First Civ 4 Screenshots!

Btw- mid 2004 saw this list made for a joint project on creating a pc strategy game that would eventualy never take off. Made well before the first ever announcement of the upcomming Civ4, it includes all those things Civ3 lacks, but that had been seen on several other engines (in some cases MUCH older and technologicaly outdated games). These were all gaming-related; not a single one read 3d until I added the units section well ahead of this discussion, yet for all those who haven't seen this it might yet be worth while your time taking a peek, as its also some sort of amalgamated wishlist of many a strategy veteran.

edit: ... and judging from the few available ones, I deduce: 90%+ of civvers don't like Munits (?)
 
W.i.n.t.e.r said:
... and judging from the few available ones, I deduce: 90%+ of civvers don't like Munits (?)
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I don't generally like Munits. However, I have seen them in scenarios as barbarians and they looked ok. I'd prefer normal units, but it's each to their own isn't it?

Hopefully, we'll see some new screenshots soon!
 
W.i.n.t.e.r said:
edit: if I may just quote one of the most notorious and controversial civ3 unit creators (who, by the way, uses 3d animation, including 3dMax- I'm sure every modder has added one of his hundreds of planes or some of his great ships) who recently, after hearing the next Civ installment will feature 3d gave the following statement:

I'd say, that kinda reflects the way 3d creators feel about Firaxis changing their standards...
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Intresting. I'll have to ask him about that train of thought.:hmm:

BTW saying he's controversial is putting it rather midly. :p ;) :D
 
thesmith said:
Gamespot seems to think there will be another preview of civ4, this time in the March issue of Computer Games:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civilizationiv/index.html

It looks like this is where we'll be getting our info next, rather than from the firaxis website ...
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This is a magazine I think. It has been there for some time now.
The same thing happened with PC gamer before '05.
 
unfortionatley the censorship at my school will not empower me to view such an article, anything with the word games init, it wont let me view. please tell if it suggest a lengthly article with new screenshots, because if so i will buy the magazine, and if not ill donate what i save to the Civilization 4 Foundation of Research and Development
 
How about weather, and Natural disasters... [Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Blizzards(Tundra), Droughts, Floods, Hurricanes(In select Places on each map), Twisters (Plains)....

Now just editing this...i should have read the rest of the pages... There is alot tho..
 
Only saw these screenshots today... Seems that they are using the same design principles as in Pirates! land battles. In fact, the munits and graphics remind me very much of that game.

Still, the graphics are clearly early stage. We can only hope that the final program code is not as inefficient as it is in Pirates! (where you need a top-of-the-line comp to play the land battles at an acceptable speed).
 
Wolfwood said:
Only saw these screenshots today... Seems that they are using the same design principles as in Pirates! land battles. In fact, the munits and graphics remind me very much of that game.

Still, the graphics are clearly early stage. We can only hope that the final program code is not as inefficient as it is in Pirates! (where you need a top-of-the-line comp to play the land battles at an acceptable speed).
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Yup, that's true. SMP! sill will require a better comp than the final version of Civ IV (my guess) because there are more scenes in that game. Swordfighting, ship battles, etc. And these are the ones which tend to slow you down or require better specs.

In fact, I recently downloaded a demo of another new 3D strategy game which just came out. Looks amazing, but will run better on lower-end systems than Pirates!. I should also note that that game and SMP have the exact rough system requirements, yet one will run better as said.
 
Civrules said:
Yup, that's true. SMP! sill will require a better comp than the final version of Civ IV (my guess) because there are more scenes in that game. Swordfighting, ship battles, etc. And these are the ones which tend to slow you down or require better specs.
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What makes you think about 200+ 3D units running around on a 250x250 map in the Modern Age with 30 players in Simultaneous Mode would have fewer requirements than SMP?

To those of you with average systems: be prepared to upgrade.


BTW, for those of you who frequently bring up the 'why should we pay more for...' arguement: where are you now?


P.S. I never liked 3D units because they have a tendency to look like toys unless you put a HUGE amount of detail into them--that costs you system resources. (You can do this with 2D images at a fraction the cost.)

(IMO, 2D graphics are fine...just get a better artist and make them more generic so they don't look out of place.)
 
yoshi said:
What makes you think about 200+ 3D units running around on a 250x250 map in the Modern Age with 30 players in Simultaneous Mode would have fewer requirements than SMP?
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I never said that the final specs for Civ IV will be less than in Pirates!.
What I said was that Pirates has more scenes (such as swordfighting) which would need for your system to be a little better.

The basic ship sailing, or land battle portion is probably equivalent to playing a 3D strategy game (again, because they are similar scenes).
 
So when will more images be made available?
 
h4ppy said:
So when will more images be made available?
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I can't read minds, but I'm about 99% sure that they'll come out this month sometime. :)

Don't quote me on it!
 
guys and maybe girls if they use this dont u think that the picture for sunday march 6th is a pic for Civilization II maybe? coz designers are far better then that i mean come on!! :)
 
Can't wait to see some new shots... may have to buy that magazine if none come out soon.
 
Maybe April will be a better month... 'cause March is finishing, and still no news...

Hello everyone btw !
This is a French Fan that lives in Chile, South America, and has played Civ 1 since it came out in 1992 ! ;)

At your service, Bohemians Emperor of the Worlds and better manager than Solomon the Wise ! ahaahah... :king:
 
sav said:
Umm, someone point it out if i'm being ********, but where can I see the screenshots on the net? I'm not sure we get that magazine in NZ. So many google image searches for different combinations of "Civ 4" and "screenshots" has got me nowhere...
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The screenshots from PC Gamer which were originally posted here were removed at the magazine's request, because we are not really allowed to post them here as they are Copy Protected...

The screenshots from Game Informer no one has scanned and posted yet because I assume they are aware that posting of the new screenshots is not allowed. :)
 
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