How to use spies effectively?
I am having a bit of difficulty figuring out how best to use my spies. Either I'm doing something wrong or my spies are being recruited from the ranks of mall cops. * My first game with spies I sent my...
View ArticleNo popups bug (but only for game that was never loaded)
Not getting popups for goody huts or for meeting city states. Strangely, I only have this problem in a new game that has never been loaded. The problem does not exist at all for a game that was loaded,...
View ArticleIs it me or is faith really hard to procure early in the game?
I've been playing G&K ever since it came out but I still don't have a good way of generating faith for my infant civilization. I build the shrine but even then everyone else beats me out in...
View ArticleGoing tall: The best way to start
Going tall is THE BEST way to start in the ancient era. doing this yields you unmatched benefits that you would never find anywhere else. Popping it grants you free aqueducts. one other branch gets you...
View ArticleRemember the palace?
In the original Civ, you were allowed to expand your palace everytime you reached a milestone. In Civ2, you had the throne room. SMAC had that pyramid monument, I forget what it was called. They didn't...
View ArticleCiv % Steam question - disabling ads
Got a question for the gamers - after I close out Civ 5, Steam pops-up up ad for other games on my PC Any way of blocking, eliminating this advertising from coming to my computer
View ArticleBullied City States
So I've pledged to protect a few city states, and I get a little taunt from Askia saying that Wittenburg is so easy to push around and that they had extracted tribute from them. Besides war, what other...
View Article[BTS] How to play with 34 civ
Hi! I've downloaded the Earth 34 civ. map for BTS and when I open the game I can only pick 18 civs and when I open the game only 18 of them show up. I realize that I need to update the dll. and that...
View ArticleCombat Odds
Hello, I am really frustrated to find my units constantly die when attacking with 90%+ chance... Its too random and eliminates strategy. I wonder if there is any mod that fixes this? If not, i wonder...
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Hello, Introducing myself by tale of my recent game
I played Civilization in the 90's and have recently gotten back into it. It's been fun to find this forum and after lurking for a couple months, I thought I would introduce myself. What better way than...
View ArticleSuggestion: City states random gravitation
k, I haven't done any mods myself so I thought I would just make this suggestion and someone can tell me how hard it is to do. I don't particularly like static things in games and rather they were...
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Imperium Off Topicum: Cold War 2
The Cold War was a time of great leaders and unparalleled courage and strategic insight. Do YOU have what it takes to come out on top in this age of conflict? ___ Welcome to the Cold War, Mr. Leader....
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[MODULE] Halfmorn
Hi, Here's another short event module. The basic concept behind the module is twofold: a) As the greatest general ever to have charged across the face of Erebus, Baron Duin is not going to enjoy a...
View Article[G&K] Just a quick post
I wanted to say I have been spending a great deal of time playing Civ 5 again. I went and downloaded Thals Unofficial patch and the G&K enhanced and i must say i have having the best damn time...
View ArticleWth
Does anyone have any idea what the heck is going on with this picture? My game does this every now and again, and I have no idea what is causing it. I've tried reinstallation of the game, updateing...
View ArticleWhich is longer, your big toe or your second toe?
Which is longer, your big toe or your second toe? How about your big toe or your third toe? Bonus points for pictures.
View ArticleKill city
In a mod I'm working on, there's a function that has multiple actions in it, one of which is to destroy a city at a fixed coordinate. When I run the mod, all other code of the function works well...
View ArticleHall of Fame bug with lots of replays
I've got a request for anyone who's got a lot of replays saved, especially if you have a mixture of multiplayer replays & single player replays. All you have to do is this: open civ4, open the Hall...
View ArticleManually locate Porcelain and Jewelry?
I tried World Builder SDK and Ingame Editor Mod. There are no functional ways to manually assign bonus Porcelain or bonus Jewelry to the city tiles (neither the mercantile city states nor my cities)....
View ArticleStrategy controversy: production vs gold
I tried 2 GEM play throughs and noticed the major difference from VEM was that it is so cheap to buy a building. I bought a boat for mill for under 200 gold and a granary for 120 and a monument for 60....
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