Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[hendu]

no, only those in the 20 tiles around your city will help.

Thank you

 

[Efexeye]

Greetings

Can anyone tell me how can i start a multiplayer game, set to play by e-mail?
Can i play it at home, and send the e-mail from the computer at my job?
In that case, which file do i sent? And how does it work when i receive the other players moves?

thank you all

Just go to the multiplayer and pick the play by email option. You can play at home and email the files from work, but you'd have to have a way to get the savegame file off of your home computer and onto the work one... The way it works is, when your turn is over, you save your game, then, you go into the savegame folder. The file you saved will be in there. You email that to the other person, who opens that file, takes their turn, saves, and emails it back.

Lather, rinse, repeat!

I'd love to play cIV by email at work,too, but, my boss was a little ticked when I installed EQ so I could run my bazaar trader during the day- I don't think I'll take that chance again.

 

[puglover]

Where is it best to build certain improvements? (farm/irrigation/mine/etc)

 

[p dandy]

I'm at work so I couldn't test this.

If you have open borders with another civ. That civ covers its own island. I drop units there and then declare war. Do the unit magically teleport back to my island?

 

[Efexeye]

I'm at work so I couldn't test this.

If you have open borders with another civ. That civ covers its own island. I drop units there and then declare war. Do the unit magically teleport back to my island?

Yepper!

890

 

[Prince David]

You can build Iron works in any city that has access to these resources. Having access means they have to be connected to the resources, but they don't have to be in the city radius. Once you built Iron works, the city which built it will receive the bonus (but only this city).

I wasn't sure and I wanted to be before starting to build. This is different from the C3 version.

 

[Prince David]

Where is it best to build certain improvements? (farm/irrigation/mine/etc)

There are a couple of good articles under strategy. I recommend this one:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=138526

 

[cauchy]

Is there a place to view the layout of maps like weel, tilted_axis, hub, ect.

What's a good map for 4 players, and always war?

 

[DaviddesJ]

I'm at work so I couldn't test this.

If you have open borders with another civ. That civ covers its own island. I drop units there and then declare war. Do the unit magically teleport back to my island?

Does it choose the closest empty space to move your unit to, or does it prefer to stay on the same landmass if it can? I'm wondering if you can put units in particular locations in enemy territory, and then declare war, as a way of teleporting them overseas.

 

[Taurendil]

Is there a place to view the layout of maps like weel, tilted_axis, hub, ect.

What's a good map for 4 players, and always war?

If you want to see a couple examples of these map types; just start a new game, select the map type you want, and when the game starts press escape, enter World Builder, and have a look. It doesn't take long and after a few tries you should have a pretty good idea what the different map layouts are about.

 

[running_tiger_1]

I feel like a complete bonehead but for some reason I can't find out what the difference is between the normal Civ 4 and the Civ 4 Special Edition. The Special Edition is 3 times the price yet Amazon has the exact same description and I've searched around the Internet and can't find the answer.

I guess I don't know if I should invest in the SE or just buy the regular version. I've played all of the previous Civ games.

 

[Efexeye]

I feel like a complete bonehead but for some reason I can't find out what the difference is between the normal Civ 4 and the Civ 4 Special Edition. The Special Edition is 3 times the price yet Amazon has the exact same description and I've searched around the Internet and can't find the answer.

I guess I don't know if I should invest in the SE or just buy the regular version. I've played all of the previous Civ games.

Wow, three times the price sounds a BIT high....by which I mean, ridiculous.

The SE has a tech tree poster, a spiffy case, a soundtrack CD, a spiral bound manual, and a cardboard foldy-thingy showing the keyboard shortcuts.

The game itself is the same for both editions.

 

[running_tiger_1]

Wow, three times the price sounds a BIT high....by which I mean, ridiculous.

The SE has a tech tree poster, a spiffy case, a soundtrack CD, a spiral bound manual, and a cardboard foldy-thingy showing the keyboard shortcuts.

The game itself is the same for both editions.

wow, that's it? No special game mods or expansion packs or anything? WOW, and apparently the Special Edition is outselling the regular one on Amazon. They are really fooling a lot of people.

By the way, I made a mistake. It isn't 3 times the price, it is 4 times the price!

Regular 49.99
Special Edition 199.95

 

[DaviddesJ]

By the way, I made a mistake. It isn't 3 times the price, it is 4 times the price!

Regular 49.99
Special Edition 199.95

That's not the Amazon price (which was $49.95 until it sold out). Sellers can list items on Amazon at whatever price they want. But I hope no one will actually pay $200. It's an abuse of the system in order to trick people.

The special edition is not worth more than $50, now that the regular edition is starting to be discounted from MSRP.

 

[Arvedui]

Is there a place to view the layout of maps like weel, tilted_axis, hub, ect.

Yes, there is. There is a thread, I think it is called Sirian's map reference. I tried to find it, but if you search the forums, I think you may find it. Anyone?

 

[Dmitryn]

Yes, there is. There is a thread, I think it is called Sirian's map reference. I tried to find it, but if you search the forums, I think you may find it. Anyone?

Sirian's Map Info Reference

 

[Kingdomcome]

Just go to the multiplayer and pick the play by email option. You can play at home and email the files from work, but you'd have to have a way to get the savegame file off of your home computer and onto the work one... The way it works is, when your turn is over, you save your game, then, you go into the savegame folder. The file you saved will be in there. You email that to the other person, who opens that file, takes their turn, saves, and emails it back.

Lather, rinse, repeat!

I'd love to play cIV by email at work,too, but, my boss was a little ticked when I installed EQ so I could run my bazaar trader during the day- I don't think I'll take that chance again.

Great. Thks a lot.
Sugestion for you boss: buy the game for him in this christmas, maybe you'll get a nice game partner and a raise...

 

[Bobv13]

I hope this is the right place for this question so here goes: I love Civ3 but I also have. Civ3 can take days or even weeks to play. What is the average game time from start to finish for a tiny map?

 

[buck beach]

In the Advanced Game options there is a box for stack attack. I am using stack attack, what will checking the box do or undo.

Buck

 

[The Condor]

It makes every unit in a stack you have all fight the enemy one at a time very fast. Believe me don't do it. It ruins strategy and is a almost perfect way of getting every single one of your units killed.