Txurce
Deity
Wishful thinking, probably. Do you have anything to report, Brad? Or any guesses you wish to make? (No one's going to quote you on them, I'm sure.) You were pretty pessimistic the last time you commented on this.
Originally posted by Txurce
Wishful thinking, probably. Do you have anything to report, Brad? Or any guesses you wish to make? (No one's going to quote you on them, I'm sure.) You were pretty pessimistic the last time you commented on this.
Originally posted by Brad Oliver
There is one gotcha that everyone should know: if Mac PTW happens, netplay would be Mac-to-Mac only because the PC version uses the proprietary DirectPlay protocol from Microsoft.
Just didn't want this to sink too far down without Brad seeing the question I posted earlier. It is just regarding whether the save files for a PTW play-by-email game will be able to work for both Mac and PC. I know the possibility of getting Play the World is still a far off, remote possibility, but in the hypothetical situation that it is produced, I just want to know whether I should get my hopes up about ever playing any sort of Civ3 game against my friends. I don't have any friends who play on the Mac, so I don't have any real reason to look forward to an expansion if I can't play against my friends. The new civs and features may be cool, but I would wait until it drops in price to purchase it. If play-by-email worked against PC's, I'd be one of the first in line to get it if it came out. So, as a technical problem, I just want to know if it is possible.Brad (or anyone else that could answer),
You say that netplay would be mac-to-mac only. In the hypothetical situation that we do get PtW, would we be able to play play-by-email games with our PC counterparts, or would the save files be different. I know they take a long time, but I have a couple PC friends who are in the middle of one of those games, and if that's the only way I could play a game with them, I would put up with the time delays, just to play/beat them at Civ3.
Again, I know this is a hypothetical question, but being a more technical question, hopefully one that an answer can be given at this point in time.
Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz
K-Man
It seems that PBEM would work against PC users, IF, and only IF, we get patch parity with them.
Originally posted by K-Man
You say that netplay would be mac-to-mac only. In the hypothetical situation that we do get PtW, would we be able to play play-by-email games with our PC counterparts, or would the save files be different.
Originally posted by Brad Oliver
PBEM would work fine, just like with the Mac and PC versions of Alpha Centauri.