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Contest 108: Pink Lake (a Caesar 4 Economic Contest)

Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 108: Pink Lake. This is a Caesar 4 contest, and should only be played with Caesar 4 with the latest patch. Check the Sierra site for the latest version. Use the links below to download the starting positions:

Pink Lake (Hard Difficulty)
files are in .zip format


Pink Lake(Easy Difficulty)
files are in .zip format

extra Pink Lake files for French version
files are in .zip format and go in the scenario folder. These files hold the language text..
For technical help with the French Version, Cesar20 has a thread on his site here

extra Pink Lake files for German version
files are in .zip format and go in the scenario folder. These files hold the language text..
For technical help with the German Version, Koppi has a thread on his site here


extra Pink Lake files for Italian version
files are in .zip format and go in the scenario folder. These files hold the language text..
For technical help with the Italian Version, One may ask about installing problems on the TM forum here

Procedure for extracting files-

The zip file will contain a number of files (this can vary depending on the scenario). Firstly, the file with the extension C4s should be extracted to the directory Saved Games in your C4 installation (Default location C:\Program Files\Sierra\Caesar4\Data\Save Games).

The remaining files should be extracted to the directory Scenarios (default location C:\Program Files\Sierra\Caesar4\Data\Scenarios). You start the save from the Main Menu in C4, selecting Load Save. The save Pink LakeEasy or Pink LakeHard should be listed.

Players should note that game difficulty is pre-set and cannot be altered. The indicated game difficulty may not be the actual game difficulty, due to a bug in C4.

In this contest, a condensed version of the story, along with completion and winning criteria, can be found in the Mission Briefing.

Story:

Patricians are such a fussy lot, and they have a strong dislike not only for moving to new cities, but also for moving to locations that are in any way out of the ordinary. They seem to think such lands are cursed by the gods or some such foolishness. Of course, they can be attracted to almost any location if conditions are to their liking.

I want you to establish a trading and resource gathering city at an idyllic island location far from Rome's enemies which shall be called Esperance. Travellers in this district have spoken of a beautiful lake that looks normal from close up, but has a distinct pink hue when viewed from the surrounding hills. Those who have tasted the water from this lake declare it the finest in the Empire, and none have shown any ill effects. The location has fertile lands and is rich enough in resources that you should have little trouble attracting the Patricians you will need to become a truly wealthy city.

You have five years to achieve the wealth I expect. During this time I will make a few requests of you. Rome has been running short of one thing and another and I will look to you to supply some of these goods. Don't think you can avoid my requests! Retribution will be swift for any failures in this regard.

Rules

Completion Criteria
Save Game in December 5
Patrician housing must be enabled

Winning Criteria (Easy and Hard):

1. Money in Treasury

Please refer to the forum thread on C4 bugs, cheats and exploits.

The following are not permitted in this contest:

Modification of any game files (including playing the game with such files not in the correct directory) apart from those which affect graphics only (eg snow mod). It is also permissible to modify the xml file into a language other than English provided this is approved by CBC.

Use of plaza exploit (plazas are disabled).

Use of cheat codes.

Use of aquaducts to create an impenetrable barrier to invaders.

Other exploits listed in the forum thread are permissible. If in doubt about any matter, please send a Private Message to the contest designer.

Designer's Notes

The Pink Lake is not a fictional location, although its location is a long way from where it is depicted here. It is located in Western Australia, at a town called Esperance. Norseman, Albany and Eucla are neighbouring towns (if you can call between 300 and 1000 km neighbouring- this is the outback we are talking about here.) There are no invasions in this mission, but there are requests/demands of goods.

Only small gifts to Caesar are enabled.

Patrician housing is initially disabled. It will only become enabled upon reaching 15 prosperity and 25 culture (easy difficulty) or 25 Prosperity and 35 culture (hard diffficulty). Once enabled, it remains enabled for the remainder of the mission.

The contest has a duration of 60 months.

When forwarding entries to CBC, only the C4s file of the final save is required, not the other files.

The Pink Lake is a Caesar IV contest map. It was designed by goonsquad and was tested by Boudica and JuliaSet.

This contest will close at 11PM EST (US), on Sunday, May 6th, 2007. Please note the date!!!!

This contest has ended.


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