Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[Darth Fred]

Roads don't generate culture do they?
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[Sisiutil]

Roads don't generate culture do they?
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[Darth Fred]

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I didn't think so. The reason I asked is because I have this "culture corridoor," between two of my cities centered on the road.
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[The_Borg]

Hello All,
first post here and Civ IV newbie.

I am trying to finalize my first Civ IV game and have a couple questions. I used to play CIV DOS several years back and decided to jump in this nice game once more. Very pleased by the improvements.

So, I followed the initial game's tutorial where it puts me against the PC. The game's AI put me against Ghandi.

I dominated his civilization and by experimenting several new game features while playing, got the Time Victory (which appears to be the easiest).

Decided to go beyond and play with a war scenario and also easily eliminated him. After that decided to build the spaceship to see where it would lead me.

I built the SS around 2150, after providing virtually all cities' features from lighthouse up to nuclear plants and distributing them to generate culture, research and wealth.

My questions are:
1) how do I launch the SS? I already have all the components, built in separate cities. Do I have to somehow bring them together? The info windows confirm I have everything but I do not see anything like the movies when we complete a wonder, etc.

2) I started the Future Tech research and am already around 2600 and it keeps developing "something" but I do nto see any new technology or stuff to build in the cities. Where is that research going? My "gold" generation is starting to decay and will get negative is nothing is done.

3) that brings to my last question. Almost all cities are in stagnant mode now and I am facing "global warming" with the green areas vanishing deserts spreading. Could nto find anything that would reverse it so the planet will get in a self destruction mode soon if nothing is done. Did not find any settings in the cities or anywhere else to add new technologies to reverse or mitigate this issue. Most cities still appear to be happy, since I keep getting those cheers celebrating the monarch day.

Ideas and guidance welcome.

Thanks!

 

[The_Borg]

How about 3 stacks with 8 tanks each plus city defenders for after capture and seige?

I saw, horrified, some longbow archers destroying my gunship. Also saw ancient cavalry nearly killing my modern armor. Therefore, when I saw that the game AI had many (really many) infantrymen, SAM and artillery in the cities I sieged, I built ICBMs and nuked them. The largest city required three ICBMs to go down so I wonder the slaughter it would be if I used conventional force.

Also, the military part seems a bit out. Artillery should be able to attack two blocks away instead of the neighbouring one. A B2 stealth bomber should not be affected by the SAM's shoulder fired missiles.

 

[Darth Fred]

Hello All,
first post here and Civ IV newbie.

I am trying to finalize my first Civ IV game and have a couple questions. I used to play CIV DOS several years back and decided to jump in this nice game once more. Very pleased by the improvements.

So, I followed the initial game's tutorial where it puts me against the PC. The game's AI put me against Ghandi.

I dominated his civilization and by experimenting several new game features while playing, got the Time Victory (which appears to be the easiest).

Decided to go beyond and play with a war scenario and also easily eliminated him. After that decided to build the spaceship to see where it would lead me.

I built the SS around 2150, after providing virtually all cities' features from lighthouse up to nuclear plants and distributing them to generate culture, research and wealth.

My questions are:
1) how do I launch the SS? I already have all the components, built in separate cities. Do I have to somehow bring them together? The info windows confirm I have everything but I do not see anything like the movies when we complete a wonder, etc.

2) I started the Future Tech research and am already around 2600 and it keeps developing "something" but I do nto see any new technology or stuff to build in the cities. Where is that research going? My "gold" generation is starting to decay and will get negative is nothing is done.

3) that brings to my last question. Almost all cities are in stagnant mode now and I am facing "global warming" with the green areas vanishing deserts spreading. Could nto find anything that would reverse it so the planet will get in a self destruction mode soon if nothing is done. Did not find any settings in the cities or anywhere else to add new technologies to reverse or mitigate this issue. Most cities still appear to be happy, since I keep getting those cheers celebrating the monarch day.

Ideas and guidance welcome.

Thanks!

Well, your Spaceship question is the easiest one to answer. It has to be done by 2050.You'll get a neat little cut scene when you do. After 2050 (The time limit for ALL victory conditions) nothing, as you noted, happens.

Future tech is, as far as I can tell, nothing specific. You can rack up level after level and it doesn't really do anything as far as I know (It MIGHT add points to your score, but again, that ends at 2050).

As far as the global warming goes... I have no idea and will have to read what other posters say about it.

Welcome aboard.

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[Darth Fred]

I saw, horrified, some longbow archers destroying my gunship. Also saw ancient cavalry nearly killing my modern armor. Therefore, when I saw that the game AI had many (really many) infantrymen, SAM and artillery in the cities I sieged, I built ICBMs and nuked them. The largest city required three ICBMs to go down so I wonder the slaughter it would be if I used conventional force.

Also, the military part seems a bit out. Artillery should be able to attack two blocks away instead of the neighbouring one. A B2 stealth bomber should not be affected by the SAM's shoulder fired missiles.

Ok, if this is the same game as you mentioned in your first post, throwing all those nukes is what caused your warming problem.

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[PhD Professor]

Hey there, just got the complete edition EU...is the v3.19 Patch all I need for this?

Is it worth playing the earlier versions or is Sword the only way to go?

Thanks

 

[dalamb]

Future Tech adds +1 and +1 in all cities. And as to ancient units killing off modern ones, that's what Random Number Generators do for you: long odds eventually pay off. And it's why we have this smiley:

 

[Darth Fred]

Future Tech adds +1 and +1 in all cities. And as to ancient units killing off modern ones, that's what Random Number Generators do for you: long odds eventually pay off. And it's why we have this smiley:

I knew Future Tech One does that, but do the subequent "discorveries" stack each time?
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[Darth Fred]

Hey there, just got the complete edition EU...is the v3.19 Patch all I need for this?

Is it worth playing the earlier versions or is Sword the only way to go?

Thanks

I THINK 3.19 is all you need, but you might want to check around just in case.... and they're ALL worth it. Even if it's only for the learning experience.
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[dalamb]

Hmm. The Civilopedia entry just says "Future Tech" so I assumed... I suppose I could WB a test case, but maybe somebody else remembers.

 

[Abegweit]

I knew Future Tech One does that, but do the subequent "discorveries" stack each time?
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Yes they stack.

 

[Shorlin]

I noticed when you mouse over the left column of resources in the city screen (horse, metals etc), it shows a +1 hammer symbol. What does this mean/refer to?

 

[IAM]

I noticed when you mouse over the left column of resources in the city screen (horse, metals etc), it shows a +1 hammer symbol. What does this mean/refer to?

It's just meant to show that the resource (without improvement) provides an extra hammer. Essentially it means nothing.

 

[The_Borg]

Ok, if this is the same game as you mentioned in your first post, throwing all those nukes is what caused your warming problem.

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Thanks!

Ops...yep. Same game. Should have imagined that vaporizing the AI's Ghandi would have a payback.

So there's nothing to be done after that? I mean, game over? I thought it was possible to recover the World by adopting alternate technologies, etc.

So, I guess it's starting a new one then...

I'll also keep in mind the 2050 limit. I noticed that in 2050 the game gave me a time win.

 

[Klyde182]

hey there how does one edit maps in multi-player; if not then how does one create or build maps for MP games?

 

[karadoc]

What is the formula for the number of GP points required as a function of how many you have popped so far? And another question... the formula for military xp required for a promotion?

 

[Silu]

What is the formula for the number of GP points required as a function of how many you have popped so far? And another question... the formula for military xp required for a promotion?

The GP threshold rises with 100 * [NUMBER_OF_GPS_POPPED / 10 + 1] each time so 100, 200, 300... for the first 10, then 1200, 1400, 1600... for the next 10 and so on. So in a closed form formula, let's see...

x = # of the next GP (1 if none popped)

GP_THRESHOLD = ([x/10] * (1000 + [x/10] * 500)) + ((x % 10) * ([x/10] + 1) * 100)

or something. Where [ ] denote floor rounding.

For promotions, after level2 (2 XP) the amount needed for the next one is (2n+1) where n is LEVEL-2 (amount of levels above 2). Level 6 is 2+3+5+7+9 = 26 XP for example. Soo...

XP_THRESHOLD = 2 + (LEVEL-2) * LEVEL

for levels above 2. Maybe.

Pretty sure there're pretties formulas for both

hey there how does one edit maps in multi-player; if not then how does one create or build maps for MP games?

You can't use worldbuilder in MP games, but you can prebuild a map in singleplayer worldbuilder, save it in worldbuilder and play it in multiplayer through "New Scenario". Though then the Civs get stuck AFAIK (can't be changed in the lobby) and you also need to enable "Take over AI" in order for people to be able to pick them.

 

[Klyde182]

You can't use worldbuilder in MP games, but you can prebuild a map in singleplayer worldbuilder, save it in worldbuilder and play it in multiplayer through "New Scenario". Though then the Civs get stuck AFAIK (can't be changed in the lobby) and you also need to enable "Take over AI" in order for people to be able to pick them.[/QUOTE]

ok but how do you change the difficulty for the ai that are to be used by human players when you go to new scenario?