What do you think this CD for Civ III should be worth?

[teturkhan]

As can be seen on this thread, a proposal has been sent to Civ3 developers Firaxis and publishers Atari, inquiring about the creation of such a CD for the game by the top modders online.

The CD would contain:
• New Versions of the Top Mods made for the game – such as DyP, Ancient Mediterranean & TETurkhan and a few more…
• New Unit Animation & Leaderheads: Minimum of 100 units & 10 animated leaderheads with supporting Civilopedia art. All of which will be specifically designed for the mods found on the CD – so in essence 10 new Civs.
• New Sound Effects
• New Interface Screen: Completely transform the menu screens into a new distinct look
• New Terrain Types
• 5 New Scenarios: Very unique & innovative in comparison to anything made for the game to date

Firstly I want to thank all of you that have taken the time to vote. It is people like you that help drive the industry to achieve excellence by demanding the game makers to constantly do more. This is the exact end we are striving to achieve with this “Best of the Net” CD.

Just to address the concerns some of you might have. Our first point is simply this; At present there are limitations that stop the mod makers from doing their best work and the biggest single factor being time availability. This project will simply eliminate obstacles that hinder mod makers and thereby aid their ‘labor of love’ and compensate them for their time in order to drive the game to a new level of excellence.

Many people believe that this should be included for free anyway but the truth of the matter is the cost of hiring a team to develop this project would far exceed the cost effectiveness of doing so. We are tapping into the passion that mod makers have for the game in order to be capable of taking this already great game to a new level.

For the rest of you that take the time to fill in our poll, please understand that this work would not be available without this project.

Once again thank all of you for your input, stay positive and hopefully we will have this CD included for the upcoming expansion of Civilization 3.

[teturkhan]

This thread is much slower than the one over at Civfanatics.

[Inverse Icarus]

we dont take kindly to capitialism here.

[teturkhan]

You pay for games don't you?
or wait you must pirate them since paying for them would give into capitalism

[MrWhereItsAt]

Can't comment... am at work....

Making money.

[Panag]

Originally posted by teturkhan
You pay for games don't you?
or wait you must pirate them since paying for them would give into capitalism

hi ,

unless atari or firaxis brings this out , no a lot of people like this , .....

and no , we dont pirate

since there are a wide range of mods and scenarios available as free downloads , why should money be payed if you yourself can burn it on a disk , .....

have a nice day

[mimi]

Just wanna clarify?

So, we want to decide how much we're willing to pay for things that we can get for free (and no copyright infringement) or that we can create ourselves?

This sort of seems like what they do on Ebay - take pieces of literature that have entered the public domain (= copyright free) such as many of Dickens' works or Sun Tzu's and burn them on a CD and then sell it to people for 10 bucks?

Hmmm...
????


Ok, so maybe I'm a bit cranky today o _ o
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[Randolph]

I think MOD playing hasn't taken root here as much as CFC, to bad, it's IMHO the best part of the game. For those who haven't played DyP, TAM, and test of time I would highly recommend downloading the latest versions (don't bother with the versions on the PTW CD!). All three are truly amazing.

Personally I more excited about this CD (if it happens) then C3C, these guys are good, let's see what they can really do (and give them the recognition, and yes reimbursement for their time, that they deserve).

[teturkhan]

First of all none of this material would be online for free. It is a proposed project, meaning that if we could give it some value in players eyes then it might be seen as a viable investment - thus the reason for the poll.

If it doesn't make money sense to publishers and development companies why would they do it? Furthermore, its really hard to tell people to undertake such a huge project - which for many would be a full time commitment for months on end without any compensation - these people do have to eat you know

Anyway, there will be a message posted soon detailing the final decision on the proposed project.

[CrONoS]

10 to 15US$ (15-20 in Canadian $) Seem fine to me... but not over!!!!

I'm ready to pay 10 or 15$ since I can spend 40-50 $ for just one night in a bar.(And 50$ is without the restaurant before the drinking time)!!!
But more than 15$ will be overpriced...

The problem is:
If your CD come with Civ3 Conquest + Best of the net CD. It will cost 45-50$ for an expansion pack(but a big expansion pack). I'll never pay 50$ for expansion pack... and I'm not sure many people will pay for it...

For me a fair price for Conquest + Best Of The Net CD will cost 30 to 40$... but not more, otherwise, people will not buy this cd!!!

But me I will be happy to have the best of the net CD + Civ3 Conquest!!!!!

So good luck...

[Panag]

Originally posted by teturkhan
First of all none of this material would be online for free. It is a proposed project, meaning that if we could give it some value in players eyes then it might be seen as a viable investment - thus the reason for the poll.

If it doesn't make money sense to publishers and development companies why would they do it? Furthermore, its really hard to tell people to undertake such a huge project - which for many would be a full time commitment for months on end without any compensation - these people do have to eat you know

Anyway, there will be a message posted soon detailing the final decision on the proposed project.

hi ,

well there shall be still plenty of stuff for free , and there is always the editor , .....

we would rather spend 10 bucks more if there where more units , techs and buildings in the game itself then on this , .....

have a nice day

[teturkhan]

we would rather spend 10 bucks more if there where more units , techs and buildings

I think those were included in the description of the CD

[Panag]

Originally posted by teturkhan


I think those were included in the description of the CD

hi ,

directly burned on the xp , not on the side

and not from mods or scen's

have a nice day

[teturkhan]

Panag,

If the quality of the work was the same - would it matter then?

[Panag]

Originally posted by teturkhan
Panag,

If the quality of the work was the same - would it matter then?

hi ,

yes even then , .....

for example , you are allready on the ptw disk , but is there a single 362X362 map or scen , ...... nope there aint , .....

have a nice day