Dang. Then I should try it out sometime. I always avoided it because I thought that the drafting penalties applied.
So what you're saying is that it's telling me there's a global separatism effect but it isn't actually happening? I could live with that.
Thanks again for the advice, I don't know if I will be able to play without abusing this scientist spam, fun and effective way to play. With early free religion and a couple of science wonders I am rolling through the tech tree. Also for anyone new like me who may see this, "AI plays to win" being shut off has drastically changed the game. I'm sure most already know this but let me briefly explain what I see differently in my new game. Every single civ no longer devotes their entire livelihood to doing their best impression of Ghenghis Khan's Mongolia all over every continent every single game asap. They do not repeatedly backstab me despite our friendly relations every 15 turns and they tend to build armies that are slightly smaller, so I have a better chance to defend myself. There are of course those aggressive civs who still play with that militaristic mindset which is obviously a good and important part of the game, but I am happy that diplomacy actually seems to matter and make sense, for the most part anyways.
Glad to see things working out. I usually designate my capital as the SSC and try to go for the science wonders like Cheomseongdae, etc. The scientist spam strategy is really freaking effective, so much so that I am, without fail, leading science every game. I actually made some considerable modifications to make the AI not fall so behind lol. The strategy is also supremely effective in non RI civ4, where you rush the pyramids to get representation early, and then caste system. Of course, with RI being a much more balanced game, it is considerably weaker in RI than in BTS; still, weaker doesn't mean weak. Actually, in some ways it might even be more effective in RI than BTS, due to the fact that there some really important key techs that can really shape the battlefield. Off the top of my head, the most important military techs (to me) are flintlock muskets and jet propulsion/supersonic flight. Admittedly I'm fairly biased towards the later technologies, but getting flintlock muskets before everyone else gives you a window of time where you can just do whatever you please. I feel the same about jet propulsion and supersonic flight; with late game warfare being dominated by the skies, if you're about to get those cold war fighters while everyone else is still on WW2 fighters, the skies will clear extremely quickly and then you can bomb them into dust
I made sure to get Cheomseongdae and yeah I agree with Flintlock Muskets, also if I just need some defense from an aggressive neighbor before I attack, longbows seem to keep them from even trying to attack for quite some time.Glad to see things working out. I usually designate my capital as the SSC and try to go for the science wonders like Cheomseongdae, etc. The scientist spam strategy is really freaking effective, so much so that I am, without fail, leading science every game. I actually made some considerable modifications to make the AI not fall so behind lol. The strategy is also supremely effective in non RI civ4, where you rush the pyramids to get representation early, and then caste system. Of course, with RI being a much more balanced game, it is considerably weaker in RI than in BTS; still, weaker doesn't mean weak. Actually, in some ways it might even be more effective in RI than BTS, due to the fact that there some really important key techs that can really shape the battlefield. Off the top of my head, the most important military techs (to me) are flintlock muskets and jet propulsion/supersonic flight. Admittedly I'm fairly biased towards the later technologies, but getting flintlock muskets before everyone else gives you a window of time where you can just do whatever you please. I feel the same about jet propulsion and supersonic flight; with late game warfare being dominated by the skies, if you're about to get those cold war fighters while everyone else is still on WW2 fighters, the skies will clear extremely quickly and then you can bomb them into dust
Advanced, Options, Graphics tab, Opening Menu. RI opening menu is BTS Classical. Probably a glitch in your ini file.
ok thanks
I've seen several times in my games how smaller civs have declared war on one larger one that attacks any of them
Revolution do bring back dead civs, or at least they're meant to. That's why Walter made it so a civ's culture doesn't vanish when they lose.
Oh, maybe I've just not been too attentive
I'm pretty sure it means that civ is a master of another civ(s).
If you don't mind messing with worldbuilder that's how I'm doing this. I capture a city of a dead civ, enter WB, transfer all MY culture to the culture of a dead civ (I play with IDW), remove provisional government and add +100 draft penalty. In three turns you'll have an undead civ that returned to life using in-game mechanics despite using WB. There are several downsides: the reborn civ will have a small relations penalty with you, get all your techs and will probably instantly be conquered again.
It means that it's a city with a Forbidden Palace or Versailles in it aka second capital.
