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AUH20 posted 09-01-98 07:18 PM ET
Some of the information I was able to glean from the screenshots in the Computer Gaming Strategy Plus interview.
-I saw a native lifeform! If you look at the shot for the Lord's Believer's city screen and zoom in near the nutrients window, you will see part of the ocean. There is a unit with a red shield which looks something like a thorn bush with antennae.
-The cities' designs are based on faction. The Lord's Believer's have church cities, and what I assume is the Morgan Conglomerate has cities made of gold.
-The engine:
1. Explore-This may close the city screen and allow you to move your units around.
2.Discover-Tech screen?
3.Build-This probably where you set up queues for construction.
4.Conquer-unit design screen?
5.Governor-City status screen?
-If you look at the bottom, there are two faces, one red and one blue. Several icons are lined up next to the blue face. I believe this is the morale indicator screen. Red is unhappy, while blue is happy or content.
-Instead of having to count each square's resource production, it appears there is an icon which tell what is being produced and the quantity being produced in that square.
-City Names: Children of God, Anchorage something

Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey posted 09-01-98 07:22 PM ET
Dont forget that Singularity Tank they took off the cdmag pics.
1.)One of the chassis's is hover tank
2.)One of the weapons is singularity laser(AU knew this already)
3.)One of the armor pieces is Singularity Armor
4.)I forget what the reactor was.
AUH20 posted 09-01-98 07:25 PM ET
I like the touch with the bases. Eye candy yes, but eye candy can be fun.
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey posted 09-01-98 07:30 PM ET
Yes eye candy can be nice, I like eye candy, I especially like how the cities changed after certain pre-requistes, like modern cities & those Red ones in civII.
AUH20 posted 09-01-98 07:40 PM ET
Yep Yo_Yo. But anyway, why did they take the singularity tank screenshot off? Was it classified?
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey posted 09-01-98 07:49 PM ET
I dont know why they took it off, it must be classified, I think the singularity tank was better than the one they have now, even though the new one is giving us more info.
AUH20 posted 09-01-98 07:57 PM ET
I just hope that the Gallery will be updated some day soon.
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey posted 09-01-98 08:02 PM ET
They said they were updating that in a month or two.
AUH20 posted 09-01-98 08:06 PM ET
Yes, I know. But how long does that mean we'll have to wait for the game? Maybe they are so busy they don't have time to update it, though.
It's a pity that Firaxis can neither confirm or deny our hypothesis.
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey posted 09-01-98 08:49 PM ET
I hope they allow the beta testers to give some info on the game away.
AUH20 posted 09-01-98 09:04 PM ET
I doubt it. I wish I was a beta tester, but I don't have previous testing experience. Plenty of Sid experience though...Civ, Civ II, Pirates!, Colonization.
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Author	Topic: Screenshot Conclusions
AUH20	posted 09-01-98 07:18 PM ET Some of the information I was able to glean from the screenshots in the Computer Gaming Strategy Plus interview. -I saw a native lifeform! If you look at the shot for the Lord's Believer's city screen and zoom in near the nutrients window, you will see part of the ocean. There is a unit with a red shield which looks something like a thorn bush with antennae. -The cities' designs are based on faction. The Lord's Believer's have church cities, and what I assume is the Morgan Conglomerate has cities made of gold. -The engine: 1. Explore-This may close the city screen and allow you to move your units around. 2.Discover-Tech screen? 3.Build-This probably where you set up queues for construction. 4.Conquer-unit design screen? 5.Governor-City status screen? -If you look at the bottom, there are two faces, one red and one blue. Several icons are lined up next to the blue face. I believe this is the morale indicator screen. Red is unhappy, while blue is happy or content. -Instead of having to count each square's resource production, it appears there is an icon which tell what is being produced and the quantity being produced in that square. -City Names: Children of God, Anchorage something
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 09-01-98 07:22 PM ET Dont forget that Singularity Tank they took off the cdmag pics. 1.)One of the chassis's is hover tank 2.)One of the weapons is singularity laser(AU knew this already) 3.)One of the armor pieces is Singularity Armor 4.)I forget what the reactor was.
AUH20	posted 09-01-98 07:25 PM ET I like the touch with the bases. Eye candy yes, but eye candy can be fun.
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 09-01-98 07:30 PM ET Yes eye candy can be nice, I like eye candy, I especially like how the cities changed after certain pre-requistes, like modern cities & those Red ones in civII.
AUH20	posted 09-01-98 07:40 PM ET Yep Yo_Yo. But anyway, why did they take the singularity tank screenshot off? Was it classified?
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 09-01-98 07:49 PM ET I dont know why they took it off, it must be classified, I think the singularity tank was better than the one they have now, even though the new one is giving us more info.
AUH20	posted 09-01-98 07:57 PM ET I just hope that the Gallery will be updated some day soon.
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 09-01-98 08:02 PM ET They said they were updating that in a month or two.
AUH20	posted 09-01-98 08:06 PM ET Yes, I know. But how long does that mean we'll have to wait for the game? Maybe they are so busy they don't have time to update it, though. It's a pity that Firaxis can neither confirm or deny our hypothesis.
Yo _Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 09-01-98 08:49 PM ET I hope they allow the beta testers to give some info on the game away.
AUH20	posted 09-01-98 09:04 PM ET I doubt it. I wish I was a beta tester, but I don't have previous testing experience. Plenty of Sid experience though...Civ, Civ II, Pirates!, Colonization.