Recent content by oxomoxo

Parallels 4.0 works, except you don't see city names and production. I tried VMWare Fusion, but the game hangs upon world creation, with Spock's voiceover describing the beginning of the world and the word "Finishing" on the screen. Did anyone else have this problem with VMWare? What'd you do...

Wow, if SP removes colonial maintenance then I'm going to have to 'branch' the game when the colony is founded. SP + early colonies with the Carrack sounds like a huge advantage over the other civs. I'll keep a save when I found the colony to come back and try out SP later on.

Question: Does State Property reduce overseas maintenance to zero? Does the Forbidden Palace and Versailles reduce overseas maintenance to negligible levels?

I decided to play a bit more tonight, to see if Iron is within my proposed borders. By oxomoxo at 2009-06-03 I have also decided on the next few techs. In order, The Wheel (to connect the Iron) Pottery (cottages and Granary) Writing (Library for culture and science boost, and open...

I restarted a half dozen times until I got a coastal start. This is cheating, I know! But it was necessary for the type of game I am setting out to play. It'll be the last time I do something 'questionable' such as load an autosave to get a better goody hut result or avoid losing a Settler...

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword 3.17 Solver's 3.17 patch Mod: Next War Civ: Portugal Difficulty: Noble Map: Terra Size: Huge Speed: Marathon I'm starting a new game to try something I've always wanted to do: On a huge marathon speed terra map, settle the new world as Portugal as...