03-12-2003 08:20									#1
	Scenarios - Happy/Sad/Pensive and Finally OT Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I am quite enjoying the scenarios. So far I like mesoarmerica and age of discovery best. I played a lot of Rome with the Middle Ages mod, so I haven't spent a lot of time on it here, ..........yet

Am I correct in observing that the random seed is fixed for the scenario set-up - ie. you always have the same resources in the same place? It mignt be a little more replayable if that wasn't so. Say it ain't so, Sid.

Can the scenarios be easily modded by introducing other maps (Yes - I'm going over to the creation forum right after this, but maybe it's of general interest). I'd love to play mesoamerica on some other maps with more civs.

	03-12-2003 09:56									#2
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Interesting question Changmai ... but I would bet dollars-to-doughnuts that the random seed is hard-coded into the scenarios.

	03-12-2003 15:14									#3
	Re: Scenarios - Happy/Sad/Pensive and Finally OT Support Apolyton

quote: Originally posted by Changmai Beagle Am I correct in observing that the random seed is fixed for the scenario set-up - ie. you always have the same resources in the same place? It mignt be a little more replayable if that wasn't so. Say it ain't so, Sid.

I don't suppose there's all that much point in ensuring random generation of the location of resources in the conquests, since the map stays the same, and that's a pretty big advantage straight away to the human player who has done the conquest already.

	03-12-2003 23:55									#4
	Re: Scenarios - Happy/Sad/Pensive and Finally OT Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by Changmai Beagle Can the scenarios be easily modded by introducing other maps (Yes - I'm going over to the creation forum right after this, but maybe it's of general interest). I'd love to play mesoamerica on some other maps with more civs.

I think if you'll create a map and then import the rules it should be possible. You might have to do some additional modding to get it work as you'd like.

	04-12-2003 04:33									#5
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Even if some of you don't like having resources,luxuries and all spawning at the same tiles in the same maps in the scenarios, well personally I don't mind since: 1) the scenarios are awesome, so awesome that in the first time in my years of civing I find them even more addictive than the regular game - at last the pros from Firaxis did it - ; 2) they still have quite a high replayability with the numerous starting civs to choose from;3) you can still play at a higher difficulty level. I noticed that some scenarios, like Mesoamerica, can generally be played at one higher level than your regular game - for the mass of gamers. But even the easiest of them cannot be played at the 3 highest diff levels ( demi-god,deity,Sid ) for the vast majority of gamers. The majority play at Regent & Monarch, with a tendency to Emperor/demi-god for advanced civers. All in all I think they are quite well balanced and the mass of civers must be quite happy about this. Sad and Pensive is never the kind of mood I feel when playing this kind of refined expansion.

	04-12-2003 13:16									#6
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normally I like resources to be where they are supposed to be and preferribly historicaly accurate.

though the scenario designers admitted they had to spread some resources around to ensure a good game by all even if it wasn't entirely realistic placement of resources.