Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
Ouch, man. Now you're a real Ouch Man.
Anno Domini II discussion thread
- Thread starter Rob (R8XFT)
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Terrible news
Do you think you'd be able to recover any of the files?
The hard drive is undetectable - all of a sudden. I've put in another hard drive I had and that one works. I'll have a go tomorrow see what I can do, but I think I'll have no recoverable files.
! I wish you the best in recovering those files.
WildWeazel
Going Dutch
Actually, that's probably good news. It sounds like an electronic failure rather than a mechanical one, maybe in the controller chipset or even a connector. If it were the drive platters (where the data is stored) going bad, you would likely have had corrupted files, BSODs, etc before the drive disappeared. When you turn on the computer, do you see the hard drive access light, or hear the drive spin up?
It just clicks.
The thing is, I had 12 days off to do ADII...I was on day 8 and going well. I won't get any more time (other than the odd day here and there) until April. I'll just have to pick myself up, dust myself down and start again with the mod then.
WildWeazel
Going Dutch
This is why I've learned to always keep my ongoing projects backed up in version control on a separate drive. Hard drives are terribly treacherous devices.
This is why I've learned to always keep my ongoing projects backed up in version control on a separate drive. Hard drives are terribly treacherous devices.
Aye....first time it's happened to me and I trusted the fact it was quite new. Funny thing is, it was working perfectly all day, then I decided to restart the pc and it didn't work. Worst...decision...ever...
Pounder
Phaethon was here
Is this a laptop or a desktop.
Desktop
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
..... Didja make sure the cable hadn't come loose? Because this one time on my old computer it seemed like the HDD had decided that "Hey Goldflash, you're a huge jerk and no one likes you and you'll never have a girlfriend so I'm going to quit forever and take your collection of questionable pictures with me." Boy was I mad. I mean I needed those question pictures for.. stuff. So then I ripped the side cover off in a fit of herculean strength, chucked it into the ionosphere (through the roof of my house) and looked at the HDD. Turns out that little cable connecting the HDD to the rest of my computer had simply been knocked loose, presumably in a previous bout of herculean strength. So I plugged him back in and we were good.
Nice suggestion, Goldflash, and it's been checked, unplugged, plugged back in etc. It's just a faulty drive and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it but move on.
The project isn't over though...just delayed. In the long term it might even be a blessing in disguise. I can take this as a "dry run" and hopefully come out with something even better than before. I'm thinking of making the week off in April-ish into a fortnight and using any spare time between now and then to work towards a couple of weeks of high productivity. Watch this space.
The project isn't over though...just delayed. In the long term it might even be a blessing in disguise. I can take this as a "dry run" and hopefully come out with something even better than before. I'm thinking of making the week off in April-ish into a fortnight and using any spare time between now and then to work towards a couple of weeks of high productivity. Watch this space.
Going back to ideas for the mod, I've had a couple of ideas, which I'd like to sound out:
01. I hate wintery terrain. However, I was thinking that I could build in a couple of bonus resources that only Scandinavian civs could access. Any thoughts?
02. Mountains could be made impassible by wheeled units...then I could make all early units wheeled (including workers). I could then allow settling on mountains and give certain civs non-wheeled units. Do you like where I'm going with this?
01. I hate wintery terrain. However, I was thinking that I could build in a couple of bonus resources that only Scandinavian civs could access. Any thoughts?
02. Mountains could be made impassible by wheeled units...then I could make all early units wheeled (including workers). I could then allow settling on mountains and give certain civs non-wheeled units. Do you like where I'm going with this?
Can anyone think of a good wonder to use as a diplomatic victory wonder? I'm looking for something around 200BC - 100 AD (maybe a little later would be fine) that would suit all cultures. Tricky, I know 
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Wolfhart
The Last in Line
I'm thinking something like Pax Romana (also known as Pax Augusta which perhaps is a more neutral name)
Thanks for the responses. I should mention that the silk road is being used again as a trade victory (an amended space race). Pax Romana sounds like a good suggestion; though I'm a bit concerned it's essentially Roman. Pax Mundi?
Any other suggestions would be warmly welcomed
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