5 Questions for anyone who has answers . . .

[MMRegent]

For anyone who can shed some light on the answer to these questions for me . . . much thanks in advance !

1. Since the “Show Wonder Initiation Pop-Up” option is defaulted at OFF on most difficulty levels – shouldn’t the F8 option then EXCLUDE wonders that are under construction but not complete? (Otherwise, it sort of defeats the purpose of having the pop-ups turned off- you get a free heads up with out city investigation) Is this a bug? Does 1.20 address it?

2. Even when I have “Always re-negotiate deals” OFF, sometimes I will make a deal, and if I renew it manually a few times, it will show up as permanent, with no remaining turns in parentheses. Then I am stuck with it unless I break the peace. Anybody else had this happen?

3. “Show our manual moves” - Does “our” mean the AI, or the human?

4. I downloaded 1.20 and now I have this option at the world selection screen that Says “enter seed.” What is this about? Is it related to the preserve random seed option?

5. This is minor but my curiosity is getting to me here. I see some screen shots on this site where the ocean is a dark, deep, royal blue. In my games it is more normal – not necessarily “light” blue, but not deep, royal blue, either. What’s the deal with that? Does it have something to do with world age or climate? I tried those things and didn’t see any difference.

 

[bluebox]

#1: ehhhh... pop-up's on or off is a question of convenience. that's what i thought until now - maybe it gets too annoying for you clicking away the pop-ups or not. probably no purpose of hiding information.
the cheat factor of the F7 screen is the same as the city list on F11 - you know at least 4 opponents since 4000bc.

#2 never heard of that?? someone else, please??

#3 human player.

#4 nope, random seed for maps: you can 'program' the map generator: same number (or word), same map.

#5 that's snoopy's terrain! get it in the terrain mods' section

 

[Padma]

#2 When there is no number in parentheses, that means the deal can be cancelled safely. UNLESS you have stumbled onto a bug....

 

[MMRegent]

I thought deals could only be cancelled where (1) war was declared, or (2) the time period was up and it was not renewed. How do you go to someone and ask for it to be cancelled?

 

[LordKestrel]

Originally posted by MMRegent
I thought deals could only be cancelled where (1) war was declared, or (2) the time period was up and it was not renewed. How do you go to someone and ask for it to be cancelled?

The easiest way is to click on the deal, which will bring it up like you are going to create a new deal. Then hit the "never mind" button, or simply hit esc.

 

[Berrern]

Originally posted by MMRegent
How do you go to someone and ask for it to be cancelled?

Just contact him in the normal way, and then go to the screen where you can offer him a deal. On the bottom, you see two choices: 'New' and 'Active'. Click on 'Active', click on the deal you wish to cancel - it will then pop-up for re-negotiation.
If you don't want to re-negoatiate, simply abort the talks - and the deal is off

 

[Ranos]

The easiest way is to click on the deal, which will bring it up like you are going to create a new deal. Then hit the "never mind" button, or simply hit esc.

This will only work if the 20 turns is already up but it is still your turn. You are right MMRegent those are the only two ways. At the end of 20 turns on your turn, if you go into the negotiate deal and click on active, there will be no number. This indicates that the 20 turn period has run out and you can now renegotiate.