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Will the release be synchronised across the world or will the yanks, like always, get the game first?
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LT John
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Santa Monica, CA
Jan 1970
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Yanks first. The international versions should code release within the next week, so I would estimate that the game will release in Europe and Asia about two weeks after it appears in the U.S.
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LT John
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Santa Monica, CA
Jan 1970
time: 05:14
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Australia counts as an international version (as does the UK) since it is our standard overseas English edition and we have to test the different keyboard configurations. This version should release soon, but to answer the question directly, it will not ship on the same day as the US version.
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1. I didn't know that the British and Americans used different kb layouts. So who uses the QWERTY?
2. Why should a keyboard layout affect the game? It's not some real-time or arcade game. Where the keys are doesn't affect the game one bit.
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Drakenred
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Hou Tx
Jan 1970
time: 05:14
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quote:
Originally posted by phoenixcager on 11-10-2000 04:42 AM
1. I didn't know that the British and Americans used different kb layouts. So who uses the QWERTY?
2. Why should a keyboard layout affect the game? It's not some real-time or arcade game. Where the keys are doesn't affect the game one bit.
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Actualy it does when
A)the game is hard coded to acept say the 6th key from the left on the second row to build a city, but the manual says to hit the b key(witch on the keybord May be on the third row, 4th key, or an unused key acording to the the "Key map" in the game(that is not as mutch of a problem anymore, though as i suspect that the games all now use ASCII, but even that has a problem, specificaly. .
B) If the game is looking for the ASCII value of 066(B) or 098(b), but the keybord is using, say Hexidecimal, the Keybords idea of B is 42(* in ASCII) or b whitch is 62(> in ASCII) again that is not a problem with US market keybords, but is a problem with some non-US standard keyboards, or becuase of Language diferences, the actual ASCII value of the key is diferent
Let me try to use an exple later,
C)Also they may want to keep the keyboard more intuitive, For example, it may be beter to use C (construct)for the build comand becuase of posible language conflicts, (IE 2 diferent words in German that are considered Direct translations of US-English comands haveing the same first letter, or no comperable word exists in a language that starts with B to the Build comand)
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DaddyCool
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Ontario, Canada
Oct 2000
time: 00:14
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So when will it be released in Canada??
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Canada is often considered apart of the US' domestic market, so unless you hear otherwise assume that whatever release date is listed for the United States that it will be the same for Canada as well.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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DaddyCool
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Ontario, Canada
Oct 2000
time: 00:14
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Very cool...but is it the 19th, like it says here on Apolyton, or the 17th, like it says on Amazon??
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Taso_1
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Melbourne
Nov 2000
time: 05:14
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I think that Australia ahould get it first cause all of the good players come from Australia.
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Quip
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Hoover,AL,USA
Nov 2000
time: 05:14
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yeah i think games should be freeware instead of buyware...wait they are freeware for me...nm i revoke my first opinion...
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