Recent content by Old Fox

In response to Zachriel... Yes, the city that flipped twice on me was the last city before babs capital. Maybe thats why? Who knows... I mean in WWII, could you imagine that the allies get just outside Berlin and lose all of their offensive units??? LOL It's a playability issue...

I just reread my earlier post... When I was talking about how the AI untis showed up 12 tiles behind my lines. I should have clarified the following: I was using my navy to monitor his troop movments of his OFFENSIVE portion of his army, that part that he had been conquering France with...

Oooops... I meant 1.17f patch (not 1.11f). (typo)

Hey guys, thanks for the replys to this thread. Regarding the big unit loss in the city. Yeah babs had a big cultural advantage because he had been capturing all the other civs wonders and had kept them for some time, but THAT is precisely why I had to go after his wonder cities. Anyways, I...

I have a possible reason(s) for you here... I too have had this problem... Check your trades with other civ's, perhaps you have traded your resource (iron) after first building the colony, made a trade agreement to sell your extra iron, then lost your extra iron, hence removing YOUR supply...

I have to agree whole-heartedly with Pim and Six. I loved SMAC. Although I hated when you set up long build queues and it corrupted the game file and it crashed. Couldn't play many a fine game because of that. I was quite disappointed with Civ3 when i first played it. Add to the Civ3...

I also play on the huge maps and experience the same problem. The problem is that the computer is playing the AI civs the same way it is playing you. unit moves with all the other civ's figuring their battles, diplomacy, etc. At the end of your turn each time go to prefs and turn off all...

I have had some rather unpleasant experiences with the game and was wondering if others had similar experiences, and what they felt about them... I had one game that I was playing as regeant where we were in the modern era on a huge map. I was the No. 2 civ at that point. Babs was the No. 1...

I'm not sure if I followed this thread entirely... I agree with the fellow earlier who implied that setting an optimum number of cities for corruption severely limits playing style. It kind of forces a non-conquest situation on a huge map board. I like to play on the huge maps, but am not...

I aggree with the Last Conformist. I also find that AI cannot seem to comphrend my ability to react to even a massive invasion. I only LOOK weak. I usually have a couple of token defensive units in my cities and a few attack based units wandering around free. I usually post them near to a...

I have not read all the way to the end of this thread yet, but have seen several postings regarding the possibility of more than one golden age. So this is in answer to ApolloE, and Ionhead, and others I haven't read yet. I can assure you that it is not only possible, but probable. I had 3...

Here's one for those arm chair generals... When you capture an enemy city, they usually come with resisters. Starve them out, repopulate with workers or settlers so that all but one of the people are yours and then starve again, then repopulate again. You will have NO enemy populace...

The best peace time tactics that I use is the olde create a town next to their colony trick. It claims the resouce, and no ill diplomatic consequences, even if they have troops stationed on it. I also look for small places that I can plunk a town down on their continent that will grab some of...

NEVER - NEVER - NEVER sign right of passage agreements, unless it is expressly and solely to your benefit, UNLESS... a) You are willing to have foreign troops wander about your lands. b) You are willing to station troops or workers to prevent such movement. c) You NEED the ROP agreement to...

I will sometimes position "extra" workers, or old units that I haven't bothered to upgrade yet as "pickets" or coast duty to prevent invasions. I find that if you don't prevent the AI from pathing through your country, they will wander on through like its nothing. I had one game where I had no...