Originally posted by Carolus Rex
I wonderhow many Viva Paradox and Hail paradox we've heard over the last 48 hrs?
Hmmm ...
Viva la Paradox !
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Hmmm ...
Viva la Paradox !
Originally posted by Carolus Rex
*sigh*
Hail Paradox!
Care to repeat, oh eternal post increaser?
I think reloading a save game after you have lost a war or a big battle is cheating.
Hah, got ya!
Hah, got ya!
reloading makes all the fun go away. few years ago i started saving/reloading while playing civ2. after a while as soon as something went wrong i would reload. even if it was really minor thing not going my way i would reload. after some time i noticed that civ2 wasnt fun anymore because it was not challenge anymore to play. so from that day i try to avoid saving/reloading.
I would not ever play a version that made it so you couldn't save and reload, I have too many problems with my computer crashing so I have to save very often.
It was about saving and reloading when you fail with something, not when it crashes and you reload. Pretty natural to do that IMHO.
You absolutely have to save at the beginning of a war, and whenever you or the AI accept a peace treaty during it, as a bare minimum. Wars cause far to many crashes to risk doing otherwise, especially as I don't use the auto-save function.
I do sometimes get so pissed at repeated Colonial failures at 70%+ chances that I do sometimes save and reload there. Sometimes it feels as if the game just gets bloody minded (at one point I did this and watched five more failures from that point-that's approaching astronomical levels of statistical improbability!)
I do sometimes get so pissed at repeated Colonial failures at 70%+ chances that I do sometimes save and reload there. Sometimes it feels as if the game just gets bloody minded (at one point I did this and watched five more failures from that point-that's approaching astronomical levels of statistical improbability!)
every time you try to colonize there is 70% chance that you are going to succeed. now if you try to colonize five times in a row there is
0,243% chance that you will not succeed (0,3 * 0,3 * 0,3 * 0,3 * 0,3 = 0,00243). it is very unlikely but it is possible that you will not succeed in 5 times, thus saving and reloading before colonization is cheating
0,243% chance that you will not succeed (0,3 * 0,3 * 0,3 * 0,3 * 0,3 = 0,00243). it is very unlikely but it is possible that you will not succeed in 5 times, thus saving and reloading before colonization is cheating
Originally posted by emir
it is very unlikely but it is possible that you will not succeed in 5 times, thus saving and reloading before colonization is cheating
Not as badly as VultureGFF not using Fog of War!
Besides, you forgot to factor frustration level into your calculation!
What is it with you people???
I never used fog of war... But since you ask, I will next time, ok?
I never used fog of war... But since you ask, I will next time, ok?
Originally posted by Sidney
They do already, it is called not saving and reloading.
And disabling the autosave function!
And not taking bathroom breaks during a war. In real life you would get it shot off!
Napoleon reloading a saved game!
No he didn't - but I'm damned sure he would have if he could - that was one crafty frenchie.
"Marshal Ney, my invasion of Russia hasn't turned out quite as I expected - please reload from 1810!"
No he didn't - but I'm damned sure he would have if he could - that was one crafty frenchie.
"Marshal Ney, my invasion of Russia hasn't turned out quite as I expected - please reload from 1810!"
Originally posted by Suleyman
Why would you ever lose a war? Or a single major battle?
Ever heard of Save Game?
I should like to point out that I rather doubt your namesake (Suleyman the Magnificent) ever had the option of stooping to a 'save game', 'mulligan', etc.
I am definitely *very* glad to have the capability to save/reload whenever I choose. Games that do not have a flexible save/reload mechanism have no sympathy for those who experience the unexpected (in the form of a Blue Screen of Death, etc. =)
Peeking
Yes, Save & Reload killed Civ 2 for me, too. Especially when you could load, enable cheat, look at all enemy activities, decide what to do next, THEN quit without saving and reload ...
So I'm trying to avoid it on EU. Trying quite hard, and almost succeeding.
But at least I haven't resorted to using GameSpy or opening save files to read my BB rating.
Yet.
Yes, Save & Reload killed Civ 2 for me, too. Especially when you could load, enable cheat, look at all enemy activities, decide what to do next, THEN quit without saving and reload ...
So I'm trying to avoid it on EU. Trying quite hard, and almost succeeding.
But at least I haven't resorted to using GameSpy or opening save files to read my BB rating.
Yet.