Recent content by chris88

bshock - agree with you on this, its a gesture (albeit a small one) to show that you aren't going to put up with a dodgy product being released. So what if it takes 5 minutes or 15 - its your time and your peace of mind that matters ... and the fact that you haven't got an expensive computer...

Willem - thanks very much for your help on this one .... mine has 64mg RAM so it should be fine, and it seems (in reading some specs on it) that it supports hardware T&L. Just wondering - what does Hardware T&L stand for?

Wondering if my PC is going to run this game OK ... 1) Model of your video card - nVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 (agp8x) - upgraded to driver v 67.02 2) how much ram you have - 512 mg of RAM 3) what processor you have - Intel Pentium 4, 2.6ghz. Never had any troubles running games until NBA Live...

No problems - I've copied the question and put it in a new thread here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3067533#post3067533

(re-directed from the quick/newbie questions thread) Wondering if someone can just help me out quickly – I remember reading on here somewhere a rough guide as to what you should build (city improvements) in “food cities” and in “production or shield cities” – the whole city specialisation...

Wondering if someone can just help me out quickly – I remember reading on here somewhere a rough guide as to what you should build (city improvements) in “food cities” and in “production or shield cities” – the whole city specialisation thing. Wondering if someone can refresh my memory as to...

I think that's a pretty fair call as well fried egg. I expand well early, but then slow a little once I have "borders defined" because of other civs, etc etc, or if I reckon that building any more towns will be a waste due to corruption (despite building a FP) Maybe charging off to war to...

Thanks everyone so much for your help - gives me some real pointers to work on in the games I'm playing. Just wanted to answer a couple of questions posed earlier in the thread if it adds some clarity to what I'm doing... Usually it starts to happen early to mid middle ages. Have lots of...

Thanks Dreadnought - actually, I try to avoid building units when I run out of things to build, and was wondering if building wealth was an option (apart from doing the occasional pre-build for an upcoming wonder). How does this wealth ratio work?

I'll try to keep this short, but I need to explain the situation before I ask the question I guess! :) Playing at Warlord level in conquests, actually have two games going on this level - in one I'm the Arabs, in the other, I'm the Mayans (love the Javelin Throwers!). I try not to build...

Are there any bonuses, or drawbacks, from having your civ in its chosen/preferred government, or its shunned government? If so, what are they? Thanks so much for your previous help as well!

Just quickly, wondering if there is a guide somewhere to what a tech is worth in gold ... it might help my tech trading, etc.

Hmm - I'd normally go the attack route, but they are only a couple of 1-2 size cities - one in a cruddy location. I might let the Germans finish them off and get a settler up and going, and ready to wander in and form a city in a nearby good spot if there's a chance...

Thanks gmaharriet - so the best idea might be to either continue attacking and gain some more cities, or pull back and let the German MWarriors mace Portugal to death?

Have a game going at the moment where I’m enjoying a good run as the Arabs, having built up a good “core” kingdom and expanding outwards into new areas or areas not under other civ control. Have had a long-time war with Portugal, which they started. I’ve copped no rep hits for continuing the...