04-04-2003 13:49									#1
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Does anyone?

I don't. If a good number of people did, I would consider rewriting and placing a "describe" file in updated versions of my scenarios.

Just a thought.

	04-04-2003 14:22									#2
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What does it do, exactly?

	04-04-2003 16:40									#3
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It's the file that contains the text that's displayed when you click on "describe" in the civilopedia.

And I do look at it if it's avaliable. If used well, it can give a scenario a great deal more depth.

	04-04-2003 20:18									#4
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Besides the regular descriptions, you can put an unlimited number of items you want in the Civpedia/Game Concepts menu, typically things like tables you want players to reference occasionally when the game is on.

Have a look at T.R.O.N. to see some examples.

	04-04-2003 20:42									#5
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i usually read it

	04-04-2003 21:01									#6
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Having one present also means that the pedia will display if a wonder is obsoleted when viewing the info for a tech in the civilopedia.
As I recall adding a complete describe also means that the other stuff MGE usually wont display, but which are present in the pedia.txt, like "First to invent this tech get a free tech" and similar, also show up when viewing tech info.

	04-04-2003 21:33									#7
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I will have to use it, from now on!

	04-04-2003 23:06									#8
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It gives scenarios a more professional and finished look. I hope more scenario designers will use it. Keep up the good work guys.

	05-04-2003 03:27									#9
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I use it primarily in my fictional scenarios in which I usually give a brief history of the wonders or outlines of the alternate government systems. I have seen it used very nicely non-fiction scenarios though. I recommend it.

	05-04-2003 03:54									#10
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I used it in Red October, but not in Roman Civil War. In RO, I also used the 'game concepts' portion of the file as well to add a little more chrome. It's now a CHEKA dossier on all of the major characters of the Russian Civil war. I used the 'about test of time' section for rolling credits and a bibliography.

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	05-04-2003 06:50									#11
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Is this for MGE/ToT only, or have I been missing out on a miraculous atmosphere-development tool?

	05-04-2003 07:54									#12
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Please do. It makes the scenario look much nicer, to have some background & such.
In Red Front, the background info is in the place where you would normally see only "Counts as a granary in every city", etc. Sometimes this is so long you can't tell what the improvement does!

	05-04-2003 08:07									#13
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I'm using it now to explain tricky parts of a Leo upgrade scheme.

quote: I used the 'about test of time' section for rolling credits and a bibliography.

At least one person read it! I liked the credit to Possidente.

	05-04-2003 08:35									#14
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Is it possible to give unit descriptions in MGE too? I thought it was only possible in ToT (I could be wrong, though).

	05-04-2003 09:31									#15
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You can have unit descriptions in MGE.

All things that have descriptions in the normal game can have them in the scenario.

	05-04-2003 09:50									#16
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quote: At least one person read it! I liked the credit to Possidente.

Yeah, he did more for Civ than any other single person, IMHO. I thought a dedication was in order.