Do you play user-created scenarios?

Do you DL and play user-created scenarios?

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Rarely in single player. I've played a couple but they ended up becoming very slow moving games since there were so many units to manage. I tend to play more as PBEMs where the turns are broken up so it doesn't matter as much if a turn takes a long time to finish.
 
But of course. It's the only thing that keeps me playing these days - the game is even more fun to hack than it is out of the box, which is saying a lot...
 
i've noticed in the past that the main hangup w/ the user created scenarios is the fact that a ton of errors occur and this drastically hampers the quality of many of the user-created scenarios.

what baffles me is how so few CFC'ers actually make scenarios.

i know there are plenty on the forums but many of them are unfortunately riddled w/ errors.

we have many unit creators (well not nearly enough i s'pose ;-), mod-pack creators and the like but there are few true and deidicated scenario creaotrs out there.
 
I long since mostly play scens and mods. The one's I've sunk the most time into are TAM, ACW, and MoM (all of which I've had some role in the development of). I'm also a member of the LOTM team.

Where applicable, I'm much in favour of historical accuracy. With mods based on some specific fictional setting, I'm similarly much in favour of fidelity to that.

I tend to prefer pre-modern settings. There's exceptions; I'm always ready to recommend MrBlack's Iran-Iraq War scenario.
 
El Justo said:
i've noticed in the past that the main hangup w/ the user created scenarios is the fact that a ton of errors occur and this drastically hampers the quality of many of the user-created scenarios.

what baffles me is how so few CFC'ers actually make scenarios.

i know there are plenty on the forums but many of them are unfortunately riddled w/ errors.

we have many unit creators (well not nearly enough i s'pose ;-), mod-pack creators and the like but there are few true and deidicated scenario creaotrs out there.
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Well... I think there are more scenario makers than you might realize. On the other hand, I know what you mean. It is easy to mod the game, but making an error-free scenario with an install program and/or interesting map can be a tremendous undertaking. Moreover, once a mod is finished, then the person who plays it must learn the modified rules, which can itself be quite a chore. For a person who enjoys -playing- the game it is much easier, and more entertaining, to mod one's own game according to taste, as I do. That way the game is never the same, and I know the rules, since I made them up. On the other hand, I suppose that is not very public-spirited.
 
IbnSina said:
Well... I think there are more scenario makers than you might realize. On the other hand, I know what you mean. It is easy to mod the game, but making an error-free scenario with an install program and/or interesting map can be a tremendous undertaking. Moreover, once a mod is finished, then the person who plays it must learn the modified rules, which can itself be quite a chore. For a person who enjoys -playing- the game it is much easier, and more entertaining, to mod one's own game according to taste, as I do. That way the game is never the same, and I know the rules, since I made them up. On the other hand, I suppose that is not very public-spirited.
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i agree that many CFC'ers mod on their own. no doubt.

hey, if someone doesn't want to post their mods/scenarios, there's nothing wrong w/ that.

it took me a longgggggg time to learn to mod/bug hunt/playtest, etc. so, i could understand that.
 
I don't anymore. Most are kinda incomplete or weird. i make my own for myself sometimes, changes I know I'll like. But i really think the best modder is Firaxis itself.
 
Republica said:
I don't anymore. Most are kinda incomplete or weird. i make my own for myself sometimes, changes I know I'll like. But i really think the best modder is Firaxis itself.
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i understand.

however, i believe that firaxis skimps on several areas of their conquest scenarios.

there are a handfull of scenarios here at CFC that really blow firaxis out of the water.
 
El Justo said:
i understand.

however, i believe that firaxis skimps on several areas of their conquest scenarios.

there are a handfull of scenarios here at CFC that really blow firaxis out of the water.
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Hi John, could you list a few of your favorites and why? :scan: :cool:
 
dgfred said:
Hi John, could you list a few of your favorites and why? :scan: :cool:
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hey greg!

sure.

well, all of sarevok and rocoteh's scenarios are all awesome. they are all bug-free and the creators have spent countless hours constructing them. 2 in particular: The Great War and Operation Barbarosa.

Rocoteh's WW2 Global (just released) is another fantastic WW2 simulation complete w/ every single naval vessell of the war. no kidding. Rocoteh is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to this kind of stuff. nice fella, too.

the American Civil War scenarios are also very challenging.

shameless plug :p : my Age of Imperialism Deluxe scenario is also alot of fun to play. i know that i spent months fine tuning it. it is also excellent if you like the naval aspects of civ3; especially the old school dreadnought battleships from the turn of the 20th century.

there are surely others. i just can't remember them right now.
 
One I very much like ATM is Plotinus' The Rood and the Dragon, dealing with Anglo-Saxon England. It's rather more small-scale than most of the things El Justo mentioned - thus playing faster - and has just about the best encyclopaedia in any scenario I've seen (the official Conquests included).
 
Yes, I play them, if they're historical and load reasonably fast. Mainly playing RaR, RoX, Rood and the Dragon, TTK, AoI, ACW, 1914 by Marla Singer (I like Sarevok's but the loading times are a bit much for me), and WWII Europe (the 100x100 one.)
 
None of the scenarios on this site come close because there is something wrong with each one. Firaxis may skimp but at least what they release is functional and completed.
 
Republica said:
None of the scenarios on this site come close because there is something wrong with each one. Firaxis may skimp but at least what they release is functional and completed.
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i beg to differ ;)

firaxis skimps mostly on unit diversity.

for example, WWII in the Pacific could've been made sooooo much better had they included more aircrafts, UUs for the naval units and much, much more.

i agree that many user-created scenarios contain errors but this certainly does not apply to all of them.

@TLC
Plotinus' Rood scenario seems like a nice one though i haven't played it. Mr. Black's Iran-Iraq war is also a nice scenario that i've played.

my main point of contention for scenarios (bugs/errors aside) is load times. no doubt that this causes me to go batty. i bug out if i have to wait in line at the bank let alone in front of my PC. i am from the NE USA. what else would you expect? :p

anyhow, i am on the verge of releasing another scenario that defies civ3 logic in the fact that the load times are absolutely unbeleivable. 45-60 seconds tops. this is after 125 turns and hordes of units on the map. it is all in the actual size of the map. the bigger you go, the longer you wait.
 
I don't play scenarios often but I do play mods often (RaR, Rhye's, etc.) I'm not sure what that would make me.
 
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