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Ghpstage
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Border pop doesn't stop autoraze.
This however might, but the only ways I can think of that a city could swap hands without growing past size 1 are gifting or a resolution.
Abegweit
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Border pop stopped autoraze in Civ III. It doesn't in Civ IV.
Luthor_Saxburg
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What does the AI need to sign a Permanent Alliance? Is it simple a number (>+x) or does it uses other elements to accept it?
I am playing a game and need for a Civ to accept a PA with me... he is at +5 with me and I already have Open Borders, trade and even give him free resources... what else can I do? What is more favourable - money or resources? Does giving maps help?
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I am playing a game and need for a Civ to accept a PA with me... he is at +5 with me and I already have Open Borders, trade and even give him free resources... what else can I do? What is more favourable - money or resources? Does giving maps help?
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Sisiutil
All Leader Challenger
First off, the AI has to be at Pleased, if not Friendly, to consider a PA. In my experience I've only seen the option arise with Friendly AIs, but I could be mistaken and I'm not a code-reading guru by any means.
The bigger question is how to get the AI to those levels. There are several ways to please the AI (and several ways to tick them off, too), but they all have limits. Open Borders, resource trades, and long periods of peace will each max out at +2 diplo benefits. The big ones are favourable trade (map, tech, gold) deals (max = +4), sharing the same religion (up to +6, though this varies with each leader), running their favourite civic at the same time they do (+4 to +6, again depending on the leader), and fighting on the same side in a war (up to +6, IIRC). The tricky part about the last one for your goals is that you can't sign a DP or PA while one of you is at war.
The other thing to do is to avoid scoring diplomatic demerits which will undo the benefits of the above. Try to avoid going to war against them, demanding tribute, trading with their worst enemy, converting to a different religion, or turning down their requests/demands.
Manco Capac
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The most critical aspect to get a Permanent Alliance and unfortunately not told:
You have to satisfy this equation:
NumberOfTurnsSharingWar+NumOfTurnDefensivePact=40
It can be 13 turns of sharing wars plus 27 turns defensive pact, that is ok.
Second aspect, you mustn't be the top dog in score you and your potential ally. A mechanics avoiding strongest to be stronger and helping weakers to gang up against strongest.
At last, this list hereunder gives the necessary attitude (stance) you need to have for that AI ever agreeing to endure you.
If some mod you are playing, you shall look into CIV4LeaderHeadInfos.xml.
Luthor_Saxburg
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Thanks! Great insight! 
amirsan
King of all Kings
Anyone know the best way or place online (with best deal) to buy Civ4 Complete edition for Mac as a download? (or the thread where this n00b question has been answered recently?)
Sisiutil
All Leader Challenger
Ships can only pass through forts/canals if they're within cultural borders--your own or a civ with whom you have OB.
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
I think the Forts must be either in your culture or garrisoned by your units for you to use them as a passage.
s.bernbaum
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Have you looked in the Mac forum? Are you looking to buy a disk online or to purchase an online download? If the latter, although I don't use it, I know from posts in the Mac forum that Steam is a source for the online download. I can't say it is the best but it is a source.
Heart Break Kid
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nvm. delete please.
Manco Capac
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I think he mistakened with another mod. I know some mods allow this kind of nifty trick, but not the base BTS as far as I know.
Ye deffo not base BTS anyhow.. was wondering something else
If you build culture stuff at the bottom of yer map which is like 3 cities inbetween to other CIVs border does it help on the global sheme to help push @ top of the map?
Lennier
Emperor
Only if you're playing a toroidal map.
Guess my question wasnt formulated that well as I presume your answers means when I can go from N -> S throu walking I presume or sailing? If not, sorry for miss understanding again
In any case attached some SS of my current game, question basicly was If I build culture buildings on the spots where the white dot maps are.
Which is where I currently have some late planted cities does it help any at all to the big picture of border culture fight at the north part of my Civ
like does everything get accumulated or something in the big picture of things
In any case attached some SS of my current game, question basicly was If I build culture buildings on the spots where the white dot maps are.
Which is where I currently have some late planted cities does it help any at all to the big picture of border culture fight at the north part of my Civ
like does everything get accumulated or something in the big picture of things
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TheMulattoMaker
Dictator of RF
If you're asking if culture at the southern end of your empire will help push your northern borders, then no, it won't. Culture expands radially from each of your cities- the furthest a tile can be from a city and still be affected by its culture is 6 tiles (and only if that city has Legendary culture).
However, if you have two or more cities producing culture on a tile, I think both of them will "work together" for your empire in order to claim a tile from a rival. Examle: in the screenshot you posted, let's say that some AI dropped a city on the ice 1 tile NE of that mountain, denying you that Fur that's just outside Oxford's and Newcastle's BFCs. When either one of those cities pop their borders, you'd start getting culture in that tile. When both cities pop their borders, you'd get Newcastle's culture plus Oxford's culture against the one city that the AI has- making it easier to take that tile. So basically whatever you have going on on your northern border, if you can get two (or three) cities all producing culture in a tile, it makes it that much easier to take it.
(Experts and code-divers, if I'm wrong on that second part, please let me know...)
However, if you have two or more cities producing culture on a tile, I think both of them will "work together" for your empire in order to claim a tile from a rival. Examle: in the screenshot you posted, let's say that some AI dropped a city on the ice 1 tile NE of that mountain, denying you that Fur that's just outside Oxford's and Newcastle's BFCs. When either one of those cities pop their borders, you'd start getting culture in that tile. When both cities pop their borders, you'd get Newcastle's culture plus Oxford's culture against the one city that the AI has- making it easier to take that tile. So basically whatever you have going on on your northern border, if you can get two (or three) cities all producing culture in a tile, it makes it that much easier to take it.
(Experts and code-divers, if I'm wrong on that second part, please let me know...)
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