Sorry to say this guys, but my hard drive fried last night and I've lost all my AoD work. I had no backups or anything so I've lost all source code.

Looks like Age of Discovery II is finished. :(

Oh my God!

I think I have a backup of all AoD versions somewhere. No core DLL though, does it help?

Forget AoD 2 for now. :)

Maybe after some months you may want to do some more modding.

Oh, and if that's the end. I have to say AoD2 was probably the happiest gaming time I've had since 1995... Pleasure playing what you created. :)

BIG, BIG thanks to you for everything.

Sorry to say this guys, but my hard drive fried last night and I've lost all my AoD work. I had no backups or anything so I've lost all source code.

Looks like Age of Discovery II is finished. :(

:eek::lol:

Our only hope is that it's April 1 in Melbourne.

If that's not it, sad thanks.

Bloody hell, it's April fool's day indeed!!!

Day starts from the far east... Hahahahaha!!! Wait and see what will happen to you, if we ever play PBEM for that!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Now get on back on work, 'cause REF shrinks!

still march 31st here :) So, I hope it is :(

I wish it were so, but it's a sad truth. :(

I've plugged the HDD into this desktop PC and I'm trying to fix the bad sectors. It's gunna take hours (500 GB drive).

Dale, try with HDD Regenerator, if it isn't a joke, of course :)

I'm not convinced that isn't a april joke too. :) Isn't source code included in AOD2 release?

:: looks around :: still likes to think it's April fool's day ::

I've also found my back up. I have kept a history of all AoD2 releases including DLLs and CvGameCoreDLL files released since AoD v1.02. :)

Don't we have everything?

He posted this at 10:35am (April 1) Melbourne time, so it is still very possibly an April Fools Day joke.
With the exception of the SDK files, everything vital can be recovered by just downloading the mod from Apolyton.

this makes no sense Dale.

Your pc fries on april 1st and the first thing you do is posting here? When my pc was fried, it took me some while to recover things and get back online :p

I'm not sure about you, but I have several machines capable of accessing the internet. If this is legit, I would have done the same thing in his position.

EDIT: Further reason to think this is a joke, it that Dale posted in China Screen v1.0 as though it were business as usual just two minutes before making this topic.

It took so long guys, really hope everything goes well with him. :(

Aye.. Then why isn't this thread stickied?

EDIT: Further reason to think this is a joke, it that Dale posted in China Screen v1.0 as though it were business as usual just two minutes before making this topic.

At least he was smart enough to not do it the other way around. :p

That would have been embarrassing.

Maybe Prince Myshkin is involved, he still is trying to lure us into believing dale's story.

Funny how, of all 365 days your computer could have picked to die, it chose April, 1st...

Funny how, of all 365 days your computer could have picked to die, it chose April, 1st...

It's the millenium bug, Dale forgot to change the date in Bios! :p

Maybe Prince Myshkin is involved, he still is trying to lure us into believing dale's story.

Born to be evil. :D

Anyway, I am not. :)

But something tells me things will get better. ;)

In the meantime., would you recommend me buying BTS to play "Fall from Heaven II"?

In the meantime., would you recommend me buying BTS to play "Fall from Heaven II"?

No, get a copy of MoM. :)

What is MoM? (got civ 4)

What is MoM? (got civ 4)

Master of Magic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Magic). Graphics are a little outdated nowadays but gameplay is better than Civ (imho).

Cool! Thanks ;)

Master of Magic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Magic). Graphics are a little outdated nowadays but gameplay is better than Civ (imho).

Blasphemy! Stone him, stone him! Blasphemer!!

;)

Blasphemy! Stone him, stone him! Blasphemer!!

Hohohoh :ar15:

After 15 years I'm still waiting for tactical fights with multiple units, two maps placed on top of each other and customizable traits in Civilization to show up. Maybe Civ5? :)

Hi all, well a little bit of good news. I was able to recover some of AoD2, and might be able to recreate the rest.

Here is what I've recovered: files (http://rtw.apolyton.net/aod2/AoD2_1.09.zip)

Is that a hidden beta test? Or a 383mb sized april fool video? :)

Whatever it is I am downloading it. :D

After 15 years I'm still waiting for tactical fights with multiple units

I have first seen something like that in a game named Centurion. It was very interesting.

Civ3 by MPS contained something like this.

Dude, I am gaming since 1988. First one was an Amstrad 6128, Schneider model with the green screen. :)

Proudly affected by one of the first computer viruses in the world. :D

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/pixel.shtml

Believe it or not, we coded the virus on our own in basic knowing something bad will happen. We found the script on a greek pioneering computing magazine called "Pixel". The idea of getting affected by a computer virus seemed like Indiana Jones exploring the myth of lost Atlantis...

I remember my computer crashed by memory flood asking me to buy the next "Pixel" magazine to cure it. Damn, I was so excited, I told my best mate, who was also willing to get his amstrad infected!

Too bad for us. Pixel was a monthly distributed magazine, so we had to wait about a month...

Whatever it is I am downloading it.

Me too. :D


Schneider... :)

No, get a copy of MoM. :)

Definitely!!!!!!!!!!

This is #2 game of all time (after Col1). :)

FFH2 is good, but it's NOT that good.

Which is the best game ever played? Hmmm...

Something between Col. 1, Panzer General 1 and Monkey Island 1. :)

Best game on PC? Col1.
Best game on any computer that I've played? Pirates on the C64.

C64 with the rubber keyboard!!!? :D

C64 with the rubber keyboard!!!? :D

Yep. Used to love Wonderboy and Heros too. :D

So has anyone got this file down yet?

Which is the best game ever played? Hmmm...


Frontier - Elite II :yup:

Believe it or not, we coded the virus on our own in basic knowing something bad will happen.

They tricked you into writing off sites of code only to mess up your computer? :D

Wonderboy!? The guy with the boomerang and the white panties jumping on the clouds? :D

Frontier - Elite II

Let me check this...

Civ3 by MPS contained something like this.

Civ3 blew chunks. Call to Power 2 shat all over it. In some respects, CtP2 shat on Civ4 too.

Dude, I am gaming since 1988. First one was an Amstrad 6128, Schneider model with the green screen. :)

Me, I'm 1982 with a "Dick Smith Wizard" then the C64 in 1984. Mum got a 80286 in 1986 but it was only for business use (she was an accountant).

Wonderboy!? The guy with the boomerang and the white panties jumping on the clouds? :D

It's a nappy BTW. :lol:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Wonder_boy_platform.gif

Civ3 by MPS == Call to Power 2, forgot the name :D

1982 was 3 years old... My parents didn't let me buy a C64 back in '87. :(

Finally bought an Amstrad in '88, an Amiga500 in '91, '93 moved to IBM compatible land with a 386SX, followed by a 486DX, then my first pentium...

It's a nappy BTW.

:D

That's it! Good old times...

Call to Power series was Activision, not MPS. (MPS == Microprose, Sid's old company). ;)

I got my own PC with a 486dx2 in 1993. I actually stole it from the boarding school I used to go to in 1992. :lol: The guy pissed me off in 1992, so early 93 I paid back the favour by taking his 486DX2. :D

Didn't matter, he dad was a filthy-rich, top 10 accountant in Singapore.

EDIT:
Come to think of it, that computer had Civ1 on it, and that's what got me hooked on Sid's strategy game (I still consider Civ1 superior in innovation to others of the series). From Civ1 I moved to Col.

LoL

Was it activision? I thought it was still MPS. My mistake. I remember C2P had innovative systems for public works, trade and lots of other goodies (space etc)

Played Civ1 too. Still have my Civ1 floppies. :)

This thing in on 65%. :(

Yeah sorry, Apolyton is really slow as a server. :(

np going to watch a football game :)

Was it activision? I thought it was still MPS. My mistake. I remember C2P had innovative systems for public works, trade and lots of other goodies (space etc)

..and lawyers :D

Played Civ1 too. Still have my Civ1 floppies.

I bought Col1 the day it was released here in Germany and they had this limited edition on CD-ROM bundled together with Civ1. I never knew which one to play first. :)


This thing in on 65%.

Good job, Dale. :goodjob: Will try a game this evening.

I had a Dragon32, literally one of the 1st home computers, along with bbc micro. Used to have a game called Ants i think, which was kinda like Pac-Man on steroids!!

Anyway, i think i :love: Dale! Altho, I never get time to finish a game on each version!!

Oh, and Pirates rocked too :)

Hehehehe.....

Spose I should say "April Fool" to anyone who believed I had a HDD meltdown. Though I did have to reformat a few weeks ago, but I had zero data loss. :D

:D

Good job there Dale!

Will playtest as soon as I find some time. :)

So... What's in the file you put up fo download? It's rather big, so it'll take a while before I have downloaded it.

If you do download the above file (and it won't disappoint) then you'll also need to update the DLL file (in ..\Assets\ folder) with this: file (http://rtw.apolyton.net/aod2/AoD2_1.09_DLL.zip)

lmao what a way to release 1.09!

Master of Magic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Magic). Graphics are a little outdated nowadays but gameplay is better than Civ (imho).

Here is a new Stardock game being dubbed "the next-gen MoM". It looks promising!

http://elementalgame.com/

Here is a new Stardock game being dubbed "the next-gen MoM". It looks promising!

http://elementalgame.com/

I'm waiting for that too. I like GalCiv 1/2 and Stardocks attitude for patches and community handling. I hope they don't mess it up.

whaaaa. I was all about GUNSHIP when I was on the C64.

http://elementalgame.com/

By that time AoD2 would be the best game we all played ever. :P