Apolyton CIVILIZATION IV PREVIEW (by MarkG)

[Dale]

Originally posted by LaRusso
what are the odds of yin eating the box? any words from william hill?

I'd say 100%. ICS just won't work.

[yin26]

Originally posted by Solver
Taking in account that you'd have to eat the box ?

"PART" of the box! Besides, I'm more interested in having a great game that I then need to eat some cardboard over rather than having another Civ game bomb!

Hey, on this point, I think the committee to decide this should be:

Vel
Hex
Korn

You, Solver, have to be left out! Tell you what, though, I'll let you decide in case of a tie.

[Solver]

I'm sure that you will yourself agree that you need to eat that cardboard .

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Drakan
I hope [b]she[b] gets used to her cardboard diet ...

She? Did I miss yin's sex change?

[yin26]

LOL. I joked a few days ago that I was a 4'6" woman. It stuck!

[sophist]

Originally posted by MarkG
all rules, settings, etc are in xml files

so all you'll need is a decent xml editor

That's not what I meant. Suppose I have ModA which adds the Taj Mahal as a Wonder. Then I also have ModB which changes the Indian Unique Unit to be the War Elephant. Now let's say I want to play a game that has both the Taj Mahal and the War Elephant. Do I need to (basically) copy the file (or file part) from ModA that defines the Taj Mahal and the file (or file part) from ModB that adds the War Elephant into a separate ModC directory? Or is there some way I can say in a game creation screen "Use content/rules/whatever from ModA AND ModB" without needing to create a mod (even a copy 'n' paste one) at all?

[Nikolai]

Poor you yin, nothing goes your way these days.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by sophist
Or is there some way I can say in a game creation screen "Use content/rules/whatever from ModA AND ModB" without needing to create a mod (even a copy 'n' paste one) at all?

no you need to place the files you want in a new dir under \Mods

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by Locutus


You've obviously never played a beta or you wouldn't be asking that...

How would I buy a beta? As Nikolai said, the game is nearly finished and I am not worried about minor bugs but CTD bugs.

Really great news about the load mod option.

[Solver]

no you need to place the files you want in a new dir under \Mods

But you can specify a default mod to always load, if you prefer so.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by sophist
That's not what I meant. Suppose I have ModA which adds the Taj Mahal as a Wonder. Then I also have ModB which changes the Indian Unique Unit to be the War Elephant. Now let's say I want to play a game that has both the Taj Mahal and the War Elephant. Do I need to (basically) copy the file (or file part) from ModA that defines the Taj Mahal and the file (or file part) from ModB that adds the War Elephant into a separate ModC directory? Or is there some way I can say in a game creation screen "Use content/rules/whatever from ModA AND ModB" without needing to create a mod (even a copy 'n' paste one) at all?

That is unpossible to do. Many mods are mutually exclusive and they all change much of the same stuff. What's worse, any semblance of gamebalance is completely lost when you do something like this. I've played dozens of modded games, and I've only ever seen this in action once (in Freelancer), it was fan-made and worked absolutely ****e (and not because of lack of skill by the creator). Of course, most Freelancer mods are crappy and unbalanced anyway so not that it matters there

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Illuminatus
How would I buy a beta?

You don't buy 'em, you get suckered into them (speaking from extensive experience here)

As Nikolai said, the game is nearly finished and I am not worried about minor bugs but CTD bugs.

Those are usually the last to get fixed. Why do you think they occur so often in unpatched games? (or actually, )

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by LordShiva Can you tell if the names of the Indian cities have been fixed? Did Firaxis see me old thread? Or do we still have the likes of "Punjab" and "Bengal" and "Indus"?

Anyone? Markos? Solver?

Honestly, I don't know why I'm obsessed with this, but I am.

[Nikolai]

Personally I couldn't care less, LS.

[yin26]

Originally posted by Solver
I'm sure that you will yourself agree that you need to eat that cardboard .

Depends. I like to exploit games, perhaps you don't. However, I have full faith in that committee!