Recent content by splunge the 2nd

It could be that far north (or south) locations put you at the edge of a continent, putting you in position not to get dog piled and to pick your conquests 1 by 1. It reduces your contacts but a curragh or 2 can fix that.

Thanks! I've been playing forever and never noticed the buttons bottom right! Oddly though, F8 doesn't work for some reason. Can anyone offer help for civ assist?

Hi all! Long time civ player and forum member but I hadn't played for a while since my Windows 10 PC can't run civ and it was a pain booting up my older machine. I recently bought civ 3 on steam and can't seem to get the victrory conditions tab to open. I think it was F12 on the older version...

I'd avoid a "one size fits all" approach. The Pyramids are a great wonder but if you have only a few cities and plan to win a spaceship race without expanding much, or you're starting on a small land mass, it is not worth it. Also, as you pointed out such a huge investment in shields early on...

In terms of happiness, I rarely build happiness buildings. The market/luxury happiness is the most cost effective followed by the happiness tax slider. Rather than entertainers, I will use scientists to avoid unrest- unhappiness is heavily based on non-specialist population, so switching a...

No need to be embarrassed. At the risk of reiterating, overbuilding is a common impediment to success. I usually under build military, keeping a small defensive garrison on the periphery and concentrating on offensive units, keeping wars on the enemy's turf. Building barracks in...

Thanks Marcher. I've posted on Tom's and CNET. If I get a fix, I'll post it.

Hi everyone. I played Civilization 3 just last night with no problem and today when I try to run it (by shortcut, the exe, autorun from disk) I get the error message I need to log in with administrator privileges. I tested a few other programs and found the same error with Pirates. I...

DRB42, regarding Ragnar wanting that spot of land, I understand the AI can see resources on the map that haven't been revealed yet do to technolog. The Vikings may ahve really wanted the oil that would be discovered in 1000 years!

I haven't played SMAC for some time (and never by email). I'd be willing to try.

Buttercup, you certainly have a valid point but might want to consider decaf coffee in the future. This is the Newbie Questions forum. I agree with your interpretation of game mechanics and your ideas to reform arbitrary endpoints for AA wonders make sense, you may turn off some newcomers by...

I agree many of the AA wonders aren't worth the shields unless you're going for a culture city victory. I usually don't bother building any unless (as you said) you pop a scientific leader. I loove civ for the competing demands of ahppiness, exploration, development, research, ahppiness...

Whew, Butercup, please don't find offense where none was intended. Never ascribe to malice what can just as easily be ascribed to language barrier, hasty psoting or simple misunderstanding.

Galley, Caravel, Galleon and Transport can all carry units (and any replacing UU's). Other naval units can't.

Welcome!