An Odd issue...

[animalstyle]

Im not sure if this is a well known issue or not, as it has happened to me now for the first time...

I started a game, all random with 7 opponents.
I defeated china very early on in the game. Leaving 6 opponents. Now on my foreign advisor screen I see 6 faces - myself and 5 opponents. Instead of only one blank space where china once was, there are actually two blank spaces. One of those spaces is where france SHOULD be, as it is very much alive. Heres another strange thing: The spaces are blank when I look at them, but when i put my mouse over either of them, it becomes a solid circle. When I click on it, it goes to the diplomacy screen for one of the other civs (not france, or dead china obviously). A weird bug, has this ever happened to anyone before? Is there a fix? Its not a big deal, it just means that I have to find a french unit to talk to them, its just a little annoying...

 

[Padma]

I've never seen this before, myself.

Just so you know, you don't *need* to use the F4 screen, or contact with a unit, to talk to the other Civs. On the right side of the info screen (bottom right of the window), you should see the letters D, E, P, and V (or H). Click on the "D", and you will be able to open Diplomacy with any civ you know.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Can post a save (attach it to your post or upload it)? Do you have the latest patch (check the bottom left of your screen when you start the game. For regular Civ3, it should be 1.29f, for PTW 1.27f, or for C3C 1.22. You can get the latest patches here). I've never heard of this either...