FFH2 Warlord edition

[MagisterCultuum]

I thought that Kael said that ffh would move to bts after the final version is complete.

 

[feydras]

Hopefully updating to BtS will make FfH work with the latest pitboss. That would be reason enough to do it IMO.

I don't think it is too much to ask for people to buy the expansion and support Firaxis a bit. We certainly get our money's worth out of the FfH team's free content.

- feydras

 

[coko]

Sounds great! Good reason to get this expansion then

 

[MagisterCultuum]

This upset me at first, since I wasted some money (actually a gift card) on Warlords and haven't play it since I found my original CD. I bought it thinking it would let me continue playing FfH. However, after reading what will be added to BtS I am gland. I especially like the ability to start later into the game. I was going to suggest adding something like this to FfH soon, since it takes even longer to play, but I guess it might be best to leave that work to the people who are getting paid for it. I usually need to give myself and several rivals a few dozen great people at the start of the game to speed the early game. I therefore rarely play as Cassiel, since each Great person I add to my first city lowers the potential to generate Adventurers.

Maybe this could also let you start a game as Hyborem or Basium, entering a world that has been auto-played until you were summoned.

 

[Arpymaster]

I will buy the BtS if I need it to play FFH2.
As someone said before, it's not that much for such a great-super mod

 

[cvlowe]

OK probably the wrong forum to ask this in, but since it follows the current discussion, here goes...

Does anybody know if BtS will require Warlords?

 

[BeefontheBone]

If the Civ 3 expansions are anything to go by, probably not, particularly since Warlords is in addition to the regular install, not on top of it. Not quite sure how they'll work out what to do with people who have both - it may well include Warlords' content for simplicity, like C3C did.

 

[cvlowe]

Maybe they should sell a "chronicles" expansion- Warlords, BtS, and a DVD case that can hold 4 CDs so it will still all fit neatly in my box set

 

[Kael]

OK probably the wrong forum to ask this in, but since it follows the current discussion, here goes...

Does anybody know if BtS will require Warlords?

You would need someone from Firaxis to answer that for you.

 

[AlazkanAssassin]

To quote the official press release:

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword from 2K will require the full version of Sid Meier's Civilization IV to play and will be released for PC in July 2007, retailing for $29.99

 

[JDexter]

Maybe this could also let you start a game as Hyborem or Basium, entering a world that has been auto-played until you were summoned.

This is already possible, look at the Rhye's and Fall of Civilization mod (pretty good one, but more like a historically correct vanilla, not containing any fantasy elements). You pick a civ and the game is autoplayed until the birth-date of the chosen civ (i.e. Greeks at 1800 BC, USA 1750AD or so). Would be cool, but probably quite some work to integrate.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I know it is possible already. I was going to suggest integrating part of Rhye's code, but if they would just have to undo this later it might be easier just to wait until the expansion.

 

[Kael]

Hyborem and Basium are rewarded races, you have to play to earn them. I dont think it would be very satisfying to let the AI play forward until they create them. Better to let the player plan it out.