Today I Learned (about Civ3)

[tjs282]

TIL that the hotkey 'H' will center the map on your capitol. Admittedly, I felt a little stupid that I hadn't noticed before (because it is useful).

If you've pressed "H" accidentally, the "C" key will re-center the map (back) onto the currently active unit.

 

[Civinator]

What I learned about Civ 3 not today, but in the last days:

The Conquests campaign in C3C is the predecessor of Civ 7:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...rom-buying-civ-7.691530/page-22#post-16659526
https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...rom-buying-civ-7.691530/page-27#post-16659748

From the campaign of Lanzelot:

 

[Bartleby]

In true TIL style, this is something that I didn't learn today, but I noticed a while back; Shakespeare's Theatre doesn't match any civ traits.

Can anyone think of a rationale for that?

 

[vorlon_mi]

"not match traits" meaning that it can't be a trigger for any civ's Golden Age? Fascinating observation.
It is way, way off the main track of techs in the second age. My guess would be that anyone who needed a wonder-triggered GA would have got it somewhere else, before building Shakes.

Either that or it's just an oversight.

EDIT: I just checked the status of last age wonders, like "Cure for Cancer" and "Longevity". Those are able to trigger a GA, though one would have to work REALLY hard not to have a GA before researching the tech and building them. Shakes is the only great wonder that is not a trigger. I'm sticking with oversight.

 

[Spoonwood]

"not match traits" meaning that it can't be a trigger for any civ's Golden Age? Fascinating observation.
It is way, way off the main track of techs in the second age. My guess would be that anyone who needed a wonder-triggered GA would have got it somewhere else, before building Shakes.

Either that or it's just an oversight.

EDIT: I just checked the status of last age wonders, like "Cure for Cancer" and "Longevity". Those are able to trigger a GA, though one would have to work REALLY hard not to have a GA before researching the tech and building them. Shakes is the only great wonder that is not a trigger. I'm sticking with oversight.

Play as America on Sid.

 

[justanick]

"not match traits" meaning that it can't be a trigger for any civ's Golden Age?

Well, it can trigger a check for it and if you have conquered wonders to match your traits, then it can trigger a GA.

 

[Takhisis]

justanick's right: the building of any wonder can trigger the golden age if you already have conquered the right wonders (because you did build 10 longbowmen instead of wasting 400 shields on a wonder, didn't you?).

 

[BlackBetsy]

Only tangentially about Civ 3, but TIL that the Great Library in Alexandria almost certainly was just a large room or set of rooms in a building called the Mouseion not a building itself.

(Listening to the Rest is History podcast, which is fun).

 

[Takhisis]

Mouseion (ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ) translates into Latin as ‘MVSEVM’.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Only tangentially about Civ 3, but TIL that the Great Library in Alexandria almost certainly was just a large room or set of rooms in a building called the Mouseion not a building itself.

(Listening to the Rest is History podcast, which is fun).

They have a book now!