Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[Cobus J van Wyk]

Hallo there!

Firstly: Congratulations to all responsible for making Civilization the most succesful game ever!

Secondly: Could someone please direct me to a thread regarding the theme music? I heard that it is the (Swaili) version of the Lord's prayer... I would like some information on that, so if there is a thread already please give me some direction. Otherwise I would appreciate input on this thread.

Greatly appreciated!

 

[Roland Johansen]

Hallo there!

Firstly: Congratulations to all responsible for making Civilization the most succesful game ever!

Secondly: Could someone please direct me to a thread regarding the theme music? I heard that it is the (Swaili) version of the Lord's prayer... I would like some information on that, so if there is a thread already please give me some direction. Otherwise I would appreciate input on this thread.

Greatly appreciated!

This forum has a search option. A search for baba yetu in the main forum leads you to this thread.

 

[Cobus J van Wyk]

Thanks, Roland

 

[bad-aries]

The totals given in the resource section of the diplo-trade area include the resources you have. If it only shows you as having one gems resource, and you trade it away, then you will have none.



Trades from other Civs go to your capital. They are then spread to your cities based on your internal trade network.

Thanks for your answer. However, I still have some more.

Say I have 2 tiles with Gems, I built mines on top of them and build roads connecting to the Civ Road Network. So does it mean I have 2 gems?

Say I have 2 gems and Trade 1 with the other Civ. Then, if I break the mines which produce the Gems, what will happen? Or when I trade the gems out, the tile with gems will disappear?

thanks again.

 

[oldtimer]

Two questions
1. What is the significance of a civilizations favorite government? Does the civ get a bonus or does it only mean that other civs with similiar favorites will be more receiptive to trades?

2. What is the order of attidudes a civ can have toward you from I'm ready to go to war to you are my best bud.

 

[feydras]

When you found a religion in a city does it give you the ability to build missionaries there without a monastery or the Organized religion civic? Seems like i remember this happening but i have no current saved games set up to check this out.

- feydras

 

[scienide09]

Not that I've ever seen.

However, the later religions give you a free missionary. perhaps that's what you're remembering?

 

[feydras]

Another question...

If i found a city directly ontop of a resource square, for instance a wheat, does my city still get the standard 2 food / 1 hammer / 1 commerce? Or does any of these bump up? For instance the wheat to 3 food?

I realize this destroys your ability to work the tile but sometimes city location makes this choice desirable.

- feydras

 

[scienide09]

Your city will have access to the resource, but there's no extra benefit to hammers/commerce/food for settling right on top of it.

 

[ybbor]

Your city will have access to the resource, but there's no extra benefit to hammers/commerce/food for settling right on top of it.

in fact, you might call it a disadvantage for loosing the extra // from the tile's potential

 

[Snerk]

I've got a pretty simple question..
Whats on the Civ IV disc? I mean, it seems like most of the game is stored on you drive. Yet you need the civ4 game disc to start and run the game. So whats on it? Hmmm

 

[Samson]

Another question...

If i found a city directly ontop of a resource square, for instance a wheat, does my city still get the standard 2 food / 1 hammer / 1 commerce? Or does any of these bump up? For instance the wheat to 3 food?

I realize this destroys your ability to work the tile but sometimes city location makes this choice desirable.

- feydras

I THINK if the square has high enough bonuses you get more from the city square. If it has 2 hammers you get 2 hammers from the city (plains hills are good to settle on). You need more than 3 food, I think flood plains wheat gives you 3 food from the city square. I am not sure how much commerce you need to get bonus commerce.

 

[Roland Johansen]

Thanks for your answer. However, I still have some more.

Say I have 2 tiles with Gems, I built mines on top of them and build roads connecting to the Civ Road Network. So does it mean I have 2 gems?

Yes, one for trading and one for your own use. You could also trade them both, but then you'd have none yourself.

Say I have 2 gems and Trade 1 with the other Civ. Then, if I break the mines which produce the Gems, what will happen?

When you pillage the first mine, then you won't receive any gems yourself, when you break the second mine, then the trade will be broken.

Or when I trade the gems out, the tile with gems will disappear?

thanks again.

You trade the product, not the production facility. The mine on the map is just the production facility which give you gems.

Two questions
1. What is the significance of a civilizations favorite government? Does the civ get a bonus or does it only mean that other civs with similiar favorites will be more receiptive to trades?

2. What is the order of attidudes a civ can have toward you from I'm ready to go to war to you are my best bud.

1. The leader will pick that civic when it is available. If you use that civic, then you'll get a diplomatic bonus with them which grows over time. Sometimes the leader will ask you to switch to their favourite civic. Refusal leads to a diplomatic penalty, acceptance leads to a diplomatic bonus.

2. Friendly - Pleased - Cautious - Annoyed - Furious.

I've got a pretty simple question..
Whats on the Civ IV disc? I mean, it seems like most of the game is stored on you drive. Yet you need the civ4 game disc to start and run the game. So whats on it? Hmmm

It's a type of copy protection. It makes it more difficult to get an illegal copy of the game to run.

 

[opti0n]

I see slot of screenshots from different people. how are you all making the fat cross show up in different colors - as in tutorials, or GOTM discussions... Are these manually drawn in a graphic program, or is there a mod or some other trick being used?

thanx.

 

[jayron32]

Two questions
1. What is the significance of a civilizations favorite government? Does the civ get a bonus or does it only mean that other civs with similiar favorites will be more receiptive to trades?

2. What is the order of attidudes a civ can have toward you from I'm ready to go to war to you are my best bud.

1. The Favorite Civic means that if you have implement the civic, you get the bonus for "choosing your civics wisely". Notice that the other nation may or may not even have that civic implemented, but that doesn't matter. If YOU have the civic implemented, you get the bonus.

2. The order of feelings are (from hatred to love): Furious, Annoyed, Cautious, Pleased, Friendly. Cautious is the "neutral" stance. Note that every Leader has a programmed personality, which affects greatly how much bonus/malus is assigned to every one of your actions AND to which actions they are allowed to complete with you depending on your relations. Some leaders will trade with their worst enemies; others will never trade even to their own betterment. Some will declare war without regard to relations, only with strategic gains. Others stay "furious" with you for ever without declaring war.

 

[MrCynical]

1. The Favorite Civic means that if you have implement the civic, you get the bonus for "choosing your civics wisely". Notice that the other nation may or may not even have that civic implemented, but that doesn't matter. If YOU have the civic implemented, you get the bonus.

No, the other civ must also be running their favourite civic for you to get the bonus.

 

[jayron32]

When you found a religion in a city does it give you the ability to build missionaries there without a monastery or the Organized religion civic? Seems like i remember this happening but i have no current saved games set up to check this out.

- feydras

the later religions to be founded (Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, and Daoism) give a free missionary when they are founded. Other than that, the you still need to build the monestary in the holy city in order to make missionaries OR enable Organized Religion.

 

[jayron32]

No, the other civ must also be running their favourite civic for you to get the bonus.

Thanks for clarifying. I do know that sometimes, a nation will choose to NOT RUN thier favorite civic even when it is availible. So you only get the bonus if BOTH of you are running it...

 

[Chukka]

I have downloaded the latest patch and am trying to play the SevoMod. I heard there was an issue with the CustomAssets folder. See my game always crashes after a specific turn. Or let's say the next turn just doesn't start. Well I tried deleting the Custom Assets folder under My Games but I notice it always creates a new one. So what could be the problem ?

 

[Roland Johansen]

The custom assets folder offers some modding methods for changing the rules in a standard game. If you modded these in 1.52 and then installed the patch for 1.61 then problems can arise. The reason for this is that 1.61 uses different files than 1.52 and thus the modded 1.52 files in the custom assets folder contain inconsistent data next to the 1.61 files of the main game.

The problem with game crashes could have to do with a lot of things such as a lack of memory. Large and huge maps need a significant amount of memory in the late game. But there are lots of things that can make a game crash.

If you have problems with a specific mod, but the main game works fine, then ask for help in the thread about this mod.