Quick Questions and Answers

[snoochems]

I just conquered Paris. So what? Well, I wasnt at war, and did not even have troops near the Paris, nor where there any deals going on. In fact Paris is on another continent to me, and I have 0 cities on that continent, and certainly no shared borders.

Paris was conquered by the Huns early in the game. I still do not understand how i was given this city.

Is city flipping back? I am "dominant" culturally against the Huns, but did not think city flipping was possible.

 

[VainoValkea]

Is city flipping back? I am "dominant" culturally against the Huns, but did not think city flipping was possible.

It certainly is possible. If the Huns have an ideology different from you and are experiencing ideological pressure (enough to put their happines below -20 I think), their people will revolt and possibly join you instead.

 

[snoochems]

Awesome. Huns had order, I had freedom. I also found the notification that told me what happened.

 

[gpcii]

Thanks for the reply Clearbeard.

Might be counter-intuitive, but have you tried playing in Steam's offline mode and seeing if you can get a local network game going? You can't play via internet that way but you should still be able to use a LAN and it would take Steam's weirdness out of the loop.

That is what we do. I have one steam account and we make sure that we all get the updates and then we all play on offline connecting through LAN.

Have you tried a similar sized multiplayer setup with other people over the internet (with just one player locally)? It's possible your issues are with one or more of the PC's not being able to handle the multiplayer rather than the LAN itself.

I have not tried this.

For troubleshooting, have you tried your 4 player match hooked together with ethernet cables?

No, but I will.

Good luck, and hope my ideas are mildly useful. There is also a dedicated multiplayer sub-forum you might get more experienced help in, if you haven't checked it out already.

I'll check it out.

Again, thanks for the reply!

 

[Light Cleric]

Out of curiosity, is anyone aware if the damage calculation formula has changed at all in BNW? It seems the same as G&K's, which seemed the same as Vanilla's just with some things multiplied by 10, but I'm not entirely sure. I've been trying to run some hypothetical scenarios out and it's hard to do that without being sure of the formula.

 

[dataggz]

Hey everyone, I joined because I have a serious problem. I've been suffering from Civ withdrawal. I had to have my computer wiped of viruses, so I sent it to a local comp. shop, and now that I got it back, Civ no longer works. I clcik DX9, the only option my computer supports, and the box just closes and nothing happens. I've already uninstalled/reinstalled, as well as verifying the files, but none of those have helped

 

[andymant]

I'm sure this has been asked but I don't have the time or patience to slog through and find the question/answer:

Why does the AI hate luxuries? They only ever have one of their luxuries, and don't seem keen on building extra plantations/mines/etc. Why is this? I just want an equal trade!

 

[VainoValkea]

Why does the AI hate luxuries? They only ever have one of their luxuries, and don't seem keen on building extra plantations/mines/etc. Why is this? I just want an equal trade!

Because having one luxury is enough, and having second one goes to waste. There's no point in having that second one, trading it away is the only good use for it.

 

[scheva007]

I always wonder...do they have only one resource, or do they trade it off among eachother, screwing the player...

So trade routes can only be re-assigned when they end right? Is gonna make a wonder with 3 routes helping difficult

 

[Browd]

The AI trade excess luxuries among themselves.

 

[Qoma]

Can you stop an AI spy from stealing from a city, if that city doesn't have a spy of your own in it? Or are buildings such as Constabularies only spy powerups?

 

[Browd]

Constabularies and Police Stations make enemy spies' jobs more difficult (take much longer to steal techs). NIA boosts the tech stealing bar even higher (and levels up your spies and grant one additoinal spy) and Great Firewall essentially shuts enemy spies down -- in the cities where they are built (GF has a flow-over benefit to other cities) .

 

[Qoma]

Ah, thanks - I thought that the "25%" meant they were 25% less likely to succeed, rather than that it would take 25% longer. I actually prefer 25% longer.

 

[tachiKC]

Hello, first post here. I actually made an account on here specifically to ask this question, and I'm glad that there is a Q&A thread like this.

My question is for the "Legalism" bonus in the "Tradition" opener, if you have built a monument in your capital before getting it, will you still get a free culture building in it if you take "Legalism" or is building a monument first wasted time and turns better spent elsewhere (like building workers/warriors/etc) while you wait to unlock "Legalism".

Thank you!

 

[Optional]

Welcome to the forum, tachiKC! If you have already built a monument you'll get the next cultural building available. If your position in the tech tree means no other cultural building is available you'll still get one retrospectively at the moment your research unlocks one.
If more than one cultural building is available to a town the moment you pick Legalism, the game will grant you the one that gives most culture for the hammer price.
The game is helpful here.

 

[ezaura]

Hey guys.

I was wondering what the determinants are for happiness in regards to the new ideology social policy system. It says I'm influenced by another civ's ideology - which I don't understand either.

Furthermore, I may have missed a tooltip when making an initial choice, but is there some kind of indication somewhere which would hint at what the population's preferred ideology would be?

 

[otaman1]

Hey guys.

I was wondering what the determinants are for happiness in regards to the new ideology social policy system. It says I'm influenced by another civ's ideology - which I don't understand either.

Furthermore, I may have missed a tooltip when making an initial choice, but is there some kind of indication somewhere which would hint at what the population's preferred ideology would be?

Go to the Ideology tab and hover over your public content (it will say Content, Civil Disorder, or Revolutionary Wave IIRC). It show you at the bottom which Ideology is pressuring them. Be careful though. You may want to switch to the Ideology that your people want. If not, then a city might flip to its prefer Ideology civ (like city-flipping in Civ IV)

 

[ezaura]

Go to the Ideology tab and hover over your public content (it will say Content, Civil Disorder, or Revolutionary Wave IIRC). It show you at the bottom which Ideology is pressuring them. Be careful though. You may want to switch to the Ideology that your people want. If not, then a city might flip to its prefer Ideology civ (like city-flipping in Civ IV)

I know what's causing it, but is there a specific measure though? In my specific example, only 1 civ is pressuring me - and somehow that amounts to -17 unhappiness (yes, seventeen). Even with this unhappiness, I'm still at +1 while at war, so without this discontent thing and the war, I'd be +26-27 or something. I have this civ completely crushed in tech, army, congress delegates, gold, culture, luxury resources and probably more. Only his city number and population and faith rival mine - but even then we're quite similar.

I changed it and it went to "content", but it just doesn't make sense at the moment - it should be be me that's pressuring him!

Oh and I literally started G&K 2-3 weeks ago. Any references to past Civ titles will just go over my head

 

[stubbornlove]

A very "newby" question but I really want to play Civ!

So, I want to play the "Brave New World" expansion. Since I never bought/played Civ before, is it worth buying the gold edition -> get the BNW or just get the Civ V one and the proceed to get the BNW? Since I want to save some money, thats why Im asking is it worth buying the gold edition one, or its a "must"

 

[otaman1]

I know what's causing it, but is there a specific measure though? In my specific example, only 1 civ is pressuring me - and somehow that amounts to -17 unhappiness (yes, seventeen). Even with this unhappiness, I'm still at +1 while at war, so without this discontent thing and the war, I'd be +26-27 or something. I have this civ completely crushed in tech, army, congress delegates, gold, culture, luxury resources and probably more. Only his city number and population and faith rival mine - but even then we're quite similar.

I changed it and it went to "content", but it just doesn't make sense at the moment - it should be be me that's pressuring him!

Oh and I literally started G&K 2-3 weeks ago. Any references to past Civ titles will just go over my head

Hmm, then I dunno. The Public Opinion is still very new and not a lot of people knows exactly how it works correctly.

A very "newby" question but I really want to play Civ!

So, I want to play the "Brave New World" expansion. Since I never bought/played Civ before, is it worth buying the gold edition -> get the BNW or just get the Civ V one and the proceed to get the BNW? Since I want to save some money, thats why Im asking is it worth buying the gold edition one, or its a "must"

Buy the Gold Edition. It's 75% off so you better get it before it's too late. Then buy BNW.