I would suggest, before these last few modders try to accomplish their lonely scenarios,
each modder by his pity own, --- that a whole community effort would be made up,
like in the "better forums on that server", that a whole bunch of people, --- TNO does his
ToTPP - the Test of Time Patch Project, and the community, does the ToT2P -
the Test of Time 2 Project, for a major overhauling, the way i told above.
To simply create an original game based on the tweaks.
More cities. More city styles. More units. More terrain slots.
A four map original game based on the tweaks of ToTPP - as i told above!
A 21. century original game Civ2 ToT2 ToTPP with four maps earth, moon, mars,
another moon, based on the advanced parameters as a major communities project.
Why not working together on a community ToT2P, to push that over the edge
into a brandnew game working for all out there?
Why not a whole new original game, extended original game, fantasy game,
scifi game, based on the new parameters as a whole communities project,
to help TNO, to work it out completely, together?
That, in fact, was my whole point. Just too much, to tell you, sorry.
Hahaha, a funny thought and saying:
So, lets see, if these last remainers are worthy, another Test of Time!
I anyway, ever thought, that it might be the much better modders done scenario,
if he or she might create just a whole new 4 maps basic scenario... not a fixed
history scenario with fixed parameters, but an open basic scenario, like another
original, extended, fantasy or scifi game... that is much much more interesting,
to perhaps create a whole new basic stuff, then to lonely dissipate within time
and effort consuming lonely modders projects, better to play another big game,
than to play 60 turns whatever... it would be fun, to create a brandnew Test of Time 2,
with brandnew 4 basic scenarios, each with 4 maps, based on the new parameters!
It would perhaps be the greatest fun for the whole community, instead of working lonely,
and perhaps never finishing up these lonely artworks!
To create "just" a brandnew Test of Time 2, based on ToTPP, with ToTPP as its crown jewelry.
Thats my opinion in fact.
Screw the CD! Just do a standalone 21. century brandnew ToT2, with ToTPP as its
brandnew launcher entry, right into a whole communities super fun stuff,
like another Alice into another Wonderland! Just do a new game. And screw the CD.
And screw the limits. Open it up, so that perhaps some other guys out there, will join for good!
As if a heap tweaking is not illegal! It IS already! As if Microprose will recognize anything...
perhaps TNO thinks, if he forces some new gamers to buy a new copy, Microprose will say
"Good done!" we allow it. And if we create a whole breakthrough, Microprose will say
wwwaaaaaaaargh! --- to limit that whole stuff to a new copy, causes to limit it to these people,
already there, and these are a few and nothing more --- to open it up, causes new people
to arrive, and would cause a boost for even Microprose, it would be a living advertising much
more to dont even sell one single copy more of a game, nearly completely out of business...
harsh told, but true!
So lets screw these unuseful limits, and push a worthy game over the edge to the true Wonderland!
And who would join the ToT2P?
While TNO is working on his ToTPP, we would have to wait until he has done the
major overhaulings, like more events/done, more terrains/done, more city gfx/done,
mainly more tecs if possible, plus the 127 unit slots.
Then a brandnew original game could be done, based on the brandnew parameters.
And while TNO does his ToTPP, the community does the ToT2P.
And in the end, there will be just a brandnew game for good! Thats my point.
And a last thing... then i did tell what i wanted to.
Perhaps, if TNO reaches perfection, and Test of Time 2 will work completely brandnew,
sfx, avi, gfx, 4 super new games, -perhaps that main menu list TNO could reach to
allow to modify, so that another/even more scenarios could be implemented into the
main menu list, and could direct to another/even more subfolders >
original game
extended game
fantasy game
scifi game
pink rabbits game
...
...
...
just allow to implement generally, another basic scenarios linked to their subfolders.
So that there would be a much longer list of basic scenarios to play.-
and perhaps the terrain gfx, plus unit gfx, plus city gfx, could double their sizes up generally
to a higher resolution, Test of Time 2 could become a new modder wonderland for everyone.
It would be an all time favorite for every modder!
It is "easy to modd", compared to all of these HD super rendered complicated super games,
and it has awesome 4 map gaming, an unbeatable unlimited events heap events.txt, it could
become another age of modder wonderland, if we d just push it over the edge now...
too much for you?
TNOs magic effort would deserve, just another magic effort putting together a whole new
standalone package called
Test of Time 2 - a modders true insane wonderland of the 21. century.
but you can't just scream, shout and stamp your feet until people do what you want.
That i dont do.
My point of view is just a little high end and perhaps too much for some guys out there.
You all seem to be happy to take what you ll get, and make the best out of that small case.
I want to do the best possible thing, to get the best possible case, thats the difference.
So i had to make my point of view clear as possible... what you do, or TNO does, does not matter.
I made my point, yes, and thats all. But it is not just a matter of TNO, it is a matter of the
community too! To push the ToTPP over the edge, to a brandnew ToT2P, could be done
totally without the point of a fresh c drive install and TNO... it could be done generally,
based on ToTPP, so dont reduce that whole point to his decision, make your mind up,
and admit, it is your decision too! And now, i hope, you will get my point.
