Does anyone read Civilopedia entries?

[Usernamehere]

I'm a modder, and it's grueling to write them. I want to hear if there's anyone out there that reads the entries, as a justification to keep going and keep writing them. Otherwise, I'll probably drop them from my mods entirely.

[killeregon]

From time to tome. Its interesting

[Tarshaid]

I often do so in between turns.

However I never use mods so YMMV :p

[Mastul.]

I personally don't really read them

[killeregon]

The first Civ Editions came with an arm thick book inside the cover^^

[Usernamehere]

Цитата допису killeregon:

The first Civ Editions came with an arm thick book inside the cover^^ :cinnamon::chocola::azuki:

Ah, the days of having handbooks and even catalogues coming with the phsical copies of your games.

[killeregon]

Цитата допису Usernamehere:

Цитата допису killeregon:

The first Civ Editions came with an arm thick book inside the cover^^

Ah, the days of having handbooks and even catalogues coming with the phsical copies of your games.

I still have it My Amiga 500 with CD still works fine

[tukkek]

I don't read them but for a long time I've wished there would be a mod that opens up the Civilipedia entry at random once you build a unit or improvement or meet a new civilization, etc. Civ is a slow game and I'd love to get more immersed on it by reading the entries, however it's just not part of the core "loop" to stop and lookup entries manually.

If a mod would open up a relevant entry to my game once in a while, I'd install it in a heartbeat!

Also I think it's a huge missed opportunity for that not to be part of the base game, since there's so much history in the Civilipedia and still most people don't use it regularly, as we see here :/

[Usernamehere]

Цитата допису tukkek:

I don't read them but for a long time I've wished there would be a mod that opens up the Civilipedia entry at random once you build a unit or improvement or meet a new civilization, etc. Civ is a slow game and I'd love to get more immersed on it by reading the entries, however it's just not part of the core "loop" to stop and lookup entries manually.

If a mod would open up a relevant entry to my game once in a while, I'd install it in a heartbeat!

Also I think it's a huge missed opportunity for that not to be part of the base game, since there's so much history in the Civilipedia and still most people don't use it regularly, as we see here :/

I'm not at the level to make a mod like that, but what I can tell you is that you can right-click on some units and structures to immediately open up their Civilopedia entries. A button displayed on the UI for different aspects would be an excellent mod to accomplish what you have in mind, maybe something nestled in a diplomacy screen that links to that leader's page.

[tukkek]

I know it's easy to open up articles but it's just awkward to do it manually. It's not being lazy but more of a "what units/civs/concepts/improvements/wonders should I read?" It's... just awkward.

The ideal system would be to have a timer set up and once every half an hour (or maybe a configurable amount of time), it would just look up all of the relevant entries for the current game from your point of view and show you a not-previously-shown 'pedia article for you to read.

I'm a decent modder but I'm on Linux so I don't think Civ5 modding is an option for me right now. I'd definitely love it if someone thinks this is interesting and puts some work into a non-DLL mod!

[dcain3456]

I read it when I need to refamiliarize myself with a UU or what prereqs a building needs or things like that.

[Mihajlo961x]

I do read them, so thank you for adding that content!

[piccolo255]

Цитата допису dcain3456:

I read it when I need to refamiliarize myself with a UU or what prereqs a building needs or things like that.

I think Usernamehere meant the "lore" entries, that describe the actual history or whatever. Prerequisites and such are, of course, always needed :)

As for me, I'll rarely-to-occasionally read some. I'd read them more often if I wasn't such a long, long time Civ player (since Civ 2) :) I will, of course, usually read the entries for fictional stuff added in mods, and I do appreciate the effort of all modders who provide at least a paragraph or two for the lore entries of their additions.

[5n4k3d0cToR]

Цитата допису Mihajlo961:

I do read them, so thank you for adding that content!

Ditto. Old school gamer, so used to thick and clunky manuals. How things have changed :)

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

When needed. Which means everytime I play.

[Usernamehere]

Цитата допису piccolo255:

I think Usernamehere meant the "lore" entries, that describe the actual history or whatever. Prerequisites and such are, of course, always needed :)

Indeed. It sometimes takes me several days to write about the lore and backstory of a nation and its leader. Entries for the uniques won't be getting removed if I stop writing Civilopedia entries.