Recent content by Quothz

Yeah, that's right. I was, it seems, :smoke: when I typed that.

I've always been curious as to how CIV would play with a logistic cost applied to stacking units. Something like (Unit_Upkeep = Base_Upkeep * Units_in_Stack * 1.1), so the costs increase geometrically with the number of stacked units, making large SoDs a serious guns-or-butter decision. Or...

- Giving/accepting a gift. - <pedant>Always peace</pedant>

[party]Tin wins it! And it's well-deserved.[party]

While the Federal Communications Commission may sound like a good place to vent, what with the whole "communications" thing, I suspect you may mean the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC handles complaints about false advertising, consumer fraud, and suchlike. The FCC makes sure broadcasters...

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The only negative I can dream up is that you no longer gain intelligence about the rival's land via the missionaries' visibility. It's pretty minor, but I can see a case for keeping a missionary under your control if you want to update your map. I think the advantages of giving 'em away nearly...

I did a little poking around and I see this is not an uncommon problem. The solution I've seen is to download and install the DirectX runtime whatsidoodle from here, which seems to solve it most of the time. The issue appears to be a missing DirectX .dll file. Hopefully, that'll solve your ills.

There's a mod called BarbarianCiv (originally part of Next War and included in Rise of Mankind, but available as a standalone). In it, barbarian cities that aren't destroyed eventually become a minor civ, then a fully-blown civ. They gain some free techs and units when they enter the minors...

Sure, that's the ideal. But then the AI would also have to be able to evaluate whether a war request is plausible and not ask for help against, for example, an unreachable opponent. Otherwise it would be even more difficult to make and keep friends. Mind you, it should do that anyway--I...

At a guess, it's diplomacy. Try to avoid founding early religions, for example, and certainly don't convert to any until you see how things're panning out. Make sure you get trade routes going early, so religion will spread into your lands, then pick the one that looks like it'll be the most...

You might find it useful to read through a couple-few succession games here in the forum. (Here.) A succession game is when a number of players take turns controlling a civ in a game and discuss their plans and strategies on the forum. I find SGs more interesting, usually, than single-person...

Galleys can enter ocean tiles within cultural borders, so after the first border expansion, the shore is reachable. Indeed, it appears Capac has cities on the mainland.

Catherine won't plan a war with you when she's friendly, but can at pleased. However, she's unique in that she can be -bribed- into war against someone with whom she is friendly. Sharing borders with her makes me nervous. One option is to bribe her into joining your war, or more broadly, to...

Pretty darned useful. I'm not a great player, so I can't give you a thesis on gold ages, but I use them a good bit mid- to late-game. Early game, your lands and aren't well-developed enough to take full advantage. I play at epic, and I'll pull the trigger two or three times in a game, usually...