I'd like to see Firaxis come up with a patch that introduces a 'Tournament' function for the game.
It would work like this:
The game would have to be loaded as a 'Tournament Game'(as implemented by Firaxis)
The file can be created by anyone desiring to start a tournament, but would have a specific serial # assigned to it by the game upon it's creation. The serial # would be reported by the game, but it would not be possible to edit the serial # (some sort of encryption)
This file would have characteristics(and hopefully encrypted) that would indentify it as a 'Tournamnet Game' only
Being a 'Tounament Game' the file can only be written to by the games auto-save feature (specifically written for 'Tounament Games' only), which for tournaments would happen only every, say, 25 turns or only prior to victory conditions being met or losing (don't know the best amount here if there is any) in accordance with the rules for 'Tournament Games'
Of course there would have to be some sort of encryption??? To prevent editing of any sort of this 'Tournament Game' file of course.
This being completed after Firaxis FIRST removes any in-game bugs or cheats that currently exist. Then and only THEN will I participate in any sort of "Tournament" concerning the play of Civ 3.
Now obviously I'm not a programmer, but I do feel it is possible to create a system that is not unlike what I've described here. Maybe there are programmers on this board that can implemnt these functions into the game or can at least help me to better explain a system as such to Firaxis so that they can try to save some face with the Apolyton communtity at large for their prior transgressions.
It would work like this:
The game would have to be loaded as a 'Tournament Game'(as implemented by Firaxis)
The file can be created by anyone desiring to start a tournament, but would have a specific serial # assigned to it by the game upon it's creation. The serial # would be reported by the game, but it would not be possible to edit the serial # (some sort of encryption)
This file would have characteristics(and hopefully encrypted) that would indentify it as a 'Tournamnet Game' only
Being a 'Tounament Game' the file can only be written to by the games auto-save feature (specifically written for 'Tounament Games' only), which for tournaments would happen only every, say, 25 turns or only prior to victory conditions being met or losing (don't know the best amount here if there is any) in accordance with the rules for 'Tournament Games'
Of course there would have to be some sort of encryption??? To prevent editing of any sort of this 'Tournament Game' file of course.
This being completed after Firaxis FIRST removes any in-game bugs or cheats that currently exist. Then and only THEN will I participate in any sort of "Tournament" concerning the play of Civ 3.
Now obviously I'm not a programmer, but I do feel it is possible to create a system that is not unlike what I've described here. Maybe there are programmers on this board that can implemnt these functions into the game or can at least help me to better explain a system as such to Firaxis so that they can try to save some face with the Apolyton communtity at large for their prior transgressions.
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