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presence posted 04-26-99 10:53 PM ET
It's tough, but worth it for the crisis-coping strategies that you develop.
Nell_Smith posted 04-26-99 10:57 PM ET
Sure, it's way more challenging than saving and reloading every time you meet a Unity pod, or every time your Scout Patrol steps into a patch of fungus, or every time you fight a battle.
The only thing I'd say is that I don't actually use the "Ironman" setting, because it's very annoying when the game crashes after a two-hour session and you have to replay 50 or more turns. I operate a voluntary Ironman, where I just don't save and reload. Same thing, but without the added worry that the game will crash and you'll have wasted all that time
Nell
MikeH II posted 04-27-99 10:00 AM ET
I do, but that's mainly because I never save anyway until I stop playing because I always forget, and I never reload so I might as well get the score bonus.
trippin daily posted 04-27-99 01:14 PM ET
I used to play Ironman, then I stopped due to a now infamous bug, I disable the thing which causes the bug in the aplpha.txt. But I still just play Ironman in spirit. Nell is right, it is erally annoying to lose about 50 turns, especially if they turned out great, to a game crash. I don't really play for score, so the bonus doesn't really seem to be any incentive to play it. Long as you have a little thing called willpower, you can avoid saving/reloading.
Trippin Daily
-Ironman in spirit-
P.S. Nell, you should complain to FIRAXIS about there not being an Ironwoman option.
WyldKarde posted 04-27-99 07:46 PM ET
I'm the same, Ironman in spirit if not in fact. I'm not bothered about the score so I may as well take precautions against the occaisional crash.
The bitch is there's no choice to turn it off for hotseat. I play a regular game with a good friend and it's a little tiresome to have to exit the game every ten turns or so in case something goes horribly wrong and we lose the entire session. <mutter, grumble>
AniSKoV posted 04-29-99 08:53 PM ET
I play Ironman too, and if I crash I just restart at the last Automatic Save. This way, I only loose my last turn if any.
AniSKoV posted 04-29-99 08:55 PM ET
Note : There is just one automatic Save, when you play Ironman.
Alphaman posted 04-30-99 03:26 AM ET
Ironman would be OK later on but at the start little things ( like releasing 3 puny mindworms ) can make all the difference.
And if you just got a great random map this could be a bit annoying.
Aman
Rusty Man
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Author	Topic: Who else plays 'Ironman?'
presence	posted 04-26-99 10:53 PM ET It's tough, but worth it for the crisis-coping strategies that you develop.
Nell_Smith	posted 04-26-99 10:57 PM ET Sure, it's way more challenging than saving and reloading every time you meet a Unity pod, or every time your Scout Patrol steps into a patch of fungus, or every time you fight a battle. The only thing I'd say is that I don't actually use the "Ironman" setting, because it's very annoying when the game crashes after a two-hour session and you have to replay 50 or more turns. I operate a voluntary Ironman, where I just don't save and reload. Same thing, but without the added worry that the game will crash and you'll have wasted all that time Nell
MikeH II	posted 04-27-99 10:00 AM ET I do, but that's mainly because I never save anyway until I stop playing because I always forget, and I never reload so I might as well get the score bonus.
trippin daily	posted 04-27-99 01:14 PM ET I used to play Ironman, then I stopped due to a now infamous bug, I disable the thing which causes the bug in the aplpha.txt. But I still just play Ironman in spirit. Nell is right, it is erally annoying to lose about 50 turns, especially if they turned out great, to a game crash. I don't really play for score, so the bonus doesn't really seem to be any incentive to play it. Long as you have a little thing called willpower, you can avoid saving/reloading. Trippin Daily -Ironman in spirit- P.S. Nell, you should complain to FIRAXIS about there not being an Ironwoman option.
WyldKarde	posted 04-27-99 07:46 PM ET I'm the same, Ironman in spirit if not in fact. I'm not bothered about the score so I may as well take precautions against the occaisional crash. The bitch is there's no choice to turn it off for hotseat. I play a regular game with a good friend and it's a little tiresome to have to exit the game every ten turns or so in case something goes horribly wrong and we lose the entire session. <mutter, grumble>
AniSKoV	posted 04-29-99 08:53 PM ET I play Ironman too, and if I crash I just restart at the last Automatic Save. This way, I only loose my last turn if any.
AniSKoV	posted 04-29-99 08:55 PM ET Note : There is just one automatic Save, when you play Ironman.
Alphaman	posted 04-30-99 03:26 AM ET Ironman would be OK later on but at the start little things ( like releasing 3 puny mindworms ) can make all the difference. And if you just got a great random map this could be a bit annoying. Aman Rusty Man