Recent content by A E Butterfield

I think that the problems that most people have with flips is the sudden way in which they take place. Most sucessful revolts and revolutions take years to get going - WWII started in 1939 and the first uprisings occurred in 1943/44. It took the Vietnamese 30 years to expel France and America...

:) Thanks guys I am playing with the patch. I have now started to check jungle squares with the terrain info command and GUESS WHAT, coal was there, it was just invisible. CIV III should probably have a search map command that highlights what you are looking for. Any worth having is...

I tend to play huge maps with a total of eight civilizations, I found that if you have sixteen civilizations they are soon winowed down to about eight. I disable the space race but leave all other conditions on default. I tend to fight huge wars. I am still trying to learn the ins ans...

Actually, the Mongol Khanate disolved through civil war, most of the mongol troops in China returned to fight other Mongols, leaving Chinese troops behind. The Muslim invaders of India never became Indian - turn on your TV and watch the possible war between India and Pakistan (once part of...

Yes, the chance is low! You have to fight another civilization, clobering barbarians doesn't generate a leader. The most I can remember getting in a single game was 5. Once you build the military academy you can create armies without using a leader, so save those leaders to rush-build...

Both are good points! I try to control mixed terrain. I will encircle mountains and deserts with cities to block off access so that I can get any resources that appear. According to the manual, coal appears in jungle, hills and mountains. I was mainly wondering whether improving terrain...

I think that the major problem people have with the city flipping phenomenon is its aparent randomness. I have had conquered cities with many improvements, that are provided with five luxuries, entertainers, no resistors and a fully assimilated population, flip. I have had ravaged, burnt...

I also have had no luck calculating flips. Some possibilities... Cities often have disorder problems before they flip. It is posible that another civilization uses propoganda to distabalise the city. Or it is completely random!!! The results for every turn are precalculated - fight...

Tips.... 1. Divert taxation to entertainment < Domestic advisor F1 > 2. Convert workers to entertainers < City view > 3. Build temples, cathedrals, coloseums, police stations, certain wonders, the forbidden palace. 4. Obtain luxuries, by internal or external trade - the more types...

I have now played CIV III a number of times and have never had coal within my borders?!? Most resources appear when you have the technology...I get steam power but no coal Often my neighbours clear jungle and coal appears. Having never seen coal, does it just appear? Do you have to look for...