problem with cultural conversion

[quentin570]

Hi,

I'm playing Civ III Gold Edition. When I start game, in bottom left it says I'm playing version 1.27f. I have Vista. Here's the problem: I'm playing a single player game. There's a point in the game where one of my cities "flips" to another culture, however, instead of the city just flipping and the game continuing, instead after my city flips, the game ends and I immediately suffer a "conquest" defeat and all my cities are show destroyed. Is this a bug or is this the way the game is supposed to work? You lose one city to a cultural conversion and you lose the game?

Any help would be appreciated. Love the game, but this bug (if it is a bug) is annoying the hell out of me.

THanks,
Q

 

[CommandoBob]

That a look at the game setup screen below.

Spoiler :

I think that Mass Regicide is checked on in your game. IIRC, when that VC is on, if you lose one city, in any manner, you lose the game.

Once the game is being played, you cannot go back to the screen. However, the utility program Civ Assist II can read the save file and tell you which VC are active.

 

[Aabraxan]

I suspect that it's actually Elimination that quentin570 has checked. I was unaware that culture flipping would destroy your empire, but I knew that losing one city to troops with Elimination on would do so.

 

[CommandoBob]

I suspect that it's actually Elimination that quentin570 has checked. I was unaware that culture flipping would destroy your empire, but I knew that losing one city to troops with Elimination on would do so.

Oops! I'm blind.

 

[quentin570]

I will check to see if that is the cause of the problem.

Thanks for the info guys.

Q

 

[CommandoBob]

Oh, I forgot.

Welcome to the forum, quentin570!