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Roland posted 11-15-98 02:38 PM ET
http://www.gamespot.com/features/alphacentauri/screen.html?3
What is this ? A piece of land in the top, and a city with some surrounding at the bottom. Could it be a city radius ? Flexible shape, and more than 21 squares ? I wouldn't think so, but what else ?
The text below the thumbnail in the main preview is "Sorry MOO fans. In Alpha Centauri, you're stranded on one planet with a single starting colony pod." Does that tell anything to MOO fans ?
BTW, in other shots the cities/bases often have more than 4 squares inbetween, but I guess this doesn't indicate a wider city radius than in civII ?
Firehawk posted 11-15-98 03:35 PM ET
The piece at the top is so sharply cut off, my guess is that it is just a mistake.
Roland posted 11-15-98 03:37 PM ET
I thought of that too, but it doesn't look like the lower part with the single base was cut off as well. It is very strange...
Rick posted 11-15-98 04:59 PM ET
Roland: "The text below the thumbnail in the main preview is "Sorry MOO fans. In Alpha Centauri, you're stranded on one planet with a single starting colony pod." Does that tell anything to MOO fans ?"
I think that is just talking about the fact that in MOO, the basic unit you started with was a whole planet, and the game spanned the whole galaxy, while in Alpha Centauri, the whole game takes place on a single planet.
Rick
RyanR posted 11-15-98 07:50 PM ET
It looks like there is a fog of war too! I remember that one of the terrain upgrades is a sensor. The gray looks like fog of war to me.
RyanR
Roland posted 11-20-98 11:12 AM ET
I just saw that the screenshot has changed. It's now just one city, a civ-style city radius and one unit, adding one revealed terrain square.
So it's the starting position + one move. Now the text with the MOO-reference is making sense as well.
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Author	Topic: Gamespot Screenshot nr 3
Roland	posted 11-15-98 02:38 PM ET http://www.gamespot.com/features/alphacentauri/screen.html?3 What is this ? A piece of land in the top, and a city with some surrounding at the bottom. Could it be a city radius ? Flexible shape, and more than 21 squares ? I wouldn't think so, but what else ? The text below the thumbnail in the main preview is "Sorry MOO fans. In Alpha Centauri, you're stranded on one planet with a single starting colony pod." Does that tell anything to MOO fans ? BTW, in other shots the cities/bases often have more than 4 squares inbetween, but I guess this doesn't indicate a wider city radius than in civII ?
Firehawk	posted 11-15-98 03:35 PM ET The piece at the top is so sharply cut off, my guess is that it is just a mistake.
Roland	posted 11-15-98 03:37 PM ET I thought of that too, but it doesn't look like the lower part with the single base was cut off as well. It is very strange...
Rick	posted 11-15-98 04:59 PM ET Roland: "The text below the thumbnail in the main preview is "Sorry MOO fans. In Alpha Centauri, you're stranded on one planet with a single starting colony pod." Does that tell anything to MOO fans ?" I think that is just talking about the fact that in MOO, the basic unit you started with was a whole planet, and the game spanned the whole galaxy, while in Alpha Centauri, the whole game takes place on a single planet. Rick
RyanR	posted 11-15-98 07:50 PM ET It looks like there is a fog of war too! I remember that one of the terrain upgrades is a sensor. The gray looks like fog of war to me. RyanR
Roland	posted 11-20-98 11:12 AM ET I just saw that the screenshot has changed. It's now just one city, a civ-style city radius and one unit, adding one revealed terrain square. So it's the starting position + one move. Now the text with the MOO-reference is making sense as well.