Recent content by Marzipan

In my most recent game completed and the one I started yesterday, I had all victory conditions off. This means it is totally dependent on score. I also extended this latest game 150 years to 2200.

I wouldn't mind seeing the trade advisor just handle the deal, then give me the choice of accepting or not. The deals you get from the AI could be governed by the prowess of your trade negotiator compared with another civs negotiator, similar to how diplomatic deal are dependent on the relative...

Here's an update about this: yesterday I discovered that I have had a bad spot in RAM for about 6 months, that may have been responsible for this crash if it can't be duplicated on other machines.

Whewhew! I won my the first random map game of Conquests! Domination victory with percentages set at 35/35, this seems like the right level for a large map with 10 civs. It was a horse race down to the last 15 turns.

Well I tried uploading it but it is over the limit. Here's a link to the save game in the turn before the crash happens: Crashed game

In 590 AD William makes a demand for horses. Immediately after the diplomacy screen comes up, poof! the game crashes completely and I'm back to the desktop. I went back and replayed the turn before this and pillaged my only connection to horses to see if I could get past this turn, but alas...

I think we are lucky to live in countries where a professor can espouse a political view that is in disagreement with whatever regime is in power at the time without fear of losing his or her job, or worse. I suspect that what really bothered you about the whole thing was the political views of...

Well, I got my PTW CD and patch, and haven't had any problems in single player yet. Everything has worked fine. I haven't tried multiplayer yet though.

What does it mean that it has "gone gold"?

Has anyone tried this out?

I was looking forward to the challenge of seeing a really massive AI invasion - until I'd seen a few. When you're army has been crushed and there is nothing to stop the invaders from sweeping across your land, suddenly the thought of a massive invasion doesn't sound so fun anymore hehe. That...

I use subs to escort surface ships and watch out for other subs, and use them for pickets like everyone else. Other than this, regular subs are probably best in wolf packs. Subs are relatively cheap and quick to build. Once in a game I had the Iriquois attacking with 4 battleship escorted...

Ok so what is the deal with palaces anyway? What causes my subjects to want to expand my palace? Does the size of my palace have any impact on anything?

Ok I'll admit it, sometimes I like to play like a meglomaniac and attempt to rule the world or destroy it trying. Sometimes though, like when I have a not-so-great starting position on an island, I like to keep playing as a small fish just to see what happens and how long I can stay alive, etc...

Dogs come when you call, cats take a message and get back to you later.