Recent content by Sir Yelof

The whole point of all these extra rules and options in PTW is so that you don't have to play a 27 hour game online...! Try this -- get a couple friends together, and play on a Tiny map, in Turnless or Simultaneous mode, with the fast production option, and regicide. You run into each...

Say you want to throw a big Christmas party for your family and you hired a contractor to redo your family room over the summer. Then right before the holidays, he comes to you and says "We want to do this the right way, but it'll take two months longer than we thought, and it'll cost you more...

Sure, the fast-paced multiplayer stuff may not be a big win for those of us who prefer marathon Civ games. But I'm happy at least to have the option now! Besides, with the editor, I expect to see multiplayer scenarios out there you could start off in a later age, or with a certain number of...

Exactly. You can play an MP game in normal "Civ" style, or you can configure it to play a game that might not last 10 minutes. And an hour is totally doable. Lunch may never be the same! Consider these settings: - Regicide - Tiny map, panagea, 60% water - 3-4 players - "Fast" turnless...

Governors managing happiness are vital if for no other reason than it prevents you from having to step through all your cities one by one to see if they are about to grow and go into revolt. Say you have a 4 city with 1 happy, 2 content and 1 unhappy, and next turn the city grows. If you...

I think Shift+P tells the worker to go find pollution and clean it up. Don't know if it's as permanent as Shift+A for automation but try it out. --Yelof

I have two suggestions: 1) Change playing style away from min-max game. If you just try to enjoy the game and don't focus on squeezing every last bit out of each city, you'll be able to complete the game much faster. Turn on the governors, automate maybe 1/2 your workers in the later...

Hiya folks... pretty straightforward GOTM this time for me. I decided pretty quickly to go for Domination, and came up with the Master Plan (everyone should have at least a couple Master Plans at all times...) 1) Start with small quick cities, then plant outposts to grab land. 2) Eliminate...

Sorry if this is a bit off-topic... here's what you should expect to see (given typical entertainment software marketing strategies, including patterns from other studios' software published by Infogrames, like RollerCoaster Tycoon) 1) Price of Civ3 stand-alone drops slightly in late summer...

I use GotM to motivate my playing of the game. I plan to buy PTW. Therefore, I'd like GotM to include PTW. It's not out of the question to have a GotM for Civ3 and a GotM for PTW. Of course, the problem is that it's much more work to do so. Since the .exe's are different it's a...

I've never tried that since playing Monarch level and beyond... (usually because I never have a superior army, or if I do the option is often better just to crush the opponent rather than bully.) But I'm glad to hear that it can and does work. Does anyone else have other good examples of...

I think that's a fantastic idea. It takes too much time to page through the lengthy spoiler thread to cull information about how others did -- and so many people repeat the same information. If I finish the GOTM late in the month, I can usually only afford to flip through a few pages to get...

Also, if the AI is at "breaking even" or losing money per turn due to their current research efforts, then they will not agree to any sort of gpt agreement. Likewise, if your sliders are set so that you're earning X gpt, they will not accept any deal from you that is greater than X gpt...

I think productivity might be a measurement of your GNP vs. your corruption, but I'm not sure. Qitai: Why is there a difference between city pop and city size??? Also, is that what military service is, or is that what you think it should be? Thanks! --Yelof

Great! All very useful replies. So now we have: Land area: number of tiles / 100. Military service: based on total number of units (which is what the AI uses to evaluate/bully/fear your civ) Popularity: percentage of happy people. Useful for determining luxury rate effect. Pollution...