Recent content by Zild

Does anybody have any advice on what ratio of weapons to defences you should go for? Assuming for now a simple situation where your enemy only uses one weapon type.

GalCivII is one fine game... Love the music too (shame the music in the menu screens doesn't get more use). Three pointers: 1: The build time listed on each planet's screen is wrong (this definitely applies to social construction, but also I think to military construction). Instead, go by...

Long Answer (Relatively) Short Answer: Whilst not a bad game, I do not think it is what most people expected. It is not part of the Railroad Tycoon series. It is more of an entry-level, quick-play game than an in-depth simulation. If you want a quick, simple and challenging buzz then you may...

Hey all, I just purchased Railroads! having first read a few reviews and deciding that, being a few years newer then RRT3, this sounded like the marginally better choice. I'm going to give Sid the benefit of the doubt here and say that what he has created is not "dumbed down for a...

Hey guys... It's been a good couple of years since I last played CivIII, and since I was last on these forums. I just installed CivIII and PTW on my comp, and I was wondering what patches and utilities I should add. I have the European version. I used to use a very useful utility that...

That issue was also addressed in the other thread ;) Actually, if people would have used the word "insensitive" in that thread, it might have ended that particular part of the discussion much sooner! My question to you is this: would it have been insensitive five years ago? And will it be...

Okay, I've got the password, though I'm not entirely sure what to do with it ;) We've suffered enough of a setback already - do you guys want to get more players, or shall I just delete Smartsquid's civ? Also, could the player before Smartsquid please send me the save that they sent to...

Been there, discussed that, had many a heated word over it! There's a rather long thread already dedicated to this, with many good (and some not so good ;) ) suggestions. Sorry I can't find it for you right now :(

I'm against you on the number of cities required - in fact, I'm against all current improvements/wonders/concepts that require a minimum number of cities (except perhaps FP). But this is probably due in no small part to my love of OCCs ;) I would much rather see it related to total population...

I seem to recall it had a few glitches on my PSX. As did the Wonder Videos - a 20% chance of crashing the game! I don't think the High Council should be forced to load at set points in the game as they were before - I'd typically just cancel it (after a fairly agonising pause). That said, I...

Indeed - I meant to make that very same point about names! I just hope somebody besides us takes an interest!

I think that the commonwealth concept is something that has been left out of Civ for too long, and your ideas sound pretty good. But some comments nonetheless... Commonwealth Wonder: I'm just curious as to where in the timeline this would come? Would it be with a new or existing tech? Part of...

Just a sudden thought. I like to think that England has a number of inventions that could be attributed to it, but Radar strikes me as particularly suitable. One could also make a strong case for Advanced Flight (Frank Whittle and the Jet Engine), but there are definitely arguments against ;)...

Right, I can see I've been playing this game wrong. I love the modern era, and tend only to start attacking then (culture victory, but play on wa after the time limit to rule the world). I like the near-future techs they've had in Civ2 and Civ3, although it's ony right they should be updated...

Wow, from your posts it sounds like Afrikaners invented just about everything! ;) I think I must agree with you on two points in particular. If another African civ should be added, some representation of South Africa strikes me as the best choice - I would say that South Africa is the most...