Recent content by SwedishChef

Thanks. By trying to modify the .ini myslef I discovered a permission issue - which looks like it's what they're referring to, and I can see how it could be the source of the problem. I have had a variety of annoying file permission issues with Vista...

I'm trying the latest HOF with BTS and have a weird problem - once I go into the options screen, it won't close. Things don't freeze up - I can click option pages and checkboxes all day, but clicking exit doesn't exit and "esc," spacebar, and "enter" don't help. The only way out of the dialog...

To those objecting that religion was so powerul in the past, a question. Just how poweful was Rome over NON-CHRISTIAN countries? That's part of the problem. It's not that the idea of the AP is some horrible creation that should be wiped from the game - it's that it could have been done so...

Here's something I don't think people have paid much attention to: A conquest or domination victory requires having developed and deployed a powerful military and having crushed your oppoents. You are the most powerful military player in the game - and may well lead in other respects, such...

Is the Apostolic Palace broken in a more literal sense? In one game recently, I built it, but it never had any effect - I voted for myself but never got to propose anything - I presumed it was because I was the only civilization set to Hinduism. I just LOST a different game (tiny world, two...

So I was playing the Warlords Omens scenario today. I probably didn't put it on a high enough difficulty, since I nearly exhausted the mini-tech-tree fairly quickly. The thing that puzzled me was that the description of Future Tech 1 said, "Can train great people." I was quite surprised...

Just under 1% chance of winning with about 3 of the 7 days left. Maybe we'll end up with about .5% chance. Much better odds than the lottery, or most other drawings...

Hmmm. I remember seeing a thread where they explained tech costs. (This grew out of questions about why people were receiving "bonus beakers." You'd look at your one city early in the game, see you had 10 commerce, pick something to research, hit next turn, mouse over the tech and see you now...

It would help to know how large the invasion was. Statistics can be sneaky - like the birthday problem, if you've heard of that one. (How many people do you need to put in a room before you find 2 with the same birthday. You only need 28 people to have a slightly greater than 50% chance of...

So I'm still planning my strategy for Civ4 GotM2 and sitting around this evening reading email. Tivo is playing a "Modern Marvels" episode about the Trans-Atlantic cable (bonus points if you know the year it first really worked). They talk about the ship that laid the first truly successful...

Where did A'AbarachAmadan post the result? I flipped through this whole thread again. Did I manage to somehow overlook it? I was interested in other cultural victories, so I've been keeping an eye out...

Since I was in the same position as you and just tried MP for the first time tonight, I thought I'd respond. I had to create a new gamespy ID through Civ4. My existing ID did not work and I don't know why. But that's pretty straightforward - multiplayer, new, put in a bit of info, done...

In the options for a custom game there are two which look new to me. New Random Seed on Reload and No Cheating. The info screen (f9) has a lot of new stuff, including a new graph. Civilopedia is now word-based instead of picture-based (an improvement). Globe view may come up faster -...

I predicted a pre-Christmas patch in an earlier post. I'm not claiming clairvoyance - just decent business sense. With all the problems people have had with performance and crashes, I'm sure the company would prefer to avoid as many Christmas morning problems as possible. (You know tech...

Whom do you see as likely to be more tolerant: An 85 year -old grandmother who has lived her whole life in a small town in Kansas with one Pentacostal church, or a 28 year-old man in Boston who grew up with friends, or at least acquaintances, of many races and religions? As for happier? I'm...