Shadowsong
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When I check a game it says "GOTM starts not allowed". What does that mean?
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The start file page checks if the name of the game contains "gotm". It's possible that you could have generated a file with a name that contains "gotm" accidentally. If that's the case (I.e. that you're not actually trying to submit a GOTM game to the HOF) then just ignore that error message.Shadowsong said:
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I submitted it.Dianthus said:
@Shadowsong, did you by any chance open a gotm game by double-clicking the save file? Opening a save that way has been known to change your "GameName" parameter in the CivilizationIV.ini file to whatever the file has. You have to manually change it back.Dianthus said:
Could you explain? I've no idea what that means!Kalleyao said:
You mean like the players tab of the statistics page? The Civ4 HOF site is still a work in progress. As with the Civ3 site, extra stuff will keep being added. It's already got quite a number of features that the Civ3 site doesn't. Some feedback (I.e. asking nicely) may well influence what changes get priority. And new ideas are welcome too!Kalleyao said:
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Yeah.Denniz said:
I just submitted a new game and it was approvedDenniz said:You have to manually change it back.
. I guess it somehow got fixed 
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Well, you are busy (seen your sigKalleyao said:Oops, was in hurry when I wrote. I mean #1 in whole hof game like #1 in score, #1 in time etc. When i check a game I can't see if it was #1 in whole hof.
). So you mean the game_info page?Yes example here. http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ3/game_info.php?entryID=869Dianthus said:Well, you are busy (seen your sig
I clearly see #1 in score and histograohic.
It seems that I can no longer access any of the General/Map/Histogram/Log tab right for "unchecked" submitted game. Is this how it supposes to work from now on?
Yes, that's the intentional. We don't want players submitting non-HOF games just so they can get access to the game info page.Moonsinger said:
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Would you release those game info as a separate utility program? I'm sure many people would want to use it for non-HOF game.
No intention at the moment. One of the big headaches is trying to avoid spoiler information, and I don't have to worry about that for the HOF page as I can be absolutely certain that the game has finished, and so show any information without having to worry about spoilers.Moonsinger said:
jeejeep
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I was wondering about the reasoning behind excluding fractal, shuffle, and custom continents maps. These are the maps I find most interesting and the ones I play the most. Though I might want to submit a few games to the HoF, this might not be true if I cannot play my favorite maps. I can kind of see reasons for custom continents, though I don't see any for shuffle or fractal.
Custom Continents allows a little too much player manipulation over the map. Fractal and shuffle are just too unpredicatble. While regenerating maps for good starts in standard HOF tactics, those two maps in particular could yield phenomenal starts.
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I was under the impression that shuffle chose either a pangaea, continents, or archipelago map script and then used one of those. Therefore, it should be just as legal as those three.
JungleIII
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I understand we can regenerate the starting map in HOF games... Question - If I regenerate a map and don't move past the 1st turn, will it matter if I "settle" to just see what kind of production/research I would have received had I stayed in the original position?
To clarify - I wanted to submit a descent game to the HOF, but I noticed in the log that the game log listed my two earlier settlements in the log of game activity, in year 4000bc, when I regenerated my maps. Those two capital city founding were in crappy places, but I just wanted to see what the cities would produce. Once settled, I regenerated the game map and ended up keeping the third city and proceeded through a game from there. The 'founding' of those two first cities in no way effected my game score or knowledge of the game/map as I still had to explore the whole map.
I have the original 4000bc file saved prior to any movement or settlement for submission, for the city I evenutally founded after map regeneration, as I abandoned the first two maps/cities. Would this game be allowed for submission to HOF?
Cheers.... ...JungleIII
To clarify - I wanted to submit a descent game to the HOF, but I noticed in the log that the game log listed my two earlier settlements in the log of game activity, in year 4000bc, when I regenerated my maps. Those two capital city founding were in crappy places, but I just wanted to see what the cities would produce. Once settled, I regenerated the game map and ended up keeping the third city and proceeded through a game from there. The 'founding' of those two first cities in no way effected my game score or knowledge of the game/map as I still had to explore the whole map.
I have the original 4000bc file saved prior to any movement or settlement for submission, for the city I evenutally founded after map regeneration, as I abandoned the first two maps/cities. Would this game be allowed for submission to HOF?
Cheers.... ...JungleIII
Your scenario is okay. We see that alot. The 4000BC save from your final regen is the correct one. Good luck.JungleIII said:I understand we can regenerate the starting map in HOF games... Question - If I regenerate a map and don't move past the 1st turn, will it matter if I "settle" to just see what kind of production/research I would have received had I stayed in the original position?
To clarify - I wanted to submit a descent game to the HOF, but I noticed in the log that the game log listed my two earlier settlements in the log of game activity, in year 4000bc, when I regenerated my maps. Those two capital city founding were in crappy places, but I just wanted to see what the cities would produce. Once settled, I regenerated the game map and ended up keeping the third city and proceeded through a game from there. The 'founding' of those two first cities in no way effected my game score or knowledge of the game/map as I still had to explore the whole map.
I have the original 4000bc file saved prior to any movement or settlement for submission, for the city I evenutally founded after map regeneration, as I abandoned the first two maps/cities. Would this game be allowed for submission to HOF?
Cheers.... ...JungleIII
BTW, Welcome to the Hall of Fame.
JungleIII
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Wow - that is GREAT! I reallly didn't want to waste several days of 'work' and I couldn't see how it made any difference except to the log.
Thanks and I will be submitting the game shortly!!!
Cheers... ...JungleIII
Thanks and I will be submitting the game shortly!!!
Cheers... ...JungleIII
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