find another civ's captial city ?
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To answer the question - found an embassy with the Civ and you will see their capital.
As to the intent - why do you need to see their capital to establish a trade route? Generally, if you see a city that they control and it has roads going in/out, it is usually connected to their entire empire. Depends on how early the game is as to the "usually". But the AI connects its cities fairly quick if it has the means. So connecting to any one of their cities usually completes the trade route. If the civ lines are really messed up, there might be other problems though - the Civ's city might be cut off from its empire by another hostile civ, etc.
I can't think of a time where I have connected to a Civ's city and not completed a trade route - meaning I was only connected to the one city. Not sure how that would work, but it might just be a theoretical problem. Maybe someone else has encountered this.
As to the intent - why do you need to see their capital to establish a trade route? Generally, if you see a city that they control and it has roads going in/out, it is usually connected to their entire empire. Depends on how early the game is as to the "usually". But the AI connects its cities fairly quick if it has the means. So connecting to any one of their cities usually completes the trade route. If the civ lines are really messed up, there might be other problems though - the Civ's city might be cut off from its empire by another hostile civ, etc.
I can't think of a time where I have connected to a Civ's city and not completed a trade route - meaning I was only connected to the one city. Not sure how that would work, but it might just be a theoretical problem. Maybe someone else has encountered this.
That is pretty much the case on std maps. Connect to one, connect to all. If it was a large or huge map or you have fewer than the default number of civs, you could run into towns that are not on their grid right off.
You see that early in even std mpas, they have yet to connect the frontier towns. Just get a road to their land and wait or a harbor. The AI will have a harbor in the core, if it is not land locked.
You see that early in even std mpas, they have yet to connect the frontier towns. Just get a road to their land and wait or a harbor. The AI will have a harbor in the core, if it is not land locked.
splunge the 2nd
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Little12, I'm psyched you're using the boards to get advice on civ 3. Rather than starting a new topic with further questions on a given topic, you could add to the existing topic-folks are happy to elaborate or explain further if an inital explanation was unclear (me on capital to capital road connection for example 
) This is your 3rd topic on making deals and trade routes if I'm not mistaken. It's not a big deal but cuts down on repetition.
) This is your 3rd topic on making deals and trade routes if I'm not mistaken. It's not a big deal but cuts down on repetition.Fiddlin Nero
Prince
Not sure what you mean by 'fog of war', but if you trade maps you will make all of their roads visible. New roads don't become visible until you trade maps again.
darski
Regent in Training
But this comes very late in a game in C3C. It used to happen with Map making but now it takes Navigation.
Moosezilla
Grognard Warlord
I have played games where the Mongols had many roads but did not hook up their capitol!! Your idea is a good one ROP with them and build a road w/escorted workers.
