Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[EMan]

No, no downside to owning Slaves in Civ 3, except they don't work as fast as your workers!

In addition to what Aabraxan said, if you add slaves from an extinct AI to a city, there is no increase in the chance of the city flipping. (Viz. A city can't flip to an extinct civilization!)

 

[Meteor Man]

Slaves are stupid/anoying/sad/infuriating. They only work well if you have a WHOLE LOT of them. and even then it takes so long to moe every one that I usually just automate them.

 

[darski]

I do try to keep my stack of slaves in a separate pile and I send them to rail mountains and such. it's stuff that has to be done but is not a great priority. if it takes them 150 years, no great loss

 

[ronanp]

Thanks for the answers.

Yet more questions. I signed a ROP with Perisa so I could finish off the Romans. Thats done ages ago and I am about to kick off against the Perisan's but I still seam to have a ROP with them, It's long passed 20 turns.

Previosly the other person in a ROP with me would come to me at the end of the 20 turns and cancel or demand more to keep it. This time the perisians are keeping a low profile and saying nothing, they aren't using the ROP and must be worried about all my gavlary being stationed in my two cities deep in their lands.

So how can I cancel it before the war starts. I am sure it is easy but it has never come up before?


Also the whole unhappness due to overcrowding is there anyway to specficly deal with that sort of unhappyness or is it just background friction that you just deal with using luxuaries?

thanks again

 

[EMan]

You can cancel the ROP after 20 turns by going to the F4 screen and opening existing agreements.

You can eliminate unhappiness several ways, in addition to linking luxuries:

1. Make unhappy citizens Entertainers or other Specialists
2. Increase the Happiness Slider
3. Build Workers/Settlers to reduce the population in the city
4. End War, if it's causing War Unhappiness

 

[ronanp]

Ok so the unhappyness due to over crowding is caused when for example you are at population 12 and have a surplus of food and do not have a hospital so can't grow anymore?

I think I have a turn or two left till I get sanation so I can build a hospital then.

Thanks

 

[EMan]

A Hospital won't make people happy.......But, it will allow you to increase your city's population above 12.

BTW, a Marketplace will increase happiness dramatically if you have several luxury resources connected to your city.

 

[ronanp]

I know about the other happyness influences. I am just asking about the "unhappyness due to overcrowding"

After I have a hospitial my population will be able to expand with the surplus food it is producing now so It won't be overcrowed and as such I shouldn't be getting the "unhappyness due to overcrowding". isn't that the case?

 

[Aabraxan]

I know about the other happyness influences. I am just asking about the "unhappyness due to overcrowding"

After I have a hospitial my population will be able to expand with the surplus food it is producing now so It won't be overcrowed and as such I shouldn't be getting the "unhappyness due to overcrowding". isn't that the case?

Unhappiness due to overcrowding has zero to do with surplus food or hospitals. It's purely a function of difficulty level. At Chieftain, you get (IIRC) 4 content citizens. Number 5 is born cranky. The number of content citizens decreases up until emperor, where you only get 1 content citizen, & #2 is born unhappy. I think that, above Emperor, you always get 1 content citizen.

 

[ronanp]

Ok so it's just hard wired into the game. The whole over crowding bit just got me wondering if it related to living space, and was there other ways to deal with it along side the other ways to generally promote happyness.

Thanks

 

[timerover51]

Actually, if you go to the difficulty level in the editor, you can adjust the number of citizens born content at any level. The number is not hardwired into the game, the overcrowding complaint is hardwired into the game.

 

[CheeseOnToast]

Is there any way to turn barbarians off in single player mode?

I don't see the point of them AT ALL.

 

[EMan]

Yes!!

In the game set-up screen, there is an option for No Barbarians.

 

[darski]

Is there any way to turn barbarians off in single player mode?

I don't see the point of them AT ALL.

If you turn them off you also remove the goodyhuts.

Sedentary is a good setting if you don't want to deal with constant barbs. They only come out of GH's.

 

[Meteor Man]

Why don't you see the point of them? They make the game fun and interesting.

 

[darski]

They also pay for a lot of research when you are running close to the wire early in the game.

 

[Tone]

...and they also give you opportunities to get your units up to elite status so that when you fight another civ you can fish for leaders.

 

[Whythat]

Shunned Government: Republic?

So is it bad to switch to a Republic if the Summarians shun Republic? Do I really need to play as a monarchy?

 

[Tone]

So is it bad to switch to a Republic if the Summarians shun Republic? Do I really need to play as a monarchy?

No.

If you are playing as Sumeria it makes no difference.

If you are playing against Sumeria then they will like you a little less but it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Meteor Man]

Tone, you double posted.

So that's what the shun means! Thanx.