September 2, 2002, 00:29
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What are we going to do when our computers get too fast to play civ II?
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September 2, 2002, 00:31
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How does that effect turn based games?
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September 2, 2002, 01:23
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Well you can't play civ I on a current PC can you.
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September 2, 2002, 04:29
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Don't through your old computers out, save them just for civ2 
or perhaps slow the new ones down while playing civ 2
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September 2, 2002, 12:21
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keep your old puter....but then again..we shan't play civ2 forever......the torch will pass....*ducks before someone chucks fruit*
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September 2, 2002, 13:41
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*anticipates War's duck and hits him anyway with several rotten tomatoes*
For TBS the speed thing is not an issue. Other incompatibilities are possible, I guess, but there are always emulators.
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September 2, 2002, 20:19
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Re: What are we going to do when our computers get too fast to play civ II?
Come into the 21st century and (foolishly) buy Civ III?
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September 2, 2002, 20:24
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Coming from a guy who can't play many of his old faves due to new computer (Colonization, Great Naval Battles, Centurian) I think I'll just keep one that will play Civ 2.
Civ 3... No thanks.
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September 2, 2002, 21:44
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Why on earth would we buy computers that dont play civ?
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September 3, 2002, 11:11
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For civII, I can't see any problems arising from faster processors. Until they get a working/tested version of MP for III, no interest here. 
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September 3, 2002, 11:19
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Incompatabilities in the relatively near future aren't inconceivable.........even now civ2 runs under protest under the 32-bit operating systems with some hardware configurations.
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September 3, 2002, 14:10
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Another reason to start throwing our weight after Freeciv perhaps? That one is future proof
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September 3, 2002, 14:12
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But you think everything is a reason to start throwing our weight behind freeciv!
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September 3, 2002, 15:11
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Well, you gotta plan for the future.
That original Civ2 game concept is still kicking after 7 years is proof that it's damn close to perfect! (Ever noticed that most people still play with original rules?) But not even the mighty Civ2MP will stay with us forever...
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September 3, 2002, 16:30
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People in China have long been using 'Speed Gear' to adjust gaming speed -- you can play as fast as 256 times of normal speed, or as low as 1/256 of it. So there will be no problem in the future.
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September 3, 2002, 17:12
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Speed gear, is that something like that old "moslow" dos utility?
I don't think the actual problem is speed (Civ2 is turnbased afterall). It's the problem that certain apps need a lot of tinkering to get them running properly under WinXP.
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September 3, 2002, 18:30
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I believe the problem will not be the speed of the computer but the software we get given to us from micro$oft. 
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September 5, 2002, 01:59
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You take your Civ2 CD with you and you demand they install and play it before you buy their equipment.The consumer must demand their purchase be Civ2 compliant.
I have 2.42,FW and MGE running on XP with no problems or fixes at all.
If MS makes future OS's non Civ2 compliant,then you don't use the OS.
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September 5, 2002, 02:47
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i think i will stick to civ3 when my comp gets too good for civ2... by then the PTW expansion will be out and i can DL it from some krack site LOL
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