Only 7 civilizations per game

[SerapisIV]

quote: Originally posted by Roman on 05-13-2001 07:06 PMI don't have internet at home and hence I will have no clue as to what is revealed at E3 for 3 months until I come back to uni. I will only be able to see what is revealed on the first day (17th), so I hope Civ will have its turn at this time, but I am sceptical.

Check your local library, a lot of them (at least in the US) are so scared of being left behind in public funding that they rushed to get the internet so they could keep their budgets

[SerapisIV]

Woo hoo I got the page 7 post! (okay this is a really dorky post, but come on 7 pages is kinda cool)


Well back on topic, the more the merrier with the Civ count, though I do feel that more Civs in the game would string along the development period if they are doing unique-civs (shudders at the thought) due to the need for more intensive game testing and also for a whole new leader an diplomatic animations.
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[Roman]

Whoa, 7 pages!!

[Roman]

quote: Originally posted by SerapisIV on 05-14-2001 09:25 AM Check your local library, a lot of them (at least in the US) are so scared of being left behind in public funding that they rushed to get the internet so they could keep their budgets

In Slovakia, internet in the libraries??? Unfortunately, they don't even have enough money to prevent the buildings from crumbling...

Well, actually I am pretty sure I will find out somehow (i.e. stop by a newstand and look at a computer magazine).

[Theben]

At this stage I'm pretty sure it's one of 2 things:

1) It's a 7-civ limit and they don't want to disappoint us yet...

2) It's a 7-civ limit but they've seen enough here to reconsider the limit and won't get back to us until they've made the change.

Here's hoping it's #2.

[Ralf]

quote: Originally posted by Vrank Prins on 05-14-2001 12:03 PM Let's see if we can get to 8 pages

Is this a chat-area or what? If there is no good lengthy arguments left, why not give it a rest?
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[Cyclotron]

quote: Originally posted by Ralf on 05-14-2001 04:35 PM Is this a chat-area or what? If there is no good lengthy arguments left, why not give it a rest? [This message has been edited by Ralf (edited May 14, 2001).]

I don't know. I think everybody has nothing left to say, but I guess the mods are just not wanting to let such a good thread die... It remained serious for quite some time!

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[Roman]

Yes, it is indeed starting to turn into a chat area by now. Oh, well at least I can be proud my thread reached such a length. A lot of people posted seriously on many pages past and hopefully this will result in Firaxis at least divulging definitive information on the 7 civ limit and whether there is a way to circumvent it through the text-files.

[Roman]

I appologise - double post
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[Roman]

Bad news again...

Yet another preview seems to be supporting the 7 civilization limit:

quote: Playing as one of 16 different civilizations, you pit your wits against up to six other computer-controlled nations as you strive to conquer the globe.

[Roman]

Could somebody who is a programer give me an idea (I have never programed anything ) about how difficult it would be to add more civilizations to the game. I would imagine it to be quite complicated at this stage.

My best guesses about the difficulties would be:

The need to rework the displays, graphs, interface, etc. to enable it to show more than 7 civilizations at a time.

The need to add an extra binary digit to all the registries and parts of the program that refer to the civilization limit. Various calculations would probably also be affected and would also need to be modified.


From the above it would be apparent that changing the civ limit at this stage of the game's development would be a very unrealistic proposition. I hope I am wrong in my assesment of the difficulties and would be delighted if a programer put me right and pointed out how easy it would be to change this but this seems unlikely. In fact, it is probably even more complicated than my pathetic assesment above indicates.

Well, it seems more and more likely we will be stuck with the 7 civilization limit after all, though Firaxis did not as yet mention the text files, which are now my last hope.

[Vrank Prins]

Let's see if we can get to 8 pages

As far as I know we already have thread of recordlenght here

[DrFell]

This is the longest thread I've ever seen...

Perhaps the reason Firaxis is not answering the question is because the number of civs is not set in stone yet. There is still plenty of time for them to change their minds about no. of civs should they feel the need...

[Vrank Prins]

quote: Originally posted by Ralf on 05-14-2001 04:35 PM Is this a chat-area or what? If there is no good lengthy arguments left, why not give it a rest? [This message has been edited by Ralf (edited May 14, 2001).]

Okay, I agree I was not being serious (which I usually am being here).

Here's some serious comment.

It could be that Firaxis is keeping the number of CIV's low because of all the work they have to do on the animated leaders/diplomacy figures.
I don't mind too much. Maybe it's possible to change the names of leaders/countries/cities in the gamedatafiles. Allthough that would give the strange effect that Willem I van Oranje-Nassau may (the founder of the dutch nation) looks like . . . . . Mao Zedong, Abe Lincoln . . . . . . .

[Vrank Prins]

Oops double post (which is not meant to reach 8 pages anyway !!)

quote: Originally posted by Ralf on 05-14-2001 04:35 PM Is this a chat-area or what? If there is no good lengthy arguments left, why not give it a rest? [This message has been edited by Ralf (edited May 14, 2001).]

Okay, I agree, I was not being serious (which I usually am being here).

Here's some serious comment.

It could be that Firaxis is keeping the number of CIV's low because of all the work they have to do on the animated leaders/diplomacy figures.
I don't mind too much. Maybe it's possible to change the names of leaders/countries/cities in the gamedatafiles. Allthough that would give the strange effect that Willem I van Oranje-Nassau may (the founder of the dutch nation) looks like . . . . . Mao Zedong, Abe Lincoln . . . . . . .
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