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Topic: same civs... |  |
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DaddyCool
Settler
Ontario, Canada
Oct 2000
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posted November 19, 2000 04:20
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Maybe it's me, but I've started about 5 or 6 games so far, and it seems to me that out of that list of, what is it, 42? civs, I'm always playing against the same ones.It's always been me (Romans), Americans, French, German, English, Irish, Scottish and Native Americans. I tried choosing Americans, same civs, except Japan was added. And now that I think of it, from reading everyone's posts about their games, I don't remember the mention of different AI opponents. Isn't this supposed to be random? Kinda weird...
[This message has been edited by DaddyCool (edited November 19, 2000).] |
Cyrius
Settler
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Nov 2000
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posted November 19, 2000 17:06
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Hmm, it may depend on who you pick, I supposed. As Welsh, I went up against Zulus, France, Mexicans, Greeks, and Assyrians. Later, as Incans, I went up against Mexicans, Americans, Greeks, Russians (I think), and, um, other people I haven' met yet  . quote:
And now that I think of it, from reading everyone's posts about their games, I don't remember the mention of different AI opponents.
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Well, I definately found different AI styles in the computer players. If you are asking if they a particular nationalities AI style changes from game to game, I'm not sure about that. |
XMon
Settler
Tampa, Florida
Sep 2000
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posted November 19, 2000 23:47
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I think you're on to something... I'm playing as Americans and the other civs are the Germans, English, Irish, Scottish, Native Americans and the Japanese! Plus the French may be there too, there's still some undiscovered terrain. That's not cool.
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DaddyCool
Settler
Ontario, Canada
Oct 2000
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posted November 20, 2000 00:17
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Hmmm...I tried out a whole bunch of civs (including Welsh and Incas), and, using the cheat thing to quickly check out the opponents, it's always, always, always:Americans
Native Americans
English
Scottish
Irish
French
Germans If I pick any one of those, then the Japanese are there too. This kinda sucks... |
TheBirdMan
Prince
Denmark
Sep 1999
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posted November 20, 2000 00:27
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I havn't the game yet - but does the game have a userprofile.txt just as CTP?Course if, then look for something like NonRandomCiv=yes/no Just a suggestion. |
DaddyCool
Settler
Ontario, Canada
Oct 2000
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posted November 20, 2000 00:35
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Sweet! You're right ...Don't remember changing it to that though... |
Maxxes
Chieftain
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Oct 2000
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posted November 20, 2000 01:04
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Kind od ridiculous that they didn't make that random choice the default, one of those many minor errors that made me feel sick about CTP1 |
Depp
Prince
Luleå, Sweden
b.02-15-99
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posted November 20, 2000 05:44
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I think that it is that way so you don´t have the nicaraguans in all your games
But anyway, i would like a screen where you pick you own enemies... |
ImaginaryBoy
Settler
Nov 2000
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posted November 21, 2000 23:15
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The same 7 civs over and over.. It seems there is no solution.. I wasted $50 bucks on this damn game.  |
Mad-Kat
Chieftain
Camarillo, CA, USA
Apr 99
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posted November 22, 2000 02:47
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OK!! This is really pissing me off! No matter what I try, I cannot get the game to start with anything but the same ****ing 7 Civilizations. Exactly what Daddy listed. Always the same!! Changing the NonRandomCiv in flag in UserProfile.txt to "No" does nothing! The game just changes it to "Yes" upon starting a new game. WHY!! The default is no! This has ruined my enjoyment of an otherwise great game. It's no fun playing the same damn races every game! Activision! Please fix this now! |
Ithil
Chieftain
Jun 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 03:37
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Hmm, the fix works perfectly for me...
NonRandomCivs=No
Are you sure that's exactly what it says? If so, that's strange because when I changed that, started CTP2, created a new game with George Washington-Americans, it was random. Then I tried Geor-Americans, still random. Then I restarted CTP2 and tried LO-Americans, still random.Therefore, I can think of three solutions: Wait for a patch, play the Americans, and/or use my computer which is having no problems. |
Depp
Prince
Luleå, Sweden
b.02-15-99
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posted November 22, 2000 06:13
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Mad-Kat, if you change it and open the txt file again it´s still changed until you u start a new game again ?
It works good for me.
Play with 16 civs then you´ll get some new anyhow |
Max Webster
Warlord
Jul 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 10:06
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I just looked at mine, it was set at no. Everygame I have played so far has had a different combo of civs. |
Rainstorm
Settler
Nov 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 10:11
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I experimented with this last night, because I was getting very annoyed with always have the same AI races. I had the same problem Mad-Kat is having...I changed the NonRandomCivs line, but when I started a new game it still used the same civs, and when I looked again, the option was reset to yes. |
ImaginaryBoy
Settler
Nov 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 11:10
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Changing the "Yes" to a "No" does absolutly nothing for me. It doesnt go back to "Yes" after I change it, It stays "No" but the civs are still the same no matter what the line says.Im packing this game up and selling it on Ebay. I wont get my $50 bucks back but hopefully I can cut my losses. |
MarkG
Apolyton CS Co-Administrator
Greece
b.02-15-99
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posted November 22, 2000 11:18
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try starting a multiplayer game with just you. in one of the screens you can set with which civs you want the ai to play |
Yatermie
Settler
N. Vancouver, Denial
Nov 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 12:23
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I just started a 16 civ game.. I got the same list of civs.. but the last one picked was the romans(OMG! an actual ancient civ!) |
Yatermie
Settler
N. Vancouver, Denial
Nov 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 12:34
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On a probably related note..Why am I always blue? No matter what civ I am I'm always blue!
Can we make this random too? I LIKED being pink in civ1 and orange in civ2(i play greeks ) Can someone point the right way to change this?
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MarkG
Apolyton CS Co-Administrator
Greece
b.02-15-99
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posted November 22, 2000 12:49
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quote:
Originally posted by Yatermie on 11-22-2000 12:34 PM
On a probably related note..Why am I always blue? No matter what civ I am I'm always blue!
Can we make this random too?
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you cant make it random, but you can change it. see colors00.txt in the Call To Power 2\ctp2_data\default\gamedata folder
look out for "COLOR_PLAYER1" |
MarkG
Apolyton CS Co-Administrator
Greece
b.02-15-99
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posted November 22, 2000 13:16
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Originally posted by ImaginaryBoy on 11-22-2000 11:10 AM
Changing the "Yes" to a "No" does absolutly nothing for me. It doesnt go back to "Yes" after I change it, It stays "No" but the civs are still the same no matter what the line says
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try also puting nonrandomcivs to no on the profile.txt file in ctp2_data\default\gamedata |
Mad-Kat
Chieftain
Camarillo, CA, USA
Apr 99
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posted November 22, 2000 13:17
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Originally posted by MarkG on 11-22-2000 11:18 AM
try starting a multiplayer game with just you. in one of the screens you can set with which civs you want the ai to play
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I don't want to set the Civ's I play, that's just as bad. I want it RANDOM! |
Dark Renown
Settler
Scotland
Nov 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 14:05
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quote:
Originally posted by ImaginaryBoy on 11-22-2000 11:10 AMChanging the "Yes" to a "No" does absolutly nothing for me. It doesnt go back to "Yes" after I change it, It stays "No" but the civs are still the same no matter what the line says. Im packing this game up and selling it on Ebay. I wont get my $50 bucks back but hopefully I can cut my losses.
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WTF??? You want to sell the same(and make a loss) when your only problem is that the civs arent random?
Are you crazy?
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Mad-Kat
Chieftain
Camarillo, CA, USA
Apr 99
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posted November 22, 2000 15:58
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I was so frustrated that I emailed Mr. Ogre last night on this problem. Hopefully he or another Activision guy can shed some light on it. |
mikek8
Settler
Atlanta
Nov 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 19:29
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I've got same problem, Mad-Kat! The program keeps changing NonRandomCivs back to Yes! Let us know if you hear anything from Activision. I have to be able to beat up on the evil Greeks once and while! |
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