problem with conquering cities

[JedaiNait]

I have played severall civ3/ptw games, but all of a suden when Ii try to conquer an enemy city, the city gets demolished after I take it. I used to get a message asking me wether i want to install a new governor or just want to crush the city. But I just don't seem to get this message? What am I doing wrong? Is there some option (which I can't seem to find).

Oh by the way I encounter the problem while playing Indians on Monarch / Emperor difficulty. By the time I conquered the city i was stil in the beginning of the game. Maybe anything of these things have something to do with it?

 

[WildFire]

The city was a size one or had no culture in it?

 

[JedaiNait]

Originally posted by WildFire
The city was a size one or had no culture in it?

I am no to sure actually, but I think that's right.

EDIT: Yes it was a city of size one, and i'm pretty sure there wasn't any culture in it.

I asume that's the problem then? I can't remember anything like this happening before, but maybe i just haven't conquered a one size city without culture before?

 

[Sparrow3]

This was change made in Civ3/PTW. I don't remember if it was made in basic or one of the PTW patches; but there is where I first noticed it. Any little old size 1/zero culture city gets automaticly destroyed. And some of those cities I really, really, want to keep.

 

[Dr Tiny]

it often handy to hve a few settlers hanging about (if you can afford it) to settle those spots if you really need them.

 

[Sparrow3]

Originally posted by Dr Tiny
it often handy to hve a few settlers hanging about (if you can afford it) to settle those spots if you really need them.

To true, unfortunately I usually think of this after the fact.

 

[Raijer]

Originally posted by Sparrow3
And some of those cities I really, really, want to keep.

I hear you. I don't really want to use a settler, if I don't have to (kind of defeats the purpose of conquest). In these instances, I often wait until the city I want to conquer reaches a size 3 before sending the troops in.

 

[Dr Tiny]

Originally posted by Sparrow3

To true, unfortunately I usually think of this after the fact.

me too

 

[The Last Conformist]

Actually, this was in CivII too - cities lost a point of pop when captured, and in the case of size one towns of course meant they disappeared altogether.

 

[Sparrow3]

Originally posted by The Last Conformist
Actually, this was in CivII too - cities lost a point of pop when captured, and in the case of size one towns of course meant they disappeared altogether.

This seems to happen in Civ3 PTW v1.27f as well. I have noticed a population decrease as i occupy the city.

 

[Globetrotter]

Originally posted by Sparrow3
This was change made in Civ3/PTW. I don't remember if it was made in basic or one of the PTW patches; but there is where I first noticed it. Any little old size 1/zero culture city gets automaticly destroyed. And some of those cities I really, really, want to keep.

It was available in vanilla civ 1.29f
I remember it happened to me a couple of times on that version

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

One of the downsides to using artillery, killing off the Civilians meaning less ppl to draft, create settlers, or whip to build something.