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Civ 4 must save/store its numerics as a 32-bit integer. 32 bits allows 4,294,967,296 values. This could be set to correspond to 1 through 4,294,967,296, or 0 through 4,294,967,295, but typically when using 32 bit integers in computers, you use the range −2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647, to...

Don't be a party pooper :P The issue with slow Founding Fathers was that the main method that was supposed to exist to produce them, Liberty Bells, weren't feasible to produce until the end of the game. If they correctly balance the REF increase, and hopefully don't just link it to Bells...

I am very pleased. Its impossible to be sure until it's released, but this looks like it will cover all the major problems in the game. Very promising.

I have a guess on the dock/drydock/shipyard thing. When you build the next level structure, it doesn't simply augment the old one, it replaces it. So when you build a drydock, the dock and its food bonus disappear, so the drydock has to have the same bonus. Its not cumulative, its just the same...

The fact is that women's role in colonial aAerica was very limited. Especially early on, men outnumbered women by a considerable amount, much the same way as they did in the Old West. It was the nature of newly colonized areas that young, single men tended to go first to try and make their...

When you think European Monarchs as it relates to Colonialism and revolution, you think of George III. Including anyone other than him as monarch of England would be silly. Isabella II wasn't born until 1830. It's not the game creator's fault that women had little to no political power in Europe...

While reading the threads in this forum, I've noticed many people don't really understand how the liberty bell/rebel sentiment works. Namely, I've noticed people griping how bad it is that people outside colonies count as tories. This is wrong. Axxon does a wonderful job of explaining the...

Troops/Colonists outside the colony aren't considered in the individual cities, but are affected in the overall rebel sentiment that is used to declare independence. Bells produced by statesmen are used for both calculating the sentiment of the city, and then all bells over your colonies are...

Really, you wipe out poor Oconostota? In my experience the Cherokee are right friendly. Several times they've offered me defensive pacts on our first meeting ;) In my experience, the Sioux and Apache are the most belligerent. They'll always attack me if I'm on their border and have neglected...

Dale, you seem to fundamentally misunderstand what Intellectual Property is. Intellectual Property is a broad legal term that covers basically any type of control over a non-tangible asset. It includes Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, and similar things. Secret recipes (trade secrets) are just...

I think centrelink4 makes the important point. This isn't simply an exploit like tech brokering in Civ4, this is a fundamental flaw in the basic game mechanic. Beating the REF is goal of the game, and even a simple understanding allows you complete control over its size at all times. This isn't...

Since the currency you use is gold, it would only make since for it to be added directly into your treasury instead of existing as a entity that has to be traded to Europe (or the natives). Since trade is a major point of the game and much of the revolutionary dynamics are built around it, it...

IIRC, Converted Natives can't be soldiers, you have to train them in a profession first. Every unit, including converted natives, can defend when in cities (Do they have to be fortified?). The base strength is 2, with that FF converted natives are then 3. Overall, not very useful, as all my...

Presumably, they exist unseen in the game, and become those two colonists per colony you get if you select the "All Men Are Free" civic during your revolution.

As many of those as you get from exploring, it would really be a pain in the butt to take each back to Europe individually, especially since it can't be automated. I'd usually rather just take my easy 50%.