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| Author |
File Description |
| Gordon Farrell |
Posted on 05/14/08 @ 07:10 PM
| File Details |
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| Game version: |
v1.2 (any language) |
| Region: |
Southern Europe |
| Map size: |
128x128 |
| Population goal: |
* |
| Culture goal: |
* |
| Security goal: |
* |
| Prosperity goal: |
* |
| Favor goal: |
* |
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This is a three-scenario campaign that explores the early adventures and political intrigue surrounding the life of a man who would one day conquer the ancient world. Gaius Julius Caesar came from a prominent Roman family but few people suspected how the struggles and persecution of his early years would forge in him a leader of political genius, military audacity, and popular adoration. It began in 81 BC, when Caesar was 19 years old and the infamous tyrant, L. Cornelius Sulla, marked Caesar and his family as enemies of Rome. Escaping Italy and seeking sanctuary in Asia Minor, Caesar began to hone his skills as an administrator and military tactician -- all the while keeping a close eye on the political turmoil that was engulfing his beloved Rome.
FEATURES
- A unique, fully implemented campaign that is played through the “Other Campaigns” option especially provided on your start up menu.
- Three maps reconstructed from the retail game to provide unique military and city building challenges
- A fully developed narrative with custom messages and a historically accurate storyline.
- Original voice files to tell the story and advance the campaign
To install CAESAR IN EXILE, use one of these methods:
A. If the game is installed on your C drive, then you can right click on the zip file, select “Extract to...” and then select your C Drive. All the files will fall into their proper place.
B. If the game is NOT installed on your C drive, use the same procedure outlined in "A," but designate the drive on which your game is installed, ie, "Extract to... D drive."
C. If this fails, then you will have to extract the zip file to a folder on your desktop, and manually transfer the unzipped files to following folders:
1. Program Files/Sierra/CaesarIV/Campaigns: the xml file “Caesar in Exile”
2. Program Files/Sierra/CaesarIV/Scenarios: All 24 files labeled “Alexandria Troas,” “Myteline,” and “Villa Gens Julia.”
3. Program Files/Sierra/CaesarIV/Audio/Voice/Tutorials: All mp3 files labeled “tutorial.”
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Gordon Farrell
File Author |
Posted on 05/15/08 @ 04:25 PM
KNOWN BUGS
There are a few small technical issues that you'll notice when playing Caesar in Exile. Some of them I don't have the technical expertise yet to fix, but some of them are endemic to the game and I don't think there is a fix.
1. When a military threat is imminent, you WON'T get a red line of text warning you that a threat is coming, at the bottom of the Chief Advisor page. The way I have created invasions is by using scripted triggers that operate separately from the game system. The best way to double check if an invasion really is coming is to check the "Instructions" message log. I'm sure there's a line of C# I can add to make the red warning text fire but I haven't found it yet.
2. When voice messages are playing, and you're engaged in another activity, the voice mp3 may stop playing. This seems to be endemic to the game. The best thing to do is pause the game when voice messages are playing.
3. Right, pausing during voice messages should be built into the C# scripting, but I haven't figured out how to do it yet! Anyone got a suggestion?
CAMPAIGN MAP IMPLEMENTATION
One of the things I discovered is that any custom campaign is restricted to using cities that are on the same pre-coded campaign maps that shipped with the game. In other words, a custom campaign has to use either the Kingdom, Republic or Empire maps. And you can't move or re-name the cities on those maps.
As a result, I chose locations on the campaign map that approximated the places where Caesar was operating during the time period of the story. Then I fudged the historical geography a little bit, designating the pre-fixed campaign map cities as "Provincial Capitols" that had authority over a larger, nearby area, which is where Caesar actually did undertake missions similar to those described in my story.
So, some of you may look at this and (justifiably) question the historical accuracy of some of the place names on the campaign map... but there really wasn't any other way to tell this story. At least, not until someone deciphers the campaign map code and modders are allowed to build their own campaign maps! |
| Elizabethus |
Posted on 05/21/08 @ 01:20 AM |
Gordon Farrell
File Author |
Posted on 05/22/08 @ 09:37 AM |
| PopeJohn1 |
Posted on 05/24/08 @ 03:45 PM
I'm on to Alexandria Troas now and this one looks like fun. More room. Thanks for all your hard work in designing this scenario.
el papa |
Gordon Farrell
File Author |
Posted on 05/25/08 @ 12:31 PM
As far as the military challenge goes, ballista towers and prefects go a long way, but towards the end Sulla's forces show up in pretty overwhelming numbers. A light infantry cohort is pretty essential for taking out his catapults... although prefects are effective against those, too.
What may have thrown you off is the confusion I created by calling this a Villa. You don't actually need a villa residential building to win. The concept I was working on was that the whole map is Caesar's villa!
Anyway, here's how I got my population properly situated, and still had room for mess hall, recruitment, and fort.
EDIT: Hmmm, HGS doesn't seem to support screenshots in this forum. At least I can't figure out how to do it! You can find the screenie over at Tilted Mill's C4 forums... use this url:
http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showthread.php?p=188982#post188982
[Edited on 05/25/08 @ 12:44 PM]
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| kach |
Posted on 05/28/08 @ 07:51 PM
Edited: I've added screenshots of Villa Gens Julia and Myteline to the gallery here: http://caesar4.heavengames.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=citylayouts
Yes, having to build a villa for Caesar would certainly make the scenario harder![Edited on 06/07/08 @ 07:55 PM]
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| Hans952 |
Posted on 07/31/08 @ 05:55 PM |
| Cajbor |
Posted on 07/31/08 @ 08:37 PM
(Insert Rating analysis here)
Additional Comments:
Just finished 1st looking forward to the second city. Great job in making it an interesting challenge with population, space and backround |
| Dorian Hawkmoon |
Posted on 09/08/08 @ 07:22 PM
Its a great campaign, it's fun, its Caesar 4, in this campaign play 3 awesome missions ... need more plz :) |
Gordon Farrell
File Author |
Posted on 09/09/08 @ 02:58 AM |
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| Statistics |
| Downloads: | 8,924 |
| Favorites: [] | 1 |
| Size: | 29.96 MB |
| Added: | 05/14/08 |
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