Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions
- Thread starter Turner
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That is what they made them for, they want people to use them. Look at the scenarios and maps and you will see lots of creators listed in the credits as designers take units from many people.
darski
Regent in Training
This is going to sound so dumb... Does the cost of science go up because of land size or because of level?
Talk about a newbie question
Talk about a newbie question
TheOverseer714
Overseer
Yes, the world size and level are 2 factors that determine tech cost.
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
Interesting.
My question: How many defenders per city do you recommend? I usually stick with minimum 2, maximum 4, depending on how valuable the city is to me. So usually on average 3. With the latest technology in their hands, of course.
My question: How many defenders per city do you recommend? I usually stick with minimum 2, maximum 4, depending on how valuable the city is to me. So usually on average 3. With the latest technology in their hands, of course.
Lord Emsworth
Emperor
Simple answer: As many as you need. In most cases, by far, you don't need any defenders at all.
darski
Regent in Training
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
Yes, but for me, usually I find myself forgetting about military and just building improvements. When I need to war, I will ramp everything up, but in between, it's easy for the AI to build up their forces and take a few cities.
Try only building Offensive units. 
creamcheese
Spreading since 1990
Try the Republic "outer crust" defense. Republic gives you a good builder gov and no MPs in any cities, so you put all your units on the edges of your empire (ideally in all of the cities the AI can hit on turn 1 of a war), and leave center unguarded. Your concentration of force allows you to maintain a smaller army and use it where it is most needed. When Marines and/or viking berserker are a threat you should put defenders in each coastal city as well, so that a transport out of the fog doesn't take your biggest port, lol.
Also try "area defense". One or more of your best defensive units in a crust may not be enough, so place some fast movers in central located cities with road connections to your border cities, then they can rush to reinforce and counterattack wherever they are needed. Cavalry work wonders for this before rails, they can defend a huge border are and concentrate easily when needed.
Fortunate7
Chieftain
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Hi! So since I recently started playing and obsessing over Civilization III after a long absence, I've found myself on this forum more and more for information. I finally ran into an issue I couldn't find answered anywhere so I finally came out of the shadows and registered.
I'm running Civ 3 on Windows 7 in compatibility mode and for the most part it works fine. There's the occasional crash, but not too many issues. Up until recently I could use the editor and make maps and play them no problem, but after the game crashed hard towards the end of one such game and I had to uninstall/reinstall the editor maps no longer show up in game. Whenever I go to load them the only two maps that show are the standard earth and huge earth maps that are default.
I've tried looking through this forum half a dozen times but I cannot seem to find a similar issue discussed. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!
PS: I downloaded and installed the last patch v1.29f. Issue came before this and persists despite it.
I'm running Civ 3 on Windows 7 in compatibility mode and for the most part it works fine. There's the occasional crash, but not too many issues. Up until recently I could use the editor and make maps and play them no problem, but after the game crashed hard towards the end of one such game and I had to uninstall/reinstall the editor maps no longer show up in game. Whenever I go to load them the only two maps that show are the standard earth and huge earth maps that are default.
I've tried looking through this forum half a dozen times but I cannot seem to find a similar issue discussed. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!
PS: I downloaded and installed the last patch v1.29f. Issue came before this and persists despite it.
creamcheese
Spreading since 1990
Maybe you have them saved in the wrong folder? Do a search for one of the one you know the name of, and note where it is. Then move them/ open them from that folder.
depends on the gov you're using, but I'm normally in republic, so I defend the outer cities/borders/border cities.
Some fast unit's maybe in case of surprise landings or something, but inner cities are not defended. No need.
Fortunate7, two things come to mind. First is that maybe you deleted all the folders during the uninstall. Second is that if you install with admin once and without the other the saves are in different locations.
Admin uses x86 and non admin uses User folders. Search for *.sav or *.bic for saves and maps. BIX for PTW and BIQ for C3C.
Admin uses x86 and non admin uses User folders. Search for *.sav or *.bic for saves and maps. BIX for PTW and BIQ for C3C.
I usually keep units in my inner cities (not as many as on the borders, but still quite a few) so I can reinforce whatever position is necessary. Of course, in archipelago maps ALL places should be garrisoned.
I was looking for a more specific answer, since browsing through (and understanding) mods isn't my forte at all.
I'll still check for it though, thanks.
darski
Regent in Training
Could someone tell me the difference between a "World Map" and a "Territory Map"? I've never been able to see any difference but I'm not overy concerned with details 
