Recent content by Chas

I'm not very good myself, I am now at the point where I win more than I lose on Prince, but I feel your pain. I agree with all the comments about the number of cities. The 70% rule works for me - as soon as cottage growth etc. mean I am positive on 70%, I build another city. I often find that...

Thanks. So the only difference between what I would get and a genuine Monarch game is the starting techs for the AI civs, and their starting units? I guess that I can look up somewhere what these would be. Because although I've never done it, I think I have seen in World Builder that you...

I have a BC-4000 BTS map that I know is OK. and was created on Prince level. Is there any way that I can change this to e.g. Monarch level? World Builder does not seem to allow this, though I don't really ever use it, so maybe I am missing something.

OK, thanks, the fort thing worked. I built it on the plains/forest tile directly to the right of the coal mine, and then I could build railways. I had no idea this worked. That example map is very helpful. When you say that you can connect a resource by building a fort on the resource...

In the screenshot: On the right is the main large continent that is mine, fully networked with roads etc. This continent has no coal. In the middle is a small island, with coal, that is mined and being worked. On the left is the new city on an island that is working the coal mine...

Can you explain what version is required for this series? I tried the second one, Joao, and got a 'expected version 302 or earlier' error message. I have 3.19, with BUG. At what point in the series will I be able to load a starting save file? I have just about got Prince (though I still...

Right. Yes, that is confusing. Thanks, very clear explanation. I like 'feature', now that's an old-time software developer talking :) If you can't fix it, feature it...

OK, when you replied apparently the screenies were invisible, they are there now. If what you say is true, I don't understand either screen - because I can't even work out why it is -4 starvation on the first one.

Hmm, I obviously don't understand how to post screenies on this forum. I was able to see them. I've tried another way, do you see them now?

Sorry about this, real simple newbie stuff but I have spent the last hour browsing manuals and strategy guides and can't find the answer - it must be somewhere obvious that I'm not looking. I think I understand this screen (but not the next one): Health: I'm on Noble, so I get 2 free...

OK, now I see it. Stupid of me. Holy smoke, what an amazing labour of love. They should just give him a job and sack their own team.

Thank you, very helpful. Just one last detailed follow-up. So say they found Judaeism, have its holy city, and another 1 of their 5 cities is Jewish. But somehow because of religion spreading they happen to have 3 cities that are Confucian. How do I know whether they have a state religion...

If there is a thread somewhere that explains all this, please point me to it - I have searched on 'religion' but there are too many results. What I am trying to understand is what causes, and can prevent, a particular AI civ from having -3 rels with me because of 'falling under the sway of a...

1. If you are bored with this now, no problem 2. If you have time for one more answer: Do you mean in my save game, he dow'd Joao rather than me? And then all the stuff you describe happened? Or did this happen in your game? 1. I am playing my own noble game as Willem Oranj at the moment, it...

Well, I think for the moment I will blame Orion and fate, since you are helping me so much :) I would certainly not build wealth at the moment. As I said, every city has completed this turn, so instead of deciding what to do I just picked something for each city, temporarily Sorry, do you mean...