Recent content by Blitzstrahl

Folks; I've been playing Civ 4 long enough that I should be doing better. I'm not the best at keeping track of the myriad details in the game, so I'm now looking to fine tune my processes just a little bit. What are some folks' average turns like? Is there a method or a process? Is there a...

Thanks all; I realize that I made a big divergence from the spirit of the game by using WorldBuilding, to where it is now much more of a pragmatic exercise in learning city placement, but hopefully this will guide my thought process more efficiently when I am really battling The Fog. Also, any...

OK, I think I've learned a few things. Most importantly, I switched to WorldBuilder so that there's no mystery about lurking black areas that I couldn't clear, or confusion about what city I started when seeding on the map. I think this method makes the process a little easier. Taking the...

I reloaded the game and in doing so placed the capital in the first seeded spot. No other good reason.

In my haphazard reading of various strategy articles and forum posts, I seem to be finding that between 6 and 8 cities is a fairly standard requirement for a civ, although I've certainly read about it being done with more and less. However, it seems like several national and world wonders are...

Alright, sounds like I didn't have my food figured out. I've restarted and passed enough turns to clear out as much fog as I could; The Native American are behind the NE fog, so I have not ventured up there any further. I've replaced my proposed city sites, albeit with fewer of them, and...

Hello Civ4 Fans. I'm new to Civilization, starting with Civ 4. I've played several hours but am still learning a LOT. I have most recently read through city specialization articles (1, 2 and 3)and found them immensely helpful, but a little daunting. So, I've found a nice easy leader...

Whoops; somehow overlooked my "My Games" directory - was looking more specifically for civilization titled folders. Problem solved.

Sorry if this is slightly irrelevant, but I'm running Windows 7 (home), and I can't find any screenshots folder within the application directory (program files) or user directory (my documents). Any more help on this?

You're quite right; thanks for the info. Moving on to BtS now...

OK. Total Civ newb here. Haven't played Civ since Civ 1-2 about a decade ago, I think. I love Civ 4. But, all the walkthrough, tutorial and chatter I read about Civ 4 is using either Civ 4 warlords or Civ 4 colonization. I was originally playing Civ 4 ("vanilla") just because I thought I'd...