" FUR ROMA "

If you are really upset about this, take the sprite for the Legion out of CTP and replace the Samurai Sprite in CTP 2 with it. Then change the name in the Uniticon.txt file. If you leave it with the same name in the Units.txt file, you will not even have to change it in all the AI files. Even if they do not use the same file names in CTP 2, they will still have files that have the same functions and can accordingly be edited.

Yeesh, the things you guys get all worked up about!

Tiberius
Emperor of Rome

quote: Originally posted by jbs on 11-13-2000 10:53 AM This has to be hoax. Mark please confirm that this is a hoax. I find it very hard that Activision would be this dumb. And for all those who say a mod will fix it - my question is why do the customers have to fix the game. Again please confirm that this is a hoax!

There is nothing wrong with the game just becouse they didn't include the Legion unit. This is NOT a bug. Just a decision. They can't please everyone. I personal couldn't care less if they include Legion in the game or not. It's true that Legions was important for the romans but that doesn't mean it HAVE to be in the game. They can't include ALL units that have been important over time..... that would be caos! Someone like the Legion, someone like the Samurai, someone like the Catapult. Everyone can't get what they get. If they want all the units they likethey have to fix it them self. Thats why the game is VERY customizable.

Byebye Legion .... I will not miss you.

quote: Post Scriptum: I don't like to customize, and certainly not graphics

Very hard that is
And you mustnt even do anything with graphics. All you have to do is open a sprites.txt and add a Legion Sprite Number. Copy the Sprite from ctp1 in the sprites folder with the number assigned you gave in sprites.txt. Then open units.txt and change the sprite of the samurai. You are done.
Then you can exchange the tgas if you like (again take those from ctp1 and copy them over the samurai ones from ctp2).

They was suppose to make an Japanese version of the game, but the Japanese´s INSISTED on that those little fellows running around on the screen should all have FIVE FINGERS on each hands!!! Not just three, like in the versions exported everywhere else.

I don't usually change graphics and alter files, but I think I'll be replacing the Samurai with the Legion.

quote: Originally posted by Atahualpa on 11-13-2000 12:40 PM Very hard that is ATa

I didn't say it's hard, I said I don't like to do that. I like to play the game the way it is. I modified Civ2 many, many times (including graphics), and finally I always returned to the original one. And whatever you or others may say, I think it's illogical to remove from a history game the legions.

I think it would be better if units were names for the function they served.
Ancient Light Infantry (Warrior)
Ancient Garrison (Hoplite Phalanx whatever)
Ancient Main Infantry (Legion)
Ancient Strike Infantry (Samurai).
Ancient Light Mobile
etc...

Besides. The Samurai emerged by the beginning of Japan's feudal period in the 12th century.

That makes it a Medieval unit (which incidentally was roughly 1000ce-1500ce at which time the Renaissance began... which again is more accurately later part of the Middle Ages which *sigh* CTP rather obtusely refers to the entire period as the Renaissance...)

However, I'd rather have historical inaccuracies, which I can fix, than bugs I can't so geez... focus on what's important. While I do intend to fix these details its hardly worth a lynching.