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I was gratified by the response to my stupid question about workers. Back when I used to post about Civ3, about which I purported (probably unjustafiably) to know something, I never got such a response. Nothing succeeds like ignorance. So one more question. In Civ3, I used to upgrade...

Thank you, both (and to others who may weight in). Sigh, I figured it might be something you had to decide on according to circumstances. After Civs 1, 2, and 3 where one size rather fit all, this is going to be something new.

I used to play Civ 3 many years ago and I was fair at it (could win at monarch but I didn't like how aggressive you had to be so I usually played Regent). Until recently I didn't even have a computer that would run civ4 without all sorts of stuttering and stops. I am now overjoyed that the...

Well, maybe it's just my style of play, but I always seem to have to become totally dominant relatively early or I lose. It seems like it's always too easy or too hard. I tend to intersperse developmental periods with unit-building periods, conquer the next civilization with swordsmen, the...

I haven't been playing Civ3 for a while, and I just downloaded the mod. It's wonderful. I've always wanted a decent, playable real world. In the past, I played several real worlds on a 500 mhz computer and was actually inspired to go get a new one (1.8). The turns were still five minutes...

Thanks but it didn't work. the imported civs replace the other civs, they're not added to them, if I'm doing it right (civs under import rules, right, i also tried assigning them to player numbers and importing players). I guess I'll have to it the old-fashioned way (i.e. wait for those who...

Using civs that were previously added, I created myself a 16-civ mod. Doing this required deleting some of the old ones that I wanted to include. There are also some new civs I would like to add up to 23 to fill the whole world with some of the civs that historically didn't keep up but to...

Since you note it is a beta, I thought I'd let you know a couple of problems I've had. Something is wrong with the Maya leaderhead. WHen you talk to them, it crashes. Also, the default .flc file for the Mali Mailed Horseman seems to be missing. I kept getting a crash (didn't frreze, just...

Thanks. I guess I have to look more carefully. It took me forever to figure out how to give them set starting places (and longer to figure out how to get rid of the generic starting places that were already there.

I would like to import some of the custom civs (particularly Incas, Mayas, Polynesian and Sudanese (Mali)) that have been done into a realworld map. Is there any EASY (emphasize, emphasize, EASY-technoincompetent) way to do this? I want to do a real world with additional non-Eurasian civs...

I have an old Marla map saved game almost done that crashes. I thought the settler dying on a boat thing had been fixed before but if that's now fixed (if it is what happening, even on God mode I couldn't see what was wrong) would the old-old game be playable in the new version? And, if so...

I have a crash that is occurring in 1798 in an extra huge game (playing India on Marla Singer's map-just built the Apollo Program-neck and neck with Egypt in tech race-would probably win cause AI bad at switching off (from palaces and ICBMs to spaceship parts). The AIs are currently involved in...

I always play with the following mods: 1.To deal with corruption: A.Double optimum cities B.Add reduced corruption flag to temples and cathedrals C.Cut cost on Forbidden Palace to 150 2.Increase all strategic resources by 25% (160 to 200, 120 to 150, 100 to 125) 3.Double hit points to...

Actually, I have not done well with the Indians on generated maps, but they rule on the real earth. Download yourself a real world map and go to it. They are relatively isolated for initial development because the Chinese are relatively far away, the Babylonians and Persians have tough areas...

That used to be my strategy and it seldom worked. I would go right to Literature (after first getting Masonry so I could start the city that was going to get the Library out on the Pyramids as soon as possible. I skipped all the simple stuff (horseback riding, pottery, etc.--figured I'd get...

No, I want a score first. After sweating blood and eking out victories and getting like 1200, I want to see my score. it's like when playing golf, rather than pick up a one-foot putt most people knock it into the cup. That little plop at the end gives you a feeling of completion. I want to...

Are you saying that you have horses and saltpeter and military tradition and you still can't get cavalry? I had a game where I was sure there was a bug where I got the Art of War and upgraded all my units and found out that some weren't upgraded and I was sure it was a bug until I found out...

There is a command in the map section of the main menu that allows you to clear the map. It is easier to find resources when you do this. Look in jungles. The game seems to delight in coal in jungles (maybe correctly, I don't know, I always picture coal as being in hills, WV, etc) and it's...

After some (many) false starts, I have managed to develop a strategy for winning at Regent (at least for the Japanese, at least on small maps). I had to abandon a cherished obsession with getting the Great Library (uses up too many shields that could go to swordsmen for early expansion) but now...

I mentioned this in another thread recently but it was kind of off subject, so I'll ask again. In a recent game, I was cheerfully building my spaceship well ahead of the others( who either didn't have space flight, or weren't bothering, my spies never reported to the end anybody even starting a...