civ4 and python

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when will civ4 be coming out? Who will be making it?

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"Havok" <you@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news an.2005.02.19.16.31.53.533712@127.0.0.1...
>I heard that python will be embedded in civ4 and that we will be able to
> write our own custom python scripts for it. Does any one know to what
> extent we will be able to program civ4?
>
> There are a lot of annoying things about civ3 that could be solved with a
> bit of scripting and I hope that civ4 ollows me to do it, examples:
>
> When I want to prepare for a war I'd like a script that:
> 1) gets every city with a production of X shields
> 2) if it doesn't have a barracks, build one
> 3) otherwise build the best offensive unit
>
> other script examples are:
>
> * switch to maximum food/shield/commerce production on a
> continent/worldwide basis would also be handy.
>
> * look through all my cities and report the ones it considers
> under-defended, and start building barracks/defensive units there.
>
> * wake all units outside of cities (I often forget a couple in the game)
>
> * switch cities with no culture to build library/temple
>
> well, I can think of dozens more, I think all the examples deal with
> removing some tedious micromanagement tasks, but hopefully scripts can be
> used to execute wars etc.

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:52:52 GMT, "kss" <ksolomon@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

>when will civ4 be coming out? Who will be making it?

Theatrically in the fall.