Hey guys...

[CivPartisan]

Hey, Thanks for the answers Dan...

By the way, there has been quite a bit of debate over program size, whether it might require more than one CD...if so, it would be interesting to know.

I was also thinking about some of the sounds and if we can expect new areas of the game to be accompanied by sound effects that were not in Civ II.

Thanks for checking back!



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[Fishheads]

hey dan :_)

i'm just wondering, wouldn't firaxis have some sorta contract demanding you not go to places like this? from what i know a lot of companys will restict acess to any sorta fan based media due to the fact you could always read/see something and take that idea and use it.. but i dunno. that's just what i hear

 

[damunzy]

To: Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
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ok, here we go, :think good thoughts...:
What is a dinosaur machine? Can you give us specs on what you think is a dinosaur?
Thank you for all the information that you have given to us and I can't wait to play Civ3!
Oh, BTW, I have a P2-450, so I am pretty sure that I will be able to play Civ3 with very little problems. I am asking this question for the many CivFanatics that don't have systems that are as fast or faster than mine.

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[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

Originally posted by Fishheads:
hey dan :_)

i'm just wondering, wouldn't firaxis have some sorta contract demanding you not go to places like this? from what i know a lot of companys will restict acess to any sorta fan based media due to the fact you could always read/see something and take that idea and use it.. but i dunno. that's just what i hear

Not really, because an isolated idea is not really something you can copyright or patent. It's not as if I can say "I think it's a good idea to have a 3D globe map" and then patent that idea, so that if some game company decides to implement that idea, I can sue them. More the contrary, it essentially helps us to gauge what our customers want and give it to them.

Now, we don't accept submissions that are ideas for games, or anything like that, because then the lines get a little more grey; someone actively approaches you with an idea for a game that they either want to sell to you or just give you, and you happen to already be making a game like that, which turns out to be a million seller -- well, you can see where this road goes.

Generally speaking I just try to keep tabs on what our various fan communities are talking about, and answer what questions I can.

Regards,

Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

 

[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

Originally posted by JValdezToo:
Hey, Thanks for the answers Dan...

By the way, there has been quite a bit of debate over program size, whether it might require more than one CD...if so, it would be interesting to know.

I was also thinking about some of the sounds and if we can expect new areas of the game to be accompanied by sound effects that were not in Civ II.

Thanks for checking back!

John,

Not sure about the sound question, seems like our sound engineer, Marc, always has some Civ sounds going on. (BTW, sound guys have the weirdest archives of source sounds, it's insane. You wouldn't believe some of the source sounds they use)

As far as the game spanning multiple discs, that's generally a question for later down the road. Right now it's not even an issue, but there is quite a bit of collateral art and multimedia yet to be added, so who knows.

Regards,


Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

 

[Vedda]

Hi Dan thanks for the CIV III site I love it
and hope to see more soon.
These forums have had some really good ideas posted on them and i belive that the comments made by these CIV Fanatics will definatly give you guys a good idea of what the dedicated Civ players want to see in this the next instalment of the best Strategy Game Ever!!!

keep up the A grade work.

 

[Fishheads]

cool.. just wondering, it's nice to see someone around.. a lot of other places i go to you never seen anyone offial,

anywho.. thanks :_)

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Hi Dan!

I have some questions related to my country.

Will Civ3 be one any other language than English? I would like to se more games to be in Swedish. But since we have a population off "just" 8,8 million people I guess it isn't worth the time.

WHEN WILL CIVILIZATION 3 COME OUT TO THE STORES?

Will it come later to Sweden than to US?

I am waiting for your reply!

By the way I think Civ3 so far looks great!!

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Just curios, do you ever read the Civ3 suggestions?

 

[growthudemocracy]

Dan, thank you so much for contacting us civ nuts. i am so excited about civ3 i was afraid that call to power was the end of the line, yuk! you guys take all the time you need i know the game will be great coming from people who actually interact with their customers. i only have 1 plea, if at all possible let their be a raze or destroy city option upon caputering an enemy city, just remember what scipio did to carthage, thanx!

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[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

Originally posted by Håkan Eriksson:
Hi Dan!

I have some questions related to my country.

Will Civ3 be one any other language than English? I would like to se more games to be in Swedish. But since we have a population off "just" 8,8 million people I guess it isn't worth the time. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/frown.gif" border=0>

WHEN WILL CIVILIZATION 3 COME OUT TO THE STORES? <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0> Will it come later to Sweden than to US?

I am waiting for your reply!

By the way I think Civ3 so far looks great!!<IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/goodwork.gif" border=0>

Håkan,

With respect to a Swedish version, the publisher usually makes these decisions, so there isn't much I can tell you. Infogrames just acquired Hasbro so there's certainly a better chance of getting a localized version.

As for the release date, we haven't committed to a specific date yet so stay tuned for that.

Thanks,

Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

 

[a_disciple]

Hey Dan

I must say you suprise me, daring to come into this forum

- because you have entered the fanatics of civilization, and you know that we can ask - let us say - some... (or should it be A LOT of) questions!

Your Civ III site is great, and I look foreward to see more on it. I just can't wait to see the BEST STRATEGY GAME EVER get EVEN BETTER!!!

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