Do I have to buy on Steam to get Babylon?

[Eleos]

I am not a big fan of Steam, and would really like to buy the Deluxe Edition, but Babylon is my favorite. Can anyone provide information about purchasing Babylon and the other map packs? If you could provide a link to the source, that would help a lot. I don't mind paying for it later, I just don't want to be stuck without my favorite Civ forever if I buy the Deluxe Edition.

Time is running out and I want to get my preorder in!

Thank you!

-Eleos

 

[Kordanor]

Afaik Steam and D2D are the only possibilities. If it will be available as DLC later on is currently unknown.

 

[12agnar0k]

You can buy the deulexe on either D2D or Steam, either way Steam is required to play the game.
So if your just not a big fan, and thus want to give profits to a different retailer, then D2D is your only choice.

 

[Eleos]

Well, what I really want is Babylon, more then the Deluxe Edition. If I can get the Babylon later, or now from another source, I would like to do that.

 

[bhavv]

If you get the digital deluxe on D2D, you will also get the first two DLC civs for free as well, so thats a good offer if you want all the civs.

If you want all the extra civs included, get the D2D digital deluxe. I made a mistake and got it on steam and now I'm trying to cancel it to get D2D's offer instead.

 

[Alsark]

If you get the digital deluxe on D2D, you will also get the first two DLC civs for free as well, so thats a good offer if you want all the civs.

Yep, this is why D2D is, I think, the best of all of the offers.

 

[Saint Rising]

I'm pretty sure that Babylon will be released as DLC in the future. Don't quote me on this fact, but I don't think 2K games would skip on the potential profit from it.

 

[Alsark]

I'm pretty sure that Babylon will be released as DLC in the future. Don't quote me on this fact, but I don't think 2K games would skip on the potential profit from it.

I agree. They already confirmed all of the pre-order map packs will eventually be available as DLC. So the same will likely hold true for Babylon.

 

[allypower]

No you don't have to buy from steam nor DLC to get Babylon. Someone probably gonna up load those as mods for free.

 

[Fin]

No you don't have to buy from steam nor DLC to get Babylon. Someone probably gonna up load those as mods for free.

If by loading them up you mean making their own, then they might try, but I doubt it will be easy to come up with as high quality civs as the DLC civs.

If by loading them up you mean putting the DLC civs on the internet for free, I would hope not. That's all kinds of illegal.

 

[Alsark]

No you don't have to buy from steam nor DLC to get Babylon. Someone probably gonna up load those as mods for free.

I doubt it. There will likely be restrictions against that. Any site that has strong ties to Firaxis/2K, like CivFanatics, would disallow the uploading of content taken directly from DLC packages. Unfortunately, 2K hasn't commented on this. They say they are allowing "free modding", but I'm guessing it's going to come with a restriction (not really making it entirely free).

 

[allypower]

Ok so for example:

Take the XML files put them into Mod A
Take music files put them into Mod B
Take unit files put them into Mod C
Take leader files put them into Mod D

Of course these mods also include other contents that you make with the original game.

Upload them as separate mods since none of them are completely DLC.
Downloader would download all four mods and assemble them back component wise to the DLC.

 

[Alsark]

Ok so for example:

Take the XML files put them into Mod A
Take music files put them into Mod B
Take unit files put them into Mod C
Take leader files put them into Mod D

Of course these mods also include other contents that you make with the original game.

Upload them as separate mods since none of them are completely DLC.
Downloader would download all four mods and assemble them back component wise to the DLC.

"Mod B" and "Mod D" would probably not be allowed. Mod A and Mod C probably wouldn't be a big deal, though.

 

[Lord G]

I played Babylon in my first civ game ever (civ 1) so for me its a tradition to play babylon as my first game in a new civ, so I bought of steam. But I'd sure have liked the special edition with figurines and stuff

 

[Alsark]

For its cost, the Special Edition should have certainly come with Babylon. It makes no sense from a marketing point of view to give players who pay less more in-game. So I'm guessing the Special Edition sales weren't very high.

 

[thungrim]

I doubt it. There will likely be restrictions against that. Any site that has strong ties to Firaxis/2K, like CivFanatics, would disallow the uploading of content taken directly from DLC packages. Unfortunately, 2K hasn't commented on this. They say they are allowing "free modding", but I'm guessing it's going to come with a restriction (not really making it entirely free).

From a modding standpoint, is it even possible to create unique buildings, unique units, and unique attributes to attach to a supposed unique civ? If not, DLC might be the only way to get genuinely "new" civs into the game.

 

[bhavv]

For its cost, the Special Edition should have certainly come with Babylon. It makes no sense from a marketing point of view to give players who pay less more in-game. So I'm guessing the Special Edition sales weren't very high.

Thats exactly why I cancelled my order for the boxed special edition. £10 more, no babylon. I werent too bothered about the figurines, I just wanted the collectors box, but its too much for too little.

 

[allypower]

"Mod B" and "Mod D" would probably not be allowed. Mod A and Mod C probably wouldn't be a big deal, though.

Mod D not allowed? Ok the original leader file is not allowed? How about use Maya/Blender to delete 2 bones off the leader file and add in 3 of your own bones, redo the polygon count, delete some edges. So now technically the leader file isn't really the original DLC content file anymore.

Different polygon count probably has 5-10 less polygons, different bones structure (it lost 2 bones) and has 3 new bones.

the dds texture file not allowed? sure draw 2 extra lines somewhere in the texture file, they are no longer the same.
Or even more, save the file as JPG, a million pixels have changed color, then resave it as dds.

Now upload it as a mod.

Music files are not allowed? - Use a mixer and remix it, it's no longer the same music.

 

[Davor]

Do you still get the $10 off for buying anything over $50 from D2D? If so, might as well get it there, since you will get Civ III free, get the collocters dediton, or is it called special edtion for the same price as vanillia Civ V.

 

[Eleos]

Looks like D2D FTW! Thanks all!