The Bounty of the Sea: More like Kleenex; the handicaps of the coastal city
As noted in another thread: "Fishing boats are too expensive to build, way too expensive to buy, the tile yields aren't as good as in Civ 4 and the sailing tech path is an expensive early game detour...
View ArticleControl placement of specific city states on a random map?
I can see in AssignStartingPlots.lua where the starting plot is assigned to city states by playerIDs. But where is the MinorCivilizations type/id (e.g., MINOR_CIV_WARSAW) assigned to a specific...
View Article[BTS] Copy Files?
I dont know if this is possible but can you (legally) copy all of the BTS files from one computer to the other and then just click the install wizard thingy and install BTS.(My BTS disk is broken...
View ArticleSyrian bombing filmed by journalist near blast site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ng-of-al-bara/ Quote: When FRONTLINE filmmaker Olly Lambert sat to interview Jamal Maarouf, a Syrian rebel commander, he did not anticipate that bombs from...
View ArticleFlat Earth Society.
Yeah, this really exists: http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/f...l#.UWSD7UoU-Ot How is this possible? That's a serious question.
View ArticleBacking Up & Bugs...
I'm on a HP Pavilian dv7 with Windows 7 and needing to know the file-type of saved game files so I can back them up to a flash drive... Also, I noticed there's a thread for bugs in G&K and wondered...
View ArticlePraise your ideological opposites!
Off topic is a pretty contentious place on any given day, but over the last few weeks I feel like the heat has really been turned up. So let's try a little thought exercise. I want you guys to consider...
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[G&K] First time OCC game and playing as the Incans
As the title states this is my first time trying a OCC game as well as playing the Incans. I'm playing a King / Pangaea / Standard map. Would you consider the start shown below to be a good one? This...
View ArticleQ&A with Dennis Shirk
http://www.facebook.com/events/111384405698994/ Posted on facebook a few minutes ago. Apparently, there will be a Q&A on April 11 at 10:30 - 11:30 PDT. Thoughts?
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Poor Germans
The ECB after many leaks of some results have finally released the official results of their first household survey (link). It does make for interesting reading on income and wealth distribution in...
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How Do You Deal With Non-Stop War??
Hey gang-- How do you handle non-stop war? I've been at war with Alex (he declared on turn 70). Am playing Prince, and as Ethiopia. He settled three quick cities and I had nowhere to settle my second...
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Great tile improvements, a wonder, and mechanics ideas from a diety-level civ...
I play too much Civ. 3358 hours on my steam account, for shame. Hey, it's the first time I've ever played a Civ game! But that also means I have some idea of how things go in game. Here are a few...
View Article[vanilla] Modding Question.
Is there a way to add a trait to a building to allow local terrain modification. IE City builds a granary City's farms now have an extra food. Thanks. MadHaTr
View ArticleAuto-trading
IsPossibleToTradeItem SetFromPlayer SetToPlayer AddTradeAgreement ... Looking at the lua API I feel an auto trader coming on. This should be fun!
View Article[BTS] Adding a Civics Category
I couldn't find a tutorial dedicated to this when I skimmed through the forum, so here's a question for the modding community: I'm coming back to Civ4 modding for a brief while to finish up part of my...
View ArticleUnable to load .dds textures, even though they are in the VTF
Uh... pretty much what it says. I have a .dds image for the Dawn of Man splash screen, and a .dds image for the diplomacy screen, for the custom civ I am adding in a mod. I have made sure they are in...
View ArticleI suck at war
I'm getting better at Civ4, but I can't win wars! I can get my forces in no problem, but once I get to my enemy's cities, my units are slaughtered by the defenses, forcing me to retreat or quit in...
View ArticleThis is going to sound stupid but...
How do I add a signature to my posts here? Do I have to have a certain number of posts or something like that?
View ArticleChallenge - pick your entire tech path at the start of the game.
I've been looking for ways to spice up the game, something in the spirit of Mad Scientist's RPC games. Here's a self imposed challenge that should test your strategic thinking and tactical play in...
View ArticleWhy to bribe?
Hello, I usually play at immortal level but I never used bribing, because ... I don't know what I can gain doing it. Someone may explain? For example, ideal case: I can bribe Montezuma to attack Mansa...
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