Recent content by markko

Do you have enough food in the city? If you have a food deficit and not enough food in storage you can't add new citizens. Move the ones in the city in food tiles, then add new ones (I don't know if this is the case, I haven't checked your save).

Would it be also true for a native convert? This feature may be useful for professions like fur trapper, sugar planter ecc. in case there's no village to train your colonists. I usually use native converts in these professions (they are better than free colonists) and it would make sense if they...

I definitely agree on these changes on education. I also think that the cost to buy specialists in Europe should increase over time. During mid game, I always find easier to buy farmers and fishermen in Europe instead of training new-born colonists in schools or indian villages, which doesn't...

Hi Dale, thank you for your great mod. In my last game, however, I'm experiencing a crash whenever I try to go to the next turn. Here is the save. Hope you can fix it. :)

Hi, I don't really know if this is in the scope of better AI, but I just want to share my view on wars and resources on CivIV. In the real world, wars - even religious or etnic wars - are usually triggered by resources: land, gold, petrol, etc. It doesn't make sense to me when the AI...

Hi, after a few games with Rome on Monarch level I realised I have always the same problem at a certain point. When I'm about to have six to eight cities, I experience a deep economic crisis and my research drops up to 30-40%. When I reach Code of Laws and I manage to build Tribunals and...

Thanks to all, I should have razed Cuzco in my last game...

Hi, When I conquer a large enemy city, like a capital, I usually prefer to keep it for its 'cultural value'. At least, this is what I use to do in Civ III. In Civ IV, however, the city keeps revolting and it takes forever to dominate if the enemy civilization is still alive. Starve the city...