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Re: Imperialism II - Still holds up

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From: curt... CurtAdams
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:08
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sb...@my-deja.com writes:

(re multiplayer tactical in ImpII)
>All there had to be done was to exclude AI from the opposing side.
>Then substitute in the opponents move. 

Which means they have to write in an input system.  More importantly,
they have to modify the tactical code to include constant communication
between the two computers; right now there's a once-off communication
at the end of each turn and that's it.  Interactive communication over
an arbitrary communication system is not a trivial task.

It's probably not a vast amount of work.  But it is something extra;
they didn't just drop it.  Given the expected return on MP tactical
(virtually zero) I'm not surprised they didn't pay to add it in.



Curt Adams (curt...@aol.com)
"It is better to be wrong than to be vague" - Freeman Dyson
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