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General Contest Rules

1. Introduction

1.1 CityBuildingContests.net provides a framework which enables and expects contestants to participate in city building contests for fun, the competitive challenge, and the opportunity to measure their skills against other players in a spirit of fair play.

1.2 These rules (and the accompanying games features pages) are necessary, therefore, to provide a level playing field for the benefit of all who compete in these competitions and they enable CBC to take appropriate action if necessary.

2. Game Features
2.1On the pages accessed from the links below, you will find the definitive list of currently banned game features, as well as a more-or-less comprehensive list of the known but permitted game features. The rules on any features may be amended within the specific game rules.

Caesar 3 | Pharaoh & Cleopatra | Zeus & Poseidon | Emperor

2.2 The games features pages form part of, and should be read in conjunction with, this General Rules page.

3. Game Saves
You should save your game at the end of every game year. You do not need to submit these saves with your entry, but must make them available should they be requested during judging.

4. Messages
You may not delete any of the messages you receive during the game, however trivial their subject.

5. Cheat Codes
You may not use cheat codes, modify starting files with any programme other than the relevant game, or edit the Model files. We have ways of finding out ...

6. Contest Difficulty
6.1 Contests are split into two divisions, Easy and Hard, which are played at the corresponding difficulty levels (for Zeus and Poseidon, these are Mortal and Titan, respectively). You may not change the difficulty level during the game, nor may you compete in both divisions of the same contest.

6.2 The Easy difficulty level is primarily aimed at giving novice and new players a real chance to win a competition. Competitors who have been successful with two wins at Easy difficulty contests in a particular game category (Caesar 3, Pharaoh/Cleopatra, or Zeus/Poseidon) must move up to Hard difficulty.

7. Special in-game effects
7.1 In Caesar III, you must keep the Gods Effects turned on all of the time.

7.2 Players with Cleopatra may also compete in Pharaoh contests, but may not use any Cleopatra-specific features (these are new beautification options and the Pyramid Speedup Blessing) unless specifically permitted by the contests rules.

8. Game Discussion
8.1 If considered appropriate, a member of the CBC staff will start a 'game in progress' discussion thread on the forum during the period of the game in which technical questions about that game may be raised.

8.2 No discussion (by any medium) of your entry, for example, your results or any aspect of your strategy, may take place until the contest has closed and the official discussion thread has been opened by a CBC member of staff.

9. Game Version
9.1 You must use the most up-to-date version of the game available.

Game Version Update Available at
Caesar 3 1.0.1.0 downloads and also assigment editor
Pharaoh 1.2 (English language versions)
1.1 (other versions)
downloads
Cleopatra 2.1 downloads
Zeus 1.1 downloads
Poseidon 2.1 downloads
Emperor 1.0.1.0

http://community.vugames.com/WebX?50%4048.QdppbO4CbSQ.0%40.efe90c7
If you are planning to use the Multiplayer Function, you should adjust a file in the game.

After the user inserts their username and password and clicks on "Login" on the Multiplayer menu, a message will appear stating that the program needs to be updated, even though the v. 1.0.1.0 has lalready been installed. If you click "Yes", the program closes to the desktop and activates the auto-updater and attempts to once again install the update.

Here is how to resolve this error:
1. Open up the WONLobby.cfg file in the Sierra\EmperorRotMK directory.
2. Change the bottom line in the file from:

Version: 1.0.0.0

to

//Version: 1.0.0.0

Then go to FILE --> SAVE --> EXIT

Children of the Nile v 1.1 http://www.immortalcities.com/cotn/files/CotN_v1.1.exe
http://www.immortalcities.com/cotn/downloads/patch.php
SCS   http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/pat...S_10138B_H.exe
Caesar 4 per language downloads

9.2 For Caesar 3 contests, the Caesar 3 Assignment Editor must also be installed. This may also be found at: Downloads for C3

10. Judging
The decision of the CBC staff in any competition is final and will be binding on any and every player. Failure to respect decisions of the CBC staff may render a player liable to expulsion from future contests and the CBC website.

11. Disqualification
11.1 Failure to abide by the contest rules will, naturally, result in disqualification.

11.2 Persistent offenders (that is, players who have been found to contravene the rules more than once) may also be barred from future contests and from the CBC website.

11.3 CBC reserves the right to take into consideration any disciplinary action taken against a player on any other contest game website.

Submissions:

You may upload your contest submissions here using the form below. Please note that your files must be compressed into a zip archive with the file extension of ".zip". To achieve that, use a programme, such as Winzip, or use the built-in function in Windows XP to compress your file.
Vous devez envoyer votre sauvegarde pour ce concours en utilisant le formulaire ci-dessous. Veuillez prendre note que votre fichier doit être envoyé au format '.zip'. Pour cela vous pouvez utiliser un logiciel gratuit comme par exemple 7-zip


(the link to download 7-zip in french is : http://www.01net.com/telecharger/windows/Utilitaire/compression_et_decompression/fiches/4035.html )
Remember that you may submit more than one entry for a contest, but only the best will be included in the overall standings.
Rappelez-vous que vous pouvez envoyer plusieurs sauvegardes pour un même concours, mais seule la meilleure sauvegarde sera retenue pour le classement final.

Both the saved game within the archive and the .zip archive itself should be named according to the following filename convention. Only alphanumeric characters (letters and numbers) may be included in the filename; spaces and punctuation marks, aside from the underscore (_), are not permitted.

Le fichier que vous envoyez doit porter le même nom que le fichier .zip et sera renommé en utilisant la syntaxe indiquée ci-dessous. Seuls les caractères alphanumériques (lettres et chiffres) peuvent être utilisés pour renommer votre fichier, les espaces et tout autres signes de ponctuation à l'exception de l'underscore (_) ne sont pas autorisés.

Naming convention: username_contestname_difficulty_number.extension
Syntaxe à utiliser : Pseudo_nomduconcours_difficulté_nombre.extension

If the member is not logged
· USERNAME is your username, without spaces or other punctuation
PSEUDO est votre pseudo, sans espace ou signe de punctuation
· CONTESTNAME is the (abbreviated) name of the contest
NOMDUCONCOURS est le nom du concours (en abrégé si besoin) auquel vous participez
· DIFFICULTY is, for this contest: "hard" or "easy"
DIFFICULTE est, pour ce concours :'difficile' ou 'facile'
· NUMBER is "1" for your first entry, "2" for your second, and so on
NOMBRE est "1" pour l'envoi de votre première sauvegarde, 2 pour le deuxième envoi et ainsi de suite.
· EXTENSION is the extension of the file, "sav" for saved games ("ank" for CotN saved games) and "zip" for the zipped file
EXTENSION correspond à l'extension de votre fichier, ".sav" pour un fichier de sauvegarde (".ank" pour les sauvegardes de CoTN), .c4s pour caesar4 et .zip pour le fichier zippé

If the member is logged
· USERNAME is your username, without spaces or other punctuation; in your case: "Nickname"
PSEUDO est votre pseudo, sans espace ou signe de punctuation
· CONTESTNAME is the (abbreviated) name of the contest
NOMDUCONCOURS est le nom du concours (en abrégé si besoin) auquel vous participez
· DIFFICULTY is, for this contest: "hard" or "easy"
DIFFICULTE est, pour ce concours :'difficile' ou 'facile'
· NUMBER is "1" for your first entry, "2" for your second, and so on
NOMBRE est "1" pour l'envoi de votre première sauvegarde, 2 pour le deuxième envoi et ainsi de suite.
· EXTENSION is the extension of the file, "sav" for saved games ("ank" for CotN saved games) and "zip" for the zipped file
EXTENSION correspond à l'extension de votre fichier, ".sav" pour un fichier de sauvegarde (".ank" pour les sauvegardes de CoTN), .c4s pour caesar4 et .zip pour le fichier zippé.

 

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