First of all, I noticed that after I get the entire world map (as in after getting satellites), selling it to other players severely lags up the game, causing 10 minute waits after my turn. Is this a bug or is it something with my pc, because I tried this several times?
Second, I've tried to use machine gun unit (because when you first get it, it has really nice stats) but came to conclusion that either the unit is useless or I'm ********, because for all other units I just right click on the target, and if the path is open they attack the units in the area. Machine guns, however, could not be told to attack other units or cities, and enemy military units seemed to be ignoring my machine gun units as if they're not even there. For example, when enemy sees my regular unit, they attack them, when enemy sees my machine gun, they walk by (might just be a coincidence though). In any case, how the hell do I use those machine guns because they're rather expensive to be used for decoration.
Third, I played civ 3, and severely abused trading. I would use the fact that my score was higher and other civilizations feared me to my advantage when forcing unfair bargains upon them. In civ 4 this tactic does not seem to work too well anymore. First of all, in civ 3 it was easy to cripple your opponents financially through trading early on by selling them crap and then making sure you're always ahead, in civ 4, however, you can't trade anything early on. Second, in civ 3 everytime I would research a new technology that was rather crappy, I would go and sell it to everyone for a lot of money, in civ 4 I can't do that because the opponents have very little money apprently and if you sell something to them 3 turns ago, they will still have 0 gold. So now I don't sell my technologies anymore because I feel ripped off when I have to sell a decent technology for 10 gold. Any suggestions on how I can get trading to be more profitable? Thanks.
Second, I've tried to use machine gun unit (because when you first get it, it has really nice stats) but came to conclusion that either the unit is useless or I'm ********, because for all other units I just right click on the target, and if the path is open they attack the units in the area. Machine guns, however, could not be told to attack other units or cities, and enemy military units seemed to be ignoring my machine gun units as if they're not even there. For example, when enemy sees my regular unit, they attack them, when enemy sees my machine gun, they walk by (might just be a coincidence though). In any case, how the hell do I use those machine guns because they're rather expensive to be used for decoration.
Third, I played civ 3, and severely abused trading. I would use the fact that my score was higher and other civilizations feared me to my advantage when forcing unfair bargains upon them. In civ 4 this tactic does not seem to work too well anymore. First of all, in civ 3 it was easy to cripple your opponents financially through trading early on by selling them crap and then making sure you're always ahead, in civ 4, however, you can't trade anything early on. Second, in civ 3 everytime I would research a new technology that was rather crappy, I would go and sell it to everyone for a lot of money, in civ 4 I can't do that because the opponents have very little money apprently and if you sell something to them 3 turns ago, they will still have 0 gold. So now I don't sell my technologies anymore because I feel ripped off when I have to sell a decent technology for 10 gold. Any suggestions on how I can get trading to be more profitable? Thanks.
. It's a common issue, one with no clearcut solution. I suggest taking a stroll through the bug report and tech support forums.
