chimera9691
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- Feb 6, 2006
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Hi, I'm new to this forum so please bear with me if I'm asking something obvious! I've done a couple of searches here but found nothing that answers my issue as yet.
I'm running Civ3 vanilla (UK edition), unpatched at the moment but I have downloaded the patch and will try it while I wait for replies to this.
I'm playing at Regent level - this is the first time I've tried a higher difficulty in the game, and it's the first time I've played for months. My previous games were on my old computer. I'm running the "standard earth" scenario with 4 civs including me.
I've noticed that:
1. I haven't been given the usual choice to build wonders after getting the appropriate scientific advances. It seems to be random whether the option appears on the list or not. I know that some wonders only appear if certain conditions are met in the city, such as whether it's on the coast or not, whether I have 5 cities with banks, etc. I'm not sure if it's just that this is a higher difficulty level, or if this install of the game is bugged.
2. After getting the Intelligence Agency I still don't have an Espionage option. There's no 'E' button next to the Diplomacy, Palace and Histograph buttons. I do appear to have met all the conditions for getting espionage. I don't use it much anyhow, but I do want the choice!
3. Being irritated with the unfair start the AI civs get, I thought I'd have a go at tweaking the rules .. but my "use default rules" button does not click. I've not done this before but I was pretty sure the standard game allowed some rule-tweaking other than selecting or deselecting the possible victory types.
It'd help a lot if anyone here can tell me if I'm missing something obvious, like just not seeing the appropriate options. If it is a bad install, would I be best to reinstall the game from scratch, or just use the patch?
Thanks in advance,
Karen
I'm running Civ3 vanilla (UK edition), unpatched at the moment but I have downloaded the patch and will try it while I wait for replies to this.
I'm playing at Regent level - this is the first time I've tried a higher difficulty in the game, and it's the first time I've played for months. My previous games were on my old computer. I'm running the "standard earth" scenario with 4 civs including me.
I've noticed that:
1. I haven't been given the usual choice to build wonders after getting the appropriate scientific advances. It seems to be random whether the option appears on the list or not. I know that some wonders only appear if certain conditions are met in the city, such as whether it's on the coast or not, whether I have 5 cities with banks, etc. I'm not sure if it's just that this is a higher difficulty level, or if this install of the game is bugged.
2. After getting the Intelligence Agency I still don't have an Espionage option. There's no 'E' button next to the Diplomacy, Palace and Histograph buttons. I do appear to have met all the conditions for getting espionage. I don't use it much anyhow, but I do want the choice!
3. Being irritated with the unfair start the AI civs get, I thought I'd have a go at tweaking the rules .. but my "use default rules" button does not click. I've not done this before but I was pretty sure the standard game allowed some rule-tweaking other than selecting or deselecting the possible victory types.
It'd help a lot if anyone here can tell me if I'm missing something obvious, like just not seeing the appropriate options. If it is a bad install, would I be best to reinstall the game from scratch, or just use the patch?
Thanks in advance,
Karen
) If that doesn't solve the problem, then try uninstalling the patch, and then uninstalling the game. The reinstall the game, followed by the patch.
