The "Describe" file; Who looks at it?

Exile · April 4, 2003, 04:49

Does anyone?

I don't. If a good number of people did, I would consider rewriting and placing a "describe" file in updated versions of my scenarios.

Just a thought.

curtsibling · April 4, 2003, 05:22

What does it do, exactly?

Paul Hanson · April 4, 2003, 07:40

It's the file that contains the text that's displayed when you click on "describe" in the civilopedia.

And I do look at it if it's avaliable. If used well, it can give a scenario a great deal more depth.

kobayashi · April 4, 2003, 11:18

Besides the regular descriptions, you can put an unlimited number of items you want in the Civpedia/Game Concepts menu, typically things like tables you want players to reference occasionally when the game is on.

Have a look at T.R.O.N. to see some examples.

Shaka Naldur · April 4, 2003, 11:42

i usually read it

Henrik · April 4, 2003, 12:01

Having one present also means that the pedia will display if a wonder is obsoleted when viewing the info for a tech in the civilopedia.
As I recall adding a complete describe also means that the other stuff MGE usually wont display, but which are present in the pedia.txt, like "First to invent this tech get a free tech" and similar, also show up when viewing tech info.

curtsibling · April 4, 2003, 12:33

I will have to use it, from now on!

Kaptain Ken · April 4, 2003, 14:06

It gives scenarios a more professional and finished look. I hope more scenario designers will use it.

Keep up the good work guys.

WarVoid · April 4, 2003, 18:27

I use it primarily in my fictional scenarios in which I usually give a brief history of the wonders or outlines of the alternate government systems. I have seen it used very nicely non-fiction scenarios though. I recommend it.

techumseh · April 4, 2003, 18:54

I used it in Red October, but not in Roman Civil War. In RO, I also used the 'game concepts' portion of the file as well to add a little more chrome. It's now a CHEKA dossier on all of the major characters of the Russian Civil war. I used the 'about test of time' section for rolling credits and a bibliography.

Elok · April 4, 2003, 21:50

Is this for MGE/ToT only, or have I been missing out on a miraculous atmosphere-development tool?

Bob_Smurf42 · April 4, 2003, 22:54

Please do. It makes the scenario look much nicer, to have some background & such.
In Red Front, the background info is in the place where you would normally see only "Counts as a granary in every city", etc. Sometimes this is so long you can't tell what the improvement does!