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Any suggestions?

On the same exact turn in my game, I always get this error message: Load Error ERROR READING FILE Missing entry in "text/PediaIcons.txt": _LARGE It always happens on the turn I am about to discover Flintlock Design, a new tech I added in, so I thought that I might have to add an...

How do I get Civ3 to run in 1280 x 1024? I want to run the game in my LCD's native resolution, as it would look much better. AFAIK resolution change is not supported by Firaxis but I read somewhere on these forums that it was possible to do so, and tolerate some bugs that would then occur...

I'm considering buying PTW but I don't want a repeat of what happened with Civ3 so I definately need some opinions first. *How long does an MP game usually take? *What is the maximum bombard range? *Is there an MP game site/server where one can quickly and easily find opponents (similar to...

There may have been railroads there without you seeing them. Sometimes the map does not refresh correctly and you will not see recent changes to the terrain such as Irrigation, Roads, RR, etc. Usually simply scrolling the map a bit fixes this, but if may require saving and reloading to fix it.

The French always seem to be in last place in most of my games. Egypt and England do really good.

I just got a new P4 2.53 GHz, 1 GB RAM computer and the game runs incredibly. It is every bit as fast as I remember civ2 being. I am going to try out that world map.

Now that 1.29 is released, I am testing what will probably be the final version of this mod, and I will post it as soon as it is ready.

I would suggest at least doubled HP and possibly increased values for modern units if you are concerned about the killer spearman against tank anomaly.

If culture flipping is needed to stop blitzes then the game mechnanics are very poor indeed. Actually CF makes 1-turn blitzes more favorable. Unit balance should be such that blitzes would mean MASSIVE casualties, without CF being needed. However, CF does the opposite. Blitz and you wipe out...

Many people will get PTW because civ rules, not necessarily civ3. I strongly dislike what firaxis has done to civ, but I may still get PTW simply because I am addicted to civ in general :) and I still maintain a hope that firaxis may finally fix civ and turn it into a good game.

...one of their native cities CF's to you and you disband it?

Right now I only plany on standard maps and the game runs... ok, though sometimes units can get "stuck" for several minutes. RAM is the key to speeding up the game I think. On a standard map with a Celeron 366 mHz, 64 MB RAM, the AI turns take at most 20 seconds.

Of course there are, but it requires masses of units which creates the tedium of moving 100+ units around from city to city to garrison them all with 50 each. Of course you COULD hold the cities, but is it the most effective way? In MP, when it really matters and success > worries about...