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    Skip the Intros + Movie

    Find the Usersettings.ini file in My Documents / My Games / Civ V, change SkipIntroVideo = 0 to SkipIntroVideo = 1. But, as said above, this will not load the game any quicker. You will get a black screen instead of the movie.
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    Replace trading post graphic with farms?

    Anyone have a clue as to how this is done with the new modding tools available? I understand that the above solution involved editing the core game files. I have put the originals back and fortunately, this has not affected my ability to play the game or get steam achievements. So, I'd...
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    Modern ranged units (not modern siege)

    I think the idea of a transition is ok. However, since all units have 10 HP and crossbowmen (or even worse: longbowmen) do damage to every unit in the game, it still takes only 4 archers to take out a Mech. Inf. In my last game, I failed to keep my city states alive without going to war myself...
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    Culture bomb

    To be honest, it's in the pop-up description when you hover over the culture bomb ability as well.
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    Brilliant AI city placement

    I've had the AI tell me to piss off, yet the Settler that was moving towards me still turned around and went the other way instead. Personally, I'd like to know how so many people can play this game with that resource / tile yield view enabled :crazyeye: I get sore eyes just looking at all...
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    Iron: the gift that keeps on giving

    In my current game, where I'm well on my way to win a 4-city cultural victory with France, my neighbours Askia and Alexander are involved in a 900 year war that I started. Askia was friendly with me, Alexander settled near me, and I wanted the city gone so with a little help from Askia I razed...
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    Replace trading post graphic with farms?

    Thanks for the suggestion. For some reason, doing this causes all trading posts to disappear completely. The graphic, I mean. The tiles are trading posts but look like they are unimproved. Any idea what's missing? I've dug through that file to look for other references to trading posts but I...
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    Replace trading post graphic with farms?

    Hi all, Just a simple (or so I hope and guess) request: I would like to change the way trading posts look to be exactly the same as the way farms look. On the one hand, trading posts are extremely useful and I need to build them. On the other hand, I find them extremely ugly and they disrupt...
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    How to win any archipelago map (standard or bigger)

    Until your mech. inf. runs into a Barbarian galley and gets sunk to the bottom of the ocean :) I get your point though, the AI doesn't seem to sail much at all, and certainly doesn't scout out uninhabited islands. I am in fact playing a game with exactly these settings (England, Archipelago)...
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    Trading posts: the only improvement you ever need to build?

    I really wish they wouldn't look so bad. I totally understand what makes them so powerful, but I am extremely reluctant to build them, because my empire looks that much nicer with farms dotting the serene countryside... I force a few TPs in where I think it won't look as bad, but as soon as a...
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    How to you manage a large invasion force across the ocean?

    A simple transport would solve this. Embarking is great, and incredibly useful, but it should not have come at the cost of the regular transport units. One unit per hex is no obstruction; it sure wasn't in Civ 1. Load them all on a transport ship and find a good landing beach where you can...
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    Improvements/cities/resources get 'stuck' to screen / floating graphics

    My apologies if this has been reported before. Since this has happened on two different systems (both laptops, but one much better than the other) with two different copies of Civ 5, I thought it might be a bug. Sometimes, and I'm not sure when exactly or what causes it, a couple of...
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    DX 10/11 slow, DX 9 fast but keeps redrawing textures

    Well, although my system seems to meet most requirements, and I can play the DX 10/11 version on medium settings (some at low), the framerate isn't fantastic and there is frequent lag after giving a unit orders before skipping to the next unit that requires orders. Turn times are not bad. I...
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    Is war weariness part of capitulation?

    I often fight defensive wars as I don't like expanding my empire beyond what I need, so what happens is that the AI angrily declares war and sends a couple of massive stacks towards my lands. Once these stacks are destroyed with very few losses on my side (I defend by attacking with offensive...
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    Epic Wars

    When the AI messes up diplomacy it can indeed lead to some crazy wars, always like it when that happens. My last game I was surrounded by Sitting Bull, Washington, and Boudica, and spread my religion early to all three of them to create good relations and a buffer zone for the many, crazy...
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