EB to BI's 1.6

**Dago** · 07-03-2006, 09:16

Please don`t port to 1.6 because not everyone has BI. As for me 1.5 is good enough.

**Dooz** · 07-03-2006, 09:31

Originally Posted by Dago

Please don`t port to 1.6 because not everyone has BI. As for me 1.5 is good enough.

Why would they not port to 1.6? They're going to finish porting to 1.5 anyways, so those without BI (like myself) will have what they need, but after that, why intentionally not port to 1.6 if it's as easy as described?

**Dago** · 07-03-2006, 09:38

Well yes, they could do two versions, one for 1.5 and one for 1.6. That would be ok.

**Cheexsta** · 07-03-2006, 12:20

IMHO, just keep to one "official" version, compatible with 1.5. User-made minimods to make the mod work with 1.6 should suffice; the RTRPE community is doing the same, with one of the team's unit balancing guys releasing an unofficial 1.6-compatible export_descr_unit.txt file every now and then for people who use the BI exe. 1.5 text files are compatible with 1.6, but the BI executable just adds a little bit more functionality.

**Jolt** · 07-03-2006, 21:58

The thing is. I don't own BI as well, and I can't afford it. Thusly, it would be bad from my point of view to see those who have BI being able to play more advanced versions of EB then those who don't.

**Lehesu** · 07-03-2006, 22:09

Originally Posted by Jolt

The thing is. I don't own BI as well, and I can't afford it. Thusly, it would be bad from my point of view to see those who have BI being able to play more advanced versions of EB then those who don't.

I don't understand your logic...They are already providing a free (and high quality) product that will work with your current copy of the game. If they choose to update the product on BI, why should that be a problem when they already support 1.5? If it is more advanced, than it simply becomes a cost v benefit analysis on your part to see if it is worth purchasing BI.

**Ludens** · 07-03-2006, 23:01

Originally Posted by Jolt

The thing is. I don't own BI as well, and I can't afford it. Thusly, it would be bad from my point of view to see those who have BI being able to play more advanced versions of EB then those who don't.

I think you misunderstand what is being said. Khelvan has repeatedly stated that EB 1.0 will be compatible with R:TW 1.5. What is being proposed here is that someone ports the next releases (0.8 to 1.0) to BI, which is a relatively simple operation.

**Jolt** · 07-04-2006, 16:43

Originally Posted by Ludens

I think you misunderstand what is being said. Khelvan has repeatedly stated that EB 1.0 will be compatible with R:TW 1.5. What is being proposed here is that someone ports the next releases (0.8 to 1.0) to BI, which is a relatively simple operation.

This would be the correct statement.

Originally Posted by Acy Topia

Look, if you want that extra cheese, you have to pay up. Otherwise you still have a nice, free pizza to enjoy, and while it might not be as big and tasty as with the extras, it's still way better than you can expect to get for free. What I'm trying to say here is that there is absolutely no reason at all not to allow those who bought BI to ripe the benefits from it, when the port is so easy and those without it still can play.

What if we can't afford extra cheese? While someone is making an hamburger that is supposed to be for all to enjoy, it sucks for those who can't actually buy the game to see it advance to BI, leaving the normal RTW obsolete. I misunderstood what was said, and I thought EB would move to BI.

**The Celtic Viking** · 07-04-2006, 01:34

Originally Posted by Jolt

The thing is. I don't own BI as well, and I can't afford it. Thusly, it would be bad from my point of view to see those who have BI being able to play more advanced versions of EB then those who don't.

Look, if you want that extra cheese, you have to pay up. Otherwise you still have a nice, free pizza to enjoy, and while it might not be as big and tasty as with the extras, it's still way better than you can expect to get for free. What I'm trying to say here is that there is absolutely no reason at all not to allow those who bought BI to ripe the benefits from it, when the port is so easy and those without it still can play.

**Cheexsta** · 07-04-2006, 04:34

Originally Posted by Acy Topia

Look, if you want that extra cheese, you have to pay up. Otherwise you still have a nice, free pizza to enjoy, and while it might not be as big and tasty as with the extras, it's still way better than you can expect to get for free. What I'm trying to say here is that there is absolutely no reason at all not to allow those who bought BI to ripe the benefits from it, when the port is so easy and those without it still can play.

Well put, and a nice analogy

What I meant with my last post is that I think it's a good idea that EB remain officially only a 1.5 mod, with a 1.6-compatible version released as an unofficial addition (by non-EB members, if need be) for those of us who own BI. Hell, all that would really need to be changed is perhaps export_descr_units.txt, and that would just be to add some of the BI unit characteristics (swimming etc). Just about everything else (loyalty, night fighting and so on) can already be added to 1.5, so you're not really missing out on much extra.