Apolyton Archive  |  Preserved copy of the Apolyton Civilization Site forums as they ran on Ultimate Bulletin Board, 1998–2001. Read-only; nothing here can be posted to or replied to.  |  Forum index |  About this archive |  The 2005 site & forums

  Apolyton Civilization Site Forums
  CtP2-Creation
  tut2_main.slc makes pretty entertaining reading...

Post New Topic  Post A ReplyPost A Reply In A New Window

profile | register | preferences | faq | search next newest topic | next oldest topic bottom of page
Author
Topic:   tut2_main.slc makes pretty entertaining reading... Format for Better Printing
Michael_101
Settler
Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Nov 2000
posted December 04, 2000 04:02   Click Here to See the Profile for Michael_101Click Here to Email Michael_101  send a private message to Michael_101Send a Message to UIN: 19819155
Edit/Delete Message    Reply To And Quote This Message
IP: Logged, Admin Access Only
Has anyone taken a look at tut2_main.slc yet? It can be opened just like any other text file (for those that might not know).

I think this is an example of slc at work as a tutorial? I don't really know - I am just learning about SLIC, so this is all really kind of new. I would really like to learn more about this -- some of the other topics that mention disasters and the like really sound good, so I am diving in!

Anyways, tut2_main.slc has some interesting writing involved in it, including "int_t RETARD" anyone know what that does?
[This message has been edited by Michael_101 (edited December 04, 2000).]

Locutus
Prince
Apolyton Borg Hengelo/Enschede, The Netherlands
Nov 1999
posted December 04, 2000 07:08   Click Here to See the Profile for LocutusClick Here to Email Locutus  send a private message to LocutusSend a Message to UIN: 52912776 Visit Locutus's Homepage!
Edit/Delete Message    Reply To And Quote This Message
IP: Logged, Admin Access Only
tut2_main.slc is not so much a tutorial to SLIC, but more a tutorial to the game in general: it contains all the extra SLIC code that is needed for all the extra messages and advice you get when you play on the lowest difficulty level (I don't care what Activision calls it but it will always be Chieftain to me ). The actual documentation for SLIC isn't available yet, but St Swithin is working on it and it will no doubt be posted both on Apolyton and the Activision website when it's released.

quote:


Anyways, tut2_main.slc has some interesting writing involved in it, including "int_t RETARD" anyone know what that does?

ROFL! Well, it sure is more original then calling your variables 'i' or 'j', you gotta admire the eloquence

I don't have the files at hand (I'm at my university right now) so I can't tell exactly what it does but it's simply the declaration of a variable, on it self it does nothing, but this means that later on in the file a number can be stored under the name RETARD (though (almost) any other name would worked as well, as long as that same name is used later on in the code as well).

colorme
Chieftain

Nov 2000
posted December 04, 2000 15:41   Click Here to See the Profile for colorme   send a private message to colorme
Edit/Delete Message    Reply To And Quote This Message
IP: Logged, Admin Access Only

my understanding is that that Flag was to be turned on when the novice player showed signed of being retarded!
She made a note saying that the 'game won't ship with this'! You're right, the tutorial made entertaining reading.
Apolyton Civilization Site Forums
> > > CtP2-Creation Forum

next newest topic | next oldest topictop of page

All times are EDT

Administrative Options: Close Topic | Archive/Move | Delete Topic | Top
Post New Topic  Post A ReplyPost A Reply In A New Window
Hop to:

Contact Us
Apolyton Civilization Site

Powered by: Ultimate Bulletin Board, Version 5.44a
© Infopop Corporation (formerly Madrona Park, Inc.), 1998 - 2000.

Front Page | Civilization III | Dinosaurs | Civilization II | Call to Power | Call to Power II | Alpha Centauri | Alternative Civs | Misc | Links | About ACS | GameStats
GameLeague | Scenario League | Hodadian Award Central | Civilization Scenario Collection | Spanish CivII Site | Clash of Civs | CtP Maps | Art of War