Screenshot of the Day #95: Hidden Dragon

Thunderfall · Jan 25, 2003, 03:03 PM

I had an odd screenshot the other day playing Civ3. For some odd reason China, the most powerful nation in the game, "dissapeared" from the Advisor screens. I could only contact him by finding an enemy unit and talking through the unit. Anyway, I was throughly defeated, but at the end, China was left gloating under a "mist" of darkness. Maybe it's some sort of bug or something...

http://www.civfanatics.com/sotd/sotd95.jpg

This is probably a reference to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...

Thanks to Vegeta Saiyan for the screenshot.

hbdragon88 · Jan 25, 2003, 04:14 PM

It's not a bug...look in the art, the leader heads, they have dark pictures of leaders. Sometimes it's a culture thing, like in the other SOTD, where there were two leaders "Hiding in the Dark"

I just submitted a screenshot like that myself. It wasn't like that though...it was a little different. Hope it gets published, I think it's pretty funny and lame.

EuropeanPotato · Jan 26, 2003, 07:10 PM

Now if we can get leader to shame their head in darkness accept victor. Is that possible?

Vdog · Jan 26, 2003, 08:32 PM

You can contact other civs easer by just hiting shift.D at the same time.

Vinz Clortho · Jan 27, 2003, 08:23 AM

Sure it's not a bug? I lose other civs off my foreign advisor screen all the time. Last night I saw that Persia had emerged as the leading civ (in front of me) so I established contact with an embassy and trade. Still no picture of the leader on my advisor screen. Last game I played it was the Bismark, but he was a weaker civ. I can highlight the place where they should be and look them up in the civalopedia, but can't see the face.

Seems to have no pattern... so I'm guessing there are still a few bugs in the code.

Plux · Jan 27, 2003, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vinz Clortho
Sure it's not a bug? I lose other civs off my foreign advisor screen all the time. Last night I saw that Persia had emerged as the leading civ (in front of me) so I established contact with an embassy and trade. Still no picture of the leader on my advisor screen. Last game I played it was the Bismark, but he was a weaker civ. I can highlight the place where they should be and look them up in the civalopedia, but can't see the face.

Seems to have no pattern... so I'm guessing there are still a few bugs in the code.

No bugs, you're prolly playing with more than 7 or 8 civs, don't know the limit exactly. If you have met a civ, but it doesn't show up in the diplo screen, hold the shift-button while right-clicking in the diplo-screen, you can select a civ to show.

This rather clumsy way of doing diplo with many civs is improved in PTW 1.14. Then the diploscreen indicates that there are more civs for diplo than meet the eye

Would be better tho if they would just make the diploscreen capable for 16 civs, or even more.

Scurcus · Jan 27, 2003, 01:15 PM

Plux, you aren´t even talking about the same thing as in the screenshot, where Mao dissapears even in the endscene but a black blur is where he should be.

thedirk · Jan 27, 2003, 03:50 PM

Maybe it's supposed to indicate that the Chinese are cloaked in secrecy and are very reclusive. The emperor has never appeared in public so nobody knows what he looks like.

EuropeanPotato · Jan 27, 2003, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thedirk
Maybe it's supposed to indicate that the Chinese are cloaked in secrecy and are very reclusive. The emperor has never appeared in public so nobody knows what he looks like.

=-)

china444 · Jan 27, 2003, 06:47 PM

Whoa WEIRD

oh well not a big factor

EuropeanPotato · Jan 27, 2003, 06:51 PM

It's a mystery that needs a solvin'!

Jan 25, 2003, 03:03 PM	#1
Thunderfall Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NY, USA Posts: 11,730 Images: 1545	Screenshot of the Day #95: Hidden Dragon I had an odd screenshot the other day playing Civ3. For some odd reason China, the most powerful nation in the game, "dissapeared" from the Advisor screens. I could only contact him by finding an enemy unit and talking through the unit. Anyway, I was throughly defeated, but at the end, China was left gloating under a "mist" of darkness. Maybe it's some sort of bug or something... http://www.civfanatics.com/sotd/sotd95.jpg This is probably a reference to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon... Thanks to Vegeta Saiyan for the screenshot. __________________ Thunderfall Weight: 1.0 Value: 161 Cast When used Shock Damage 1 to 25 points on Touch

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Jan 25, 2003, 04:14 PM	#2
hbdragon88 haunted by blackness Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,745	It's not a bug...look in the art, the leader heads, they have dark pictures of leaders. Sometimes it's a culture thing, like in the other SOTD, where there were two leaders "Hiding in the Dark" I just submitted a screenshot like that myself. It wasn't like that though...it was a little different. Hope it gets published, I think it's pretty funny and lame.

Jan 26, 2003, 07:10 PM	#3
EuropeanPotato Warlord Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 102	Now if we can get leader to shame their head in darkness accept victor. Is that possible?

Jan 26, 2003, 08:32 PM	#4
Vdog G-Unit Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 542	You can contact other civs easer by just hiting shift.D at the same time.

Jan 27, 2003, 08:23 AM	#5
Vinz Clortho Chieftain Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Memphis Posts: 45	Sure it's not a bug? I lose other civs off my foreign advisor screen all the time. Last night I saw that Persia had emerged as the leading civ (in front of me) so I established contact with an embassy and trade. Still no picture of the leader on my advisor screen. Last game I played it was the Bismark, but he was a weaker civ. I can highlight the place where they should be and look them up in the civalopedia, but can't see the face. Seems to have no pattern... so I'm guessing there are still a few bugs in the code.

Jan 27, 2003, 01:15 PM	#7
Scurcus Chieftain Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 56	Plux, you aren´t even talking about the same thing as in the screenshot, where Mao dissapears even in the endscene but a black blur is where he should be.

Jan 27, 2003, 03:50 PM	#8
thedirk Master of Stealth Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The future centre of the universe Posts: 553	Maybe it's supposed to indicate that the Chinese are cloaked in secrecy and are very reclusive. The emperor has never appeared in public so nobody knows what he looks like.

Jan 27, 2003, 06:47 PM	#10
china444 Ain't no thang Join Date: May 2002 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Posts: 3,992	Whoa WEIRD oh well not a big factor

Jan 27, 2003, 06:51 PM	#11
EuropeanPotato Warlord Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 102	It's a mystery that needs a solvin'!

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