7 New civs? I'm confused.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Danarchy

I don't buy that. I'm sure the programmers can go in and edit another slot or three. They made the game after all.

hi ,

do you want to raise the min specs and do an install from 4 disks or so , .....

the base is still civ III

have a nice day

[vmxa1]

I would think it would be easy to add more civs to the game, while not increasing the number that can be used.
IOW the pool could have 48, but they could not be all used at any one time. That culd stay a 24 or 32 or what ever is best.
It would not impact the original civ any more than going to 24 did.

[WarpStorm]

The problem is the 32 is a magic number for computer science, a power of 2. Probably there was a design decision made (likely for space or efficiency) that used exactly 5 bits in a data structure to hold the civ index.

The issue isn't "can they change it?". Of course they can. The real question is "can they change it without changing a lot of other things which would be expensive and likely to add new and unforeseen bugs?".

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by History Guy
Dutch aren't confirmed. Nor, really, are Portugal, but there is reason to suspect that they are included.

I said "Dutch" based on this screeshot:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civ3conquests/screens.html?page=30

It is an F4 screen from the the WWII scenario and one of the leaders is "Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands".
It is true that the leaderhead is not a new one, so I am a little confused. Maybe the leaderhead art is not ready yet, or they will appear only in the WWII scenario.

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by WarpStorm
"can they change it without changing a lot of other things which would be expensive and likely to add new and unforeseen bugs?".

And the answer to that question is no.

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by WarpStorm
The problem is the 32 is a magic number for computer science, a power of 2. Probably there was a design decision made (likely for space or efficiency) that used exactly 5 bits in a data structure to hold the civ index.

The issue isn't "can they change it?". Of course they can. The real question is "can they change it without changing a lot of other things which would be expensive and likely to add new and unforeseen bugs?".

I doubt that the 2 to the 5th power is the issue. I say that as if you are use a relative addressing scheme the bit looks like this xx1xx xxxx. The one is 32 decimal represented in binary. So you have two higher order bits for the addressing.
It is probably some hard coded field that is 32 entries long. This is a bit weak as any one that was around application programming for awhile should have seen enough cases of fields being designed too small for future uses. Of course I have not done any application or sysyems programming in more than 15 years.

[Brundlefly]

Re: 7 New civs? I'm confused.

Originally posted by Captain THC

Which new civs are confirmed to be available on random maps?

As far as I know, the Amish(Agricultural, Religious) are the only ones confirmed. UU is 2 mules pulling a buggy and the driver has a pitchfork in his hand. They wont be allowed to research electricity, though. Or Consrciption. You'd have to go for an ancient era win with them, I think.

[Panag]

Re: Re: 7 New civs? I'm confused.

Originally posted by Feephi


As far as I know, the Amish(Agricultural, Religious) are the only ones confirmed. UU is 2 mules pulling a buggy and the driver has a pitchfork in his hand. They wont be allowed to research electricity, though. Or Consrciption. You'd have to go for an ancient era win with them, I think.

hi ,

and that is really funny , ......


bye

[Brundlefly]

Re: Re: Re: 7 New civs? I'm confused.

Originally posted by panag



hi ,

and that is really funny , ......


bye

No 'Have a Nice Day' for me?

What did you find offensive?

Do you even know what an Amish is? I live near them, do you?

[Panag]

Re: Re: Re: Re: 7 New civs? I'm confused.

Originally posted by Feephi



No 'Have a Nice Day' for me?

What did you find offensive?

Do you even know what an Amish is? I live near them, do you?

everyone who knows what amish is and are does not find your posts funny that you have been making , .........

especially not when you cut copy paste them in other threads , .......

you dont use those people to have fun with or to portay them in a rediculous fashion , .......

have some respect for those people , .....

[Brundlefly]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 7 New civs? I'm confused.

Originally posted by panag



everyone who knows what amish is and are does not find your posts funny that you have been making , .........

especially not when you cut copy paste them in other threads , .......

you dont use those people to have fun with or to portay them in a rediculous fashion , .......

have some respect for those people , .....

My dear Panag, take a walk and get a deep breath of fresh air...

Don't drink so much coffee... Relax...

You are alone with your humorless point of view...

Maybe you should replace your picture of Sharon with an Amish since you love them so much...

[Captain THC]

omg Feephi racist omgomgomg anti-zionist omg!!!!!!!!!!111

*rolls eyes*

[Captain THC]

In all seriousness though, I really think the Hebrews should be added in. How can you have the Arabs, but not the Jews?

[Sheik]

In all seriousness though, I really think the Hebrews should be added in. How can you have the Arabs, but not the Jews?

I feel the same way.

I didn't find the amish joke really funny but I hardly think it was offensive to anyone.

[vmxa1]

Maybe I am missing something, but it was like a Leno joke. Not hard hitting or nasty. Funny or not is up to the individual. I at least smiled.