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Actually, if you use an army to attack a city, it will continue to attack with as many attacks as it has remaining until victory or defeat, or the attacks are used up. Eg., if it's a 4-unit modern armor army, it will attack the city up to 8 times in one round. This means you could potentially...

OK, can you have a hydro plant (or Hoover Dam on the continent), coal plant, solar plant, and nuclear plant in the same city to go superproductive? Also, in earlier incarnations of Civ, once you discovered Fusion, your plants would no longer melt down. Is there any phenomenon like this in CivIII?

In CivI, I did see a huge Zulu invasion from the sea. I had cavalry, and he had transports and armor. It was pretty scary.

Does CivIII present war in a counterproductive manner? That is, do you think a civilization can advance further by a primarily aggressive or non-aggressive strategy?

The stealth fighter really should have been implemented as the F-22. And the Aegis Cruiser can carry cruise missiles--don't forget that.

Two words: Air superiority.

Can you airlift armies?

Grasshopper, Both of the things you seek are in the Foreign Advisor screen. It should be under Diplomatic Agreements. You have to have a peace agreement in effect before you can negotiate other DAs. And it is possible for you to have contact with a civilization that a third civilization does...

Yeah, but it's effectively a declaration of war. You will obviously be doing it within their cultural zone. I'm not sure if you have to stay outside of their city zone or not. Watch out for culture flips.

Both questions have the same answer. Go to the Foreign Advisor screen and begin a negotiation with the Civ in question. By default, the negotiation covers 'New' negotiations. Select 'Active' (down below) instead and it'll show how many turns are remaining. What you should do is come back on...

I think this whole thread is much ado about nothing. After all, this problem is the whole reason marines exist. They get to attack a square, and if they are victorious, they occupy it.

blissett: I think that makes the other nations feel a little less good about you.

madhatter: They should make it so that tactic upsets the population. Food riots. ;)

Uh, let's get rid of the revisionism here. The American-Vietnam war was a military victory, but a political defeat. There was practically nothing left of NVA/VC after Tet, but the Tet Offensive made such a huge impression that it stirred up huge political feeling. As for the Soviet-Afghan...

What you're saying would make sense. Essentially after each battle the computer does the dice roll for the next battle, in advance, and saves that factor. Only when the two units actually contact is that factor combined with the unit and terrain stats to actually determine the outcome. This...