Recent content by Chuck2280

I have been reading these posts and have come to one conclusion. That conclusion is that computer games which operate on logic do not mimic the illogical nature of humans very well. What I mean is, in the average computer game if you perform action A, then B will result, whereas in real life...

Oy vey! All of those dates just to determine independence from GB/UK?!! Why couldn't you guys make it simple and have a few revolting colonists like here in the states? (All puns intended). :)

Iboltscrew, Wow, you guys are independent?? When did that happen?? (Just kidding). No one is disputing the contributions Canada made to the war efforts (WW1 or WW2). My contention was merely with the assertion that most American forces arrived by air. Also, it was more than a little...

Iboltscrew, First, thank you for the compliment in your earlier post. I am glad someone agrees with a few of my screwy ideas. :) Second, I have a minor dispute with a few things in your latest post. While I cannot dispute the presence of Canadians during the D-Day invasions, nor can I...

Given the accounts I have read about the VC and there ability to blend into the general Vietnamese population and their proclivity toward attacking from an ambush, I just thought that I'd toss out the suggestion and see what you thought of it. Given the screenshots and everything I have read...

Geez, after reading the article I think I had better sign up for some serious therapy! :crazyeye: I fit into every category they listed! I agree with one section of the article called "The Decompressor." I used to drive a truck (a tractor-trailer, the kind everyone loves to hate) for a...

El Justo, Looks like this is going to be one kick butt scenario! If I may, I have a minor suggestion concerning the VC units. Why not give them an invisible tag. This would effectively simulate their ability to "pop out of nowhere", attack a patrol, and disappear into the jungle again. The...

El Justo, You're welcome. If the advice helps someone, then I am happy. One thing that I have noticed as far as turn times are concerned is that when you have a great deal of trading coupled with a long period of peace (or many units), the game slows down enormously (at least for me)...

Elemming, Yeah, she's maxed on the tweaks. I am waiting on my g/f's kid to ditch his system. I built him an old P-2 system out of spare parts a while ago for doing his homework. Now he want to get rid of it. If he does that I plan on snatching it up and stripping it. If I do it will give...

Drivebymaster, The custom option is pretty much what I was looking at. I am trying to save enough to get an Athlon 64 FX-55 based system. Somthing with a Radeon card (256+ MB Vid. RAM), roughly 2 GB of RAM, and a 250 GB HDD. The other options will depend on what's available when I get it...

No, actually I am not insane. I would be better off buying a new computer, but it is a question of money (I am saving for a new high end system) and the philosophy of "why toss away a perfectly good computer when all it needs is for me to 'adjust' a few things." My current system is a gigantic...

El Justo, First of all, great scenario. I don't generally write "fan letters", but I must say that this is an excellent scenario. Secondly, providing that you aren't pulling my proverbial leg, I will explain my "secret". To begin with, I tweaked my system for performance using a commercial...

Asclepius, With your system you should have no trouble running this mod. I run this on an old AMD K6-2 (400MHz) with only 192 MB RAM. My wait times have been getting a bit longer as I have gotten further into the game (mid-1968 at present), but so far they are less than 10 minutes per turn...

Heck, when I run out of things to do with my workers I usually fortify them in the nearest friendly city. I almost never have them join a city (unless I really need to). I figure after steam power is discovered there is plenty to do, and when things slow down, there is always pollution to keep...

Hello. I have been reading about the release date for Civ4 and thought that I'd pass on this bit of information (for what it's worth). While doing a little post-Christmas shopping, I had an opportunity to stop at a game retailer called EB Games (formerly Electronics Boutique (sp?)). While...