Recent content by eddieballgame

After looking at the files that reference tribes & barbarians...no barbarians does not mean less city sites; just less city sites that are easy to capture. Now, those raids can be a slight problem on higher settings, however. :)

That is the point, no challenge to capture them...tribes, at least, offer some resistance.

Too large a maps can be more of a challenge for the machines. I am in favor, however, of more aggressive AIs/tribes & a closer proximity to our neighboring nations. Plus...no barbarians, they are, simply too easy to take over. imho

Not sure what you are seeing in your game, but in mine (with all the updates)...there are very few 'tundra tiles' up north. The 'tundra tiles' are all white, curious if you are mistaking the 'scrub tiles' for them. Would be easy to do so based on there appearance per other similar games. (tool...

Thank you for doing this...game on. :)

Civ IV, the last great civ game in this series/genre. (imho) Old World, in time, may very well surpass it. For now, it is my goto 4X in single & multiplayer. It, simply, does so many things right via options & mechanics...making it a pleasure to play.

Yes, 'GOTM' type challenge is ideal for Old World. Everyone competing using the same saved file/start sounds like fun. Any game settings are fine with me.

You could try 'Magnifier'. For me the UI Scaling is just good enough, but would prefer a bit more. I do, however, use larger monitors.

For those that would like to choose which nation they would like to play against, start a 'Hotseat' game & select AIs for your opponents...done.

Great questions & per Victory Conditions, maybe not using the Ambition Victory could be an option...or not. Agreed on the 'rng' aspects, but with all other things being equal...same map & starting civs, plus all the options being identical, it could still offer a fun challenge/comparison for all...

Thank you for this information, very much appreciated.

Problem was on my end...AIs can be teammates together.

Thank you

Playing around with the XML files, I was trying to assign some resources to Tundra (gold, fur, & game) & Sand (camels & gems) with no success. I followed the formats as laid out in the Resource & Terrain files to no avail...thoughts? Moved to the C&C forum. leif

Played a mp game for a few hours with no issues...yes! Noticed that teammates had to have at least 1 human player, AIs could not be teamed. Or did I miss something? btw, I used my GOG version while my friend used his Steam version...now that was a pleasant surprise, as well. Kudos to the 'devs'...