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[Japo]

The most you will lose is one turn, and, if you save at the end of the turn instead of the start, you won't lose anything.

Personally I don't like games limiting saves... If I want a challenge I can limit myself, otherwise they're taking options from me.

[Engelados]

Originally Posted by Japofran

The most you will lose is one turn, and, if you save at the end of the turn instead of the start, you won't lose anything.

Personally I don't like games limiting saves... If I want a challenge I can limit myself, otherwise they're taking options from me.

It's been a few months that I'm not playing this anymore, but if memory serves me well what happens is exactly what I described in my original message, that is, you never lose any moves - but instead, all events (eg assasinations of cardinals etc) inbetween two game years are repeated with accummulative effect. I.e., if you save immediately after the turn of year & reload, then events are repeated & you'll have all your moves - if you save in the middle then the moves you made before saving are still made & events are repeated & you still get to make the rest of the moves - if you save at the end, then events are repeated & you have no more moves & you can only end turn . The problem is, if something bad happened to you inbetween the years, then this bad thing after loading happens twice! If nothing bad happened inbetween, then no problem !

So what I said is - if it's a bug, then OK, after all I downloaded this game for free - if it's OS incompatibility, then of course it's perfectly understandable - but if it's deliberate, then it sucks!

I've never actually seen a computer game that limits saves? :confused:

[Japo]

Originally Posted by Engelados

I've never actually seen a computer game that limits saves? :confused:

I've seen dozens, and many people here could tell you alike.

[Luchsen]

Originally Posted by Japofran

and many people here could tell you alike.

I would have done prior to you, but I wasn't in the mood for trivial negations (no animadversion on you!). Now I'm writing this inconsequent post...

[areyounuts]

The Abandonia entry for this game is incorrect. Or, if you want to look at it the other way, the download link is incorrect.

Abandonia is calling this game "Merchant Prince" while the game it points to is "Machiavelli The Prince".

Yes, I realize this game had two editions, and each one had a different name. However, they're not precisely the same, and the title of this listing does not match the edition of the game being offered. It would be like listing it as "Game v2" when you're only offering Game v1. This zipfile is strictly not Merchant Prince.

[Oskatat]

actually, this is the game that i got in th 90s that was called "machiavelli, the merchant prince" and installed as merchant prince. since i can think of several more games being called machiavelli, choosing to call it merchant prince (with the original mprince to start the game in mind) might be inaccurate, but it is practical. And i much prefer a site, and not only sites at that point, who have a practical point of view


edit: agh, i'm a newcomer? i've been downloading here for ages. plus, i posted here as guest a lot, untill that got impossible. Oh well, shame on me for not registering before

[fleabag]

Does anyone know where I can get a manual for this game? I am asking because I want to know what I can do with my mercenaries other then just move them from place to place, and how do I do it.

[Surgeon]

Why am I constantly threatened for not spending the budget???

How the f do I spend budget if I'm not a Road Builder???

I don't get it...there's no way to spend the budget if I am Head of the Council, General, or Admiral...is there?

[Japo]

The General and the Admiral should hire armies, of course. I don't remember about the Head of the Council, I'm not sure if he's also supposed to spend.

There's no advantage to conquering cities besides closing them for other families, and that damages your reputation in Venice (as always, less severely the farther the city is from Venice).

No you can't stage military coups, IIRC. The worst you can do is assassinating the current Doge (or Pope) while you have a voting advantage.

[Surgeon]

Meh.

Too bad that didn't work that through a little better.