Apolyton's "Great Library"

[Roman]

This topic is very encouraging. I especially liked the Slow Thinker's thread on Diplomats & Spies. Are you planning to make the GL easily downloadable?
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[SlowThinker]

Roman,
if the concept of "Info: diplomats and spies" thread (or a similar one) will be accepted, then GL will be included in about 20 threads: your browser will keep them in the disk cache for the offline work.
BTW, Slovenia, is it somewhere near Italy?

[Roman]

quote: Originally posted by SlowThinker on 04-06-2001 06:52 PM Roman, if the concept of "Info: diplomats and spies" thread (or a similar one) will be accepted, then GL will be included in about 20 threads: your browser will keep them in the disk cache for the offline work.

Excellent! I might be interested in helping to build the GL, but my knowledge of Civ2 game mechanics is rather limited. Do you find out most of the information on relationships among the variables through empirical approach combined with looking for patterns, or do you somehow look through the program code to look for the relationships?

quote: BTW, Slovenia, is it somewhere near Italy?

LOL

I think most other people won't understand why this is funny to us, eh.

BTW: I heard your country suffered a lot in the civil war resulting from it's breakaway from Russia.

[SlowThinker]

quote: Originally posted by Roman on 04-07-2001 11:59 AM Excellent! I might be interested in helping to build the GL, but my knowledge of Civ2 game mechanics is rather limited.

IMHO you don't need any knowledge about Civ2, but you have to know reading (and writing)

quote: Originally posted by Roman on 04-07-2001 11:59 AM Do you find out most of the information on relationships among the variables through empirical approach combined with looking for patterns, or do you somehow look through the program code to look for the relationships?

I suppose that searching through the program code would be impossible or very laborious.

[Roman]

My first contribution (should it be accepted) to the GL is contained in the "Limits to Trade" thread.

[La Fayette]

quote: Originally posted by Roman on 04-07-2001 11:59 AM LOL I think most other people won't understand why this is funny to us, eh. BTW: I heard your country suffered a lot in the civil war resulting from it's breakaway from Russia.

Don't be afraid: there is at least one person (living away from Slovenia AND Slovakia) ready to smile with you.
(still I am really very happy that Praha and Bratislava both are quite far away from Sarajevo and Mitrovitsa)

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[SlowThinker]

La Fayette,
do you know the "Slovakia virus" ?

[SlowThinker]

I think that a uniform format of condensed threads ("Info: diplomats and spies" thread) would be useful.
Could you comment and suggest improvements of
the organization (color scheme (red, green, blue text), separation into first four posts, numeration...)
and
the html format (the basis of the Post 1 is a 2-column table: the first column holds numbers of paragraphs, the second holds the text)
of "Info: diplomats and spies" thread?

[Roman]

quote: Originally posted by SlowThinker on 04-09-2001 06:43 PM La Fayette, do you know the "Slovakia virus" ?

I do, I heard it is the only beneficial virus in the world, as it increases intelligence.

[SlowThinker]

quote: Originally posted by Marquis de Sodaq See my new thread in the Strategy forum about a final combat results library entry. What I've found on that topic is that everybody and his uncle has a theory about how an aspect of the game works. Testers debate results, and finally something emerges from the cloud of dust. Even in this forum is a current thread about hit points and firepower, which has been resolved at least 3 times! All the more reason to finish the GL entry! Yet still the debate rages on. Most of the posts are speculation or somebody remembering the previous misinformation and propogating it furthur. Grrr...

you are welcomed. I am glad you know my feelings.

I suppose that every condensed thread could contain links to living threads. And we could "close" redundant threads if we will put a link to an analogous thread to the end.
BTW, see "Info: diplomats and spies" thread: To mantain Post 10 would be very tedious if there would be some traffic. It will be better to move it into a (new) thread (link in the Post 1 would refer there).

And post 3 should be renamed to "threads that were included into Post1 already".

[Marquis de Sodaq]

The thread info: Combat Modifiers and Calculation (GL) is in the CivII-General forum. Everything the collective Apolyton mind has discovered about combat calculations is there...

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[SlowThinker]

Roman,
The "Slovakia" virus doesn't increase intelligence. It increases knowledge only. But the brain shouldn't be filled by unneeded knowledge (such as knowledge about petty nations).
IMHO, Slovakia should be attached to some bigger country. Poland, or, Hungary preferably. You would just learn the Hungarian language.

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[SlowThinker]

I have got a PM from Sirotnikov:

quote: Originally posted by Sirotnikov I think we should reformat once we create a standart look and feel to the GL. However I am pretty sure your code could be just cut and pasted and the additional designing will be applied in CSS.

I have never worked with CSS. Are they easily accessible from built-in html editors in IE and Netscape?
Don't forget that everybody should be able to edit the text easily.

[Sirotnikov]

I thought our intention is to add stuff and later close it... meaning I don't think the library should be present in these threads but some sort of an apolyton subsite with a style of it's own.

Editing that text? Well.... to gather info sure... and once a thread is closed only then we add the fancy styling. No?

[Roman]

quote: Originally posted by SlowThinker on 04-14-2001 06:37 PM You would just learn the Hungarian language. [This message has been edited by SlowThinker (edited April 15, 2001).]

I think all languages with the exception of English should be eliminated.