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I was playing a game and all of a sudden, at 575 BC, 4 barbarian swordsmen spawned on a visible tile and started moving towards my city. That tile and all other connected tiles had been visible for quite a while and was backed up against the ocean. I've never seen anything like this before...

Hello guys. I thought I'd post this in the strategy forum because I know there are more hardcore guys here and this is the kind of input I'm looking for. I haven't tried Civ5 yet because I heard the AI was terrible, especially when it comes to tactics in combat. What's the consensus on its...

Hello guys. I haven't tried Civ5 yet because I heard the AI was terrible, especially when it comes to tactics in combat. What's the consensus on its current state with the latest patch? Also, are there mods to make it better?

Fanboys and people who think this game is the second coming of the Messiah are not welcome here. Post your issues with the game here, so that someone trying to decide if Civ 4 is worth buying has at least one place where he can find objective facts.

Just a quick tip. Some people (me included) hate city overlap. However, often you can't avoid having at least one or two tiles of overlap between two given cities. Whenever these tiles happen to have forests on them, don't chop them! The health benefit of the forest will be added to both...

This is a thread for those who love micromanaging, for those who don't mind spending 5 minutes working something out just to gain one more beaker, for perfectionist and arguably very anal civ players! This is a place to share all the extreme micromanagement that we use in our games. The...

It's a well known fact that AIs trade a lot. So much so that players who don't learn the intricacies of tech trading always fall behind in tech and sometimes decide in despair to switch tech trading off in their games. Other, more strategically minded people quickly find out how to abuse the...

People here all seem to advocate going for cottages in commerce cities, farms + mines in production cities and farms in Great People Farms (GPF). It all seems to make sense, but i've had a few instances now where it seems better to make cottages rather than farms in the GPF. The main thing i...

In all of the Civ series, i prefer the Civ 1 units. They're the easiest to tell apart, which is all that really matters to me anyway. In Civ 4, at the most zoomed out view, you see units from above. All you can see then are the head and shoulders. From this view, all units look the same. I...

Sorry if this is the wrong forum. I thought you guys should know how to fix this easily... How do you change the folder where games are to be saved? The game by default saves everything on drive C, which i find rather stupid as that drive, on a properly set up computer, should only include...

How do you change the folder where games are to be saved? The game by default saves everything on drive C, which i find rather stupid as that drive, on a properly set up computer, should only include the operating system. Even though i installed the game on drive E, it still saves games on drive...

Just bought the game. Install it, no problem. Try to start it, big problem. All i get is some african song and a weird looking mouse cursor. The game is playing, but all i'm seeing is the Civ 4 cursor over the Windows normal desktop, taskbar and icons. I.e. the graphics are not updated except...

I really want to buy this game, but i'm afraid it won't work on my computer and the money will just be wasted. The RAM is not a problem, and i don't think the video card is either (it's not great but it should be enough). However, the CPU is below the specified minimum requirement! Can...