Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[splunge the 2nd]

Thanks Abraxan! I'll have to try the poisoned tech gift strategy some time. I can see it helping in an early war if the enemy had the wall.
Thanks Tone-you guys are awesome and fast!

 

[Aabraxan]

Don't forget to give Education to the owner of the Great Library while you're at it.

 

[swift_like_wind]

How do you get the Civ name/adjective to show up after each city name?

Here is an example of what I mean:

Spoiler :

This is not my game, the image is from this thread:http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=218602

 

[sercer88]

While In-game, go to preferences, and then check the box that says something like "color-blind help"

I'm not color-blind, but I use this option too. I also make it so that the civ-specific color ring appears around every unit for easy identification (that's also a box you can check in preferences.)

 

[swift_like_wind]

Thanks!! I was wondering about this. In order to get this, I even went to the extent of adding the adjective into the city names list in the editor, even though I knew it would not change when the city changes hands.

 

[Aabraxan]

Thanks Abraxan! I'll have to try the poisoned tech gift strategy some time. I can see it helping in an early war if the enemy had the wall.
Thanks Tone-you guys are awesome and fast!

If you were feeling particularly clever, you could even sell them the poisoned tech for all of their gold. Then they can't upgrade.

 

[Paul Richardson]

Hey How Do make Techs And Tech Trees?

 

[CEO Daedalus]

Hey How Do make Techs And Tech Trees?

you can see details in the civ 3 customization tutorials on how to do that.

 

[sercer88]

wow....first post in almost 48 hours

Ok, so I have a question:
Which computer spec positively effects the performance of CivIII on your computer more: RAM, or processor speed?

 

[CEO Daedalus]

wow....first post in almost 48 hours

Ok, so I have a question:
Which computer spec positively effects the performance of CivIII on your computer more: RAM, or processor speed?

definitely RAM, because if there are numerous units scattered and your memory isn't great, It can result in slower performance.

Heres some advice:

Processor powers Quality
RAM powers Quanity

The time between turns has nothing to do with the processor or RAM, and it is the game itself (i think).


I have a question of my own

What does charm do in the cracked civ3 editor?

ANOTHER QUESTION. can mods work in multiplayer?

 

[againsttheflow]

to the last question: absolutely, but only w/ 8 civs. If the civs are preplaced on a custom map you can still play but only w/ the eight civs of your choice (the other civ's preplaced cities/units will dissapear)

 

[swift_like_wind]

Is there any way (change ini files or re-engineer the exe) to make it so that the random map generator will also generate landmark terrain on the map?

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

That could be in the .ini file, but most likely in the code.

 

[MyungHee]

I'm sorry to be a cross-poster but I wanted to make sure I hit the Civ III and Civ IV people!

I want to get a new computer and want to make sure it's totally compatible and can run Civ III/IV at blazing speeds... I get so bummed with the wait time in between turns and the load time towards the end of the game. What should I go really high end on? Just memory and processor or should I also do a high end video card?

If I can get a local shop to build it for me, I was thinking 3Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, 4G Ram, and a GeForce 8800GT 512MB. Should that be fine for both Civ III and Civ IV?

TIA!

 

[D0NIMATRIX]

That's more than twice what Civ 4 needs, and about 6 times what Civ 3 needs.

 

[CEO Daedalus]

what does charm do

sorry If im being paranoid but Im just an eager moron

 

[swimmer91]

hey i hope im posting this in the right section if not, sorry.

so i am trying to make an earth map combining RaR and Rhye's of Civilization, with a few modifications of my own. So i have changed the celts to austria and changed their flavor units to apply to austria instead of celts. I also added a new unit, the grenzer to be their unique unit. However, i must have done something wrong, because when i test the game, it crashes right after building a city. I'm sure this has to do with the Units_32 file, but i dont see any problems. I have copy/pasted the icon for grenzer from rhye's of civ. and set it in the editor. And i know the animations are working because i produced one in debug mode and it was working fine.

I should also note that i made a copy of the RaR file called RaR2, and changed the "Scenario Search Folders" to match it so that any changes i make do not destroy Rise and Rule and i have to re-download as happened last time.

 

[HellboundHeathcliff]

The Creation & Customization forums would be a better place to ask that. You should get some help there.

 

[swimmer91]

ok i will post there, thanks!

 

[Padma]

What does charm do in the cracked civ3 editor?

what does charm do

sorry If im being paranoid but Im just an eager moron

It does nothing. CivIII was originally based on the Civ2/SMAC engine. There are several hidden references to things that are not used in CivIII, buried in the code.