newbie question

[Shaar]

Hi I just purchased Civ3:Complete.
I read in these forums about people playing with 31 civilization, however I can't figure out how to increase the number of oponents from 7?
I clicked new game, selected all the features, and can choose all my oponents (random or not), but there are only 7 slots. Can you help me out?

 

[Apocalyptic]

You need a bigger map. Huge map can hold ALOT. click random all after picking HUGE size map and all those slots will fill with random. I dunno if you want to start out with a huge map tho...

 

[norwegianviking]

You can't play with all 31 civs in a standard game, you have to use the civ 3 editor to make a civ-content scenario to play with them all.

EDIT: If you do that I strongly advise you increase the world size!

 

[Apocalyptic]

Yeah I think the limit is what? 16?

 

[viper275]

Go to the editor. Then click on scenario, then custom player data. Go back to scenario, now choose scenario properties, and change the amount of players.

An alternative way to do this is to go to scenario, then custom rules, then rules, edit rules. Say okay to the warning then go to world sizes and adjust the # of players.

Whichever way you choose, make sure to save, then load Civ3Complete, go to CivContent, then choose what you saved.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Go into the editor (C:/Program Files/Infogrames Interactive/Civilization III/Conquests/ - it's named "Civ3ConquestsEdit").

Then hit "Scenario", then "Custom Map". Then do "Scenario" and "Scenario Properties". In the box named "Player Options", change "Number of Players:" to whatever number you like.

Hope it works, keep us updated.

edit: Crosspost with viper.

 

[Shaar]

Ok, I did that, however the map is a blank one... I guess I can load a scenario and edit that, but I was wondering if I could increase the number of players for a random map? I think those are the most fun (I played the original Civ3 a few years ago, and that's all I was playing, random maps).

 

[norwegianviking]

The blank map dosn't matter, as long as "create custom map" wasn't selected.

 

[Shaar]

oh I got it. so then I click "generate random world" and save that as a scenario... I guess the only drawback is I have to make sure I don't look at the map that gets generated before I play it

 

[AA-battery]

How big is the world you are playing? How compact are the AIs and you with each other?

 

[Flintlock]

oh I got it. so then I click "generate random world" and save that as a scenario... I guess the only drawback is I have to make sure I don't look at the map that gets generated before I play it

Actually, under 'Scenario' as long as 'custom map' isn't selected, it creates a random map for you when you select the scenario, you don't have to do it in the editor.