Civ3's Golden Age has begun

[Stormrage]

Well.. It just might get released

 

[T.A JONES]

True. this thread had good timing no sooner did I post it, we get news of something big on the horizon. Mybe the biggest piece of supporting evidence I could ask for.
Man an to thinks someone here, on the Civ 3 Side! actually was saying we were on the way down? Shame! wheres the love!

 

[Bjornlo]

True. this thread had good timing no sooner did I post it, we get news of something big on the horizon. Mybe the biggest piece of supporting evidence I could ask for.
Man an to thinks someone here, on the Civ 3 Side! actually was saying we were on the way down? Shame! wheres the love!

I am so tempted to say "I got your love right here" instead, I'll just ask what supporting evidense you're refering to.

 

[T.A JONES]

Well Im tallkin about a ren returning to Civ3 modding. What happens next a couple mods from great artists are said to be on a new release from Fireaxis.
Civ3's less in decline the day after the message was delevered as compared to the days leading up when I was talking with you. Agreed?.

I wasn't asking for your love, so thats Ok but just more faith in what could be was simple what I was sayin with that statement. Relax

 

[T.A JONES]

108 logged on, nice numbers. We lost to 4 by only 3, thats close for game thats been out since forever. Anyway I had a bad vision I have to share. All that talk bout a new expansion possibly, had me worked up a bit, till it sank in:

2K games is heading to the consoles with Ciivilization CLASSICS, That means 2and 3, hell even one, all bundled heres where the mods fit in, plus the best mods RFRE and DRIFT's as 'bonus DVD-like' options

No patchs, no BIC no nothing but rehash on a 700$(canadian) PS3

Sorry to scare everyone, mybe the sounds good to some, I know I liked console games whwn I was younger. Tekken was my favorite The PS3 version will be incredible. The last release , Tekken 5 had all the old releases bundled together.

Just like the new Civ Console game (Civ5 ) is going to bundle history with the new. Thats right Civ 1, 2, 3 with 3 including top notch mods as bonus material will be available shortly after or just before christamas. Some crappy vision man. I was lookin forward to the X-pak on the pc, Now that seems like dreaming to me

 

[El Justo]

is that speculation or fact?

 

[Virote_Considon]

I think/hope it's speculation.

 

[Civinator]

Anyway I had a bad vision I have to share. All that talk bout a new expansion possibly, had me worked up a bit, till it sank in:

2K games is heading to the consoles with Ciivilization CLASSICS, That means 2and 3, hell even one, all bundled heres where the mods fit in, plus the best mods RFRE and DRIFT's as 'bonus DVD-like' options(

Hi T.A.Jones,

like El Justo asked: Is this a fact (than please give us a link if possible) or is it speculation ?? You spoke of a "vision". When I spoke of a "vision" in the threat about a new expansion pack for Civ 3, I made everybody clear, that this posting (about TeT´s mod) is a speculation.

If it´s a proofed fact, than it must be posted in the thread about a new expansion pack for Civ 3 to inform the Civ 3-community.

But one thing would stay, if it should be only for consoles: TeT is now working again for more than 3 months on his big project again(http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=29279&page=116 posts 2302 and 2304) and there is a change that we can get this in the future. If we don´t have to pay for it, because Firaxis and Take Two make some unwise decisions, may be we get this mod with it´s new interface sometimes for free.

 

[Keroro]

I picked up a free limited copy of Civ 4 and was a little disappointed by the feel af the game. I missed the solid feel of Civ 3 and, to be honest that put me off the idea of buying Civ 4 when it came out. It also got me playing Civ 3 again, and I have to say that IMO Civ 3 has potentially got years left in it, but the community needs just a bit more support from firaxis to realise its potential. There are some fantastic mods out there, like RFRE, WH, Heretic Casa All in One, MoM, etc. These mods could keep me amused for years, so for me personally, this is certainly a renaissance for Civ 3.

What we could use from firaxis is the remaining problems being ironed out i.e. the last patch being finished and released with a slightly improved editor. And an events editor must be a pretty simple thing mustn't it? Basically it can just be a bit of code that sits in front of the game (a bit like CivAssist), and lets the modder tweak the game situation a bit when certain perameters are met. (Having said it should be quite simple I should also say that it is way beyond my means.)

I guess that the Joker in all this is TETurkan. If he is working on something for Civ 3 then I would bet that it must be something big.

Final thought - I wonder if firaxis are holding back a bit on perfecting Civ 3 because they want everyone to move to Civ 4. It's not a pleasant thought because if that's the case then we can kiss the source code goodbye.

 

[T.A JONES]

is that speculation or fact?

Oh sorry man, it was just a vision, would have told ya earlier but was out. my friend from B.C'sin town.

I did hear some comments from a guy who has the same push(RIGHT NOW) as Greenspan did on the amero doller, he made a discouraging comment. Thats it not big deal, I read into it wrong ( the signs) but they were enough to flip my thoughts,
bah, everyone knows theres nothing but 'smoke' to a vison, except in Civinators case ;

Civinator coudn't get back any sooner but I do appreciate, as I bet the entire Civ3 forum does , the actual facts you shared on Tet project. Sounds big. I'll lay off my visions for a while. their best in moderation
but you keep up with yours

At times like this, many are pondering the future moves made by the makers and shakers at Firaxis- 2K-take-two, twoever One things for sure, it shoudn't be long before we find out.

 

[Civinator]

Oh sorry man, it was just a vision, would have told ya earlier but was out. my friend from B.C'sin town.

T.A JONES, thank you for clearing this. And if you are interested in TeT´s big project: If you read his posts from page 60 of the following thread, I´m sure you find a link to almost all I did remember in the thread about a new release of Civ 3: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=29279&page=60

And it´s interesting, that Bluemofia didn´t say anything to my question (at present the last post) in this thread, so he is often here in the forums.... May be, they are not allowed to speak more about it now?

 

[Rollinga]

Hello i think this is my first post in CIV3 fanatics but I visited the page and downloaded many, many things since 2003. And I play Sid Meier's Civilization since 1992. So I played civ I, II, III and IV, and I must said I was very dissapointed with Civ IV, but not surprised, since I saw several preview pictures...

In these "3D graphics fashion times", I unfortunately expected the graphic engine of Civ IV. I don't say that Civ 4 graphics are bad, but in some type of games these are inadequate, or at least, less relevant. A game as Civilization stands as one of the better (if not the best) stratey games for PC first of all, because of its game play. I don't like games like AOE (particulary Age of the King, and not precisely because of its graphics) since they had no historical coherence. I see Civ 4 more closely to AOE 3, than Civ 3 was to AOE 2

I am doing now a "all in one" mod, like Steph, with much own work, but based on the work of many people. Since I am a History Student, I want to do a more realistic game (crisis between Feudalism and Capitalism, War based on Economic interests, Colonization and Decolonization, etc) Since it is my first post, I apologize to speak about a different topic, so I finished here. But I would like to have any response to these project (specially from mod makers like Steph or Pinktilapia) to

stonedeloeste@yahoo.com.ar

 

[Civinator]

First: Welcome to CFC Rollinga,

I share your opinion on the graphic engine of Civ 4 . Mainly, because it´s a massive barricade to mod Civ 4 and secondly because most objects look clumsy.

The ideas of your mod sound interesting. But to get more responses - if I were you - I would open a new thread in this Civ 3 Creation & Customization forum with the working title of your mod, explain a lot more about it (what you said is too less for serious responses), show what I have to offer and add lots of screenshots showing the new ideas.

And please don´t highjack this thread for your mod.

 

[Keroro]

A lot of people have found the graphics of Civ 4 to be disappointing, and I'm one of them. TBH I think that when Ares De Borg's second terrain pack comes out then Civ 3 is going to look a hell of a lot better than Civ4.

And WHF did Civ need 3D graphics anyway?

 

[T.A JONES]

Huh it happen again 114 to 98 in Civ3 favour. More modding going on this side then its predessor . Weird even after the expansion. Never would have thought

 

[pinktilapia]

108 logged on, nice numbers. We lost to 4 by only 3, thats close for game thats been out since forever. Anyway I had a bad vision I have to share. All that talk bout a new expansion possibly, had me worked up a bit, till it sank in:

2K games is heading to the consoles with Ciivilization CLASSICS, That means 2and 3, hell even one, all bundled heres where the mods fit in, plus the best mods RFRE and DRIFT's as 'bonus DVD-like' options

No patchs, no BIC no nothing but rehash on a 700$(canadian) PS3

Sorry to scare everyone, mybe the sounds good to some, I know I liked console games whwn I was younger. Tekken was my favorite The PS3 version will be incredible. The last release , Tekken 5 had all the old releases bundled together.

Just like the new Civ Console game (Civ5 ) is going to bundle history with the new. Thats right Civ 1, 2, 3 with 3 including top notch mods as bonus material will be available shortly after or just before christamas. Some crappy vision man. I was lookin forward to the X-pak on the pc, Now that seems like dreaming to me

Geeez T.A Jones, you scarred me on that one! Frankly, I think we better wait now, for there is no news from Take2 and I suspect the hypothesis made above, that they are still considering the release, is correct.

@Rollinga - indeed, open a thread and present there what you have in mind. Anything trying to be historical in Civ3 is thrilling me (but is also very challenging!).

 

[Red Door]

A lot of people have found the graphics of Civ 4 to be disappointing, and I'm one of them. TBH I think that when Ares De Borg's second terrain pack comes out then Civ 3 is going to look a hell of a lot better than Civ4.

And WHF did Civ need 3D graphics anyway?

Because all Firaxis wants it money. They wanted the stupid noobs in the Civ 4 forums with the brain power of a 10 year old to say "Ooh, look at the pretty graphics, I want to buy this game."

 

[Stormrage]

Hey man, Odin was, like, 11 when he joined, and even he seemed to have some common sense

And thats obviously not the reason, no one in their right mind will say that is pretty.. Low Poly is so ugly! Just the other day I was googling for some images, and I saw a thumbnail and thought to myself: "Now there`s an ugly game, maybe my computer will be able to run it?".. It turned out to be World of Warcraft..

 

[tjedge1]

I heard World of Warcraft was turn based combat too. I think that stinks for a MMORPG. Great for single player games when you aren't really focused. Great when youhave kids, but stinks as far as excitement goes. This is a little off topic isn't it?

 

[polyphemus]

^

its ok, we do that from time to time...