Scenario Plans For Civ III?

[Timeline]

Greetings,

I am not an editor, but my question is for all those who are:

Is anyone planning on making a scenario of the current world situation? They had one for Civ II a long time ago, and I was just wondering if there will be one for Civ III.

You can check out the one made for Civ II
here.

If scenario conversion is available for Civ II scenarios it may be possible to use this old one to get an initial layout of the cities and map, and then place new military units to balance things out where needed.

Well, just wondering if anyone had any interest or plans in doing this .

Thnx modders, and keep up the fine work!

[Alex 14]

It would proberly be too hard and take up to much time, plus i only like scenarios that are fun, and away from the actual Civ 3 game style.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Alex 14
It would proberly be too hard and take up to much time, plus i only like scenarios that are fun, and away from the actual Civ 3 game style.

I doubt it will be too hard. People do them all the time.

If it takes time, who cares?

Why wouldn't it be fun?

[Alex 14]

I don't know, i just don't share the same point of view as you.

[Timeline]

Does anyone have any plans to do such a thing? Because if the do I have lot's of ideas for them.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Alex 14
I don't know, i just don't share the same point of view as you.

That's fine, Alex, but you make it sound like nobody should bother.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Timeline
Does anyone have any plans to do such a thing? Because if the do I have lot's of ideas for them.

I think it's just too early to be planning for this yet. We don't know what the editors will be like.

I'm sure lots of people will be making lots of scenarios. Don't worry about that.

[tniem]

Originally posted by Timeline
Does anyone have any plans to do such a thing? Because if the do I have lot's of ideas for them.

There will be plenty of people making scenarios for Civ III just look at what many people have made here on the ACS hosted sites. Tons of scenarios in the different sites. Many of the same people will be working on the next installment of the game.

However, for it to be worth their time, they will be working on scenarios that are from their ideas not yours. If you want to see scenarios from your ideas, you are going to have to make them yourself. Although you can post your ideas and hope people do them anyways.

[Timeline]

Thnx for the candid answer tniem, i really appreciate it! I will keep an eye open after the game is released, and who knows, if I get some free time I may try my hand at this scenario design stuff.

So let me change this question a bit: would anyone be interested in *playing* a scenario like this?

If there is some interest, I will seriously consider undertaking such a project. I was going to do one for CTP2 but their editor was CRAP. If Civ3's editor is half as good as Civ2's, it shouldnt be that tough for me to do something like this.

[Alex 14]

I'm also not really planing for designing any scenarios, when the game is released and we see what its like, then it will be so much easier.

[tniem]

Timeline,

You asked if we would be interested in playing a scenario like this, but I am not sure what the this refered to. Without clarification I would have to say that I would be hesitant to play this scenario

[Timeline]

LOL tniem, do you give everyone such a hard time?

Okay, you ask a good question.

The Scenario for civ2 was quite extensive and extremely fun (for me). The turns incremented by months and the starting year was 1990. The world was divided into 7 generalized groups (this was because you could only have 7 civs in civ2). Here was the Description:

"This scenario presents the world at the end of the 20th century, dividing the world into 7 generalized groups. The situation is ripe for nuclear proliferation, and the superpowers still possess enough warheads to devastate the planet. Can you conquer the globe, given a reasonable representation of the modern world? The American Navy reigns supreme, but the European Union is in a very strong position and the Russians possess a formidable army. For a real challenge, try playing the Third World."

These groups were:

China: Beijing, Hongkong, etc.

European Union: London, Munich, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, etc. But also, the European Union in this scenario held Cape Town (Africa), Perth, Melbourne, Sydney (Australia), Reykjavik (Iceland), and Nuuk (Greenland)

India: Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, etc.

Middle Eastern: Baghdad, Tehran, Ashgabat, Ankara, Mecca, etc (Middle East). Cairo, Mogadishu, Rabat, etc (Africa).

Russia: Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Kirov, Volgograd, Nizhny, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, etc.

Third World: This was mostly comprised of South America and Africa - Mexico city, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Panama, etc (South America). Kinshasa Dakar, Lagos, etc (Africa). Antananarivo (Madagascar). Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh (Indonesia).

United States: Washington, New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Toronto, Winnipeg, Quebec, Anchorage etc (North America). Tokyo (Japan). Jerusalem (Middle East).

These, of course, are not all the cities each nation held. The national leaders were:

D. Xiaoping - Chinese
Helmut Kohl - European Union
Boutros-Boutros Ghali - Third World
G. Bush - United States
Saddam Hussein - Middle East
Rajiv Gandhi - Indians

I think if I were to design something like this the national breakdown would be for 1995 as
follows:

North America: USA, Kuwait, Philippines, South Korea, Panama - United States President Bill Clinton
European Union: Europe - Prime Minister John Major

Commonwealth of Independent States: former USSR - President Boris Yeltsin

Arab League: Arab Nations of Middle East + Egypt - Jordan King Hussein

China: China - Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin

Latin America: Venezuela and South to Argentina - President Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (or another name): India, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Guinea - Austalian Prime Minister Paul Keating

African Alliance - Africa minus Egypt - State President Nelson Mandela

Neutral Powers: Canada, Mexico, Japan, Israel (Omni God stated that some might take offense if Israel is in the Arab league)....

I am not sure if the neutral alliance thing is a good idea. It may be better to lump Japan and Israel in with the USA, lump Mexico in with Latin America, and make Canada a separate country, any thoughts on this?

Well, does all this sound interesting to anyone? If I get some positive feedback I think I will try to contact the original author to see if he has any plans to update this for Civ III, and if not, then to get permission to use his scenario as a template.


Timeline

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Alex 14
It would proberly be too hard and take up to much time, plus i only like scenarios that are fun, and away from the actual Civ 3 game style.

All depends on Fireaxis - if it is true what say said (great scenario editing options), then I have no doubts that we see a lot of good scenarios. I definately will make scenarios for the new Civ3 if the options are at least as good as for Civ2...

[tniem]

If you need to combine some stuff - Canada and the U.S would seem to merge pretty well together. Just a thought.

Let me know when your scenario is complete and I will take a look.

[Timeline]

Ok tniem, I will do that.

If anyone would like to offer ideas, suggestions, comments or opinions, now would be a good time to do that. At this point it looks like no one except for me is planning on developing a scenario like this. This something I have always wanted and dreamed about for Civ 3 and you know what they say “if you want something done...”

Err, so anyway, I *will* be developing this project and again any comments or suggestions are welcome and could go a long way into the final outcome of this product.