Used so many nukes I split the earths core..wait..wut?

[Tee Kay]

LMAO

Another reason to avoid using nukes.

 

[DrewBledsoe]

Sweet! I see it as a nod to the old Chris Crawford game Balance of Power (which Sid mentioned as having inspired him to create the original Civ). In that game you fight a superpower cold war, and every confrontation was a game of chicken -- one side had to back down, or the risk of accidental war would increase with the tensions, until it got to defcon1 (intentional nuclear war). A black screen then came up and said (among other things) 'Everyone Loses."

Then Sid unfortunately had so little to do with BTS, The ai will have been programmed to do this, if it makes you lose, because its the "clever" thing for an ai to do.

 

[Visceral Monkey]

I hope they keep this one in game sounds like a lot of fun.
But it should only activate when you nuke the same place over and over again.

Hope it is turned off in multiplayer due to poor losers exploiting it.

I'm guessing here, but I don't think every game would have this "feature". I think some game worlds like mine end up with thin crusts and you have to avoid using nukes while others might not ever have this thin crust problem. In which case I think it's pretty damm cool.

 

[aronnax]

Thats hillarious, a classic for the civ books

 

[Celtic21]

Very cool indeed. I'll have to try this one out.

 

[Zoolooman]

Could you please post one of the autosaves from a few turns before the loss? I'd like to try it myself.

 

[Mesousa]

Just how many is "so many" nukes? And are we talking ICBMs only or do tactical nukes count too?

 

[Soneji]

Can I just interject here... on three points actually!

1. You couldn't split the earths core, however you could perhaps break the earths outer mantle, or crust.

2. LOL

3. I hope this does not happen everytime, as sometimes I do finish my late game off with nukes.

:/

hmmm

 

[Revolutionary]

that's funny but unrealistic

 

[Zoolooman]

I'm still doubtful until I see a save or a corroborating screenshot.

 

[Soneji]

that's funny but unrealistic

Very true, I mean look the earth can take a direct hit from a commet miles and miles wide, with more force than most of our nuclear arms put together.

You have to remember that they have to put things in for the children, and the dumbed down American market.

 

[Soneji]

I'm still doubtful until I see a save or a corroborating screenshot.

Erm.. I've seen two in this thread already?

Open up those eyes?

 

[Visceral Monkey]

Just how many is "so many" nukes? And are we talking ICBMs only or do tactical nukes count too?

I believe the original warning came after I used about 5 or so ICBMs. It was to the effect of "Scientists are worried that the excessive use of nuclear weapons could crack the the surface of the earth like an egg.". I ignored the warning, used about another 15-20 nukes and accidentally killed everyone. It's worthy to note that the AI only used *one* tactical nuke the entire time...

 

[Ashbery76]

Very true, I mean look the earth can take a direct hit from a commet miles and miles wide, with more force than most of our nuclear arms put together.

You have to remember that they have to put things in for the children, and the dumbed down American market.

Get a sence of homour, geez.

 

[Soneji]

Get a sence of homour, geez.

I have one. However nukes are my main aim, and I normally get other continents to capitulate by nuking them back to 3000BC.

I'd hate to have this option removed, or curtailed due to nuclear explosions on the surfice somehow splitting the earths core in the middle.. killing me game!

 

[Zoolooman]

Erm.. I've seen two in this thread already?

Open up those eyes?

Both posts with screenshots are from Visceral, and he made the thread. That's not verification. That could be nothing at all.

A long time ago, I used to play Guild Wars with a man named Derek. He would hook the engine and replace weapon textures in the running program. He'd screenshot these texture-swapped weapons and post them on forums, claiming that they were a rare drop. People were often fooled for dozens of pages. People are credulous.

I'm skeptical until someone else suffers the same event or posts a save that lets multiple members experience it first hand.

 

[Revolutionary]

Very true, I mean look the earth can take a direct hit from a commet miles and miles wide, with more force than most of our nuclear arms put together.

Yeah not to mention nukes don't work that way, their blast isn't meant to penetrate, it spreads across the surface.

 

[Soneji]

Both posts with screenshots are from Visceral, and he made the thread. That's not verification. That could be nothing at all.

A long time ago, I used to play Guild Wars with a man named Derek. He would hook the engine and replace weapon textures in the running program. He'd screenshot these texture-swapped weapons and post them on forums. He'd claim that they were a rare drop. People were often fooled for dozens of pages. People are credulous.

I'm skeptical until someone else suffers the same event or posts a save that lets multiple members experience it first hand.

A little suspicious / paranoid is it not?

I've used about 15 so far in one game, not got it as yet....

 

[Visceral Monkey]

Both posts with screenshots are from Visceral, and he made the thread. That's not verification. That could be nothing at all.

A long time ago, I used to play Guild Wars with a man named Derek. He would hook the engine and replace weapon textures in the running program. He'd screenshot these texture-swapped weapons and post them on forums. He'd claim that they were a rare drop. People were often fooled for dozens of pages. People are credulous.

I'm skeptical until someone else suffers the same event or posts a save that lets multiple members experience it first hand.

Yea, because I took the time to fake something as stupid as this. Whatever. It was a funny result so I posted it, anyone looking for me to prove anything this dumb to them has way too much time on their hands.

 

[Soneji]

Yeah not to mention nukes don't work that way, their blast isn't meant to penetrate, it spreads across the surface.

If this is in the game, Firaxis are STUPID NOOBS!