PTW versions

[ltccone]

It seems to me it would be much easier on Cracker and co. if all PTW users upgraded to 1.27. I understand the issues between 1.14 and 1.21, but what is the problem with 1.27? It is international.

If all PTW users were are version 1.27 playtesting, etc. would be so much easier!

 

[Melifluous]

I agree...

And as a map maker for my fellow PBEM players (see link in sig) I have thoroughly tested this version and found it no different from 1.21 in play.

Also PBEM's/SG's played in 1.21 can be played in either 1.21 or 1.27 if you like.

If you have 1.21, upgrade, they fixed a few things and compatability is good.

Melifluous

 

[cracker]

We will probably discontinue support for PTW versions v1.14 nad v1.21 effective with Gotm24-Korea. That is unless we detect that some major group has been excluded.

Looking forward to what may happen when Civ3 Conquests is released, we will probably wait until after the first of the year to consider supporting games in the Conquests Expansion pack. We need to learn from past experiences and recognize that the expansion pack will probably not be available worldwide until after Christmas and that if the initial release is bug free it will be an earthshaking first.

We will have to look closely at the Civ3C expansion pack and see if they have embedded significant game altering features that downgrade the level of strategic play on the same level as we observed with the PTW pack (ie. the outpost, airfields, mace, radar towers, and Internet SNAFUs).

We will need to discuss these options among the GOTM staff to see what makes sense. Up to this point, Firaxis has deliberately withheld information on Civ3C that would help us in our planning of future games and also that might help us evaluate the true general impact of any standard game features.

The retro active alteration of some of the base civilizations to the new Traits may create some added confusion during the first 3 to 6 months of 2004 but we will also need to make some mature and informed planning decisions that do not result in unwarranted pain and suffering for our friends in the Mac community as well as for those players who elect not to purchase the "optional" expansion pack.

 

[AlanH]

@Cracker: Thanks very much for your reassurances on the Mac front. Supportive as ever .

 

[dojoboy]

Originally posted by AlanH
@Cracker: Thanks very much for your reassurances on the Mac front. Supportive as ever .

I'll second that. I wonder if we can get Cracker a position w/ Infogrames, then maybe their games might get released on both platforms. Again, thanks Cracker for all the considerations.