Okay, so it's sluggish and it plays oddly, but is anyone else up until 3 a.m. playing this game? Or am I the only one?

Huh?

4:15am last night, or was it this morning? :crazyeye:

Even on my hand-cranked PB, it's addictive.

Addicted!

I am definitely reminding myself to turn it off, and do other things, such as spend time with my wife ...

I'm enjoying it immensly on my "unsupported" MacBook. Just wait until I get my Mac Pro! :D :D :D

I'm hoping to actually get my first real, serious game going tonight - so far I've spent far more time testing sound and OS version issues than actually playing!

I'm addicted, but the game is very freeze-happy for me. In that it freezes completely, making me restart the computer. This makes it almost impossible to finish a game.

When the patch comes out, I bet I'll be addicted. Civ IV is some hard stuff, man.

Addicted? Heh. :D I can barely function this morning after one-more-turning myself until about 5 AM.

BTW game runs fine on the nVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 even though it is unsupported. A few small animation quirks and the same sound bugs many are reporting. No crashes yet (crossing fingers).

Ive been playing Marathon games on large maps and I cannot get myself to turn it off since the day I got it. Thankfully I dont have any performance issues other than no battle sounds.

Currently, I'm merrily orchestrating a tripleteam on Izzy. She founded HinJewism, you see - and I founded Buddism. So, I'm dumping some missionaries into Cathy and George's territories, ensuring that she'll hate their guts as much as she hates mine right now. I sense a :hammer: in her future...

FYI, the basic point of this post is "yes."

You'll soon found the light (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=175673). :lol: muhahahahahaha

Addicted!

I am definitely reminding myself to turn it off, and do other things, such as spend time with my wife ...

LOL. I get to pick "My spouse plays Civ with me. Commence your jealous rage." Or at least, she likes to watch... which is just as good. :D

Addicted? Heh. :D I can barely function this morning after one-more-turning myself until about 5 AM.

BTW game runs fine on the nVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 even though it is unsupported. A few small animation quirks and the same sound bugs many are reporting. No crashes yet (crossing fingers).


I'm pretty sure this falls into the "brute force == supported" category. ;)

I know i'd expect a $1500 video card to play a 3d game fairly well. mind if I ask what you do that you need a card like that? I considered getting one for the 3D work I do (carrara) but $1500 is a LOT to spend on just the video card, not to mention the quad G5 I would get to go with it ;)

I guess I'll have to settle for my dual 2.5 with 6800 ultra.

and I'm still deciding whether the clock display is a good thing or not. every time I look up it's 2 hours later. still haven't messed with the alarm yet.

The clock is a great feature. That way I can say "I'll quit at 1 a.m." and when I look up and it's already 1:30, I say "I'll just play until 2." Fantastic!

The clock is a great feature. That way I can say "I'll quit at 1 a.m." and when I look up and it's already 1:30, I say "I'll just play until 2." Fantastic!

I'm appreciating the windowed mode. Not only does it prevent Kernel Panics but you have your standard menubar visible. So I can see the time, CPU temperature (78C constant), memory usage (surprisingly little), CPU load (200%). The CPU info is especially helpful to remind me I'm playing an advanced game if I somehow go deaf to the roar of my fans.

The little clock in Civ IV just doesn't cut it for me. I'm more inclined to look up there and say - Wow, 1864 already! I better invade someone!

Altough I'm really pissed at Aspyr for releasing a game thats so buggy i must admit been playing for hours but it might be because the game gets so slow after AD 1800. What pisses me of the most is that Civ 4 would be such a fantastic game if it would run smooth.

The 3D approach of Civ4 is amazing. The screenshots really don't show you how amazing Civ 4 works with globeview and zooming in and hearing the city coming closer and all that stuff

All this would be so amazing if it didn't stutter that much. Patch please!

I had the worst case of just another turn last night. My eyes were starting to droop around 1.30am. Then I just wanted to get the last few buildings done. And then a great engineer pops up, so I wait a few turns before I use him to rush sistine chapel. Then a great artist pops up, and I send him over to my new city which is right on the edge of the Mongol border, for a huge culture boost. Then my head bounces off the keyboard and I look at the clock and its 3.30am. Bed time me thinks.

So I'm just trying my best to conquer the world here. I have found that Panzers are the most worthless units on the map. They consistently get beat man to man against riflemen. Even when the odds say over 90% in my favor... they get beat up so bad.

Is this a glitch or just a slam against Germany?

So I'm just trying my best to conquer the world here. I have found that Panzers are the most worthless units on the map. They consistently get beat man to man against riflemen. Even when the odds say over 90% in my favor... they get beat up so bad.

Is this a glitch or just a slam against Germany?
Well, I haven't played with Panzers yet, but I really liked tanks in the most recent game I had - bit of collateral damage, blitz, high strength, what's not to like? So I can't see why Panzers would be worse.

(Interface aside - is there any other way than option clicking to get the combat odds? I find my self option clicking all over the place during a move before finally attacking and it gets tedious.)

Right click.

Right click.
Only in the sense that it will also resolve the battle for you which was the thing to be avoided in the first place ;)

(And that's practically the same given that it's a ctrl-click for us single button mouse users. Or did you mean shift-click? Wait, is that with the option to make the contextual menu come up on a shift-click or option-click? My head hurts - what happens if I shift-cmd-click? :confused: )

yeah, I'm already addicated to Civ 4. Still one of the most fascinating ideas in computer games, nevermind I'm already playing Civ since 14 years ..

Now we just need Aspyr to get the technical issues fixed and then I need to find a good explaination to my fiancée of why do I need to sit in front of the puter all day ;)

I played my first game of it last night for like 3 hours on the small inland sea map. I am thouroughly addicted. The wonders cutscenes that didn;t work in the tutorial are working in gameplay and there is sound. When they get the minor graphical errors and battle sounds fixed this game will be everything I expected. The new gameplay from the last civ game I played (civ II) is an awesome improvement. I love being able to close my borders and the automation of management seems really good. I haven't had religion effect my gameplay much, but when you have state-sponsored religion and send missionaries to your outlying cities it seems to boost production, happiness, and culture a lot. Anyway, here's hoping Aspyr works everyting out and happy civ-ing!

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Only in the sense that it will also resolve the battle for you which was the thing to be avoided in the first place ;)

(And that's practically the same given that it's a ctrl-click for us single button mouse users. Or did you mean shift-click? Wait, is that with the option to make the contextual menu come up on a shift-click or option-click? My head hurts - what happens if I shift-cmd-click? :confused: )

If you right-click and hold on the unit you want to attack it will show you the odds. The attack will not take place until you release the mouse button. If you move the pointer to where it doesn't indicate an attack or movement you can then let it go.

If you right-click and hold on the unit you want to attack it will show you the odds. The attack will not take place until you release the mouse button. If you move the pointer to where it doesn't indicate an attack or movement you can then let it go.

Aaaah! (And just to get past the 10 character filter here, aaah!)

Just for the record... after another 4 a.m. morning, I had my son hide the DVD for a few days. Playing the Ice Age... I am doing well at Noble. Thought I'd get smoked.

Just for the record... after another 4 a.m. morning, I had my son hide the DVD for a few days. Playing the Ice Age... I am doing well at Noble. Thought I'd get smoked.
You are obviously ready for .... G O T M ! Go for it!

ah yes, the GOTM.

I'm considering downloading the current one and messing around a bit just to get my feet wet before jumping into competition on august 1. would that make me still in training? ;)

just curious alan, since your on the staff, any thoughts about doing an actual planned OCC game in the GOTM? maybe it's already been done since 4 came out but I haven't followed it for obvious reasons. I'm just playing my first OCC in 4 right now (took a break for dinner) which is why I ask.

If only I knew what that meant.

@Zaimejs: OCC is a One City Challenge. It's a variant to the rules where you are only ever allowed to build one city. There are lots of variants that have been developed over the years by Civ players. Some variant rules have to be self-imposed, but I think OCC can be set up as a standard option in the Civ4 game.

@lateralis: Games of the Month are not typically played to variant rules, as we want to be as inclusive as possible, and variants are often not to everyone's taste. We get enough complaints as it is when we change map size or speed :eek: Some players will impose the OCC rule themselves, just to spice up their game. But if the demand were there, I'm sure we could set up a formal OCC GOTM. Why not play a few games, and get involved in the GOTM community. Then, if OCC is your thing, see how much interest you can drum up.

<Anyone Addicted?>

Um, yes. :mischief: I decided to try to finish of my lame chieftan game this morning. Thought I was almost there. I'm sure i could have won by some military victory, but was having fun seeing all the wonder movies so I went for diplo. Built UN, but was always 1 person short of getting a win that way. Was elected sec-general at least 4 times. Finally finished around noon with a space race victory, decided, hmm, I guess I'll have lunch at home, and then go into work. Wait, I could start a new game while I eat! Great idea! Just the first few moves... yeah, right. At 3 I decided I better leave so I could make it into the office for my 5pm meeting. But things are looking good for Rome- this time on Warlord. :)