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Please give advice how to install the MOD Hi, I was very fond of this mod before Civ 5 came out and recently wanted to reinstall it on my new laptop. So I bought Civ4 complete version from Steam, installed it and wanted to install the RI mod via the recent...

Hi, I was very fond of this mod before Civ 5 came out and recently wanted to reinstall it on my new laptop. So I bought Civ4 complete version from Steam, installed it and wanted to install the RI mod via the recent setup.exe file. Unfortunately the setup can't locate CIV4 Beyond the sword on my...

"building breakdown" in the city screen has such a silly sound to a non-native speaker. Are the buildings breaking down? How can I fix this? Also the texts often seem so bland to me, just technical, no flavor text, no narrative, just stating the +1 this, plus plus that. I want to play a historic...

I go with antiquity and feel similar as Zaarin. Antiquity seems to be the most open to play and I like the civs. It's the everything-is-new-map-and-competitors-feel. I like the introduction of forced exploration in the exploration age but for my taste it comes too early. When I play older Civ...

Hi people, is there a thread/site where we can collect and discuss the civics that have been revealed so far, both civ-specific and general? I looked at Arioch's Well of souls but it doesn't list the effects of the civics. Here is what Arioch has collected so far: Civics at Well of Souls Since...

Hypatia (for Egypt, Greece) Razia Sultan (India-related, Chola) al-Malika al-Hurra (exploration age, for Fatimids or Abbasids) Anna Komnene (science/great work related ability, obviously Byzantine when they are included) Madame de Pompadour (modern age, French empire), has cultural ability...

I voted for Britain and Russia. Germany (or Prussia) can come in a DLC - saying this as a German myself. Britain is the defining global power from 1700 onwards, first as naval power, then as colonial power, industrial powerhouse, center of invention. They can't leave them out. Russia is also...

Yes, but the US is just one civ out of many of that age and other did raise cuirassiers and similar cavalry. The US is not the gold standard.

I would like to know if a city can fight back against a siege without a garrison - is the city strike a thing of the past? Secondly, what about the concept of "open cities", t.i. non-garrisoned cities that can escape plunder and destruction by being handed over without a fight (and later...

They should include Ozymandias as a leader and give him the ability wizard of Oz! :cool:

Ibn Battuta is a great choice. Finally an Arab leader for the Abbasids. He even travelled to India, so Chola and the Mughals would fit as well. Only mildly sorry to hear the pronouncation of his travelogue al-Rihla butchered.

I would like to see the Holy Roman empire be included, with a focus towards economy and eastward (and southward) expansion. Economy due to the Hanse and expansion for the founding of hundreds if not thousands of towns from 1100 onwards, later through the Teutonic knights in Prussia. A unique...

Who could be an antiquity age predecessor of an exploration age Polish empire? Goths? Vandals? If they aren't represented as a civ in their own right at least they should feature as an independent people.

Yes, that would be great. I could see two implementations: One political, where you form a supernational entity and vote for common policies, have common defensive pact etc. Maybe similar to what they did with the Apostolic palace in Civ4. And one commercial entity, similar to corporations in...