Quick Questions and Answers

I'm having a hard time early into my game, making cities/workers and starting building my empire is pretty tough for me, I seem to be pretty slow compared to the AI.

anyone able to share some knowledge about early game management?
 
basta said:
Weird problem; have you set your screen resolution properly in the graphics options set-up?

Re: fullscreen, this happens (taskbar overlap) when you move the gamescreen to use other programs, so you have to check "autohide the taskbar" if you're running other apps while playing. Also, you have to quit the game and reload for graphics changes to take effect.
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After a few days, I finally figured it out. I was running windows 7, with the "larger" text instead of the normal size. This 25% text window increase, was what was causing Civ5 to always be windowed.

It is full screen now. Thanks for helping me figure it out!

Also, 100% unbeknown to me, I started a game in 3D. The screen was incredibly blurry, so I threw on the glasses, and it looked very nice! The leaders are cool looking, so far Askia with the fire infront of him is my favorite.
 
Doesn't 3D give you a headache?
(Although, to be honest, I'm quite curious what it looks like. Maybe some day in the future I'll have one of those fance 3D screens)
 
SimonL said:
There's something in the economy screen about "improvement maintenance", is that only the roads? Why doesn't it just say "road maintenance then" ... Is there some maintenance I'm not aware of?
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Railroads; it's also a catch-all in case a mod adds an improvement that costs maintenance.
 
SimonL said:
There's something in the economy screen about "improvement maintenance", is that only the roads? Why doesn't it just say "road maintenance then" ... Is there some maintenance I'm not aware of?
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Roads and railroads both. At a guess, it was further generalized because there's nothing stopping someone from modding in maintenance for other improvements in the XML, but changing that entry in the economy screen would be more difficult.
 
anandus said:
Doesn't 3D give you a headache?
(Although, to be honest, I'm quite curious what it looks like. Maybe some day in the future I'll have one of those fance 3D screens)
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The longest I have played in 3d so far is 1.5 hours straight before I started to get a bit dizzy. I am very prone to any sort of motion sickness also, so I was quite surprised when I was able to play more than 5 minutes! Someone who is less motion sensetive might not feel any effects for a long time, I think because there really isn't much fast, crazy movements in Civ, compared to playing a first person shooter in 3d.
 
robal1991 said:
Why barbs don't heal? (even in their camps)

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198041411126/screenshot/576681144961666136?tab=public


Why barbs first attack with melee instead of injuring with range units when trying to capture a city?
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Barbarians are meant to be more of a nuisance than a real organized threat, so are programmed to act more randomly than an opposing major AI would. They don't heal for the same reason they spawn continually without having to worry about upkeep or production. This is balanced out by the rather low XP limit your forces hit when fighting them.
 
Is there a listing anywhere on this site that has save game files to download? I have won a game as the Mongols and Babylonians before, but well before they were given steam achievements. I don't have those two achievements done, and I no longer have the save files for the two old victories. I am going to wipe my hall of fame scores afterwards, so I am just looking to basically download a file to get the quick win...as I have about 7 other leaders to work on instead (and I refuse to drop down levels to get easy wins)!

I don't really care about steam achievements besides the win with each leaders ones. For some reason, I would like to complete each of those.
 
I don't think this exists. But I don't know why you insist on not doing the "easy win" thing. I mean, you've already won in more normal difficulty so you've proved it to yourself, you just assume that the achievement would have unlocked if the people making the achievement systems weren't too slow to make it work in time. Basically if I were you I'd set it on Settler on a duel size map and rush that AI and be done with it in 10 minutes. edit: I mean it's no worse than looking for the file online.
 
SimonL said:
I don't think this exists. But I don't know why you insist on not doing the "easy win" thing. I mean, you've already won in more normal difficulty so you've proved it to yourself, you just assume that the achievement would have unlocked if the people making the achievement systems weren't too slow to make it work in time. Basically if I were you I'd set it on Settler on a duel size map and rush that AI and be done with it in 10 minutes. edit: I mean it's no worse than looking for the file online.
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Quote, yeah, I don't know what I was thinking, this will be much easier.

(I meant I don't drop down levels for serious games, making an exception here will help me out tons.) Thanks for helping clear my brain fart!
 
Before I buy any DLC, I have a question: If I own a DLC civilization such as Korea, will I be able to play against friends online as that civilization if they themselves do not also own it? Thanks!

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Before I buy any DLC, I have a question: If I own a DLC civilization such as Korea, will I be able to play against friends online as that civilization if they themselves do not also own it? Thanks!
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Nope.
 
remko said:
what is the AI bonus/difficulty level

thanx in advance
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The AI always plays at chieftain level.
On King and higher, they get bonuses that can't be represented by difficulty levels.
For example, they get more gold in King.
And on Deity they get an extra settler and military as well as gold.
Basically, on Chieftain and Settler, the player gets bonuses.
On Warlord and Prince, everyone is about the same.
On King and up, the AI gets bonuses while the player gets none.
 
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