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From: samuel@kvasir.cs.cornell.edu (Samuel M. Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Simple Populous question
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Date: 8 Dec 89 17:48:44 GMT
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In article <[257f4c08:2343.3]comp.sys.amiga;1@tronsbox.UUCP> akcs.dfrancis@tronsbox.UUCP (Dennis Francis Heffernan) writes:
>
>     I agree that Populous is not as great as it's cracked up to be.  I lost
>interest after I noticed the computer cheating.  I might regain interest if

Are you sure the computer was cheating?  I thought so too, until I found
that I was able to do the same things.  It seems that there are some
amiguities in the rules, and some exceptions.

For example, I found that even when you can only build on towns, you can
still build when only a knight is on-screen.  The computer seems to do this
a lot.  Also, once the computer flooded, and my leader was left to drown
with no settlements nearby.  However, even though I could only build on
towns, I was able to rescue my leader!  Apparently in desparate circumstances
the rules are relaxed.  So, not only the computer can do these things.


   -- Sam Weber                   "I never think of money,
                                   I think of milk and honey,
   samuel@cs.cornell.edu           Grinnin' like a cheshire cat!"
                                              --The Muppet Movie