ModCast 42: "Life, the Universe and Civ5"

[GarretSidzaka]

Meaning redefined. The forty-second episode of ModCast is now netcasting. Entitled "Life, the Universe and Civ5", it features core panelists Tony "GarretSidzaka" Kiehl, Wouter "Locutus" Snijders, Kenneth "Impaler[WrG]" Ferland and Peter "Maniac" Steenbeke with first-time guest co-host Cameron "Afforess" MacAvoy.

- 03m55s | Modding Spotlight
Speaking with the author himself, Rise of Mankind: A New Dawn by Afforess.
- 15m00s | News
The announcement of Civilization V, and what that is looking to mean for Civ modding... and the looking is good.

ModCast is a recurring audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game modding; sibling show PolyCast focuses on Civ strategy and RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution.

 

[Tssha]

You're not the only one who's played Light of Altair GarretSidzaka.

Not much to say about this episode, though I did enjoy it very much. I also second what you all said about WorldBuilder and I hope someone thought to compile this list of things to avoid in the next edition of WorldBuilder. I too would like the ability to make maps without putting civs into the game, or going through the intermediate step of starting a game. It'd also be good if you could run a map script to start with and use that random result as a start for whatever you're working on. Or just start with all blue tiles or another map. Whatever works.

Anyway, I don't know if the developers ever listen to modcast so if these suggestions are going to head their way, someone's going to have to list them and post them. And for the record, that's not what I did in the above paragraph. Consider that supplementary.

 

[GarretSidzaka]

thank you for you compliments.

i know that a few dev's have listened before. we have to wait just a little longer to find out the answers to all our questions.

 

[Ajidica]

Civ5 should be interesting for modding. The city states is giving me some interesting ideas for Italian Renniassance or Thirty Years War mod.
And I only have to learn lua which I have heard is a pain to learn, but is actualy relativly simplistic.

 

[mechaerik]

Oh Jews get +1!
Oh no, bad idea, bad idea!
Oh I think that Islam should get +10%!
Nooo, you idiots, that would never freakin fly!
You realize Lutherism is the inspiration for Nazism!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

^ Easily the funniest exchange in the episode, IMO.

ModCast: It doesnt suck!

BtW, garret, were you Ok during the episode? You sound a little off. Did you get a new voiceactor?

Also, you never informed us whether or not you had gone back to smoking or quit for two months!

 

[GarretSidzaka]

i quit smoking everything except for this incense blend now thats like catnip clove marshmallow leaf. i havent had a cigaret since november 2009! WOOHOOO

also i knew you would love the idea=bad religion section

 

[Maniac]

Oh Jews get +1!
Oh no, bad idea, bad idea!

Is that something I said? It's been a while since the episode was recorded.
Anyway, while that fact has been used against them over the course of history, it is a simple fact that Jews have often been present in banking and finance, as IIRC asking for interest was not allowed for Christians.

 

[mechaerik]

It was Impaler I think.