Recent content by s09119

As one of about a dozen friends at my college who were waiting fanatically for Civilization V, I can say that we're all pretty pleased with the result... but we've universally had two major concerns that we believe can be game-breaking. There are plenty of nitpicks here and there over minor...

I have a "black map" problem but mine is much simpler; I can't see any water, at all. It just appears as black nothing that my boats float in, and it shows up as black nothing on the minimap, too. Other than this, my game runs fine, with all other graphics working correctly. Any ideas on how to...

Does anyone know how to mod Civ IV: BTS to make it so that all my capitals have the star-shaped population indicator like the primary capital? The way it was in the original Civ IV? I hate having the little silver stars above the city for my other capitals and was wondering if there's a quick...

I played a game once with a Greek Byzantine Empire, stretching from the tip of Italy all the way over to the tip of Carthage. No one attacked me for years and years... and then all of a sudden the Chinese come out of nowhere with war. I figure "eh, I'm the most powerful empire in the world, what...

Also, anyone else find it annoying that civs collapsing into "civil war" don't actually have two sides fighting one another? They always go immediately to peace...

I know that, hence the "tweaking" thing. On the other hand, though, America has an incredible ability to produce things at insane rates when the country faces danger... so it may not be all that unrealistic.

I think America's UP could use an overhaul. Maybe make it something more like this: That probably needs tweaking, but you know what I mean. The "American Dream" one is a UP of necessity so US cities get population fast, but it's not terribly useful. That could be fixed by making American...

I know, but that's always so messy...

Okay, here's what I have of China as of the mid-1400s. Mind you, I once controlled a good chunk of Mongolia too, but their damn spawn robbed me of them... but they're such helpful trading partners, I can't bring myself to just kill them! Khmer is my vassal, by the way. The first pic is of...

How do you take screenshots again? I've taken almost all of historical China and a good chunk of India, and I'd like to show that, if I can.

My only positive game with Babylon was one in which I'd conquered Egypt, Arabia, Turkey, Persia, and India. My empire stretched from Constantinople to the Chinese border, and boy did it feel good :D Every other game, though, has crushed me.

I just played an amazing game, winning the Historical Victory as the Mayans. My empire eventually spanned from Texas all the way down to the South American northern coast, and both the Aztecs and Incas were my vassals. When the English showed up and triggered Conquerors, I was 200 points...

I can see differences in each; the greens aren't as bright in the second. And I also prefer the second one, as it really made things look more realistic to me.

Latest version of BTS, 3000BC unlocked start. That said, it was pretty cool to see Greece have colonies in the Americas... a few around New England and a very prosperous one down near the tip of South America. I've started another game and, so far, Greece is still restrained to the Greek...

I have some of the same. - In my latest two games, Arabia has actually been Jewish because it would have been the only other Islamic civ otherwise and probably would have been wiped out if it hadn;t converted. - Also in my last two games, Greece has been aggresively colonizing the New...