Recent content by dougferret

(i hope this posts properly, never quoted before) but i also have an Inspiron 530, the graphics card info says Intel G33/G31 express (i'm presuming this is not up to snuff), and i'm not too computer-savvy, i should be able to go out and get a new video card, install and at least that part should...

Thanks for the tips, everyone. I usually try to get to currency/Code of Laws more quickly, but perhaps was expanding too early before these (thus it takes longer to acquire them). I'll keep these in mind for the next game I start -- I do read the threads from time to time on here, there's LOTS...

okay this is what I have for this game -- I'm the Romans, although apparently I saved it as "France"...? Or so I thought. At any rate, if you look at this, what did I do wrong? Sorry it's not early enough, but I usually don't save too early if things look bleak. The world has been...

Feeling stupid -- how do I post a game? I'm new to this whole thing, in fact the jargon confuses me. No I don't have any cool add-ons for my Civ game, in fact, a friend downloaded stuff for me that enabled the 'fractal' map (if this gives you an idea). But I don't necessarily need the...

I've done fairly well thus far but can't seem to find success when playing at Prince level. Basically, I can't expand my empire without killing my economy, but if I go conservative to preserve that, I have a small empire and I get behind, then trounced by the AI. How much micromanaging is...

OH YEAH how do you post a save file?

By micromanage, does this mean city-by-city, or controlling the workers' actions instead of automating them? I tried the technique of just buying technologies last night, not too bad although I don't have a prayer of getting any great wonders. Also, every other civilization seems to make...

Not sure if it's 'regent' or 'monarch'. But I'm determined to win at this level and have had little luck. I always get behind technologically b/c I run out of money to support scientific research. I can't make enough military units later in the game to prevent being bullied by everyone and...