Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[Aabraxan]

It has been my experience that this makes use of 3 turns in that:

Turn 1. move into Rax town.
Turn 2. do nothing
Turn 3. unit now available

You are correct, darski. The key is the "full movement points" that Othniel mentioned. In order for a rax to heal a unit entirely, the unit must spend one IBT there with all movement points fully intact. So if your unit comes in on roads, it won't start healing until the next turn. That's why rails are such powerful tools for waging war. They change your turn count to:
Turn 1. Move into rax town and do nothing.
Turn 2. Unit now available.

I had a bad habit of thinking the unit would be healed next turn, especially on long turns when you moved the unit at the beginning of the turn; deconstructed the whole universe for every single worker etc., etc., etc.

I do the exact same thing, especially later in the game, when I'm managing 100+ workers every turn! "Wait, I put that cav in that rax ages ago. Shouldn't he be ready by now? . . . Oh, wait. That was the beginning of this turn . . . "

 

[Redgar]

Hi all,

I own Civ 3 Complete, and would like to be able to play it without the disk in the drive. I dug up this old thread, http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=141206 , which mentions an official No CD patch that CivFanatics supports. Unfortunately, the link to that news article no longer works. I've tried searching the site and reading the General/Technical FAQs, but haven't come across any further mention of this patch. I was wondering whether this 'official' patch still exists, and if so where it can be found?

Thanks for your help,

Regards,

Redgar

 

[Abegweit]

Giving out this kind of information is against forum policy. If a thread like that actually existed at one time, it's not surprising that it has been deleted. Sorry.

Edit: Oh. And welcome to Civfanatics!

 

[vmxa]

That fix can from Firaxis and was used for those that had a damaged CD, not sure if they actually every gave it out. In theory register users contacted the company and it was handled by them.

 

[Redgar]

Giving out this kind of information is against forum policy. If a thread like that actually existed at one time, it's not surprising that it has been deleted. Sorry.

Edit: Oh. And welcome to Civfanatics!

My appologies: I understood from reading the thread that generally speaking such information was against forum policy, but the same thread indicated there was an official NoCD executable that this forum did support.

That fix can from Firaxis and was used for those that had a damaged CD, not sure if they actually every gave it out. In theory register users contacted the company and it was handled by them.

Ah, so it wasn't something released to the general public. (Ironically enough, the reason I was looking for the exe was so I could keep the CD safe on the shelf).

Thank you both for the info and welcome,

Regards,

Redgar

 

[EMan]

@Redgar: I've had a Civ 3 cd in the drive for 6+ years now.......no problem.

 

[Abegweit]

I am currently using a No-CD "crack". This is perfectly legal and it is also convenient. Given the fact that I have bought two copies of PTW, two copies of C3C, three copies of CIV and two copies of BtS, I feel perfectly justified in doing so.

Most of these were because I was careless and lost the damn disk (it royally pisses me that I should be obliged to keep track of the stupid bit of plastic for years on end...) but a couple of times it was because it got scratched and became unusable.

Forum policy forbids saying where such things can be found so I won't do so, but it is a fact that legal no-CD versions of almost any game are available on the Net. More power to the folks who supply this service.

 

[Meteor Man]

Hi all,

I own Civ 3 Complete, and would like to be able to play it without the disk in the drive. I dug up this old thread, http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=141206 , which mentions an official No CD patch that CivFanatics supports. Unfortunately, the link to that news article no longer works. I've tried searching the site and reading the General/Technical FAQs, but haven't come across any further mention of this patch. I was wondering whether this 'official' patch still exists, and if so where it can be found?

Thanks for your help,

Regards,

Redgar

actually, i can play civ3 conquests without my cd in the drive.
i have no idea why, but it happpens.

 

[slythegreat]

I unintentionally started a game with victory points enabled (on the huge Earth map that comes pre-installed on the game). Is there any way I can remove this midgame? If not, is it somehow possible to translate a saved game to a scenario (other than by manually doing it), and thus get the chance to reset game conditions without having to start over?

I have Civilization III: Complete (i.e. Conquests) with the latest patch, if it matters.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Meteor Man]

Welcome to CFC, slythegreat!!!

But, sorry, i don't think you can modify the rules in the middle of a game.

 

[timerover51]

Once you start a game, it locks it in and you cannot change it. The only thing to do is restart with Victory Points unchecked. It is surprising how fast those add up.

 

[naveedx983]

Wrong forum section! sorry

 

[darski]

does anyone have a link to a guide or quick tips on how to identify good locations for production/GP farm/CE/SE cities? I am unsure on how to balance the requirements for those - most of my cities end up being hybridish which can't make the most of national wonders and other mulitpliers. I end up building every building i can in all my cities and play too passive.

sorry... no quick fix. you need to go and read through the War Academy. Some of the articles are older but they still provide some info that helps with the game

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3/strategy/


Another place to get really good information is to go to the archive of legendary Civ stories

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=123736


and also the Archive of legendary Civ Games

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=106017

Try reading Theodora's Always War Sid Excellent Adventure or Basket Cases "First Deity Win"

Oh and welcome aboard

 

[darski]

Help!

I have managed to lock my keyboard out of the game and I can't for the life of me remember which button might have done it or which will restore the use of the keyboard for orders.

I had already won the game but I wanted to see how long it would take Babylon to attack after the game was done but I don't think that *end of game* thingy would do it.

 

[Meteor Man]

You don't really need the keyboard to play, in fact, the only thing I use my keyboard for is to go to the next turn.
My keyboard is probably different than your's (laptop) so i don't now which key could have locked you out.
I would just press every key and see what happens...*cackels quietly*

 

[TripleJ]

Hey
I have been creating and playing CIV III for about three years now. I have a question about creating it. How do you create files for the game. For an example, in Conquest mode they have files that are used for the Conquest Scenarios. How do I create those files and what else do I need to know about them?

 

[Meteor Man]

All you really do is click make new folder on the left side of the screen, just like when you make regular folders.

 

[LowEndUserII]

I`ve lost my notes before re-installing and I can`t find the reference for keyboard keys for setting a Contintental "go to" Rally point for new military units.

Can someone please help ?
Thanks !

 

[Meteor Man]

Right click on the tile you want to set as the rally point, and go down the list until it says place continental rally point. When you want to remove it, click remove rally point. Sorry, but I don't know the keyboard controls, I never use them.

 

[splunge the 2nd]

What's set rally point do and how is it useful?