Have I Won?

[starwatcher]

I have killed off all of the other civs, I have landed a ship on Alpha Centauri, my civ score is not impressive - but it's somewhere around 3500, all this by about 1939 or so. Oh, and I don't get to play much so it has taken me about six months to get from the beginning to 1976. Is there an end to this thing? Or do I have to play it out to a certain year? I'd really like to know... cause if there is no win to the game ... then whats the point?

 

[duke o' york]

Well you've filled both the requirements for victory. Usually the turn after you land your spaceship or after you take the last enemy city, the game will stop and you will be told your score. After watching the video you will be given a percentage rating and then asked if you wish to keep playing. The game will warn you that it is no longer keeping score. I can only assume that you have continued past this point and are just playing on indefinitely. You can't "win" now because you've already won. Retire the game and then start again, paying attention to the messages when you capture all the civs' cities or land your SS on AC. Well done, at least you won!

 

[starwatcher]

The only problem is... it didn't give me a video or a percentage score or anything else...now it'll take another 6 months or so to see if it ever gives me that on another game

 

[duke o' york]

Well choose small as your map size, and only 3 or 4 civilisations and then try to conquer the world. You can get that done in a single evening without too much difficulty and you don't need 6 months! Just go for it all out and don't worry too much about waiting until you have tanks or anything before attacking.

 

[starwatcher]

thanks, I'll give it a shot... I usually only get an hour or two once or twice a week, but it should be fun. This last game was a large world of my own design, but I kept it to 3 civs because I haven't ever won yet. I have a problem taking over cities. I have to amass 20 or 30 archers,phalanx,and catapults to even make a dent in them. Any ideas?

 

[Civman10]

destroy city walls with dipolmats, then it should be easy. try using units that have two movement so u don't get in range of their defenders

 

[EdwardTking]

There is a bug in earlier versions of Civ2 which means it doesn't announce you have won when you land on Alpha Centauri.

You can upgrade with a patch at civ fanatics;
but to benefit you have to restart from 4,000 BC;
reloading the save before you landed won't work.