Is SEIV going the way of the dodo?

[Kana]

Imperator Fyron said:
Kana... 100 MB combat replay files are terrible things. How do you play PBEM/PBW with that? You need the replays to see how combat went, to refine ship designs and such.

Oh I agree...yet I just installed NWN2 on my computer, and that took up 6 GB of space. The 1st patch requires that you have 7 GB free on your HD to even run the patch. I know this isnt the same type of game or anything like that. I'm just saying that games are going to require more of your computer weither its a highend RPG, or a lowend strategy game. I would much rather play a strategy game, but I accept the fact that improvements are going to require more resources. It would be easier, if we didnt have to use a PBEM/PBW format. CivIV for example has a pitboss mode, which allows a free standing game to be logged into and a turn played. Or so I've heard. I have played CivIV MP, and enjoy it for the 3 or so hours you can invest in it at one sitting. You then save the game, and make a new date to play. Yet there are many advantages to the PBEM/PBW style, especially the play when you have time advantage. I'm certainly wowed initially by stunning graphics, but in the end gameplay and depth are always more important. Heck I would be quite happy if SE5 was SE3/SE4 with the added modding options.

[Black_Knyght]

That's really what I was hoping for when I'd heard it was being done.

[Fyron]

Kana:
Install size or size on disk is not the issue at all... The issue is having to transfer around dozens of megabytes per turn. It doesn't matter whether you use PBEM or TCP/IP (aka Civ4's pitboss), the sheer amount of data to transfer is staggering. Civ4 can't hardly compare for game file sizes anyways... It has no combat system to speak of, just some comparisons of strength numbers.

PvK:
I certainly hope an entire combat can't be regenerated just by sending a few random seeds...