SGOTM 6 - Gyathaar's Mystery Game
Welcome to the C-IV SGOTM 04 Maintenance thread. The purpose of this thread is to give you somewhere to post about non-spoiler issues relating to the game. It is a way of communicating to the rest of the players outside your team, and with the staff about matters that affect your team or everyone. You can post about bugs, rule clarifications, problems with the roster etc. Please subscribe to it so that you are kept up to date with new information as the game proceeds.
Team Lists are provided in the second post in this thread.
The Game
Gyathaar is playing this one close to his chest. Here's all the intelligence I've been able to wring out of him:
- Prince difficulty
- Epic speed
- You play as the Charismatic, Protective Churchill of the English Empire.
- You start with Fishing and Mining.
- Your unique unit is the Redcoat, replacing the Rifleman.
- Your Unique building is the Stock Exchange, replacing the Bank.
- The map is a highly modified Cylindrical Big And Small map, using the BtS map script. It is Standard, Temperate, Medium sea level.
- Always war. All VCs are enabled. I think the barbs are at default setting.
Versions
This game will be played in Warlords Version 2.13, on Windows only, with the DLLs as installed with BtS.
It will be played using the current version of the HoF Mod. This is version 2.13.002 for Windows. You will need to ensure that you can run the Asset Checker v2 before you attempt to load this game. Typlically, players who have upgraded to Beyond the Sword will have the right assets. Alternatively, you should be able to make your installation compliant by installing the new .DLLs released for WOTM 15. If you have a Steam installation then you will need to look at this post by ArcadicGamer for inspiration.
If later versions of Warlords or the HoF Mod are released they cannot be used for this game, and you will need to maintain a copy of your installed software at these versions to complete the game.
Timetable
The game will start on December 14th, at midnight local server time. I recommend you plan for a 4 month deadline for completion.
You will find your starting files in the Progress and Results listing. This will also provide the link for your team's latest save at each stage of the game.
Notes
- Please visit the Civ4 SGOTM reference thread to check out the rules and procedures to ensure that you are adequately prepared for this game.
- Warlords v.2.13 is supported for this SGOTM. No other versions can be used, and you will have to stick with the same version throughout the game.
- Teams will compete for up to four awards - the Gold, Silver and Bronze Laurels for the fastest finishes, and the Wooden Spoons for the lowest scoring finisher. The number of awards may be reduced, depending on the number of teams who sign up.
- Awards will be given to teams who win in the least turns.
- All saved game files uploaded to the server are parsed through software that extracts and archives data about your save, including reload count for each turn set.
- Spoiler information will absolutely NOT be tolerated in this thread.
Enjoy your mystery tour of the World of Warlords.