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Topic: Everyone's Fav. Scenario Current Date/Time:
April 11, 2000 03:18:58
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LOKI
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From: sometown, WI USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 16, 1999 21:33
   
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I'm just wondering which scenarios everyone liked to play the most and why?
I tried the MARS scenario, and like that one. It has a strong emphasis with war. I think the AI opponets are war mongers, and since it has only a little water, the barbarians become a nuisance. But your able to get the fundalmental equivalent early (and I keep it).
There is also 'paradrops'. You may be able immediatly send the martian equivalent of Nukes across the entire planet.
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mzilikazi
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From: London
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 17, 1999 04:39
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Sure, Mars was good. The lack of water made it hard work until you got to terraform. I liked the wrapped-around-the-poles shape that civs took on.
The Age of Discovery scenario was also great. Particularly interesting playing as Portugal or Netherlands, and not using diplomats to bribe. Having to build up a colonial empire, and trade like mad was fun.
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Monk
Emperor
From: HQ of Mensa Scandinavia
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 17, 1999 09:38
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Tough call between Vikings & Mongols for me.
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Seeker
King
From: Canada(UWO)
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 17, 1999 11:22
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Diefinetly the MARS scen for me. Yes very interesting, particularly after reading robert zubrin. However, the militaristic neighbours and wierd dead end techs like Scavenger Crossbow detracted a bit rom the fun of terraforming Mars.
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St Leo
King
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 17, 1999 17:02
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That's a tough call. I really like Mongols 2.0(not the new 3.0 thing), Vikings, and Conquest of Mexico 2.0(Not 1.0).:-)
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Mauddib
Prince
From: West Hazleton, PA, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 18, 1999 04:08
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My favorites:
Age of Dinosaurs, Atlantis, Master of Orion Jr., and Master Of Magic Jr.
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monolith94
King
From: Limbo
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 23, 1999 20:36
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I will always love the Lord of the Rings scenario.
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BasV
Warlord
From: Groningen, Netherlands
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 25, 1999 02:02
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My favourite scenario's are the Habsburg scenario and the Vikings scenario by Harlan Thompson.
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Benza
Settler
From: Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden
Registered: Feb 99
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posted February 28, 1999 08:25
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I like the Bonaparte Scenario, the Ages of Discovery scenario is somewhere incomplete, the chinese in Europe? And the Russians conqeruing the Chineese? And so on. I got a mod of it somwhere where I have have placed osm impassible units here and there to prevent this.
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LordGrey
Chieftain
From: Born in Syracuse, NY, now in Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 07, 1999 22:30
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Marcus Eklund's 1650 Europe scenario is one of my favorites. I had a great game as the Swedish with it a few months ago. Of all the historic ones I have seen it seems to be one of the more accurate, without being overly difficult or complicated. I love Jesus Balsinde's scenarios, too and cannot wait for El Dorado, even if he makes them a bit more difficult than I would prefer. As for fantasy and scifi scenarios, I would say the Midgard one and the Blood Dawn one are my favorites.
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St Leo
King
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 09, 1999 22:14
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Yeah, 1650 rocked. And your playing it was probably due to my finding it in the huge download junkyard of Apolyton and recommending it for a review.:-)
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The Ellimist
Chieftain
From: Tau Ceti IV, Alpha Quadrant
Registered: Mar 99
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posted March 13, 1999 21:03
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USA 2010, St. Leo's WW1, Alien Invasion, Mars, Red Alert (beta version)...
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St Leo
King
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 14, 1999 21:27
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Cool, someone actually liked my scenario. A new and improved version is coming soon, and it will knock your socks off.:-)
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Hodad
King
From: Mars
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted November 11, 1999 15:17
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NAPOLEON!
NAPOLEON!
NAPOLEON!
NAPOLEON!
But MY modified Napoleon. |
Miner
Warlord
From: London
Registered: Jul 1999
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posted November 12, 1999 07:49
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If your on about the MicroProse scenarios, my fave is the Age of Reptiles for Sheer Stomping Flesh Eating Fun. However the Jules Verne scenario is a good example of what can be done with events.For Apolytonner made scenarios, it's a close call between End of the Bronze Age and Dungeon.
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Paul Hanson
Prince
From: Scawby, North Lincolnshire, UK
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted November 13, 1999 05:40
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Microprose scenarios: Nothing beats X-COM for sheer tactical playability. Jules Verne is definitely the best designed scenario from the MPS stable.Best of the Net: USA 2010 got me hooked on scenarios, so it gets my approval. Every other scenario: Jesus Balsinde`s Al-Andalus: Trail of the Sun rules! I`m disappointed to see that the link to it has been removed from the Spanish Civ2 Site, though. ------------------
"I`m a rugged individualist, just like everyone else". -Bart Simpson`s Guide to Life |
johnmcd
Clash of Civilizations
Unit Graphics
From: Edinburgh
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted November 15, 1999 06:19
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Are there any Star Wars scenarios? I have never found one. |
Hodad
King
From: Mars
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted November 19, 1999 10:57
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dear johnmcd:go to the downloads section here at apolyton, then go to the part in which you can choose to see the list of all scenarios from a to z. it should be on that list, but before starting to play you should open it using the first player, choose the cheat menu, then reveal map and choose no special view. overwrite the old scenario and ejoy. oh, you need v 3.63 or C2MM to play ------------------
Alien Infiltrate
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Wezil
Prince
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted November 19, 1999 15:33
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I'm with Monolith - The Lord of The Rings Scenario is interesting and challenging. And St. Leo - you have another fan of your WW1 scenario! Good job look forward to the next edition.
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axi
Warlord
From: Athens Greece
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted November 24, 1999 18:55
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Lord of the Rings!!!
An unbelievable quest, a race against time and overwhelming odds to save Middle - Earth from Evil! Exactly in the spirit of the story Tolkien wrote, higly addictive. You may be winning, through the extreme trench warfare of Minas Tirith and just start all over again because you lost Aragorn or some other hero you were fond of! Anyway, the man who did this is a genius (and he has been awarded). |
MacUser
ACS Civ2 Mac Webmaster
From: Olathe, KS, USA
Registered: Jul 1999
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posted November 24, 1999 20:45
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Echo support for Lord of the Rings! Gotta' love it, although I have yet to win (ver 4 is TOUGH) !------------------
Different is GOOD! AOL IM--JacSamDad |
johnmcd
Clash of Civilizations
Unit Graphics
From: Edinburgh
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted November 25, 1999 04:29
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Thanks H  dad...whats C2MM though? |
Hodad
King
From: Mars
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted November 25, 1999 11:04
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"C"iv "2" "M"odpack "M"anager |
Hodad
King
From: Mars
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted November 25, 1999 11:21
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please, my dear other body, explain more.with it you can easily change the modpacks, without having to do it manually and risking the original files. get it at the download section, in the special link. ------------------
Alien Infiltrate
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Krusty
Warlord
From: Chorley, Lancashire, England
Registered: Apr 99
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posted November 28, 1999 05:26
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My favourite scenario has to be "Secret". If you like secret societies then you`ll love this one.The European war one between the EEC and Britain was good too. |
Jared
Warlord
From: Chorley, Lancashire, England
Registered: Apr 99
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posted November 28, 1999 15:22
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WW79 |
Krushala
King
From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: May 99
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posted November 29, 1999 00:51
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Yes ww79 is a great one. Nothing like unleashing large numbers of nukes at once. It's also because i got 2 of my top 5 hall of fames on that scenario. Another one I kicked ass at was the Mongol Horde scenario in Conflicts. It's almost too easy playing as the mongols though. |
wesley32
Chieftain
From: Illinois
Registered: Jun 99
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posted December 01, 1999 22:10
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I played a good Vietnam scenario a while back. It had US real powerful but the VietCong had greater #'s and defensive positions. The terrain was also very rough.
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benedetti
Prince
From: Belize City, Belize
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted December 02, 1999 02:26
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I am with Paul Hanson on this one. Al-Andalus rulez! Alba de America is another #1 |
TNapoleon
King
From: The Lost Heaven, Division 4, Sector 6B, Door 539
Registered: Mar 99
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posted December 06, 1999 16:45
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I love WW2 scenarios, and at least three of them deserve to be mentioned as top-notch:
-Alex and Nemo's 2194 Days of War
-Harlan Thompson's WWII: An European Theatre
-John Petroski's The New GermanyGo download these three!  |
valmont
Warlord
From: Kansas City
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted December 07, 1999 17:17
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The Age of Piracy
Gangster
World of Jules Verne |
Jimmy Liu
Warlord
From: Brisbane Australia
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted December 08, 1999 01:41
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2194 days was fantastic.
Also the alien invasion scenario in cic was pretty good. Especially playing the humans was interesting. |
Captain Nemo
Prince
From: USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted December 08, 1999 12:40
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IMHO, my new scenario, Red Front, is 10 times better than 2194 Days of War (Which I also made). Play Red Front (Made for FW) and it should blow away everything you think you know about scenarios! It's difficult, historical, addictive and completely new. Warning, it's a WW2 Russian front with a big map, many units and all kinds of twists! My favorites (excluding my own) are: Spartacus (AlexMor)
Alba de America (Jesus)
Quebec (AlexMor)
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Field Marshal Klesh
Warlord
From: Massachusetts, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted January 05, 2000 17:25
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Ahhh, Mr. Nemo
It is a pleasure to be in the presence of greatness.
Your 2194 Days is SWEET!!!!
Nothing like Belgrade pumping out Me262's every 2 turns!!!I had a problem when the axis discovered Radar. Internet Explorer of all things cause the program to shut down.....hrs and hrs down the tubes.
So the next time, I researched everything except Radar and then purposely destroyed(sold) all my scientific production before it could shut off.
Also, why do empty American Liberty ships arrive every turn off the French coast after "Overlord"? I repelled the initial invasion, if they gained a foothold do the ships just pour out units? They were easy targets for my JU87's and I even threw a few 262's at 'em.
Beyond that, 2194 is the greatest thing since sliced bread for me. Best units I've ever seen. I love it and you are a Master.
Red Front will be better? Is that possible?!?
PS- the mountain fortress East of Moscow was key to hold the waves of tanks from the Soviet heartland. I'm Ukranian so it was tough to see all of my bretheren slaghtered, but I laughed all the way to victory. Keep up the stellar work.
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Mad_Conquest
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From: Flora, IL
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted January 25, 2000 11:06
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Ah WW79, loved it. I played Russia, and immediately made allies with... (whatever the western europe civ was), amazing how quickly they acted to join with me. Of course it was all a prelude to getting my units into place outside of all their cities to take it all in ONE turn (muahahahaha). The rest was a total nuclear nightmare. Great fun!------------------
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Steve Clark
Warlord
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted January 25, 2000 17:14
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From Microprose: Revolution (American Revolutionary War) with Continentals, Hessians, Brigadiers, Militias, Man of Wars, etc., all on a detail East Coast map.From Apolyton: Age of Discovery using the 1660? start and map. |
Eyn
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Registered: Jan 2000
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posted January 25, 2000 17:44
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i think that the best Civ2 scenarios are:WW2FW from Eyn
1804 from Eyn
Ameriques from Eyn
Shogun from Eyn
http://www.multimania.com/eyn/
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Graeme LeSaux
Settler
From: London, UK
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted January 26, 2000 00:54
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Alba de America, by JB
Al-Andalus, by JB
Slash and Burn, by Dan Scheltema |
Trajanus
Warlord
From: Bonheiden, in Belgium
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted January 26, 2000 13:22
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WWII:Japan made by R.K.S. LEE!!!!!!------------------
ThermiteB(that's me!) RLZ like HELL!!!!!!!!!! |
Field Marshal Klesh
Warlord
From: Massachusetts, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted January 29, 2000 13:47
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Well, I tried Red Front boys. Indeed it is 10 times BETTER than 2194Dayso'War. Also it's 10 times, no, 20 times harder!
Captain Nemo and Alex do a truly impressive job at building scenarios.
Red Front was packed full of all these dope events and All kins of new units and terrain. And best of all there is a REAL strategy! You have to be good to win. Really good. The map is huge, leading to a realistic front with buldges and pockets of action."Try to survive the Summer of '41, and we'll see you in Moscow."
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Captain Nemo
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From: USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted January 29, 2000 16:17
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Field Marshal Klesh:
Just saw your posts, thanks for the endorsements. Red Front 1.4 is just about ready for release and it should fix most of the loose ends of the previous version(s). It also has about 20 new units and a separate American Civ that enters the game in 1944.Regarding the crash of 2194 Days of War, it is as you noted related to completing all research goals...I should not have disabled the Future Tech which is designed to insure that players never run out of research goals. I am planning a revised version of 2194 Days of War incorporating the better graphics of Red Front. BTW how did you do on Red Front? |
Field Marshal Klesh
Warlord
From: Massachusetts, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted February 01, 2000 17:58
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Captain Nemo, Well, I survived the summer of '41 and that was about it! I was able to defend the Caucus region. But I did experience the fall of Leningrad, and then Moscow. Stalingrad remained out of reach.
I am an ashamed Ukrainian. The Fall of Kiev was hard to watch. I loved the concept of refugees, and ABSOLUTELY LOVED the summer/winter change. One must take full advantage of the winter to drive back those Krauts.
I gave up in early '43, and am going to start it up again. I usually play on Prince, or King if i'm feelin' frisky. But this one is sooo hard I may have to step it down. I'm glad to hear that the 2194Days crash thing wasn't my fault. I hestated to end every turn on RedFront fearing the inevitable crash that never came. I'm glad to hear that it wont happen on RF.
Can't wait for 1.4, you guys do a stellar job. So many cool things that I can't even mention them all. Loved "destroying" German concentration camps
and the tons of pop up events. How long does it take for you two to get these scenarios made? Must be months....but I will tell you that both 2194DaysofWar and Red Front have given me hours and hours of enjoyment. I play them more than the actual CivII!
If I may make a suggestion...one thing to fix on 1.4 would be the write up on some of the wonders. It extends past the bottom of the screen and you sometimes can't tell what the effects of the wonder will be. Other than that.....BOOOYA sweet scenario!!! As I said before, keep up the stellar work!
I even have the title.gif set as my desktop pattern! [This message has been edited by Field Marshal Klesh (edited February 01, 2000).]
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Captain Nemo
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From: USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 01, 2000 21:29
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Field Marshal Klesh:I am surprised that the wonder text runs off the page... It definitely doesn't on my game... I "wonder" if there is a way to set the fonts or if the fonts get bigger if you are playing in a higher zoom that "Normal"
Were you able to see the entire text of the Operation Barbarossa opening screen? Regarding the time cost of RedFront it is really tremendous... Probably 2-3 times as long to make as 2194 Days of War which alredy took months of concentrated effort. RedFront probably has over 1000 hours of work in it. I've been at it for almost a year...And I've had a lot of help. |
Field Marshal Klesh
Warlord
From: Massachusetts, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted February 02, 2000 14:18
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Captain Nemo, The opening screen explainin gthe game is fine, I quick checked the wonders by starting as Germany(to avoid the wait of the opening round) and these are the Wonder-write-ups that gave me problems: -Civillian Donations
-Electrification
-German-Finnish Solidarity
-NKVD Intelligence Agency
-Naval Convoy System
-Nuremburg Rallies
-Socialist Pragmatism
-T-34 Upgrade
-Tankograd
-Waffen-SS As I said, you can read most of it, just the bottoms get clipped off. I'm not sure about the font size thing, I'm playing at normal zoom. That is, I haven't changed anything myself, so it's whatever the fonts are set to. I don't make scenarios myself, as they seem to be too complecated to make a good one that I'd be proud of. If I did make them, or when I start to, yours will be the measuring stick by which I judge mine. I'd love to test out anything you need testing on. Playtest 1.4 for anything that may glitch up. I'm sure you already have whomever you need for that, but if you need me, my email is on my profile. |
Xin Yu
Prince
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 02, 2000 16:05
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Maybe there is a setting for the pop-up window size, and Captain Nemo's default setting is bigger than the rest of us.I'm playing 2194days now as Hitler. I was able to wipe out the Soviet Union in 4 turns, now want to reduce it to 3. |
Captain Nemo
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From: USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 02, 2000 17:50
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I'll check those text boxes out. 1.4 should be out in a week at most so the playtesting is all done.
HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO ELIMINATE THE SOVIET UNION IN 4 TURNS?
What level of play? Did you use the correct events? (German events) What strategy did you use? The Soviet help should make it impossible to easily capture Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad... How did you manage that? (I'm interested as I am planning an upgrade and I don't want it to be too easy) |
Xin Yu
Prince
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 02, 2000 20:23
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I play on Deity.
First turn the following cities were captured (listed by order of occupation): Moscow, Leningrad, Sevastopol, Rostov, Saratov, Stalingrad, Murmansk, Klinin, Kharkov. Two other cities were wiped out: Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan. Gorkiy was reduced to size one without being wiped out since it's an objective city. I lost 20+ units (About a dozen SS stormtroopers and half-dozen stuka) in attacking, and 3 more in the counter-attack after the first turn.
I used my two engineers to build a railroad southeast of Minsk, then used vet SS stormtroopers to soften the defense of Moscow. After the 3 AA batteries and 3 Red Guard turned yellow, I used non-vet SS troopers to attack and most of them won and promoted to vets. I used planes to cover the squares so only 3 partisans appeared when I took the city. Then I used the SS stormtroopers of Riga followed by the tanks via Moscow to storm Leningrad (1 AA, 1 battleship). Again I took care of the partisan problem with my planes and vehecles. Then I used my planes to air-raid Sevastopol, Rostov (had an AA gun which costed me 1 bomber and 4 stukas) then Stalingrad. The planes could cover the squares while moving on so no partisans appeared. I ran out of planes while air-raiding Stalingrad so I used about 5 tanks. After taking Stalingrad I used my planes for Klinin, Murmansk (reduce to size 1 when occupied to ensure no partisans would appear), and Saratov (easy target). My tanks from Minsk wiped out Astrakhan and Arkhangelsk as well. The combined efforts of tanks and planes reduced Gorkiy to size one. I suffered heavy casualty when attacking Kharkov but I still managed to get the city with a handful of tanks left. I used them for defense against counter-attack: I had 3 bomber/tank combos setup on the road from Stalingrad to Baku, between Moscow and Gorkiy, and the railroad between Gorkiy and Serdlovsk. Other tanks were used to protect my bombers close to Baku. I sacraficed a stuka (ran out of gas) to get two mobile infantries to the hills next to Sverdlovsk to pillage the RR thus ensure no reinforcements could arrive Gorkey (the two mobile infantries were killed from counter-attack the next turn so they were also sacrafice victims).
Second turn Gorkiy got anti-tank and returned to size 2 so I took it. I took Sverdlovsk easily since almost all 'recarnated' AI units in this city were out of the city to North or Northwest (the bombers stuck in the air next to my bomber/tank combo and I used one fighter to kill 10). None of the other cities on the railroad had anti-tank so I ran over the defenses with my tanks and went all the way to Vladivostok. Although the city had anti-tank, its ships were all out so the defense was not heavy. I took that also (I had some Field Artillaries). Baku's defense units were also out of place so I took that city with minimum casualty as well. I moved a dozen of vet AAs to Sverdlovsk to take care of the counter attack.
Then I built M109 fighter or stuka in certain occupied cities (built improvement then switch to unit since the cities were in riot) so the third turn they wiped out the remote small cities for me.
Two southern cities were too far away so I could not get there in turn 3. I'm now trying to capture Krasnovodsk in turn 2 using air raid and paradrop, so in turn 3 I can use air raid again to finish the Soviet Union and refresh my record. |
Xin Yu
Prince
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 03, 2000 00:46
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I used German setup of course.
The preparation for invading England is also carried out well and I think on turn 4 or turn 5 I'll get the islands.
In Africa I occupied Alexandra (Turn 1) and Cairo (Turn 3) while using stuka to raid Jelusalem to kill some tanks before they can attack me. Pretty much a stand-off.
Now I can trade with my ally Japan and get more income and science. I'm not sure if I should attack the neutrals since Soviet cannot get money from them anymore.Correction: Just checked my saved file, in the first turn I lost 17 SS stormtroopers, 12 PzKw IVs, 1 fighter, 2 bombers, and 7 stukas for attacking the red army (I lost 4 more units to British). Soviet lost 148 units.
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Allard HS
Civilization Scenario Collection
From: Delft, NL
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 03, 2000 05:02
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If you want to know about those boxes:
../../Forum29/HTML/000603.html
there's what I found out. If you want more details just ask me.
You can have great fun with these. One example is to add a listbox with a huge text in the scenario introduction text, which can scroll down. You can include half a book in there.
Another fun thing to add to the scenario intro text is adding the @options so that the player can choose which civ to play right in the very first screen. Also you can devide them into 2 (or 3) columns to save space. |
Xin Yu
Prince
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted February 03, 2000 16:57
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Captain Nemo: in 2194days Chinese should have lost Peking, Harbin, Tientsin, Nanking, Wuhan, and Shanghai long before Pearl Harbor. I learned from Chinese history that in 1931 Japan occupied northeast of China (Harbin included), then in 1937 Peking, Tientsin (Tientsin's position on the map is not accurate), a total war abrupted between China and Japan at Peking. And Peking was not the capital, Nanking was (after lost Nanking the capital moved to Chunking). |
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