Hi all,
I'm trying to get past falling into the space race victory in every game. A while back, I was able to win a couple of domination victories, but that was before I had a clue as to what I was doing. A little knowlege is a dangerous thing. I also won a few diplo victories. One because I had about 60% of the population...
I'm trying to figure out a bit more about war... I can seem to knock off a tow or three early opponents, but that's when it gets tough. For example, in a recent game, I had taken out a couple of minor opponents, but wanted to take out the remaiing AIs on my continent. Fred and Isabella.
I had one corner where Isabella & I met and a longer border Fred & I shared. When I attacked Isabella, I had riflemen and she was just past musketmen. I really did not have a lot of trouble taking her out. Fred was in the NW corner, Isabella in the NE and I had the South. I had a one-city border with her, so I just massed my army there and swooped in. Byt the time I was done with her, Fred was fairly powerful and I had a LONG border with him.
So HOW do I protect it AND go after him?? I tried this, but he swooped in on my poorly protectred cities. So how do I get around that??
In another game, the continent was a big square. Draw a C in it on the east side. The opponent had the inner part of the C and I had a number of cities on my side of the C. I tried attacking, but he just took his army and went after a bunch of my other cities...
How do I protect a long border or what is tha best strategy to handle that situation??
Ok, so there isnt a manual on disk 3? Wth is disk 3 for then? Frisbee?
I asked some of these questions before but didn't get answers, maybe some of you can help.
1#
When playing CIV IV(no expansion) on a custom game, huge map, 18 civs etc. I have no lag at all, everything runs fine.
When playing Beyond the Sword with the same settings, everything runs slow in the later era's. Diplomacy screens is taking 1 minute to load, finishing/starting a turn takes another minute, zooming in and out is very slow. Why? I have all the latest patches, BTS doens't have improved graphics compared to the main game. BTS is becoming unplayable, but the main CIV IV is running fine.
2#
In worldbuilder, when I rename a unit, the name I gave disappears when I reload/play the custom scenario. Why?
3#
In wordbuilder, I want to change a warrior's strength to 15. I don't want to change ALL the warriors, just one. Do I have to hack many files or can I just change this easilly?
4#
In WBS, Hannibal and Russia have the same color and some other nation's colors are pretty much the smame. Could this be changed?
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=256978
5#
On normal settings, when you are attacked, the camera zooms in and you see a battle. Why can't I see the battles(that includes the camera zooming and the animation) from the AI? Just like in CIV3.
6#
Where can I find information about the music in CIV IV? Like downloading, I mean buying.
7#
I have 10 cities on a continent and 1 city on a smal island nearby. I can go to my domestic advisor and grant the islandcity independence. A pop-up appears telling me to give the city to a neighbourcountry. How could this be usefull?
8#
If some or all of these questions aren't being answered, what could I do? Should I ask again? Should I pray or should I go away?
Thanks for the help and happy new year by the way.
1) Are the benefits of luxury resources (clams, plantations, etc) given to the city that they are connected to, or do the benefits apply CIV wide once they are connected to a city?
2) Does a road need to run from the resource to the city itself in order to be 'connected' or does the road need only touch the BFC of a city?
3) What type of water unit should I build to harness sea resources like whales, clams?
Guys, GUYS, GUYS!! The third disk of Gold Edition, isn't that Warlords??
Oh, and BtS DOES have improved graphics; some of the units are shinier. But the slowdown is mostly because the game has a lot more to keep track of, with Corporations and Espionage, etc...
1) The food, production and commerce produced by the tile are local benefits. They only benefit the city in which area the resource is being harvested (as long as the tile is being worked). However, the special resource is transported by roads, rivers and oceans to your other cities. Iron will allow you to build swordsmen in the cities connected to the resource, gold will increase the happiness of your citizens in the cities connected to the resource, corn will improve the health of your citizens in the cities connected to the resource.
You only need 1 instance of a resource to get its benefits. The others can be traded away for other resource or maybe some gold.
The expansion pack Beyond the Sword has an additional late game effect of multiple instances of the same resource through the corporation game mechanic.
2) It has to go to the city itself.
3) Workboats.
Yes, it will.Will I get the benefit if I connect the resource via another city?
Example:
Resource ===== City 1 ===== City 2
road road
Will City 2 get the benefit?
Hey guys, can someone explain trade routes to me please? I have no idea how they work or how to generate them etc pretty much need a newbie's guide to them.
Thanks!