PlutonianEmpire
King of the Plutonian Empire
Spending my days playing Stellaris, Space Engine, or Classic Doom; working on my mods for them, will probably re-install Sims 2 at some point after windows defrag somehow killed it back in April
I still have my Sims 2 disks too! I also backed them up to iso in case they ever break. I'mma try to install from those iso to see if I can give my cd drive a break, it's pretty old. I worry about how it'll work on win 10; Sims 2 has always worked for me just fine in Windows 7 (so glad I got that anti-GWX app to block Win 10 spam), so I'm a bit bitter that support ended for Win 7 lol
F. So much pink flashing.
My laptop is so much of a potato that as soon as TS2 hits ~1.7 gb of memory use in task manager, pink flashing galore followed by a crash soon after. And yes the 4gb patch is applied, according to game logs. Still crashes at ~1.7 gb
To think I got the damn thing in 2014![]()
You build trade caravans like in Civ 2, then assign trade routes to particular cities. As the caravan moves to the target city it automatically lays down road behind it.What
How are roads made then
Military Engineers can build roads, but each road takes a build charge, so you can't build many which is frustrating. Later they can also build railroads, which don't require build charges, but DO require resources, so eh.You build trade caravans like in Civ 2, then assign trade routes to particular cities. As the caravan moves to the target city it automatically lays down road behind it.
So you have very little control of what tiles actually get roads. This also means you often have to choose between making the most profitable trade route and making a road you need for logistical purposes.
To make it more complicated, sometimes when you try to use a caravan to make a road between two coastal cities, the route AI refuses to do a land route and instead does a sea route.
Military Engineers also require you to be substantially advanced in tech. Usually in any other Civ game, by the time you are that advanced, you already have roads everywhere.Military Engineers can build roads, but each road takes a build charge, so you can't build many which is frustrating. Later they can also build railroads, which don't require build charges, but DO require resources, so eh.
Districts also auto-generate roads underneath them, so a tight-knit empire has little need to worry about building roads.
I finally made it to the summit. Unlike my previous game, where I was in a race with the Grim Reaper every step of the way, I decided to go up well-equipped and take my time enjoying the scenery. I spent a couple of days in the strange, isolated glen that clearly can't support all of that wildlife. I figure there must have been a path the animals were using before, which got buried in a landslide during the recent cataclysm and cut them off. Maybe the snowpack at the top of the mountain fed a stream that formed a pool there. Anyway, at the top I found...The Long Dark
After loafing around in the cabin at the base of Timberwolf Mountain for almost 2 weeks, Bullwinkle still hadn't shown his face. He must know I'm after him. Screw it, I decided, I'm going up the mountain. I had barely started when I walked right into a bear. I was traveling light, in anticipation of having to do some climbing, so I was able to run around and use the terrain to my advantage. I shot the S.O.B. 11 times before he caught up with me. He finally dropped from his wounds only about 20 yards from where he beat me up, which wasn't too far from the cabin. So now I have a bearskin that I don't really need. He'll make a nice rug, I guess.
So civ was your action on the side? Are you going to legitimise any children you've had?Dun worry guys, the hours I put into Civ 4 before I ever had it on Steam probably exceed the hours I've spent playing all other games combined
Of course, so then naturally the idea is to replace all that silly road-building micromanagement with trade route micromanagement (remember in Civ 4 the routes were assigned automatically)... and even more awesome'ly... 1UPT sliding puzzle unit movement micromanagement!I think the idea was 'stop making the player build all these roads by themselves, it's micromanagement'
How do you propose he does that? Don't start whining about the problems without offering solutionsSo civ was your action on the side? Are you going to legitimise any children you've had?