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England, definitely England. The extra naval movement is a huge advantage on the large islands maps I generally favor. And as limited as spies are, having an extra one is pretty useful. But mainly it's the naval movement. If I can get the Great Lighthouse as well, I achieve Total Oceanic...

Could it be that Catherine didn't know you were building a spaceship? The player can look at victory overview and see spaceship progress, maybe the AI can't. Barring that idea, maybe the AI has a concept of futility.

True! The modern privateer shouldn't be particularly strong. They're a tool for harassment, not warfare.

What I miss the most from Civ 4, actually, is privateers. Being able to attack without declaring war, blockade seaports, etc, was great fun. I'd always put off the tech that made them obselete as long as possible, and have a fleet of them I'd save in reserve and never upgrade, just for that...

yeah, 10 tiles is a bit too close. but when you're separated by oceans and can't even meet each other until the mid to late game, much less actively cooperate, it gets a bit lonely. Like, "Why am I playing multiplayer, exactly?" lonely.

I've played 2 LAN games so far, with 1 other person. 1 game we restarted because my ally got wiped out early, the other game we completed with a domination victory. I don't understand why there's so much hate for this game right now, I think it's fantastic and works great. Sure there's a few...

<Facepalm> You know, I didn't even notice those entries in the map type list, or if I did, it didn't register what they were. Heheheheh. Thanks. Next game: East Vs. West!

Having started a few MP LAN games now, one thing that's always happened is me and my teammate start far away from each other. How do we fix this? We want to start next to each other so we can go to war together, etc. It keeps starting us on seperate continents, and while sharing research is...

eh? I can change the number of AI civs in a game easily suring setup. It only limits the maximum number of AI's you can have on a given map size (no super-crowding). And I think the key to save a MP game is ALT-S, or CTRL-S or something. It's not obvious, but it works. And as for...

Ahh, that's probably the problem then. I've read how LAN multiplayer using things like Hamachi and whatnot are not compatable. No imitation LAN's need apply, apparantly. Just the real deal. Otherwise you have to use Steam.

I can also confirm that a LAN game with only a few players works just fine. There are some occasional desync issues- if you're the host, keep an eye on the playerlist on the right- if one of your friends' names changes from the username to the country's actual leader (Catherine, Bismark, etc)...

If you can't see the LAN game at all, make sure firewalls are allowing it on all machines. If you can SEE the game but get stuck on trying to join it, it's because both copies have the same steam username. Not allowed. Either use different steam accounts, or if you want an offline solution...

Hmm.... playing a multiplayer LAN game with the k beta version, and mesoamericanism once again consistantly CTD's. Any ideas for getting around it? is there something I can edit somewhere to just remove mesoamericanism from the game? edit: oops, I meant to say the beta L version. Anyway...

Hey Chiyu, downloaded the 'L' beta you linked, and founding mesoamericanism no longer CTD's! YAY! Now the only remaining potential bug is that thing where late in the game, my interface UI starts screwing up, doesn't give me unit command buttons when units are selected and missing city...

I'm having the previously-mentioned issue where I get a CDT any time a player (myself or the AI) founds mesoamericanism. I'm running BTS 3.17 (3 discs, not the 'complete') and Extra 3.17k. I'm going to try a clean install/reinstall and have another go. Edit: Clean install, same result...

I've come across a fascinating and baffling bug. The game will be fine until late era, like when I'm researching plastics and that stuff, and one of my units will suddenly no longer have command buttons when selected (fortify, sentry, etc etc). It'll be selected, and I can right-click-move it...

This mod deserves its own website. And an entire forum. Srsly.