Civ 5 Confirmed Features

[Me,myself,and,I]

I hadn't thought of that.

 

[Melo-Franco]

Have we confirmed that Civ5's scripting will be done in LUA? I'd like to know ahead of time so I can learn it.

Yeah, the Brazilian programming language. They conceived it in Rio de Janeiro. How can one think about programming when living there?

 

[ZerrorR]

Hey guys, look what I stumbled across:

Civ4 Maps Compatible with Civ5
Written by Provost Martin
That’s right, you’ll be able to import Civ4 maps into Civ5. Just how that will work with squares contra hexes is unknown, but if this works right from the bat it will mean a huge immediate boost to custom content right at the release. This was confirmed by Jon Shafer in an interview with Bitmob:

Jon Shafer: You can import Civ 4 maps into the world builder and convert them into Civ 5 maps, including all the units and cities and stuff on it — the conversion process will just do that for you automatically. We’re hoping that the first week Civ 5 is out, people will use that function and port all of the Civ 4 stuff over to Civ 5, so everything will be out there already.

Furthermore the in-game browser will be able rate mods and sort them by ranking and by tags. You can also enable, disable and install them in the modifications manager. The game’s SDK (game code) will also be released, just as it was with Civ4. A world builder tool will be included, which features scenario-making capabilities such as controlling who’s at war with who, placing units and cities, and much more

http://civlegacy.com/

Seems like the Civ5 engine is going to share alot with CivIV and Firaxis is going all out to draw Civ4 players/modders to Civ5.

And how would they convert squares into hexes???

 

[techathon]

CNN's PreviewNot much new, but:

Many of the pieces in the game were recorded by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. In addition to traditional instruments, hundreds of unique ethnic percussion, string, wind and reed instruments were used to achieve each culture's musical feel.

 

[The_J]

And how would they convert squares into hexes???

Here is a nice post about how it could work .

 

[konradcabral]

Are there yet confirmed system requirements for Civ V? I'm worried about that fancy battles...

EDIT: Just found the thread about it... And lost my hopes...

 

[sucksforyou112]

New info: Natural Wonders, Unique Unit Special Abilities- the given example is that Roman Legions can build roads and forts.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64484

 

[beestar]

Cool, I love the idea of more rewards for exploring - I'm at heart an explorer (and then a builder).

There are some rewards in Civ4 (locating resources and city sites; trading with the AI; and the circumnavigation bonus). But more is better!

 

[Hangly Man]

Unfortunately, there aren't too many surviving recordings . . .

The Virginian accent is the forerunner of the Midwestern accent. Strange but true.

 

[sucksforyou112]

We all know that research is not on sliders anymore. But now we know where it comes from! POPULATION AND RESOURCES!

We all know that research is not on sliders anymore. But now we know where it comes from! POPULATION AND RESOURCES!

 

[MrGameTheory]

Well done.. I already see a few problems brewing with the hit points of cities..

I can't wait to wreak some strategic loophole havoc

 

[Peng Qi]

Are there yet confirmed system requirements for Civ V? I'm worried about that fancy battles...

EDIT: Just found the thread about it... And lost my hopes...

Upgrades are cheap. Unless you're on a laptop. Then you're doomed.

 

[Me,myself,and,I]

It's official, Praetorians are going to be awesome.

 

[Geghis Khan]

What the heck! No mongol empire????? What was sid thinking????

 

[Me,myself,and,I]

Hey now let's all calm down a little this is no time to go gathering a hoard and slaying .

 

[Bangra 7]

Now I've got to update my mods for Civ V.
Didn't even have a chance to complete them for IV.
Oh well, cannot wait for more moddable version.

 

[Bangra 7]

What about the NIF format?
Will that still be in use?

 

[Acronym2]

Now I've got to update my mods for Civ V.
Didn't even have a chance to complete them for IV.
Oh well, cannot wait for more moddable version.

I don't know...........I have my suspicions about just how much more modable Civ5 will be over CivIV. We'll see soon enough.

It seems someone has mentioned that it will be coded in LUA. I remember working with that for Dawn of War/Company of Heros. It's no more difficult than XML, but with DOW you used a separate set of game LUA's with an editor to mod and the files/folders had to be set up correctly beforehand. Graphics/models needed to be extracted and usually converted from the proprietary format. One wonders if Civ5 will be similar to the way it worked with DOW? Of course, just because its LUA doesn't mean it will be similar but that's what comes to my mind when one mentions LUA.

 

[aziantuntija]

In Finnish preview they said that you can now play the game entirely from strategic view, wich is basicly just a hexmap with symbols. The view can be changed easily by just a touch of a button. At least ihavent heard of this feature before.

 

[Bangra 7]

I don't know...........I have my suspicions about just how much more modable Civ5 will be over CivIV. We'll see soon enough.

It seems someone has mentioned that it will be coded in LUA. I remember working with that for Dawn of War/Company of Heros. It's no more difficult than XML, but with DOW you used a separate set of game LUA's with an editor to mod and the files/folders had to be set up correctly beforehand. Graphics/models needed to be extracted and usually converted from the proprietary format. One wonders if Civ5 will be similar to the way it worked with DOW? Of course, just because its LUA doesn't mean it will be similar but that's what comes to my mind when one mentions LUA.

Thanks.