nasarius

There's no really good reason to use Python 3 yet. Way too much stuff still doesn't work with it (Boost.Python might be very relevant here). Yeah, I like how it handles strings and bytes, but there's very little you can do in Python 3.1 that you can't do in Python 2.6. Py3k has also benchmarked as substantially slower, which could be a major concern. Probably the only thing that newbies are going to trip over is the print statement (2.x) vs. function (3.x). Ignore it and use the built

[quote quoting="post"] So if you’re having fun with the beta[/quote] Heh. It's mildly entertaining, in a this-is-a-totally-unfinished-broken-prototype-of-an-awesome-game kind of way. But as a new beta tester, my favorite part is the intro. It gives me pangs of nostalgia for Quest for Glory II* and other games from that era. * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzPHJur9xT8

It's somewhat deceptive to think of Python as an "easy" language for non-programmers. Its syntax is fairly simple, and the one-way-to-do-it principle is a massive improvement over the likes of Perl and Ruby. But it's a very powerful language; it's *the* language of choice among many professional programmers, myself included, when starting up just about any kind of project that doesn't absolutely require C/C++ (eg, kernel drivers). It's a great fit for everything from simple scripts, t

CGI alongside live action is really, really difficult to get right, even with enormous budgets and the latest technology. There are some truly awful examples in the Star Wars prequels, and just about none of it is absolutely convincing and perfect. I'd say it's going to be another couple decades until we get CGI that doesn't feel a little fake. The Yoda and Jabba puppets built and filmed in the early 1980s are still plenty convincing, IMO. CG Yoda bouncing around with h

Definitely agree that population growth should entail gradual development and benefits, not just building up to discrete city level changes. Unrest? Meh. The entertainment structures in the game would facilitate such things, but managing population happiness always felt like pointless busywork in the Civ games. It hasn't been a particularly interesting game mechanic.

[quote who="Tridus" reply="12" id="2539174"]Do you think they should maybe stop calling them "next-generation consoles" at some point, now that they've been current for a couple of years?[/quote] And by this point, it's genuinely confusing. Is he talking about the consoles that have been around for about four years now? Or, given that this is a game in pre-production, is he talking about consoles that might be released in three years or so? There's been a rumor or two about So