View Full Version : Minor tech quote mistake


tempacc
Aug 14, 2007, 01:43 AM
Bug description
When the player receives the Construction technology, the quote shown on screen is longer than the quote read aloud by Leonard Nimoy.

On screen:

And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains

Read aloud:

And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

Expected behaviour
The quote shown on screen when gaining a new technology should match the quote being read aloud.

Actual behaviour
The quote shown on screen is longer than the quote read aloud.

Steps to reproduce
Load the attached save file (quickly created in WorldBuilder). Press enter to end the current turn, and receive the Construction technology.

H&K
Aug 14, 2007, 05:13 AM
Hangon, the one you print as shown, has a Quote in it, that is " "
And thats the bit that you then say is quoted?

flamingzaroc121
Aug 14, 2007, 05:21 PM
you are right, nice find. it is minor but it still is an error

tempacc
Sep 15, 2007, 05:26 PM
I'm bumping this, as the other text-based errors/bugs I have reported have been fixed for the upcoming new patch, but this one has not.

tempacc
Nov 17, 2007, 10:33 AM
Bumped again, as this error still remains in the 3.13 patch.

r_rolo1
Nov 17, 2007, 11:07 AM
It is not a BtS bug..... It comes since vanilla time ( i wonder why they never fixed it....)

H&K
Dec 07, 2007, 06:00 AM
Its not a bug or a mistake.

Its a lession on poignantcy.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

And as an aside, the only thing that remains are these words themselves.
The "Nothing beside remains" is an historical footnote to us. I personaly feel its one of the few in game quotes thay really do capture the weight of history