Dawn of Civilization General Discussion

[Daniel Khan]

On the military advisor screen, several civs have little red fists next to their leaderhead, mostly civs who are at war. What does this signify?

 

[Imperator Knoedel]

On the military advisor screen, several civs have little red fists next to their leaderhead, mostly civs who are at war. What does this signify?

That if you would attempt to bribe them into a war in the diplo screen all or most leader names would be redded out and the reason they give for their unwillingness to declare war would be "We have enough on our hands right now". That means that they are currently in a war or are preparing a war. If they are at peace with everyone it obviously means the latter.

 

[Auric]

I hope you're not bothered with this question too often, but when do you plan to release the new version?

 

[merijn_v1]

I hope you're not bothered with this question too often, but when do you plan to release the new version?

A: "When it is ready."

Q: "When is it ready?"
A: "Around the time of the release."

 

[Leoreth]

I hope you're not bothered with this question too often, but when do you plan to release the new version?

As merijn points out, my releases are based around features not dates, and my progress is hard to predict. All I can say right now is that I am currently working on the last major feature that will be part of the next release.

That said this question does not bother me at all, it shows that people are interested in the new content I am working on which is always great to hear

A: "When it is ready."

Q: "When is it ready?"
A: "Around the time of the release."

This means I need new flippant non-answers right?

 

[The Green One]

do settlers come with a free worker and defender? Think I read that somewhere?

 

[Leoreth]

For the AI yes.

 

[The Green One]

Ah so not for humans. Good job I've sent a load of Galleons to a conquered and vassalised Mexico. They're now going to pick up the units I was given and take them to found colonies.

 

[MechatronicJazz]

So, when is the Phoenician core supposed to change to Carthage? I forget what the trigger is and it sucks to have a growing western Mediterranean empire collapse because no core cities. :/

 

[merijn_v1]

It is supposed to change when you build Carthage. But when redoing the code which handles the cores, the Phoenician core change was overlooked. I suppose it hasn't be restored yet.

 

[Leoreth]

Oh sorry, I still have a ticket for this bug in the backlog.

 

[The Green One]

So I'm playing as Polynesia and I've founded Niue and then Viti Levu, which is Foreign. It keeps flipping within 10 turns no matter what. Why is this? I know its outside my core but it still seems extremely premature.

I am just trying a few different things with them to try to get the UHV. I just cannot get the culture pops I need in order to get to Hawaii. Any advice from anyone?

I guess I'll have to persevere with Niue (this has to be founded right to get to the East?) and Manu'a first despite their proximity.

 

[Leoreth]

The degree to which your civilization can tolerate ahistorical expansion increases as you progress through the game. Since Polynesia starts off very unadvanced, you should probably not try to do that without a solid core population.

For RFC in general you should not think too much in terms of city proximity as much as you would in BtS. Especially for Polynesia where the populations are too small to work the full city cross anyway.

 

[Publicola]

So I'm playing as Polynesia and I've founded Niue and then Viti Levu, which is Foreign. It keeps flipping within 10 turns no matter what. Why is this? I know its outside my core but it still seems extremely premature.

I am just trying a few different things with them to try to get the UHV. I just cannot get the culture pops I need in order to get to Hawaii. Any advice from anyone?

I guess I'll have to persevere with Niue (this has to be founded right to get to the East?) and Manu'a first despite their proximity.

Check out my Polynesia victory (technically two of them) in the Great DoC UHV 1.13 Challenge.

Basically, to reach Hawai'i, you'll need to pop a Great Artist and use him to build a 'Great Work' in the previous city. I recommend assigning the specialist at Tahiti, which has pretty decent growth and needs the culture to open the path to the Marquesas Islands anyway.

 

[The Green One]

Yes I did both of those, but maybe too late. I actually managed to get the first one, I just couldn't quite reach Hawai'i and Easter Island in time. I had more joy doing New Zealand and Marquesas first, then the other two, but I just cannot seem to do it in time. Maybe I am getting my build orders wrong in the core cities. I have built harbors to help with whipping but maybe they're not worth it and just focus on Settler production?

 

[The Green One]

Is there any point in settling Sur as the Phoenicians

 

[Bautos42]

I believe the first one is intended and represents the crussades. The missing gold in Rome might be changed soon, as Leoreth stated he planned to rework the shism. Therefore, the church of the holy sepulchre might become the orthodox shrine and the apostolic palace (or some other catholic building in Rome) the catholic shrine. Only Leoreth can give you a definitive answer.

 

[ales_]

Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.

 

[DC123456789]

No, holy shrine income is supposed to represent pilgrimages. In which case Jerusalem makes a lot of sense.

 

[Tigranes]

Things will change after Leoreth overhauls the religion.