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"Advanced CivCTP Scenario Design"
I seem to recall that the title of the most useful document for those of us who were lucky (mad?) enough to design Civ2 scenarios was "Advanced [Civ2] Scenario Design" by Leon Marrick, assisted by Harlan Thompson.
However, (unsurprisingly), there appears to be no such concise bible for CivCTP scenario creation, just an assortment of files on the Apolyton site which are by no means exhaustive, and I was wondering if anyone had the inclination to put one together (or organise a communal effort to do so).
For example, I have discovered (to my dismay) that there seems to be a limit of 64 wonders (any additional ones appear in the construction options list, but when you finish building them, they just don't appear. You get the immediate effects of the wonder, but not the long-term ones).
This is just the kind of thing that needs to be recorded to avoid confusion and encourage people to design scenarios to entertain us. At present, most of the released scenarios (though very impressive) seem to be concentrated mostly on improving the existing game, rather than major modifications. This may be simply because such projects are extremely lengthy, and they are all (like mine) under construction. OTOH, I am sure that the vast increase in complexity of CTP modifications compared to those of Civ2 is a contributing factor. e.g. the number of flags associated with units has risen from about 10 to about 200 (IIRC) and modifications to one file (especially major ones) can have severe repercussions in a multitude of related files.
If no one else is more eager I think I may undertake this project - but I doubt that I'm the best person for the job, since I rarely finish what I start. I would also be more than happy to contribute to a communal effort - but that would immediately bring matters of organisation into play (And, of course, deciding whether to be organised, involving meta-organisation).
Any thoughts?
John
However, (unsurprisingly), there appears to be no such concise bible for CivCTP scenario creation, just an assortment of files on the Apolyton site which are by no means exhaustive, and I was wondering if anyone had the inclination to put one together (or organise a communal effort to do so).
For example, I have discovered (to my dismay) that there seems to be a limit of 64 wonders (any additional ones appear in the construction options list, but when you finish building them, they just don't appear. You get the immediate effects of the wonder, but not the long-term ones).
This is just the kind of thing that needs to be recorded to avoid confusion and encourage people to design scenarios to entertain us. At present, most of the released scenarios (though very impressive) seem to be concentrated mostly on improving the existing game, rather than major modifications. This may be simply because such projects are extremely lengthy, and they are all (like mine) under construction. OTOH, I am sure that the vast increase in complexity of CTP modifications compared to those of Civ2 is a contributing factor. e.g. the number of flags associated with units has risen from about 10 to about 200 (IIRC) and modifications to one file (especially major ones) can have severe repercussions in a multitude of related files.
If no one else is more eager I think I may undertake this project - but I doubt that I'm the best person for the job, since I rarely finish what I start. I would also be more than happy to contribute to a communal effort - but that would immediately bring matters of organisation into play (And, of course, deciding whether to be organised, involving meta-organisation).
Any thoughts?
John
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