October 31, 2001, 18:25
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Emperor
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Editor is a POS
Got the purty tin box, put it in and, fired 'er up...
Good old, earth map...what better place to start...? Hmm, no 'Historical or Random' starting positions...ahh, must be a later screen...
BAH! What I thought was the Thames turned out to be the Ganges...surely they can't expect us to set such things in the Editor, can they??
Out of the game, into editor. Note the lack of an EVENTs option like in FW...
Hmmm....hrrMMMmmm....
PEOPLE: How do I set specific starting locations in the editor???!!! All I can do is change the random start area!
HEEELLLPP!!
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October 31, 2001, 18:30
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YOU CAN'T
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October 31, 2001, 18:32
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King
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Maybe start a petition for Firaxis/Infogrames to open source the savegame format and the editor? I asked Firaxis that very question a few months back
....they never answered.... 
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October 31, 2001, 19:01
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Comparison Between Civ 2 FW/MGE and Civ III
Civ 2
-Had scenarios, easily editable everything
-multiple EASILY ACCESSIBLE zoom levels
-Stable in Windows, so you could run napster, wordperfect, Internet Explorer in the background.
-Had historical starting spots on a good earth map. With Julius B.'s diplomap, you could play on a really good huge map
-poor graphics
Civ3
-no real scenario editor despite what was said
-earth map is an abortion
-NO HISTORICAL STARTING SPOTS!! Not even the ability to set them..
-It took me 3 hours to figure out how to use the 2 level zoom
-Forget about multitasking
-very nice graphics. I have no graphical complaints about the game (the absolute last consideration in a civ game)
-The resource model of trading is very cool, better than the old caravans.
Final Analysis: Hopefully, an expansion will make the game good for something besides random map play.
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October 31, 2001, 19:06
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Prince
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It's odd isn't it? The editor is only good for tweaking things and the map o' Earth sucks. But the game play is pretty good so far (almost finished a full game).
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October 31, 2001, 19:13
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Prince
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How do you zoom in the editor? I can't find it anywhere?
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October 31, 2001, 19:20
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King
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Youre right, the single player, random map experience is perfect, but to play with anything else so far is worse than civ2
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October 31, 2001, 20:29
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Quote:
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Originally posted by dainbramaged13
Youre right, the single player, random map experience is perfect, but to play with anything else so far is worse than civ2
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Its ironic, the random map experiences in Civ 2 were 'poor' to say the least. Now in Civ 3, the opposite has occured. Random maps are excellent, but we've lost the ability to control where we start on set maps. 
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October 31, 2001, 20:53
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Prince
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Civ3...
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