled Platypus]

orbital cities

good memories

I practiced a space mod in C2, it took quite a while to change all the terrain and overlays to a space theme

never go to the point of changing units,improvements,etc
I will see what little talents I have have, and play with this Idea

nothing like trying to bridge two great games...

[drekmonger]

We know there's scripts for defining the terrian of the world.

Perhaps it's possible to call another world making script to reshape the game "board" to Planet, Mars, or whatever.

Less likely, it may be possible for a game to have multiple maps that can be switched between...it wouldn't surprise me if Firaxis implemented something like that in anticipation of mods inspired by MoM, SMAC, Heros of M&M, etc.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by drekmonger
We know there's scripts for defining the terrian of the world.

Perhaps it's possible to call another world making script to reshape the game "board" to Planet, Mars, or whatever.

Less likely, it may be possible for a game to have multiple maps that can be switched between...it wouldn't surprise me if Firaxis implemented something like that in anticipation of mods inspired by MoM, SMAC, Heros of M&M, etc.

even if it were like Call To Power it wouldnt be too bad

(with a small icon to toggle between space view and normal view..just make it different than looking through the clouds )

[Reader81]

What about underwater city?