Sounds like a direct X dynamic link, but I would do a Google search and see what comes up. You could also try a civ 4 forum.
Build a stack of combined arms. Put catapults, spears and archers all in the same pile. If you can generate an MGL, you can build a spear army to cover it. You need to claim (or buy) iron or horses before your enemies get to knights, preferably before they get to MDI. I have a game down in Stories and Tales where I had no iron, no horses, no saltpeter. Fortunately, I did have ivory, so I was able to build the SoZ. That made up for the lack of iron and horses.What do you do if you dont have, iron, salpeter and horses in your territorry? How do you fight swordsmen, MI and Knights??? . . . .
Build a stack of combined arms. Put catapults, spears and archers all in the same pile. If you can generate an MGL, you can build a spear army to cover it. You need to claim (or buy) iron or horses before your enemies get to knights, preferably before they get to MDI. I have a game down in Stories and Tales where I had no iron, no horses, no saltpeter. Fortunately, I did have ivory, so I was able to build the SoZ. That made up for the lack of iron and horses.
Also, you could buy the resource. Trade for iron, then swap lots of builds to swords, for example. Even if the iron gets cut off, you'll be able to build the swords that you start.
. . . . See the irony?. . .
But can't you just trade w/ someone who has iron to get it?
You could always play as a "builder" and go for a diplomatic victory, a spaceship victory if you can trade for rubber, aluminum, and uranium, or a cultural victory possibly.
How many civs did you have on that map?
SleeperLv said:But if you play builder, you have to have army to "be strong", because if youre not strong you gonna get bullyed by anyone who has free time...
SleeperLv said:Spoonwood - i will check stories and tales later, but anyway if you dont have strong army, why arent they attacking and bullying you? If you have high tech or high culture, they can just TAKE it by force ignoring that youre sooooooo amazing civilization and sooo highly advanced one