Beta testers needed for new MAFIA scenario

[curtsibling]

Playing as the Gambino mob:

*The opening text needs proof-read.

*Love the battle animation, very innovative!

*This baby needs sounds! I will help you if needed!

*Excellent idea to have cars as transport for the thugs!

*Are the cars meant to be called 'Automobil'?...

*Despite the flurry of warring at the start, things do level out as the battle lines settle down.

*Rename the worker functions on the menus.

*Veteran should be renamed to 'soldier' or some other mafia honour rank.

*A diplo conversation was began between two piles of crates!
(Not really a bug, but it looked damn funny all the same!)

*The unit balance of attack/defence is quite good.
(It represents the use of tommy guns rather well!)

*The use of an FBI warrant for the riot symbol is great, nice one!

*The diplo box must be resized, it is too wide. Try 300-400 width.

*Whores in crates! What are these sicko Mafia doing?

*The 'non-amphibious unit' message is a good one!

*Hey! I is kicking de butts of dose Bonanno S.O.Bs!

*More to come!

[curtsibling]

PS

I love sending the cars out, loaded 'wif da boys' to break
some kneecaps and do some work wif da 'chicago type-writers!'

[Harry Tuttle]

On the Intro Information "t he Brooklyn Docks"

On the Intro Information "American po pular culture"

For commodities: "Buttlegging"?


My points also cover what Curt said too. Just little things.

I do love the scenario. I am currently kicking the **** out of the Bonnano's, just like Curt is. The NYPD are really pissed off and are mowing through the droves of Harlem gangs running Upper Manhattan. I can see that the Bronx will become a problem for me as there are about twenty hoods making inroads into Queens. I'm sure the cops will be a pain in the butt soon enough. I'm sure I could talk about unit strengths or whatever, but I'd rather mow through everything in site. The whole theme is just fun.

Eivind, this is a kickass scenario. I just love carving out my little niche in NYC! Add some sound, some wonderful bits from the Sopranos and The Godfather, and this scenario will be golden.

I can't say enough, this is exciting. I'll add some more stuff if I can find anything.

[curtsibling]

Yep!

Soon dose Bonnano bums will be 'sleeping wit da fishes!'

[Harry Tuttle]

I am noticing one annoying problem that I think is a bit unfair. I attacked NYC and war was declared. The NYPD activated their alliance with NYC and now I'm at war with the cops. This isn't so bad, but everytime a cop attacks me, and loses, I get docked $1500. Maybe this amount should be lowered to only a few hundred.

[Eivind IV]

@Curt:

Thanks for taking a look, Curt!

Originally posted by curtsibling
*This baby needs sounds! I will help you if needed!

Whatever you can offer is apreciated! I do however have some sounds on my comp, but I just withheld them since this is only beta version. But sounds will indeed come.

Originally posted by curtsibling
*Are the cars meant to be called 'Automobil'?...

Yes, it is. Is that incorrect? I thought that was what cas were named in the old days...

Originally posted by curtsibling
*Veteran should be renamed to 'soldier' or some other mafia honour rank.

I agree!

Originally posted by curtsibling
*A diplo conversation was began between two piles of crates!
(Not really a bug, but it looked damn funny all the same!)

The old familiar dumb ass AI

Originally posted by curtsibling
*The diplo box must be resized, it is too wide. Try 300-400 width.

I just the standart withs. I'll try to withen them

Originally posted by curtsibling
*Whores in crates! What are these sicko Mafia doing?

That does sound a little off, I agree

Originally posted by curtsibling
*The 'non-amphibious unit' message is a good one!

Thanks!

Originally posted by curtsibling
*More to come!

Thanks for the feedback, Curt! All points noted. I only adressed some of them here

@Harry:

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
On the Intro Information "t he Brooklyn Docks"

On the Intro Information "American po pular culture"

I've noticed that as well. The thing is that It looks fine in the *.txt-file. But somehow the intro text divides several words for reasons I don't understand. But I've noticed this in many scenarios.

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
For commodities: "Buttlegging"?

It's a word I picked up from a mobspeak site. It's bootlegging untaxed cigarettes. I'll come back with better and more explanations in the readme for the release

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle I do love the scenario. I am currently kicking the **** out of the Bonnano's, just like Curt is. The NYPD are really pissed off and are mowing through the droves of Harlem gangs running Upper Manhattan. I can see that the Bronx will become a problem for me as there are about twenty hoods making inroads into Queens. I'm sure the cops will be a pain in the butt soon enough. I'm sure I could talk about unit strengths or whatever, but I'd rather mow through everything in site. The whole theme is just fun.

Eivind, this is a kickass scenario. I just love carving out my little niche in NYC! Add some sound, some wonderful bits from the Sopranos and The Godfather, and this scenario will be golden.

Add some sound, some wonderful bits from the Sopranos and The Godfather, and this scenario will be golden.

Thanks, Harry! I do actually have both Sopranos and Godfather sounds on my comp for the scenario. They're already in the sound folder, and I'm playing with them. I also came over a brilliant scenario theme So, sounds will indeed come.

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
I am noticing one annoying problem that I think is a bit unfair. I attacked NYC and war was declared. The NYPD activated their alliance with NYC and now I'm at war with the cops. This isn't so bad, but everytime a cop attacks me, and loses, I get docked $1500. Maybe this amount should be lowered to only a few hundred.

Will be corrected!

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
I can't say enough, this is exciting. I'll add some more stuff if I can find anything.

Thanks for the feedback, Harry!

[Harry Tuttle]

Your welcome.

I believe automobile is spelled incorrectly. It should have an "e" on the end. I think this is what Curt was pointing out.

Also, "PARENTAL WARNING: Cotains unsuitable...". Contains has an "n" in it.

As for the spaces between the lettering:

@SCENARIO
@width=600
@title=%STRING0
^^Length: %STRING1 to %STRING2
^
^^MAFIA - La Cosa Nostra
^
The mafia is a basic part of American life, deniance or not. Every generation has had its underworld kings. Unforgettable personalities that commit unspeakable crimes. We call them names like Al "Scarface" Capone, "Lucky" Luciano or "the Dapper Don".
^
...American popular culture, portrayed in movies, TV shows, and even product commercials.
^
^^This is the story of the Italian mafia's rise and fall in New York City.
^
^^PARENTAL WARNING: Cotains unsuitable language for children! ;-)
@end -- this line must be here!

--------------------------------------------------

@SCENARIO
@width=550
@title=GOLD GULCH
^^GOLD GULCH
^^BLACK HILLS TERRITORY
^^APRIL, 1870
^^A Scenario by Harry Tuttle
@listbox16
@options
RULES:
%
Tony says "Stugatz!" and the mobsters exchange RETURN
icy looks at each other. RETURN
%
Paulie Walnuts just loved the picture of Tony RETURN
so he had it framed and put up in his living room RETURN
as a reminder that Tony was indeed a general RETURN
to his men.
%
@end -- this line must be here!

Try adding returns at the end of each 50 characters or so to create a paragraph in the title text. I have found that Civ will make its own spaces to fit the text in the title window if you just have long lines of text. Also, you may want to look into making the opening text a list box. This gives you more space to write.

[biru biru]

I'm getting a 'stack trace not yet available' error when I try to run this scenario. I've seen it before when I tried to play Alpha Centauri. Anyway, anyone anything?

[Sarsstock]

Just a small little note, Shea Stadium didn't open until the start of the 1964 baseball season. Unless the "Shee" stadium you refer to in the game is indeed another stadium all together that is.

[N35t0r]

I'll see if I can play some this weekend.

[Eivind IV]

@Harry Tuttle:
Thanks for that tip!

@biru biru:
Sounds weird. Are you sure you have MGE installed?

@Sarsstock:
That's probably a glip, Chris

@N35t0r:
that would be breat nestor

[biru biru]

Scenario looaded on another machine. Off the hook! New problem though, game crashed when I took my first car out. Sounds like everyone is fine though, so probably the computer I'm using...

[Johnny McCool]

This is just the kind of scenario of been looking for. The only other Mafia scenario I've found was on CivFanatics, but the damn thing was in french or something. I'll give you my thoughts on this in a few days when I have time to play.

[Eivind IV]

Looking forward to it.

[Johnny McCool]

Argh! I'm getting an invalid page fault that shuts down the whole program whenever I try to run the scenario. Any ideas on how to remedy this? I am using MGE by the way.