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Topic: Clarifying Some Confusion |  |
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St Leo
Emperor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
b.02-15-99
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posted May 05, 2001 00:23
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A signed 4-bit number allows for 8 values with a positive/negative sign. CivII had a maximum of seven civs because the barbarians were included in the total. Conversely, CivIII probably doesn't pretend that barbarians are a civ and allows for 8 civs. The "7" in the preview probably referred to the number of AI components.P.S. No, I have no idea why Firaxis uses bloody 4-bit variables. It's not as if using an unsigned byte would somehow slow down a 166 MHz system.  ------------------
Leons Petrazickis (St. Leo)
http://aventine.cf-developer.net/minizigg/
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Russian King
Chieftain
Apr 2001
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posted May 05, 2001 10:15
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Hehe. I agree- there should be a lot more slots for civs(even if they arent supported)
Poor Roman has trouble believing the old news . |
vgriph
Chieftain
Norrköping, Sweden
Apr 2001
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posted May 05, 2001 11:26
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Originally posted by St Leo on 05-05-2001 12:23 AM
Conversely, CivIII probably doesn't pretend that barbarians are a civ and allows for 8 civs.
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So how shall the game know if a unit is Barbarian?
I think they are using bytes to check what civs you have some kind of relation with. Every bit in the byte represents a civ. And if it is set you the kind of relation with that civ. I.E. contact and peace.
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MarkG
Apolyton CS Co-Administrator
Macedonia, Greece
b.02-15-99
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posted May 05, 2001 11:46
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i find it hard to believe that there are still people pondering on whether to use an extra bit or not
that is if they are building something from scratch... |
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