Nukes & Red Sun

[Thalantos]

Specifically, what exactly does this entail? I know that if a lot of nuclear wepaons are used, then Global Warming happens, but how many does it take, and do you get a message saying what's happened?

 

[YNCS]

First of all, you double posted.

Second, this question belongs in the "Newbie Questions" thread.

 

[DiamondzAndGunz]

Third, YNCS, you should at least try to answer the question if you plan to post something .

I'm not sure there is a specific number of nuclear weapons that it takes to cause global warming. But, if you use "alot," the sun will gradually turn from yellow to orange, then a nice shade of red. I believe you get a message saying what happens, and it'll show you that there are squares changing, from grassland to plains, plains to desert.

 

[sealman]

I always thought that the sun turned towards "red" with more pollution.

 

[Padma]

True, sealman, but if you use a lot of nukes, you will cause a lot of pollution.

 

[Sgt.Hellfish]

never got more than an orange sun, dont use many nukes and my workers have nothin better to do than clear up pollution

 

[Darkness]

Originally posted by Padma
True, sealman, but if you use a lot of nukes, you will cause a lot of pollution.

Which is the most important reason I usually don't use nukes...
However nukes can also be used to terraform your planet. hbdragon wrote a strategy article about it, I think

 

[sealman]

I think in my year and a half of playing, I have never used a nuke. (maybe I should change that some day )

 

[Padma]

I don't think I ever have, either, sealman.

 

[pdescobar]

Never launched a nuke? Not even once, just to see the animation? I've never used one "for real" either, but I have built them and once or twice saved a game and launched them just to see what would happen before going back and reloading the game.

 

[Sukenis]

If I got them and my oposition does not, I use them. After blasting a few major cities, you can rest assured that the computer will not get to them n time.

When you hit the first city, wait a couple of turns and hit the same city again. This will help to kill off the civ's workers who just ran to clean up the polution from the first nuke. If you are going to be evil, be REAL evil.

 

[lord42]

I like to use nukes excessivly, like 3 nukes on 1 city.
Indeed nukes do turn the sun red but you need to land about 15 without overlap to cause the red sun.

 

[Zcylen]

Originally posted by sealman
I think in my year and a half of playing, I have never used a nuke. (maybe I should change that some day )

never your games must be very boring

 

[Thrawn]

I don't think I've ever gotten far enough for all civs to have nukes. Usually won via spaceship/diplo by the time nukes arrive.

Although I have used them before, just for fun.

 

[Hygro]

Originally posted by lord42
I like to use nukes excessivly, like 3 nukes on 1 city.
Indeed nukes do turn the sun red but you need to land about 15 without overlap to cause the red sun.

Why no overlap?

Pollution on the ground causing global warming is a common misconception (which you can read from my profile).

Anyway, I had one game where the sun turned red but it was no big deal:

Since I was playing PtW, nukes don't terraform. Since in PtW global warming prioritizes forests/jungles before everything else, all you need is a few workers planting trees every turn.

 

[hbdragon88]

Rampant global warming. It will horrificly wreck your game and send your workers going, going going. On gamefaqs one person said that he used 50 ICBMs and was getting 30 tiles of global warming. I initated two nuke wars which the AI used quite a few of nukes. Four to five tiles were turning grassland -> plains and plains -> desert.

One city from size 30 went to pop 22. Odd food production sent my cities out of control and I was frustrated. Five sea tiles turned to land, caving in two coastal cities.