Play the World, any news?

Ben Williams · July 8, 2002, 11:57

Does anybody know exactly what improvments, aside from multiplayer support, PTW will have on civ3?

Willem · July 8, 2002, 14:00

There's going to be some new things a Worker can build, such as a Radar Tower and an Airfield. Though it's quite possible those might also come out in the next patch. Same with auto-bombard, which will be a very nice thing to have. It sure would be nice if they could give us some idea as to what's in the next patch.

Inverse Icarus · July 8, 2002, 14:05

Firaxis? PR? not until 8 weeks before the release... it actually might start at ent end of august

Willem · July 8, 2002, 14:22

Well obviously they didn't make the June deadline they said they were trying for. I wish they'd hurry up, I don't even want to play the game until the patch is out, and I can start redoing my mod again. Everytime there's a new patch, I end up starting from scratch again, which really, really sucks.

zulu9812 · July 8, 2002, 15:23

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Originally posted by Willem
Same with auto-bombard, which will be a very nice thing to have.

What do you mean by auto-bombard? Stack bombard?

walruskkkch · July 8, 2002, 15:29

They shoot cars, don't they?

Willem · July 8, 2002, 19:12

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Originally posted by zulu9812

What do you mean by auto-bombard? Stack bombard?

I'm not exactly sure how that's going to work, I just read about them mentioning it as a new feature. I'm presuming a stack bombard though I'm not positive. I'm really hoping that they include that in the next patch, rather than making us wait until the XP.

Unlike a lot of people around here, I like using bombard units, they soften my enemies quite nicely. But you really need a a lot of them to make them effective, making it such a pain firing each one individually.

Franses · July 9, 2002, 11:38

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Originally posted by zulu9812

What do you mean by auto-bombard? Stack bombard?

Yes. That is what was promised to be in PTW. Will save us some time. Especially with navy units bombarding can be very boring.

Coracle · July 9, 2002, 23:10

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Originally posted by Willem
Well obviously they didn't make the June deadline they said they were trying for. I wish they'd hurry up, I don't even want to play the game until the patch is out, and I can start redoing my mod again. Everytime there's a new patch, I end up starting from scratch again, which really, really sucks.

DITTO!!

That's what happens when a beta game is marketed 8 to 9 months before it should have been.

Level · July 10, 2002, 00:53

In Computer games magizine they said that a unit set to auto-bombard will bombard intil you tell it to stop or the unit gets distroyed.
Unit stacking will let you designate defenders and attackers.