Which Civ2 version?

[Scouse Gits]

We don't believe that either Conflicts in Civilization or Fantastic Worlds are viable choices so it comes down to ...

1. Civ2 Single Player - latest version v 2.42
2. Civ2 MultiPlayer - latest version v 5.3 or 5.4 or Julius' NoLimit patch (all are compatible)
3. or as several of the old-timers (like us) have both - it doesn't matter...

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[Eli]

I think this thread is a bit premature, since we didnt decide whether we are going to play Civ2 at all.

Why not Civ3???

[ColdWizard]

Why not Civ3???

because this is a civ2 forum

[Eli]

And why did we put it into a Civ2 forum?

[shade]

Why MP???->there is only 1 person who plays.(ie 1 humanplayer)

Why not Civ3???

-->Because we 'all' 'know' how Civ2 works(we can better anticipate effects of our decisions),Civ3 is only out a few(2) months and there are still some battles going on civ2 vs Civ3 etc.
(I also have the impression Civ2 is faster then Civ3(but I only played it once,so...))
-->Because there is still very much to do in Civ3,civ2 is 'now' better suited for such projects.

Shade

[Kassiopeia]

Civ3 is a too new game, like said before, and I think we'll get a better number of members with staying to Civ2, because everyone seems to think that it was perfect compared to Civ3.

But I don't want to run for presidency, so basically the version of the game is irrelevant.

[Eli]

Because we 'all' 'know' how Civ2 works(we can better anticipate effects of our decisions),Civ3 is only out a few(2) months and there are still some battles going on civ2 vs Civ3 etc.

Dont you think it will be more interesting if it is harder for us to anticipate the effects of our decisions?

[Kassiopeia]

But we will have enough work as it is when keeping the republic in one piece.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by shade
Why MP???->there is only 1 person who plays.(ie 1 humanplayer)
Shade

Some of us only have MGE! If I play some turns, someone with 2.42 will not be able to use the save.

[Zealot]

And some of us only have SP with the expansion pack (Conflicts and FW)!

Why not ToT? To me it's the most interesting version of them all. Specially those sci-fi and fantasy worlds.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

I may be able to get my copy of CiC back, which I'd given to a friend. He swears he's going to return it, but first he has to play just one more time...

[ixnay]

I only have the original, no expansions.

[Kassiopeia]

The limit of versions of different people can strongly effect the Presidency elections. Can a ToT version player not play a 2.42 version save?

[shade]

Since there are like a dozen versions to choose from,maybe someone could put down wich versions can play wich saves.
(personally I have no clue)

Shade

[Marquis de Sodaq]

It is a problem of backward compatibility. The older versions (lower version numbers) cannot play newer version save games, but newer version can play old versions. Alas, once saved as a newer version, there is no going back.

If I can get my copy of CiC back this weekend, I will renege my vote for MGE...