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Time to puzzle some tech names & info.
Well, we can at least start with
from that recently posted article, which gives a quite nice shot of the Ancient Tech screen. As the Technology Thread Manager back during the great List days, I have to admit it is mildly annoying that it seems that they're playing it straight a la Civ2 and not taking any radical ideas... but then again, we proposed a lot of incremental ideas that worked within the system that might get implemented. And who knows what Sid's thought of.
And oh yes, another thing that looks like it won't be in Civ3: any form of multiple tech research at the same time. Witness
So let's start puzzling it out and squinting. I'm grouping these by the color of their bar on top- the categories in Civ2 were completely ceremonial (transportation, military, you remember them? Too bad they were just that... colors).
Arrows mean the follow up is the same color. So Iron Working is Light Green. If you're following along at home, I'm trying to go from the upper left to the lower right.
Light Green
Bronze Working->Iron Working->B[something] (not Bridge Building, it's one word- Blacksmithing? Might be Engineering too.)
Mathematics (it also leads to the B thing- not only does it look like Mathematics, it's got a catapult on its name!)
Alphabet? Kinda indistinct, but it leads to Math
Blue
Masonry (leads to Math)
Warrior Code (leads to Somethingback Riding and Msomething).
Tan
Pottery (leads to Mapmaking)
The Wheel (leads to Somethingback Riding)
Ceremonial Burial (leads to Mysticism)
Grey
Writing->a whole slew of things, only 1 of which I can make it out for sure:
Monarchy?
Code of Laws
Uternum (University?)
Map Making
Monarchy & Code of Laws->The Republic (that's how I figured out the pre-requs- I originally had Monarchy as Miography and Code of Laws as Speak of Lions. But when I realized this was the Republic...)
Mysticism->Polytheism->????
There's also what might be Horseback Riding which also leads to ????, except it looks more like Medusaback Riding. Oh well.
Anyway, from what we've seen of the colors, gray sounds like governmental/religious type stuff (though what is Horseback Riding doing there?). Light Green is more hard science and pre-reqs. I have no clue what Blue is, and Tan sounds like basic implements that defy categorization.
The circles are obviously items that have no icons yet, although is it just me or do some circles have a grey background? We might be able to tell whether the extras are military units or structures.
Anyway, what do you think? Any clarifications on my shakier identifications?
Personally I'm worried- I have a suspicion that technology will work exactly as before. Which is okay, but a bit dissapointing.
from that recently posted article, which gives a quite nice shot of the Ancient Tech screen. As the Technology Thread Manager back during the great List days, I have to admit it is mildly annoying that it seems that they're playing it straight a la Civ2 and not taking any radical ideas... but then again, we proposed a lot of incremental ideas that worked within the system that might get implemented. And who knows what Sid's thought of.
And oh yes, another thing that looks like it won't be in Civ3: any form of multiple tech research at the same time. Witness
So let's start puzzling it out and squinting. I'm grouping these by the color of their bar on top- the categories in Civ2 were completely ceremonial (transportation, military, you remember them? Too bad they were just that... colors).
Arrows mean the follow up is the same color. So Iron Working is Light Green. If you're following along at home, I'm trying to go from the upper left to the lower right.
Light Green
Bronze Working->Iron Working->B[something] (not Bridge Building, it's one word- Blacksmithing? Might be Engineering too.)
Mathematics (it also leads to the B thing- not only does it look like Mathematics, it's got a catapult on its name!)
Alphabet? Kinda indistinct, but it leads to Math
Blue
Masonry (leads to Math)
Warrior Code (leads to Somethingback Riding and Msomething).
Tan
Pottery (leads to Mapmaking)
The Wheel (leads to Somethingback Riding)
Ceremonial Burial (leads to Mysticism)
Grey
Writing->a whole slew of things, only 1 of which I can make it out for sure:
Monarchy?
Code of Laws
Uternum (University?)
Map Making
Monarchy & Code of Laws->The Republic (that's how I figured out the pre-requs- I originally had Monarchy as Miography and Code of Laws as Speak of Lions. But when I realized this was the Republic...)
Mysticism->Polytheism->????
There's also what might be Horseback Riding which also leads to ????, except it looks more like Medusaback Riding. Oh well.
Anyway, from what we've seen of the colors, gray sounds like governmental/religious type stuff (though what is Horseback Riding doing there?). Light Green is more hard science and pre-reqs. I have no clue what Blue is, and Tan sounds like basic implements that defy categorization.
The circles are obviously items that have no icons yet, although is it just me or do some circles have a grey background? We might be able to tell whether the extras are military units or structures.
Anyway, what do you think? Any clarifications on my shakier identifications?
Personally I'm worried- I have a suspicion that technology will work exactly as before. Which is okay, but a bit dissapointing.
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