Ctp2 Source Code To Be Released

[Pyaray]

Originally posted by st_swithin
st_swithin perching on your desk

Hahaha, I had forgotten all about the perching.....

Miss ya W.

Pyaray

[Dinner]

BTW great news about CTP2.

[st_swithin]

Right back at ya, D.

Are you still at Buzzard? Why hasn't Ogre made a cameo yet?

You know, I was just thinking, MrOgre would make a GREAT hobbit.

No, it's not 'cause he has hairy feet.

[Pyaray]

Yup, still there.

I'm SO not commenting on the hobbit statement.

Ogre did make a brief appearance over in the CTP2 forum (not the off-topic one).

Pyaray

[st_swithin]

Yep, I knew you'd say that. But I KNOW you think Ogre would make a great hobbit too.

You're like SO transparent.

[hexagonian]

Originally posted by stankarp
I was typing this in an email when the news about the source code came through.
"What I always liked about CTP2 is, apart from the variety, is the playability. Accessible menus that are easy to read that give you nearly everything you need to know with a few clicks, auto cycling of units, right click to group and un group armies. After playing CTP2, I go to a much later game like MTW(Mediec\val Total War) and is is positively a pain and bloody booring after a while because it lacks these basic things. I made the comment on the MTW forum it is like buying a new car and after you drive out the shop you find it has no power steering, air con, radio/sterio and has a wood bench for the front seat. CTP2 is in a class of its own from a playability point of view. Take one aspect, fortifying a unit. Not only does it fortify, it does not autocycle and if a enemy unit moves in its vision range then the screen flashes to it. The people who designed the flow of CTP2 need a medal, they are in a class of their own. I guess I came to appreciate it in on line competiton play. You yanks get bored if someone takes more than 60 seconds for a move and you could play CTP2 with 20 cities fighting on 2 or more fronts in under 2 minute turns. Fan bloody tastic."

Gee, I wonder who got that email... though I would argue that the CTP1 interface was actully superior over CTP2 and even civ2-civ3.

Originally posted by Gramphos
This might be a good time to start interest myself in CtP2..

Welcome - For those fans of civ2-civ3 who wouldn't even give us a try because of preconcieved notions (Gramphos, I'm not singling you out, as I have not heard your viewpoints on CTP, but this is directed to the larger civ community) I will say that even without the source code, 'Modded CTP2' is a vastly underrated game.

For all of you, put your perceptions aside, because with the code in so many players hands, the foundation is there to create a vastly superior product that will put civ3's limited modability to even more shame - given that CTP2 is vastly superior over civ3 from a Modder's standpoint. (another helping of SLIC anyone???)

[Solver]

I sooo love you Winnie and Joe .

Should have learnt the news before a bit... heh, but that is pure awesome! Just how much the community can do... whee!

We are, then, on the way to get the perfect civ-game, I trust .

[Maquiladora]

We are, then, on the way to get the perfect civ-game, I trust

Well you can never please everyone, some people dont like Public Works. IMAGINE

[Unspeakable Horror]

But that can be changed .

[Maquiladora]

Thats true, but Locutus et al would really need some persuading on implementing the worker system as an option even.

[Adagio]

Nice news...

Too bad I don't know any C/C++ or whatever language it's written in

[Solver]

Maq - actually, there is a mod that lets people have Civ 3 style worker system... imagine.

ADG, speaking of which, we do need the programmers .

[Maquiladora]

actually, there is a mod that lets people have Civ 3 style worker system... imagine.

Yeah i think it was Dale who made it? I never tried it, no need to.

[reds4ever]

Yep, I loved public works, its a shame CivIII didn't implement it

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Well you can never please everyone, some people dont like Public Works. IMAGINE

Yeah, and the superiority of CTP2 is that you can implement the 200++ settler bug into it even without the source code, but actual we have better things to do. (Party-Smily, because it is party. of course in combo with the Grinse-Smily )

-Martin