Civ:CTP Preview 47
palpatine writes
"At 32 Bits Online Magazine, we have been testing a beta of Civilization: Call to Power for Linux for some time now. Our staff has been tirelessly working to test the new features of this exciting game, and we like it. In this preview, we take a closer look at Call to Power for Linux, including its features, the beta version, and the actual progress of a CTP game. "
I played the preview release a bit. Had a few bugs that I'm
sure are fixed by now. My 2 second summary is that its definitely
the largest professional game of its type for Linux... but
I think I really want Alpha Centauri. Of course, once I get
my hands on the final CTP release, and get the LAN up at
the new house, I fully intend to lose many late night hours
to CTP.
Where to get Civ:CTP (Score:1)
-Ben, handeye.com programming geek
...not really (Score:2)
The requirements could say "x" MB of memory (physical or virtual), but that would confuse some people.
Re:You know what's annoying? (Score:1)
Ok, time to speculate. (Score:1)
- HalfLife would be nice, but with TF2 coming around soon, that may be a better choice. The TFC addon has been plenty of fun.
- RailRoad Tycoon II. What more is there to say? The expansion pack demo really improves on the original game, allowing cargo storage, etc. It's a great game that you can come back to anytime.
- For RTS, of course Tiberium Sun would be perfect, but this demo for Wazone 2100 is pretty nice too.
Re:Simultaneous release? (Score:1)
Re:what's next? (Score:1)
Re:Flatworld??? (Score:1)
Re:Loki's next Game (Score:1)
Simultaneous release? (Score:1)
Maybe I'll go play some FreeCiv to hold off the shakes for a little longer...
Re:yep -- glibc2.1 does work! (Score:1)
Re:Who cares? - From the associate editor - 32Bits (Score:1)
I agree with you on the number of pages. Just as an FYI, the editors for the magazine control the page breaks, not the server programming.
If you have a complaint, email the person who wrote the article and let them know, this way they can respond accordingly.
Eric Caldwell
eric.caldwell@32bitsonline.com
Associate Editor
Speed (Score:1)
I don't care about animations, but (for example) Alpha Centauri is quite annoying on my hardware (under Windows). [as an aside: I found Alpha Centauri kind of boring compared to Civ2, the landscape has no personality and the advances are all too theoretical/contrived]
Re:I'm hoping for Diablo 2 :) (Score:1)
Always read the FAQ (Score:1)
It's statically linked. (Score:1)
Flatworld??? (Score:1)
Be Seeing You,
Jeffrey.
Re:Loki's next Game (Score:2)
On another note, you are never to refer to Tradewars 2000 and a game I want to play in the same sentence ever.
Alpha Centauri. (Score:3)
Re:CTP gameplay (Score:1)
Too bad Alpha Centauri wasn't the Civ-type game selected to be ported to Linux. It's an excellent game -- definately a worthy successor to Civ 2.
Re:Simultaneous release? (Score:1)
As for Alpha Centauri, I'm sure it's good but it doesn't have the theme of the civ games, which is evolving from barbarians to a modern society. Like Old Man Murray said, I know instinctively that Mongols are evil and India is a bunch of panzies. But what the hell is up with the "collective hide"?
GPL'd Ad Filter (Score:1)
Here's a gem that will help save you lots of needless image downloading. Check out JunkBuster [junkbuster.com]. It's a simple HTTP proxy that filters out ads in a manner that you configure. Source code available under the General Public License.
Lots of people have "blockfiles" out there, and the JunkBuster FAQ has a link to an Altavista query to find one.
Of course, I would NEVER use this against Slashdot, even though those !@$*% Adfu ads never close their TCP connections.
Who cares? (Score:2)
Re:yep -- glibc2.1 does work! (Score:1)
May she always!
Beta required 80Mb swap... (Score:1)
Looks like that nails it for my Windows partition. (All I've been rebooting for lately was to play CivII anyway.)
Re:Simultaneous release? (Score:1)
I've just gotten in to FreeCiv, and even started looking at the code a bit, so now I'll almost feel guilty buying CTP.
But buy it I must, even if only to make Linux profitable to the other game companies.
Re:Flatworld??? (Score:1)
Re:Who cares? (Score:2)
You know what's annoying? (Score:3)
Too bad that CTP is a BAD game (Score:1)
I love CIV, CIV2 is good too. I liked the Alpha Centauri demo and I wish I bought that instead of CTP. Why? The interface is a nightmare. It's not only bad, it's a total screwup. Unit balance is nonexistent. Climbing the technology tree (which is huge, but has a few chokepoints) is worthless, since musketeers will defeat your fusion tanks. Or you'll defeat fusion tanks with musketeers. The endgame is very tedious. CTP becomes a chore before you know it.
Don't get me wrong: Buy the Linux version when it comes out. You'll support Linux. You'll get hooked. You'll enjoy the game for some time. But then you'll be wishing that you spent that time with something else. Sleeping. Staring at the ceiling. Whatever.
Marton
Compatability (Score:1)
with glibc2.1.
Does anyone know if this has been fixed ?
Or If a fix is planned ?
CivII, I am your father (Score:1)
yep -- glibc2.1 does work! (Score:3)
We will release a fix on our web site at http://www.lokigames.com/, along with the 1.1 patch, when it's ready.
For the record, glibc-2.1 was still in beta while we were developing the game. - Linux still lives on the edge of technology. :-)"
what's next? (Score:3)
"Hi Mike,
>Hot damn! CTP is gonna rock!!!!!!!
>I can't wait to snag my copy off the shelf in an actual computer store!!
Great!
>Have you guys decided what your next project will be?
>If so, DO TELL!!!
We've already signed on the dotted line,
but can't announce our next titles until later this month.
Hope you'll be impressed.
:-)
Thank you for your support,
Kathryn Sorhaindo
Loki Entertainment Software"
I wonder what it will be...
Cool! (Score:1)
For myself, I have grown tired of games. I settle for some old Amiga-games with the UAE emulator...
// Simon
Re:Speed (Score:1)
I can completely agree with that. The first couple of times through, and even after reading the manual to figure out what everything was, I still didn't feel like I had a great idea of what was going on in the game. Civ: CTP seems a lot more familiar, and gives you some frame of reference. I did like Master of Orion (MOO) and MOO2, but things there were a lot more straightforward, and explained better.
Looks like it's going to rock! (Score:3)
For those of you who don't have a distributor who's carrying it near you, you may consider trying to special order it through the local software store. It might cost a bit more, but it will show the local stores that there is a demand for Linux games.