OCC+AC=Problem

[Sten Sture]

Been out of town for a bit... couldn't stay away any longer! cheers.

[Aurelius]

Oh Sten,

Arrived here in SF about 11 years ago from the Cold Cold NY netherregions. On that '88 day it was sprinkling in mid April and I remember the townfolks were complaining that it was a cold, wet day. I laughed in that balmy mist, now I'm a spoiled fair weather camper. Incredible day out there! September to November is suppose to be great here...but now I'm thinkin' late December is the best. Are you returning from Australia?

Enjoy the golf, there's just got to be a stormy day after the millenium for Civ.

[War4ever]

hey Sten it is good to see you back..... as far as OCC goes Aurelius... its not hard to win but nearly impossible to beat or come close to Paul's record as he is the OCC king.

Start building colossus after you have built the two warriors for martial law.... got to get the extra science down as fast as possible.... and then even if you have your three trade routes established.... sometimes a new commodity will come up.... if it does build another caravan and send it out.

The computer has this thing of allowing you some extra commodities even though in theory you will still only have three trade routes.

The extra 200 beakers and gold are an added bonus and sometimes even more. As is with all trade... if you are lucky enough to trade to a civ on a different continent especially the germans in the 4whale game... do it as the bonus is way more than trading on the same continent. cheers and good luck in fact i am about to embark on a new game myself ala OCC

[Aurelius]

War4ever,

I'm not about to challenge Paul's record. I'm lucky to have 1922 as my best AC year in OCC. I win regularly now. But cutting 119 years from my personal record seems impossible. But that doesn't mean I'm not trying to break 1900

My problem with the four whales comparison game is I can't seem to download the damn thing--and I'll never find 4 frickin' whales on my own. It's either browser incompatible or I have a computer problem. I go to Paul's page and place the mouse on the hyperlink and I get Civil[followed by ascii.] Any suggestions would be welcome.

Hey War4ever, tell us about your impending OCC game.

And Good luck.

Aurelius.

[Paul]

It sounds like your broser tries to open the saved game as a text file. Try right-clicking on the url. From the pop-up menu select "save target as". I hope that's the right option; I have the Dutch version of IE and am just translating the menu option in English. If that also doesn't work maybe you should let us know what browser you are using.

[Sten Sture]

Aurelius - send me an email with your email address and I'll send you an unzipped copy of it. (I haven't checked my home email in a month, so if you did that already, my apologies) I have a copy here at work, so if you want to get started on it sooner, send me an email at kcarlson@jurika.com and I'll get right back to you.