Little questions & answers thread

[pokiehl]

Does using mods disable Steam achievements?

Nope. It was the same for Civ 6.

 

[Disgustipated]

Anyone know what I have to do to get treasure fleets? I have the cocoa improved, but no fleets. It says it has to be connected to coastal settlement, do I need Navigation for it to count as connected?

 

[Ornen]

Anyone know what I have to do to get treasure fleets? I have the cocoa improved, but no fleets. It says it has to be connected to coastal settlement, do I need Navigation for it to count as connected?

I believe building a fishing quay will do the trick

 

[Nikolai II]

I believe building a fishing quay will do the trick

This, and you need shipbuilding.

 

[tedhebert]

This isn't a request for help with game play, because I haven't purchased the game yet, but I wonder if anyone could address one of the questions that concerned us pre-release:

It seemed as though the civs on "distant lands" weren't really playing on the same footing as those on the home continent (that your luxes are not their "distant land" luxes was one sign). That made me, at least, wonder, if those civs would feel like legitimate contenders for a final victory, or if they were in the game just as "color" for the four civs on your starting continent.

How has that played out? In the modern era, does it seem as those civs have just as much of a chance of winning the final victories as do you and the others on your starting continent?

In the games I played, the 3 civs in the distant lands continent were usually the stronger civs in Exploration and Modern, probably because they had less competition (and in particular, didn't have me as competition). None of the AI players on either continent made any progress in Treasure Fleets, so I don't know exactly how that works for empires that start in distant lands... but it's really not that important a part of the game; it's just one of four legacy tracks in one of three Ages. Even though I was completely dominating in my first game, accumulating treasure fleets is extremely slow, and I don't think I even got halfway to the goal before the Age ended.

I'm only in my second game, but so far the distant land civs are having difficulty competing. They're not BAD, they do ok, they're just not good enough to compete on the legacy path it seems compared to the other 4 civs (I play standard size map)... But 2 games is a very small sample

 

[StargazingDog]

It seemed as though the civs on "distant lands" weren't really playing on the same footing as those on the home continent (that your luxes are not their "distant land" luxes was one sign). That made me, at least, wonder, if those civs would feel like legitimate contenders for a final victory, or if they were in the game just as "color" for the four civs on your starting continent.

How has that played out? In the modern era, does it seem as those civs have just as much of a chance of winning the final victories as do you and the others on your starting continent?

Here are my scores at the end of the exploration age. Ashoka and Frederick were the distant land civs. Ashoka would have performed even better, but I was going military, and he had several island settlements ripe for the picking. From what I could see on the map, Frederick got cramped by Ashoka even though they were allies, and I had an armada of ships keeping Frederick in his homeland.

This is viceroy difficulty. I am Augustus in second place, losing to Pachacuti, with two other civs close behind. It will be interesting to see how they perform in modern age. It has been engaging the entire time. This game is a must-buy IMHO.

 

[GrinningAlligator]

How do Conquistadores work? What does initiate on a tile with an empty slot mean?

 

[StargazingDog]

How do Conquistadores work? What does initiate on a tile with an empty slot mean?

There are many forms of the Conquistador. You may have to be more specific. However, I suspect you are referring to the type that give free units to a commander. You do just as it says: activate the conquistador on a commander in the distant lands to give it free units. The commander must have empty slots in the army to earn the free units.

It is an awesome way to reinforce your army that is off fighting in the distant lands. I used one in my current game. My army on an island was down to only two infantry, but the conquistador came to the rescue with a cavalry and more infantry.

 

[tedhebert]

For your information, the USA unique civilian unit Prospector unit will not work on marine ressources, only on land ressources... kind of a bummer

 

[Big J Money]

How do you choose a golden age? I completed the legacy paths for both Culture and Economy in the antiquity age, and I assumed I was going to get both. I was especially excited for Silk Roads, but when I got to the Exploration Age, all my cities were converted to towns. At the beginning of the game I even selected Economic for the tutorial or whatever, but I guess that didn't do anything. I have no idea which legacy path bonus I have right now. God, I hope it's not military or science, since I only completed the first step on those paths.

 

[Archanist]

How do you choose a golden age? I completed the legacy paths for both Culture and Economy in the antiquity age, and I assumed I was going to get both. I was especially excited for Silk Roads, but when I got to the Exploration Age, all my cities were converted to towns. At the beginning of the game I even selected Economic for the tutorial or whatever, but I guess that didn't do anything. I have no idea which legacy path bonus I have right now. God, I hope it's not military or science, since I only completed the first step on those paths.

You choose it when picking the legacy bonuses when starting the next era. You can only have one golden age legacy active at a time, so you'll need to choose between Culture and Economy (or neither)

 

[Big J Money]

You choose it when picking the legacy bonuses when starting the next era. You can only have one golden age legacy active at a time, so you'll need to choose between Culture and Economy (or neither)

Hm, is it possible to not choose one? Because I tried clicking on the different legacy rewards but nothing seemed to happen, so I just clicked continue. I thought it was showing me all of them to say that I was going to receive all of them. How many legacy bonuses are you supposed to be able to pick? I saw that I had a lot of legacy points, but it didn't seem like clicking was spending them.

If there's a screen before that one, then I missed it. After the era end painting "cutscene", my game was soft locked for a while (probably loading). I tried clicking a few times, but nothing happened. Then it suddenly progressed a screen and it seemed like my buffered clicks might have caused me to bypass something. I'm not sure but my screen flashed something for a moment.

Unfortunately, the game seems to delete all of your autosaves from the previous era, so it doesn't look like I can go back and do it again.

 

[Seek]

the game seems to delete all of your autosaves from the previous era, so it doesn't look like I can go back and do it again.

It seems to, but it doesn't!

There are 10 hidden autosaves that you can manually move into the saves folder. Go to C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VII\Saves\Single\auto\prev and copy/paste the one with the highest number into the parent saves folder and you should be able to replay the transition.

 

[Archanist]

Hm, is it possible to not choose one? Because I tried clicking on the different legacy rewards but nothing seemed to happen, so I just clicked continue. I thought it was showing me all of them to say that I was going to receive all of them. How many legacy bonuses are you supposed to be able to pick? I saw that I had a lot of legacy points, but it didn't seem like clicking was spending them.

If there's a screen before that one, then I missed it. After the era end painting "cutscene", my game was soft locked for a while (probably loading). I tried clicking a few times, but nothing happened. Then it suddenly progressed a screen and it seemed like my buffered clicks might have caused me to bypass something. I'm not sure but my screen flashed something for a moment.

Unfortunately, the game seems to delete all of your autosaves from the previous era, so it doesn't look like I can go back and do it again.

You'll choose them during the first turn of the next age, after you load in with the new civ you chose.

I don't have a screenshot on hand unfortunately to show the exact moment.

 

[vorlon_mi]

In the Modern era, is there a way to see what ideology the AI have adopted (if any)?

I remember seeing a popup that Isabella chose Communism, but I can't seem to see that anywhere.
I haven't found a "Notification log" yet. I'm delaying choosing an ideology, because I want to know who my enemies will be.

 

[AriochIV]

In the Modern era, is there a way to see what ideology the AI have adopted (if any)?

I remember seeing a popup that Isabella chose Communism, but I can't seem to see that anywhere.
I haven't found a "Notification log" yet. I'm delaying choosing an ideology, because I want to know who my enemies will be.

The Relationship tab in the Diplomacy screen will show you if they have an opposing ideology, but it won't tell you which one.

There are a bunch of hexes I can pick for my next growth, so what stops me from choosing the Ivory or Gypsum resources in the bottom left? There are no competing settlements down there. It is connected to the rest of my city through the adjoining desert tile, but the Observatory on that tile is still in progress, so is the issue that I haven't actually claimed that tile until the Observatory finishes? Is it even an option to pause the growth for 3 turns until that happens?

Was there meant to be an image attached to this post?

 

[ZeroSuitSenpai]

Does storing your army up in a commander actually save it during the age transition? I could have sworn i packed an army into all 3 of my commanders but when i transitioned over from ancient --> exploration only 1 of the commanders had the units still.

I'm similarly confused about spending the influence to absorb a city state into your empire...I thought that was supposed to prevent the city state from vanishing and keep it under your control during the age transition, but it seems like they just disappeared and were replaced by others (even the ones i absorbed)...

 

[AriochIV]

Does storing your army up in a commander actually save it during the age transition? I could have sworn i packed an army into all 3 of my commanders but when i transitioned over from ancient --> exploration only 1 of the commanders had the units still.

I'm similarly confused about spending the influence to absorb a city state into your empire...I thought that was supposed to prevent the city state from vanishing and keep it under your control during the age transition, but it seems like they just disappeared and were replaced by others (even the ones i absorbed)...

I don't think it matters whether the units are actually loaded into a Commander, just the number of available Commander slots. But technically, you don't get to keep your units, you just get a similar number of new units.

Becoming suzerain doesn't prevent it from disappearing or changing. Absorbing it into your empire turns it into a regular Town, in which case it won't disappear, but it ceases to be a city-state.

 

[Seek]

In the Modern era, is there a way to see what ideology the AI have adopted (if any)?

I remember seeing a popup that Isabella chose Communism, but I can't seem to see that anywhere.
I haven't found a "Notification log" yet. I'm delaying choosing an ideology, because I want to know who my enemies will be.

The Relationship tab in the Diplomacy screen will show you if they have an opposing ideology, but it won't tell you which one.

The rightmost tab shows it

Does storing your army up in a commander actually save it during the age transition? I could have sworn i packed an army into all 3 of my commanders but when i transitioned over from ancient --> exploration only 1 of the commanders had the units still.

I'm similarly confused about spending the influence to absorb a city state into your empire...I thought that was supposed to prevent the city state from vanishing and keep it under your control during the age transition, but it seems like they just disappeared and were replaced by others (even the ones i absorbed)...

The absorb city takes 10 turns then it stops being a CS and becomes your settlement, but if the age ends before that it doesn't go through.

 

[Big J Money]

You'll choose them during the first turn of the next age, after you load in with the new civ you chose.

I don't have a screenshot on hand unfortunately to show the exact moment.

Ok weird. Before I saved my game, I was on turn 1 of the Exploration age and didn't have the choose legacies button. Since all my cities turned into towns I thought I had missed something. I exited the game for the night and then posted this question. After reading this, I decided to load the save and check and I had the choose legacies option. I think what confused me is that your cities all turn into towns... then you pick the golden age and they turn back into citiies again . The fact that I decided to quit for the night is the only reason I didn't play through the rest of the turn, and I'm sure the choose legacies button would have activated at some point.