What about space and underwater cities?

[Hasdrubal]

Re: What about space and underwater cities?

Originally posted by CIA_Operative
Civ CTP and SMAC had really cool features like building space and underwater cities

And they're best left to a 'really cool game' like CTP.

[KrazyHorse]

But, from a recent preview (might have been happypuppy), we know that there are sattelites in Civ3, probably similar to the SMAC sattelites.

[Recurve]

As for space, I’d like the option of space stations (for research, tourism and docking), exploration of the Solar System and the option of establishing very small colonies on the Moon and Mars (at an astronomical cost). These small colonies could grow into tourist resorts and earn you some serious dosh.

All of the above are fesable right now.

[Inverse Icarus]

Re: Re: What about space and underwater cities?

Originally posted by Adm.Naismith
BTW SMAC doesn't have space (flying) city, only sea city (but on the sea surface, not underwater. Is SMACX any different?

well you could mount a colony pod on an air chasis (needlejet), and then fly it over (24 or more moves) to enemy land and build a city.

[Inverse Icarus]

Re: Re: What about space and underwater cities?

double post. my bad.

[Adm.Naismith]

Re: Re: Re: What about space and underwater cities?

Originally posted by UberKruX
Well you could mount a colony pod on an air chasis (needlejet), and then fly it over (24 or more moves) to enemy land and build a city.

Thanks, I know that. A bit silly but not a proper orbital city (a colony pod is "in transit", it doesn't produce anything).

Thanks to Nikolay, too, for assuring me about SMACX is not different from my SMAC about orbital cities.

[Colonel Kraken]

Originally posted by Recurve
If you were super rich (and bored), I don’t see the harm in raising a tile from the sea and slapping something on it (like an airbase). Underwater cities are too futuristic, but you could utilise the ocean in other ways (such as offshore platforms and pipelines).

The oceans in Civ3 should present opportunities.

Good point, Recurve. Maybe not cities in the ocean, but utilization of things in the ocean.

Although I have to admit, I absolutely enjoyed the TV series (I forget the name) about a futuristic super submarine that brought justice to the ocean and visited/protected several underwater colonies. To me, that is absolutely intriguing.

[Colonel Kraken]

Re: Re: What about space and underwater cities?

Originally posted by Hasdrubal



And they're best left to a 'really cool game' like CTP.

Hmmm . . . perhaps you never played CtP (or especially CtP2) with very well done modifications, which is the only way to play those games. Otherwise, I would agree with your sarcastic comment.

[To_Serve_Man]

Originally posted by Colonel Kraken

Although I have to admit, I absolutely enjoyed the TV series (I forget the name) about a futuristic super submarine that brought justice to the ocean and visited/protected several underwater colonies. To me, that is absolutely intriguing.

SeaQuest DSV

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by To_Serve_Man
SeaQuest DSV

I used to watch that occasionally. Not bad, actually.

To_Serve_Man: How do you have a custom avatar if you're only a Warlord? I thought you needed 500 posts......

[Nikolai]

Sabre: To get a coustom avatar, you have to be registered for a given amount of time, as far as I know. I think it was 1 year.

[Colonel Kraken]

Originally posted by To_Serve_Man



SeaQuest DSV

Yes! That's it!
Thank you, sir.

[TheBirdMan]

Being a fanatic CTP SP and PBEM player (CIV II single player before I got CTP) I say:

In the original CTP game, space and spaceunits was . Undersea cities.... .

With Wes Whittakers modifications (and my own changes to his mods (added, humble as I am)) space and sea changed to be very attractive parts of the game. Something like (now some will say BOHHHHHHH ) Star Wars.

It can't be described (unless I make a giant post, nobody wants to read anyway) - best is to try it yourself.

So do not underestimate the fun, you can have with undersea and space units/cities.

I would like, if CIV III have these features. Even if they just are options, that you can turn on. Just as I hope, it have PBEM facilities.

[jsw363]

I've always liked underwater cities in theory (reminds me of a sort of Atlantean idea. Hmmm good idea for a scenario set in the ancient world) Anyways, I didn't really like them in practice (CTPI). They seemed too distracting from the land cities. I jsut got so bogged down with micromanagement, that the game wasn't fun anymore. The entire globe became covered with tile improvements. (annoying)

I agree though that I would like to see more ocean tile improvements (like nets from CTP) or ocean platforms, mines, pipelines. I think cities is just taking it too far though.

As for space cities, I never really liked them at all. Always seemed too sci-fi-ish (sp?) for me. Not at all a realistic possibility.

[SerapisIV]

DP, sorry