Civ IV on DVD-ROM?

[H Tower]

I'll vote for DVD release but also give a for FTP release as well.

Those who say that they don't have DVD drives in them, do you expect to be able to play video games that will be released in 2006- onward on that machine? The processor speed and graphics card requirements are just going to keep going up.

[Panag]

hi ,

yes , and it would be nice to keep a part of the dvd open to burn on files , mods etc , .... and updates , ....

have a nice day

[H Tower]

then you have people who only have DVD drives who won't be able to use the CD because it is still open and plain DVD drives have a hard time reading the DVD-RW format

[grap1705]

Games use more and more hardware capacity so that we can expect the next Civ version to have machine requirements that rule out most of the older PCs. And PCs released without DVD drive are very very scarce lately. So that I don't think the DVD equipement issue is a problem.

The problem is: is it needed because of the code volume? I don't believe coding new and deeper concepts are so space eating. But putting music or movies does. So if there is space left, OK for a little more eye or ear candy (although I don't believe some of the musics they chose for Civ3 can be considered ear candy!), but that is only a must if the game in itself is as poor as the actual Civ3 and needs something to try and hide the misery... Wonder movies are costly and not very useful, a little end movie though would be welcome. Music, they can abstain, I'd rather hear my own anyway than spend hours and hours hearing the same one over and over again (though I still remember some nice melodies from Civ2).

Overall, I vote for one CD, and 2 or a DVD only if required by program size.
Music and wonder movies (even if only the old Civ2 ones which have the merit of existing) can then be proposed to download in dedicated directories on your hard drive, for those who wish it. More flexibility, probably less wonder movie because I doubt they'll develop many just to offer to download, but if wonder movies are optionnal so that the game plays one if available for a given wonder, and doesn't (rather than just hang!!!) if there are none, that would give flexibility.

[Panag]

Originally posted by grap1705
Games use more and more hardware capacity so that we can expect the next Civ version to have machine requirements that rule out most of the older PCs. And PCs released without DVD drive are very very scarce lately. So that I don't think the DVD equipement issue is a problem.

The problem is: is it needed because of the code volume? I don't believe coding new and deeper concepts are so space eating. But putting music or movies does. So if there is space left, OK for a little more eye or ear candy (although I don't believe some of the musics they chose for Civ3 can be considered ear candy!), but that is only a must if the game in itself is as poor as the actual Civ3 and needs something to try and hide the misery... Wonder movies are costly and not very useful, a little end movie though would be welcome. Music, they can abstain, I'd rather hear my own anyway than spend hours and hours hearing the same one over and over again (though I still remember some nice melodies from Civ2).

Overall, I vote for one CD, and 2 or a DVD only if required by program size.
Music and wonder movies (even if only the old Civ2 ones which have the merit of existing) can then be proposed to download in dedicated directories on your hard drive, for those who wish it. More flexibility, probably less wonder movie because I doubt they'll develop many just to offer to download, but if wonder movies are optionnal so that the game plays one if available for a given wonder, and doesn't (rather than just hang!!!) if there are none, that would give flexibility.

hi ,

well lets take a look at all thats needed for C3C , thats allready going in the direction of what , 1.5 GB , ...

and then they could get serious wonder movies , era movies , etc , .....

have a nice day