Anno 1701 - deel 2

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2007 16:35 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Ja. Veel beter dan 1602 en misschien ook wel beter dan 1701.

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2007/03/23
The AddOn is coming - with campaign and editor!
The ANNO 1701 AddOn will contain a few features and specials to delight any fan of the series. It will arrive in the stores from Q3 2007 and every fan will be able to "upgrade" their ANNO 1701.

The name of the AddOn will be decided at a later date and will be made public at that time.

Here is a sneak preview of the contents:
The AddOn contains a campaign comprising 11 exciting missions, a world editor and 4 new interesting computer player profiles. The AddOn generally has an Asiatic look and the relevant flair to go with it.

The Campaign

The focus of the AddOn lies in the campaign; our Community survey revealed that the majority of ANNO players wanted a campaign in ANNO.

The campaign relates, over 11 thrilling missions, the story of a hero; the role assumed by the player. As this hero, the player sets out to join an old friend in a very mysterious, but extremely attractive affair. During his journey, the player has numerous adventures and meets old friends and makes new ones. The story features some unforeseen twists and turns, intrigues and power struggles. The classic ANNO elements of Discovery, Construction, Trade, Diplomacy and Military are mirrored in the individual missions, which are constantly setting the player new challenges. The 11 missions are packed with countless side-quests that present seasoned players with an even greater challenge!

The four new characters essentially carry the story and have been developed as meticulously as the previous ANNO 1701 computer player profiles. Yet there isn't a peace-loving individual behind every new face, and this makes the stories always exciting and full of surprises.

Editor

Related Designs incorporated 3 different editors into ANNO 1701 and the world editor will be included in the AddOn. Needless to say, this AddOn editor is user-friendly and is consistent with the ANNO design.

We are now investigating the possibility of making the two other editors available; more details on this to follow shortly.

Functions of the world editor:
The editor Related Designs has configured for the AddOn will be both visually and functionally similar to make it interesting and easy to use, particularly for the "casual gamer". The player will be able create his own, individual game world with the editor using a series of functions listed and described below:

1. Create game worlds of widely differing size: The player can use the editor to create various large worlds; in gameplay terms this will mean that fewer islands will fit into the "smaller worlds".

2. Placing islands in the game world: The player can now choose islands from the current repertoire of islands (i.e. all the islands included up to now) and place them in the world independently.

3. Create specific (map) settings: Now, natural resource deposits, start positions and foreign cultures, Pirates and up to three CPs can settle the island world (there are "island restrictions" for the foreign cultures and the Pirates, in that you cannot place them on all the islands).

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The player can use the editor to create maps both for the main game ("classic") 1701, and the AddOn.

4. Create (map) settings: Besides the specific settings, the player can also set the general game parameters (e.g. start and victory conditions. For example, the start conditions are the setting options for start capital, construction cost refund (Yes/Halved/No), strength of the Pirates (Weak/Normal/Strong), trader assignments (Yes/No), disasters (can be selected individually), etc. Victory conditions could be, for example: "independence gained" "Pirate pact" "greatest wealth" (wealth can be adjusted), "largest settlement" (no. of inhabitants can be changed), etc.

5. Create general (map) settings: Finally, the player can of course choose the name of his map and add some map descriptions.

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All these settings can be changed as many times as required when editing, only the actual map size cannot be changed.

Deluxe comfort - the wizard

If setting all the above functions up is too complicated or simply too much trouble for the user, he can have a map created for him incorporating his own ideas, but with the help of the wizard. To do this, the user will be asked a few questions (size of world, no. of islands, etc.). Then, based on the answers, the wizard will then create a suitable map for the player.

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2007/03/30
Oh, Good Egg! An Easter Egg!
The Easter Bunny is on its way and, what's more, we have gone to great lengths to catch him for you. What he confessed was that he was determined to bring very particular happiness to all ANNOholics at Easter. Sadly, it was not easy to extract any more information from him, but after long interrogation, in which Easter Eggs played a not insignificant role, we were finally able to get it out of him: he is bringing a second patch for ANNO 1701!

Apart from a few minor bug fixes, the 1.02 patch mainly contains some and exciting new features:
- As a quest reward, the free trader will now advertise for ships from time to time.
- The number of trade routes has been increased from 20 to 50. (is wellicht wel jammer)
- Particularly welcome honor guests can be invited back several times.
- Pirate treasure awaits anyone who can claim victory over Ramirez.
- The player can now view the total gameplay time for his profile.
- Using a shortcut, the game itself can be speeded up and slowed down again.
- Maintenance costs of buildings can now be viewed in the construction menu before they are built.
- Entirely new platinum medals.
- For potential millionaire players, maximum wealth has been increased to 999.999.999.
- It is now easier to allocate additional ships to a trade route.
- More houses can now be upgraded manually and all together.
- Using "Default", the key assignment will revert to its original configuration.

After we have again released the good White Rabbit, he will most probably drop in around Easter and to see you too. But please, don't tell him anything we have just revealed in complete confidence. Act surprised!

And now, have great fun waiting for the Easter Bunny to arrive! "Oh my fur and whiskers!"