Do I have to finish my game or can I use that new biq right away?
Hi Civinator, as you maybe noticed, I play as the Scandinavians and their Settler can move on a mountain, however the upgrade of that Settler, the Northeuropean Settler, can NOT move on mountains. Is that correct?
The Swedish Musketeer has an upgrade to the Swedish Musket Infantry. But is has the same attributes, the same prerequisites and the same stats. And the upgrade costs 10 shields extra. Isn't it better to raise the defense OR the attack stat to 6?
M 4 Bison has the same graphic files as M 4 Bison Nuke.
Also, is there any decent User Interface mod for civ3? I would love the "upgrade all" function, or at least a proper unit sorting in cities. It's getting tedious in late game to upgrade units, and military adviser screen is laggy as hell
And one more thing. I'm considering to turn on Military Alliances for my next playthrough, cause Mutual Protection Pact is too inconvenient , AI tends to declare wars on a whim. Can you suggest what tech and era is better for it?
About Military Alliances, I realize the possible inconveniences, but Mut. Prot. Pact is not a viable substitute. I made a pact with Spain to fight off Maghreb and in course of several turns these idiots managed to declare war on seven more civs! Three of them being close and quite strong.
MA allows a more versatile approach, gives more flexibility. Besides it adds more atmosphere to the game. Without diplomatic intrigues (even as primitive as they are in civ3) the game feels to dry, empty. And for long turns - my solution is to make a tea, take a good book (preferably some Alt. History one) and glance at the screen every 5-7 minutes. Makes it much less frustrating )