2021 EXPANSION 9.0

2021 EXPANSION
Expansion pack for Civilization 3 Conquests
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6 years in the making, countless tweaks to improve game balance and expand on game options,
yet keeping the essence of the original gameplay intact

• The goal of this expansion is to improve the quality of the standard game as much as possible, by updating statistics, graphics and user interface

• More detailed and realistic terrain graphics
• Mega maps (230x230) with all 31 civilizations available
• Random maps
• Grand strategy through the full history of human civilization, from 4000 BC to 2100 AD (600 turns)
• AI players follow 3 different research strategies (Warrior, Balanced, Builder), creating greater variation, more trade opportunities, and civilizations are more true to character
• All units of the original game, plus 15 new ones to fill in gaps
• Navies are much stronger
• Unique team colors (that never change) for each of the 31 civilizations
• High visibility red cursor makes it quicker to find the active unit
• Redrawn national borders & thicker team color discs, easier to tell the color
• Enhanced graphics for all cities on the map
• City Screen: Citizen emojis & national color bars for better population management
• Strategic resources never disappear
• Golden Age lasts 40 turns
• 4 new wonders, existing wonders reworked
• City names added, so every nation has 50 each (the base game had between 16 and 44)
• The Unique Units of all nations are much more balanced, and require no strategic resources, so it is always possible to build them
• Scientific Leaders are disabled, so there is a fair race to build Wonders
• Military Leaders & Armies replaced with the new General unit
• Swapped some unit sounds that were too loud. Assigned missing Fortify sounds to many units
• Barbarians are less passive and more aggressive
• Limited railroad movement makes the game more strategic and realistic
• AI attacks with lots of artillery
• Bug fixes
• And much more...

• Significant changes to Unit stats, Civilizations and Governments
• Minor changes to the Technology Tree
• Rewritten Civilopedia, up to date with all changes
• Manual with complete charts & stats included

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CHANGELOGS:


Highlights of new features in version 9.0:

• New unit: Attack Helicopter
• 3 new wonders: Scotland Yard, Ford Car Factory, Climate Treaty
• Improved interface: Menu buttons, Civilopedia navigation arrows, global warming thermometer
• Improved graphics: Cities, national borders
• Rewritten Civilopedia sections: Buildings, small wonders, great wonders
• Mega map size increased to 230x230
• All types of units may retreat from a losing battle, including infantry and ships
• Range of all aircraft, missiles and paratroopers increased
• Most aircraft are stronger and have improved ground attack, but are more expensive
• Military Academy auto-builds Generals more often
• Defensive bonus increased for all city sizes
• Barbarians are no longer passive, they move around the map and actively seek targets
• AI movement phase runs 12-13% faster
• Previously, AI players tended to switch to Fascism in the industrial age, and stay fascist until the end, hampering scientific progress. Now they may change back to Democracy or Republic if no longer at war
• Previously, the AI would almost never choose Communism (because it believes Communal corruption is higher than Problematic, but in fact, it is 3 times lower than Minimal). Now, Communism is much more widespread, and the corruption advantage over other forms of government has been swapped for other benefits
• Minimum distance between cities increased to 3 squares. Advantages: About 10% fewer cities, resulting in a faster game. Less resource sharing, so cities become bigger. Bigger cities yield more income for the same building upkeep, resulting in better economy. The 8 core tiles immediately surrounding a city will never be shared, so AI players build fewer useless cities. More of the combat happens in the field, which is more realistic. City-hopping (attacking out of one city and directly onto the next) is harder. Greater distance favors the defender, which tends to have larger cultural borders
• C3X mod Release 16 integrated

For a complete list of changes, click the Spoiler button below...

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NEW UNITS:



* All 15 new units shown
* High visibility red cursor (Fire Ring) seen on the Satellite in Shanghai
* Medium-thick team color discs at the base of every unit




TERRAIN GRAPHICS:



* Terrain graphics are more detailed and realistic
* Red "End Turn" button is easier to see
* Screenshot shows 2560 x 1440 resolution (recommended for large screens)




CITY SCREEN:

* Colored bars show nationalities of citizens
* Emojis show happiness
* White icons show specialist professions
* Works on the Domestic Advisor screen (F1) too




SETUP (with new options):



* New option: Mega map
* More informative descriptions


* Civilizations listed in alphabetical order
* New dificulty levels




REWRITTEN CIVILOPEDIA (examples):



* New Unit pages in a consistent style, with complete info on a single page


* Civilization pages more transparent about all settings for each civ
* Link to the history of the civilization added at the bottom




MANUAL:



* 6 page Manual with tables and charts



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