Critical Support

Dual Garden of Eden Start

It's always possible to lose, but a person would really have to try. I do sort of wonder what that (i.e. intentionally losing) might look like on this map.

Whatever.

I feel confident that a 1,000,000+ Score is readily achievable. And I am almost inclined to try for that high water mark... almost.

NAME: Critial Support
DIFFICULTY: Deity
SPEED: Marathon
LEADER: Gandhi

No Barbarians
Aggressive AI
No Tech Brokering
No Tribal Villages
No Random Events

Starting Technologies: Fishing, The Wheel, Agriculture, Hunting, Mysticism, Mining, Masonry

All in all, it's not a very hard start.

046-critical-support-saves.zip

This is my most comprehensive Game Save Zip, yet. So, I'm going to spend some time going over it.

First, it's a zip. And in the zip is a 7z compressed file. So, yeah. It's a bit annoying. First one has to unzip and then un-7z it. But I did that because 7z compression is twice as good (as the corresponding zip), yielding a file half as big. But a zip is something I know (without a doubt) my server can handle.

Inside the zip are three types of files:

• .CivBeyondSwordSave
• Full Game Save
  • Start
  • End
    • Of each major attempt
• These are the standard complete game saves with whatever history such saves normally include.
• .CivBeyondSwordWBSave
• World Builder Save
  • For Each Named Save
    • Typically after a critical milestone
• I presume (as I am not checking) that these preserve the relevant state (but not history) at the time of the save.
• Log File.txt
• For each named save
• Containing whatever history the Logfiles contain

The Game Saves take up a fair bit of bandwidth; hence, why there are not so many of them. While both The World Builder and Log Files are composed of highly redundant and often identical text strings; and as such, compress like a dream.

Each file in the zip starts with an identifier of the form MMM-GG-SS-TXXX:

• MMM: Map Number
• This is Map Number 046.
  • And as such, all the files start with 046.
• GG: Game Number
• What play through on this map am I on?
• To be honest, I often think of The Map as The Game.
  • So, I am sure there are some inconsistencies to be found in the notes and write-ups throughout this site.
• SS: Save Number
• Abandoned games often have a single save.
• Like the preceding two numbers, these are always sequential.
• I don't always include all the saves in the zip.
  • And in fact, this is the first time that I have...
    • Included ALL the saves.
• TXXX: In Game Turn Number
• Since the save name always ends with the Game Year, this is redundant...
  • But I find it personally useful, as I don't think in terms of Game Years, but in Turn Numbers.

The chronological and alphabetical sort order of the files are identical. So by default (on my machine, at least), the documents stack from oldest (at top) to newest (at bottom).

If a World Builder, Game Save, or Log File has the same leading identifier (if MMM-GG-SS-TXXX == MMM-GG-SS-TXXX), then they are for the exact same moment in time. Though I am sure I make mistakes, I endeavour to save the game and Log Files at the exact same moment with no extraneous clicks, moves, or orders.


As to the games themselves, I have little to say (well, actually nothing) that is not covered by The In-Game Notes: 046-critical-support-notes.txt.