Islands in the Stream - Turn Thread 2

[snoopy369]

And islands 2.

[Hot_Enamel]

Thanks ..

Only just noticed these. Will play tonight (in 8 hours or so)

name@optusnet.com.au

Swap name with hot_enamel

[Beta]

Originally posted by Masuro
Beta, are you going to eat that dog in your avatar? 'Dog days of summer' has a slightly different meaning here . . . . .

Understood - and NO! Other than perhaps OctavianX's occasional donut, I don't eat avatars.

Although you know - someone should eat Ghengis.

[Hot_Enamel]

Sent on

[Beta]

Saves to snoopy

[snoopy369]

on to hotenamel

[Hot_Enamel]

Was sent on yesterday

[snoopy369]

and again to HotE

[Hot_Enamel]

Was Sent

[snoopy369]

and back to you, HotEnamel

[Beta]

OK folks - I have the last saves. Sorry for the delay. I have been fairly occupied the last few days.

Now - I also had some time this morning - and re-arranged my dual install - as it was originally set up for most games playing under 1.15, and a few under 1.22. All my games are now 1.22 except for these. I was led to believe that certain games - includingthis one could not be upgraded - something to do with it not being modded.

Well - I screwed up my re-arrangement of the programs and versions. I got Conquests set up properly on 1.22, but wiped out my 1.15. So, I thought - let's see what happens to islands. It loaded and played perfectly under 1.22.

So, if Ok with the rest of you - can we upgrade to 1.22? I won't play until I hear from you.

[marcuspeddle]

I'm okay, as I said in the mail.

[Beta]

Ok - here is the wird thing. The older game plays just fine on 1.22. The newer one does not. I get the typical I/O error messages and then the civ3 message about error reading the file.

So - some choices:

1. We drop the game.

2. We continue playing in 1.15, in which case, give me some time to figure out how to fix the mess I have made of my dual (actually, triple) install. I would suggest the other game continue on its way until this one is set to go and then we can synchronize them again.

3. Drop the old and start a new one. I know - not particularly appetizing, but how about we throw in a twist. 4 players - we each get two civs - all island starts. The players two civs will play back-to-back, so it plays like one turn. We can call it "Many Islands in the Stream." And I suggest we get a third party to set it up. No two civs start on the same island as was the case with H_E and I in this game. And each pair of civs are reasonably separated, to avoid early consolidation.

Originally I was not keen on a new game - but after having got involved in the two-civ appraoch with Paddy and crew, I like it.

I vote for 3. But I will go with the majority vote here.

[Beta]

And oh yes- almost forgot - the old islands save is on its way to snoopdog.

[marcuspeddle]

Any option is fine with me although I prefer both Island games (if we keep them) be the same version to avoid confusion.
A new game with each of us playing one or two civs sounds good because the original games are pretty dull at the moment. But that might just be because of the slow pace of the game. We have two new players in both games and that takes some of the spirit out of play. Not because they are boring players but simply because they weren't in it from the beginning. To start fresh with these players would create more interest, I think.