Recent content by jlindy

Okay I'll give it a go and see what happens...

God I hope not...

No everything in the Civ4 .ini is at it's default value...

Yea, my bad BtS is patched to 3.17. When I was trying to install the games patching Civ 4 to 1.74 before installing BtS would cause BtS to not run. Patching it to 1.61 then letting BtS patch it 1.74 worked just fine (exept for the graphics glitches).

I managed to get Civ4 & BtS installed without problems, but I'm having a few issues running the game sometimes the screen goes like this after a few minutes of play: This carries over to windows when I leave the game a restart clears the problem.Sometimes the game will minimize to the...

What's the InstallShield Installation Information file for Beyond the Sword? I'm having a similar problem trying to get BtS running in windows 7 beta 64. I got Civ4 working well, but no joy for BtS so far.

The unrestriced leader option can not only provide benefits but also provide challenges as well... Try having Tokugawa of Rome as a neighbor when your playing Pacal II of India...Ouch, ouch, ouch :)

I think it's the Viking civ that rocks on archipelago maps not Ragnar. Having naval units that start with nav.I is very nice, add a drydock, 1st circumnavigation and refrigeration and your ships are true greyhounds of the seas! Plus with theology city raider2 berserkers are great proto-marines...

I usually play a unrestricted leaders game. One of my favorite combinations is Churchill of Rome :)

Ta know this game is just so broad I've totally spaced out canals... Guess I'll just have to fire up the 18civ map play as America and kick some Aztec butt and try out my own version of the Panama Canal.

Reducing maintenance costs. Having an ally that will vote your way, and declare war on your enemies ect.. But I mostly use them for reducing the costs of a large empire (their land area counts toward a domination victory).

Privateers are a great way to get there, but so is selecting the raging barbarians option. It'll give you plenty of fodder for toughening up units.

Their crazy but not impossible to deal with, and yes they can take down civs... Even yours if you don't build a proper military. I like this option I'll rush up the Great Wall and let my rivals take the brunt of it. I'll also rotate units into the hinterlands to toughen them up before a nice war.

Cavalry... Lots of cavalry or gunships. spread them out and destroy the rail lines.

I keep forgetting about that option. I generally don't play with any options except raging barbs and turning off time and cultural victories.