Space Race problem

[Stryker412]

I've played this game many many times now. Everytime I get to the last part of the space ship being built I never get the space race screen. It'll come up for the first 9 parts but the last one I just get a normal screen saying it was done. I had spies in each of the other cultures and I was WAY ahead of them. Is it because I had already reached a victory or retirement, but kept going?

[Hurricane]

Yes, that's it. You can't launch after having already won or played past 2050.

[Goober]

Several things:

1) Welcome to CFC!!!

2) Make sure you have the right resources for the Space Ship.

3) Make sure you have the Right Techs for the Space Ship, the last one, the Party Lounge I believe, is in a different part of the Tech Tree then the other Componenets.

4) I assume you have a Legally bought version of Civ 3, if you have an Illegal version of Civ 3, then you are i) BAD!!! VERY BAD!!!, and ii) When I HAD my illegal version of Civ 3, I noticed the Space Race Victory Condition did not work as it should have . . .

5) To assure that you win by Space Race, you can turn off all the Victory Conditions except for Space Race Victory, noting that Mandatory Retirement is in 2050AD. If you are playing on Chieftain Level, as it sounds like, then you should have easily won by then . . .

6) If you had won by another means, Culture, Domination, whatever, then you would have had the Victory Screens, and would not have been able to win through Space Race.

[Stryker412]

Hurricane, yes that's it. I had already won via the cultural victory. I guess that's why I couldn't do it. I have a game saved at 2039 and by 2041 I win by cultural. Is there a way to make it so I dont win? I really want to win by space race and I only had 2 parts left to construct to do it.

[jm chen]

Before you start the game you have to deselect the Cultural Victory condition. There's nothing you can do once you're already in the game.

[Stryker412]

I know I can't turn it off once I'm in the game. I just mean is there a way to prevent myself from winning via cultural at that time?

[Cathy]

Originally posted by Stryker412
I know I can't turn it off once I'm in the game. I just mean is there a way to prevent myself from winning via cultural at that time?

You could sell off some cultural improvements and/or some expired wonder, preferably those that are > 1000 years old, since they give double the amount of culture.

[Stryker412]

hmm I'll try that thanks. I've never done that before.

[Tony595]

doesn't mobilization cut culture by half?

[Stryker412]

I tried selling my wonders but the sell option didn't come up. I could sell all the other stuff like courthouses etc but not wonders. Very odd.

[Goober]

You can't sell wonders. You can destroy them if you choose to raze a recently captured city with Wonders, but you Cannot sell wonders. Of course, in , most wonders accumulate $$ over time, after they have stood the "Test of Time"

[Stryker412]

Originally posted by Cathy


You could sell off some cultural improvements and/or some expired wonder, preferably those that are > 1000 years old, since they give double the amount of culture.

That's what I was trying to do. Sorry I've played the game alot but still haven't gotten all the aspects of the game down.