Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[UTBear]

I don't have the game handy, but at the bottom middle of each city screen there is an area with small icons where you can make those settings.

 

[Arvedui]

Hello again!

How do you tell a city to emphasize on food or production?

Thanks in advance!

Dave

ditb,
On the city screen, in the lower right corner, there is a set of buttons to do just that. Just hover your mouse pointer over each one and there should appear an explanation.

 

[ditb]

Thank you both very much. I look forward to trying that out tonight.

Dave

 

[ditb]

Best thread ever!

Okay, I’ll ask one more and then will try to leave you alone for awhile.

If I want to get to the “modern age” as soon as possible, which game speed should I use?

Thanks again in advance!

Dave

 

[DaviddesJ]

If I want to get to the “modern age” as soon as possible, which game speed should I use?

Any speed. You can start a Custom Game and specify that it should begin in the Modern Era.

 

[Oris]

Hey, i wonder what those BLUE circles mean? I think in tutorial they explained but i forgot Thank you

 

[_alphaBeta_]

Hey, i wonder what those BLUE circles mean? I think in tutorial they explained but i forgot Thank you

They appear when you have a worker or work boat selected. The circles represent the tiles the game feels you should improve.

 

[scienide09]

They appear when you have a worker or work boat selected. The circles represent the tiles the game feels you should improve.

They also appear when you have a settler active, indicating what the game thinks is a good spot to settle.
You should note that the locations it suggests are not always the best place to put a city, nor are the suggested worker improvments necessarily the best thing to build on that particular tile.

 

[fe3333au]

I do not as yet have cIV running ... looks like a new system required

However, a question - are there barbarian camps and goody huts in cIV as there are in Civ3?

 

[Darkstud]

Hi, I have played all civ games up to date, and consider my self a pretty experienced civ player, but I have some promblems setting up a lan multiplayer game with my friends. I have downloaded some of the maps from this site, (earth-maps) and try to setup a 18 player game with 15 AI and 3 human, but when I am setting up the game, all slots are set as open, and greyed out, so i cant set ai players. Is there any way I can access this options?

Thanks in advance, Darkstud.

 

[scienide09]

I do not as yet have cIV running ... looks like a new system required

However, a question - are there barbarian camps and goody huts in cIV as there are in Civ3?

There are goody huts, yes, As for barb camps, they're in the game too. In fact, if left long enough, the barbs will develop their own civs -- multiple cities, infastructure, etc. I haven't see it myself, but others have suggested that on terra maps (which I rarely play), the barbs in the new world ae developed enough to have riflemen.

 

[mice]

This is a question about adding mods...
I tried europa mod, amd it worked, copying the folder given into "mods " folder(not in My games/sid miers's civ4/) as instructed. But Total experience mod gave no redme, just a readme from Grave's mega mod which said to just unzip it into My games/sid mier's civ4.
Its confusing.
Can anyone tell me the difference between these two places in my computer. And whyare there two folders for this game??

 

[Winner]

I am sure many people asked this before, but unfortunately I don't have time to read the whole thread, so:

is there any way how to eradicate certain religion? Or it is true that once it takes hold in your city, it is impossible to kick it out? Will destruction of its holy city affect it somehow?

Thank you very much for your advice

 

[fe3333au]

Thanks scienide09 ... nice change alla Civ2

 

[Jastrow]

Is there a way to monitor battles on defence? For example, I conquere an enemy city, and put, say 6 defenders in it. On the enemy turn, a stack of doom comes up to it and starts attacking. My defenders turn the first several away, but obviously are taking damage as they do so. However, I cant tell how much damage, or how the battle is going, since there are no displays of the battle results (other then win or lose). Am I missing it?

 

[_alphaBeta_]

Is there a way to monitor battles on defence? For example, I conquere an enemy city, and put, say 6 defenders in it. On the enemy turn, a stack of doom comes up to it and starts attacking. My defenders turn the first several away, but obviously are taking damage as they do so. However, I cant tell how much damage, or how the battle is going, since there are no displays of the battle results (other then win or lose). Am I missing it?

There isn't any way to see that. When you're attacking (and it's your turn) you have the luxury of attacking at your own pace while identifying any information you want between attacks. When defending you cannot do this, so you just have to hang on for the ride, and hope you have the right defenders there.

 

[scienide09]

I've noticed that *sometimes*, if you hover the mouse over the unit/units on a particular battle, you can see their stats change while the computer is taking its turn.

Try placing the mouse cursor right over the units you want to see, make sure that their stats are visible to you, then press enter to end your turn.
And let me know if this still works, and if it works for multiple units.

 

[Zenith Omega]

Is there any way to play on an Earth map other than the scenario that came with the game? The reason I ask is because I like the map, but the civilizations to choose fomr do not contain the ones I like to play with. Is there any way to use the earth map and be able to edit it so you can play as another civ, besides the ones originally there to choose from...?

Thanks,

Zenith Omega

 

[Zenith Omega]

Is there anyway to play a game with the Earth Map besides the scenario that came with the game? The reason I ask is: I really want to play a game on the Earth Map, without being restricted to the 8 or 9 civs allowed on the scenario that came with the game. Please let me know if you know of a way other than going to World Builder and creating the Earth Map myself, which would take forever.

Thanks,

Zenith Omega

 

[Jastrow]

I've noticed that *sometimes*, if you hover the mouse over the unit/units on a particular battle, you can see their stats change while the computer is taking its turn.

Try placing the mouse cursor right over the units you want to see, make sure that their stats are visible to you, then press enter to end your turn.
And let me know if this still works, and if it works for multiple units.

Yes, I have seen that a few times (including with multiple units) which is why I thought there must be a way to activate it. It seems to happen when you have the stats displayed and then end turn (but not alway :-?).