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    Gigantic maps unwinable

    Soooooooooo I am playing GIGANTIC maps and the computer can expand so fast, maintain an army and keep its economy going so strong but I can't. Does the computer have reduced maintenance costs as the level of difficulty increases?
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    Bigger world sizes...Ok, how?

    fantastic post. how do you "save" posts so i never forget how to find this again?
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    penalty for researching an advanced tech

    ok, I see. Looking at the tech tree then, mathematics has 3 lines coming out of it going to calendar/construction/currency. So each of those 3 has mathematics as an "optional" tech, except that construction also has a "required" prerequisite of masonry, and calendar requires sailing. yes, i've...
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    penalty for researching an advanced tech

    is there a pattern, or a way to know what techs will become "available" after you research something. I ask in reference to the priesthood to oracle reply. sounds like certain techs become available after certain ones are discovered. also, where did you come across that math? it sounds like you...
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    on the graph

    sweet thanks! lol is all this in the BTS manual? theres alot about this game I find out here.
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    on the graph

    how come i only see 1 maybe 2 civs on the graph when i am in a game where i have contacted like 10 or so.
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    penalty for researching an advanced tech

    what does IIRC stand for?
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    penalty for researching an advanced tech

    i didn't know either exactly but my bro filled me in with the idea. Where is this even mentioned, in the rulebook? I wonder how many things I don't know about this game!!
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    penalty for researching an advanced tech

    Is there some kind of penalty for researching a really far advanced tech over lowly ones that you could research right away? Sometimes it seems like a tech will take 50 turns, then I do an early one, when i go back to that tech its now like 35 turns....
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    it takes forever to see...

    thanks! i will give those both a try
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    it takes forever to see...

    ------------------ DirectShow Filters ------------------ DirectShow Filters: WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,, WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,, WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,, WMVideo Advanced Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,, Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,, WMV Screen...
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    it takes forever to see...

    Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\data\CTP0238W.DAT, 2/20/2008 20:44:32, 275517 bytes Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\data\CTP0240W.DAT, 2/20/2008 20:44:36, 319070 bytes Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\data\CTP0242W.DAT, 2/20/2008 20:44:36, 319730 bytes Driver...
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    it takes forever to see...

    ok, there are no problems but here it is. i tried changing the anti alias settings and the vid resoulution but neither works. ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 9/17/2008, 15:07:40 Machine name: ZIM Operating System: Windows XP...
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    it takes forever to see...

    the other civs when they want to talk to me, and if i click on any buttom to bring up the money menu or the military menu etc.... I have a kick arse pc athlon 64 2 gig 4 gig ram 2 gforce 8800gts and a 24" hd ws monitor blah blah... anyone else having this "slowness"... the only thing different...
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    civ colors

    Not sure if this is the right place but ... is there a way to change the color of the civs, specifically the barbarians. i would like to "play" a civ but I want to change the color to black! tanks :) BTW. this is the civ4/bts situation.
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