what is the best map settings (normal,wet,arid \warm,temperate,cool

[fighterf18]

what are the best map settings for civ III regular

 

[vmxa]

To accomplish what and with what? Just to play, I would stick with the std settings. Cool or Wet makes work for you as you have to deal with all the bad tiles.

 

[capnvonbaron]

There is really no best, persay. Default conditions are probably most routine, but sometimes I'll change mine around if I want some variety or theme. Keep in mind, wet = more jungle = more worker turns to clear said jungle. 3-billion yr old terrain = more hills/mountains = more worker turns to improve said hills/mountains, and less food for growth. Cold = lots of worthless tundra. You'll just have to experiment, find out what you like.

Now, whether you do archipelago/continents/pangea has more of an impact. More large areas of connected land = more land swapping by the AI via war, and at higher levels the AI will settle-spam every corner of the globe in a short frame of time if given the opportunity. I had a recent game where one juggernaut AI wiped out three other civs sharing its continent. Since nobody else had that much extra space around for growth and I, stuck on a distant, worthless, nearly resourcless island, was unable to keep it in check, that civ ran away with the game.

 

[darski]

I find it interesting that I used to use the "Wet" setting when I played Vanilla so that I would get more rivers. I did get more rivers and didn't actually get a lot more jungles.

Now with Complete, the "normal" setting is at least 40% jungle/marsh. The problem is that there is nowhere to go. The dry is just too much desert and normal is too much wetlands. I don't even want to know what Wet would be like.

((((sigh))))

 

[TheOverseer714]

I usually use wet/warm/4 billion years and just reject the ugly starts. I hate dry starts with no rivers, I hate tundra, and I hate vast stretches of any terrain, even grass.

 

[capnvonbaron]

yeah... I will say I use warm/wet for the tundra negating effects. So long as I don't get a starting location near the equator, I usually won't find any reason to abandon the game.

 

[fighterf18]

the reason i asked is because i figured that wet did good in the begining but later on you need dry for the planes and atomic bombs

 

[Sweetchuck]

the reason i asked is because i figured that wet did good in the begining but later on you need dry for the planes and atomic bombs

 

[Sashie VII]

the reason i asked is because i figured that wet did good in the begining but later on you need dry for the planes and atomic bombs

I am guessing that you mean you need oil (deserts/tundras)?

And welcome to CFC

 

[TheOverseer714]

Oil also occurs in swamps, so making it wet/warm usually doesn't change the amount of oil, just where it shows up.

 

[Sashie VII]

what are the best map settings for civ III regular

No swamps in vanilla.

2000!

 

[TheOverseer714]

Still plenty of desert if you make the world younger (3byo).

 

[fighterf18]

I am guessing that you mean you need oil (deserts/tundras)?

And welcome to CFC

yeah thats what i meen

and thanks

 

[fighterf18]

to sashie VII do you have vanilla

 

[fighterf18]

what is noob

 

[capnvonbaron]

what is noob

noob = newbie = person who comes here for badly needed help

 

[Sashie VII]

to sashie VII do you have vanilla

I have Civ 3 Complete, now. But I started with vanilla before trying out PTW and subsequently Conquests. The expansions are cool, you should give them a try.

 

[TheOverseer714]

Once you get the expansions, you'll never go back. PTW is Vanilla with more tribes and better interface. Conquests adds a lot and only loses a few good things. Well worth the meal for 2 at a fast food restaurant cost.

 

[fighterf18]

ill see what i can do

 

[templar_x]

TheOverseer is really good in advertising the extra package... Since he brings in fast food, too, he may be the marketing boss @ McDonald´s who teaches his staff to supersize everything