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scenario editor?????
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dojoboy
Tsalagi
I just sent it, its 3.1 MB.
Gottesfreunde
Chieftain
You know, another really cool thing about SMAC/X that i observed is that when a player allies with another faction, that player can actually help protect cities through use of placement of their troops in the other factions cities. Additionally, you can freely give units. The diplomacy in that game beats Civ III hands down. i have been playing Civ III for several days now and have observed that there is very little in the diplomacy that actually makes sense to me, and the game has played to my base traits of obsessive compulsive disorder. The capacity to actually play a diplomatic game is simply chance and i have less control over these alliances and diplomacy than i had in Civ II. rant, rant, rant. i find that SMAC/X is very unstable on my machine now--both in OS 9 and in OS X-- after a few turns the game either literally crashes in OS X and freezes in OS 9. i would love to see an update, especially of the graphics--but would be fearful that they would dumb this game down as much as they have Civ III in the end.
gfeier
King
Mac Moo3 or the editor? Now which one do you expect first?
dojoboy
Tsalagi
Based on past history,.....MoO3, which is fine by me. My hunch is, we'll get the editor once the new MacSoft website is up and running. Peter Tamte and Al Schilling mentioned they were working hard on the new site. Now, I maintain an academic site for my course (without the bells and whistles), but it can't be that demanding.
Gottesfreunde
Chieftain
i love MOO2 and play it frequently, but i am not going to purchase MOO3 (or any other Mac title) until i have firm confirmation that my money is not going for a product where (regardless of whose to blame) i am relegated to the status of a beggar to get the complete and up to par version of it. i can't believe that we are here watching day in and day out for an editor to appear that was promised months ago, and even so, is obscelete without it ever being in our hands.
gfeier
King
Moo3 should suit you just fine. It looks like it will all be there.
nmcul
I have missles
But... That's what we thought about Civ 3!
Dum dum dum!!
Dum dum dum!!
Gottesfreunde
Chieftain
Yeah, i have read that Mac work on Moo3 has continued simultaneously with the PC version. But, that is not good enough. Although i have read the replies to my holding of MacSoft accountable for this fiasco with Civ III my thinking remains the same... Although MacSoft is seemingly under new management now, i'm one customer who is going to have to see that there is a real dedication to ensuring quality product before i give them any more of my money. The LAST thing i am going to do is give them more of my dollars when this last game (Civ III) that i purchased from them is incomplete, hobbled, as i have not gotten what should have been in the box on day one of purchase.
Grey Randall
Frustrated Mac Curmudgeon
ok.. lemme guess. The weather conditions on the east coast are now hampering the editor's release. Next week, it'll probably be that plague of locusts headed our way.
The Civ 3 Fans storm the offices...
m a c s o f t :rocket: "give us the editor"
o f f i c e :rocket2: "release the hostage now!"
c o m p o u n d :rocket: "charrrrrggggeee!"
:soldier::tank::soldier: We..must..free..the..hostage..editor...
m a c s o f t :rocket: "give us the editor" o f f i c e :rocket2: "release the hostage now!" c o m p o u n d :rocket: "charrrrrggggeee!":soldier::tank::soldier: We..must..free..the..hostage..editor...
I just noticed the views on this thread exceed 2600. Goes to show how bad and how many mac users want the editor and PTW.
Mac users:
"Give us the editor and PTW!!"
Macsoft:
Mac users:
"OK, give us the editor."
Macsoft:
Mac users:
"OK, heres my life savings, my car, and my shirt, now can I have the editor, pleeeeease?"
Macsoft:
Mac users:
"Give us the editor and PTW!!"Macsoft:
Mac users:
"OK, give us the editor."Macsoft:
Mac users:
"OK, heres my life savings, my car, and my shirt, now can I have the editor, pleeeeease?"Macsoft:
Grey Randall
Frustrated Mac Curmudgeon
Guess just what showed up in my email 2 seconds ago from MacsoftGames?
**************************
Grey,
We have absolutely no control over the existing site. A new MacSoft
site is in the works and will be up as soon as humanly possible. The Civ III Editor will be available today or tomorrow.
On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Grey Randall wrote:
> You site hasn't been updated in AGES
>
> I understand about the merger, but no information whatsoever tends to
> make
> people think they're being abandoned.
>
> This complete and utter silence over the Civilization III editor is
> another
> issue.
>
> Why can't a beta be released until the documentation is done?
>
> This editor has been promised to us for over a year now and it looks
> like
> it's never coming out now!!!
>
> Grey Randall
***************************
Should we take this as gospel, or take it with a grain of salt?
**************************
Grey,
We have absolutely no control over the existing site. A new MacSoft
site is in the works and will be up as soon as humanly possible. The Civ III Editor will be available today or tomorrow.
On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Grey Randall wrote:
> You site hasn't been updated in AGES
>
> I understand about the merger, but no information whatsoever tends to
> make
> people think they're being abandoned.
>
> This complete and utter silence over the Civilization III editor is
> another
> issue.
>
> Why can't a beta be released until the documentation is done?
>
> This editor has been promised to us for over a year now and it looks
> like
> it's never coming out now!!!
>
> Grey Randall
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Should we take this as gospel, or take it with a grain of salt?
Kinniken
Riding with William
That way we won't get disapointed if it's pushed back AGAIN 
I'll start screaming with joy when I have it running on my comp, not before...
I'll start screaming with joy when I have it running on my comp, not before...
Grey Randall
Frustrated Mac Curmudgeon
Hmmm. I think the whole issue has made most of us salty enough as it is.
Barkeep! God's Blessings and salt licks all around for the Mac Civ III users!
Barkeep! God's Blessings and salt licks all around for the Mac Civ III users!
ejday
King
Grain? Water-softening block of salt? I'd have more confidence if we sent Hans Blix tot he studios to inspect if that had any possibility of happening.
...Nah, I'd take it with a strip-mine of salt.
Go ahead, MacSoft, prove me wrong. Please.
I wouldn't hold my breath until the editor is released if I were you 
I think we've all been pretty patient (to greater or lesser extents) and I hope that everyone on the distribution end realizes this, but I doubt that we'll see the patch by the weekend.
The Five Phases of the Editor
1. Skepticism -- doubt spreads among the Mac gaming community of ever reaching near parity with the PC crowd.
2. Optimism -- Brad announces that he's finishing up the editor and it should be done soon.
3. Cynicism -- the editor is done and in the hands of the beancounters, etc. Should be released anytime now (weeks go by).
4. Pessimism -- Oh no, there has been a change of the guard, should be a couple more days (more weeks go by), etc.
5. Elation -- a pirate version of the mac editor appears on an anonymous FTP site (wishful thinking), or, God forbid, MacSoft comes thru on their promise and has the editor released.
Leaving us where? Still two steps behind the other 95% of the computing world and using the superior machine with inferior software.
(stepping down from the soapbox now -- please return to your regularly scheduled gaming.)
JP
I think we've all been pretty patient (to greater or lesser extents) and I hope that everyone on the distribution end realizes this, but I doubt that we'll see the patch by the weekend.
The Five Phases of the Editor
1. Skepticism -- doubt spreads among the Mac gaming community of ever reaching near parity with the PC crowd.
2. Optimism -- Brad announces that he's finishing up the editor and it should be done soon.
3. Cynicism -- the editor is done and in the hands of the beancounters, etc. Should be released anytime now (weeks go by).
4. Pessimism -- Oh no, there has been a change of the guard, should be a couple more days (more weeks go by), etc.
5. Elation -- a pirate version of the mac editor appears on an anonymous FTP site (wishful thinking), or, God forbid, MacSoft comes thru on their promise and has the editor released.
Leaving us where? Still two steps behind the other 95% of the computing world and using the superior machine with inferior software.
(stepping down from the soapbox now -- please return to your regularly scheduled gaming.)
JP
Gottesfreunde
Chieftain
Last year it was related that completing an OS 9 version of the editor would result in its taking at least "another month or two" to complete. The explanation given for doing an OS X only version was to ensure the editor could get out sooner--at that time, it was promised by April 2002. Although i was very upset by this news then, the effects of that decision have lessened as i have finally given in and moved to OS X when i purchased my new Mac. But, i still can't ignore the fact that we are practically eleven (11) months past the promised release date of the editor, and that even with that--the editor is obselete upon delivery. i just don't understand why--after waiting so long, the 1.29 editor is not being released that would keep parity with the PC side.
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