Bump - for anyone interested

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Thanks Blue for the para pict. i wonder why he looks wounded tho.

[FrostyBoy]

Have you checked out the editor yet mate?

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Some of the picts are cut off (like the government and para) do you think you could fix em?

Thanks

[albiedamned]

Wow - the number of units you can support for free is determined by the size of your cities. I assume that town, city, metropolis means the size of the city. Town is below the Aqueduct limit, city is below the Hospital limit, and metropolis is above Hospital limit (unlimited).

I've seen military advisor screen shots where the number of allowed units is zero. I'm assuming this was due to government type. So I'm guessing that under Democracy, towns, cities, and metropolises all support zero units for free, and thus all units must be paid for.

Also, now we know that under monarchy you can rush buy improvements but not speed them through forced labor. So Uber won't be running any of his "Death Camps" under monarchy.

[FrostyBoy]

I think you should be happy with what you get Lawrence and not ask too much

[Lawrence of Arabia]

I think you should be happy with what you get Lawrence and not ask too much

Jeez you guys! What are you all angry about?

[Mankind]

MANKIND - every time you contact another Civ you get a nice piece of orchestral music,
with a gentle bell ringing sound. I think this is specific to each individual nation and
changes tempo depending on their mood: polite, annoyed, enraged etc.

can't wait to hear the zulu

albiedamned - thank you

Have you checked out the editor yet mate?

i would say: leave the editor and post screen's and other info

Also, now we know that under monarchy you can rush buy improvements but not speed them
through forced labor. So Uber won't be running any of his "Death Camps" under monarchy.

there are always other's gov types

[Asesino_Virtual]

Whats the difference between town, city and metropolis? I think the number of people, so, how many population points must be in order to have a town, a city and a metropolis???

[BlueHooHoo]

LAWRENCE - sorry about the quality of the screen grabs. I'm just using PRINT SCREEN then editing them in PAINT, they need cropping and re-sizing because attached files on this forum have size restrictions. And I'm a pretty useless at the fiddly stuff

SNOOPY - I don't have an editor It may be that the version I have been given to use has some features missing, it's a full review copy, but I'm not certain if it’s identical to the final retail version. No sign of an editor in the documentation either. I'll try and find out what has happened to it (?)

FABOBA -

Can you chose the colour of your civ? I've seen a lot of screen shots with different coloured civs. I was just wondering if you choose or it is set for each civ.

It doesn't look like you can choose; there isn't any option menu for doing that at least. I think each civilization automatically has its own colour pre-set. Russian, American, Roman, English , Aztech etc..

Don't know why the English should be Orange? Imperial purple is more suitable

[Lawrence of Arabia]

LAWRENCE - sorry about the quality of the screen grabs. I'm just using PRINT SCREEN then editing them in PAINT, they need cropping and re-sizing because attached files on this forum have size restrictions. And I'm a pretty useless at the fiddly stuff

Thats ok. No complaints here.

[old dog]

Originally posted by BlueHooHoo
As far as I can figure it out: when you discover the necessary scientific advance your civilization suddenly "realizes" what that strange mineral outcrop really is and it just appears instantly on the map. You only know its there if it’s within line of site of one of your units/cities. The resource can "appear" on a square but if your units can't see it they can't exploit it

Thanks!

It is becoming very clear to me that this Civ3 will stronly disfavor isolationism. In both Civ 1 and 2 I kind of liked to get an island all to myself and develop a whole lot before I went anywhere. Map making and ship building were my last priorities.

I can tell that Civ3 is the other way around. You absolutely must explore early and often!

[Jason Beaudoin]

I just learned from another post that disease is in the game. Can you confirm this BlueHooHoo? Is that in the civlopedia? It might be in the section that talks about rivers!

I thought disasters were out in this game?

[Haphazard]

Probably to do with disease limiting cities to size 12 until Hospitals. Oh, and there will still be a market here on Apolyton for spoiler screenshots after 30th October, so keep them coming please!

[Executor]

Originally posted by Haphazard
Probably to do with disease limiting cities to size 12 until Hospitals. Oh, and there will still be a market here on Apolyton for spoiler screenshots after 30th October, so keep them coming please!

Sucker!
That's what you get for living in a Third -- excuse me -- Old World country.

[BlueHooHoo]

I just learned from another post that disease is in the game. Can you confirm this BlueHooHoo? Is that in the civlopedia? It might be in the section that talks about rivers!

To quote from the manual:

Disease kills citizens and units that spend too much time in unhealthy areas like Jungle and Floodplains. Citizens that work in these terrains are susceptible to disease, as are military units that fortify in them.

Your workers can clear jungles and eliminate the risk. Floodplains continue to be risk until you discover sanitation.


So far none of my little people have turned green and dropped dead; no doubt it’s only a matter of time before they start dropping like flys!

[Executor]

Hey Blue, can you stop by the chat?

[lockstep]

Regarding the Civilopedia entry about Monarchy, it seems that Civ2´s commerce bonus of Republics and Democracies (additional 'arrows' in worked tiles) is gone. I guess Civ3´s goverments will feature bigger differences in the level of corruption and waste instead.

[Gintautas]

I was searching for Civ3 manual in pdf format on the net and came across search result that linked to civfanatics.com site where they have Civ2 manual posted...
Is that considered illegal? I dont think so...

Civ 3 manual is a more detailed FAQ and we should have it because such civ fanatics like our self (using this forum as a chat ) have far more questions then casual player.

Also we won't tell anyone not belonging to civ fanatics community so there is no harm at all.

I ....can't.... wait ....3 ....more... days.... PLEASE .... PLEase .... please.....

[Gintautas]

The strategy guide is out and IN STORES already!!
So help the pure man (me) who cant buy it and post the manual

[Gintautas]

poor*

[jdd2007]

blue, great job!!! any info on the scenarios? a pic of the big world map would be nice too...

[BlueHooHoo]

SNOOPY - There is an editor!!!! I just over looked it because it wasn't part of the main game. I'll have a look at it later and give you some feedback.

[Stuie]

Originally posted by BlueHooHoo
Well here you go. I'm not sure if I should post many more, I don't want to spoil the game for anyone.

Blue - thanks much for the info. If anyone thinks you are "spoiling" the game, they can go to another thread. BRING ON THE SCREENSHOTS!

Please.

[Mankind]

Originally posted by BlueHooHoo
Well here you go. I'm not sure if I should post many more, I don't want to spoil the game for anyone.

i someone don't wan't to spoli the game then he would not read it

for the rest of us you can post it

After all and yes once we will have game in one's own hands and civ3 does not lean on plot so.. pliz post new info

[ajbera]

Originally posted by BlueHooHoo
To quote from the manual:

Disease kills citizens and units that spend too much time in unhealthy areas like Jungle and Floodplains. Citizens that work in these terrains are susceptible to disease, as are military units that fortify in them.

Your workers can clear jungles and eliminate the risk. Floodplains continue to be risk until you discover sanitation.

So far none of my little people have turned green and dropped dead; no doubt it’s only a matter of time before they start dropping like flys!

It's little touches like this that I love. This is so damn cool.

BlueHooHoo, can you give us impressions of the quality of the AI? Are your governors and opponents competent? Have they made any stupid errors, or performed any cunning maneuvers?

And, something I am personally curious about, can you name a colony?

BTW, thanks so much for what you've given us so far.

[Faboba]

Originally posted by BlueHooHoo

It doesn't look like you can choose; there isn't any option menu for doing that at least. I think each civilization automatically has its own colour pre-set. Russian, American, Roman, English , Aztech etc..

Don't know why the English should be Orange? Imperial purple is more suitable

Thanks a lot. I hope it's not pushing it but could you try a game with the germans just to see what colour they are?

It' just stat/UU/World Starting place wise they're my 'civ of choice'

[Faboba]

Originally posted by Gintautas
I was searching for Civ3 manual in pdf format on the net and came across search result that linked to civfanatics.com site where they have Civ2 manual posted...
Is that considered illegal? I dont think so...

Civ 3 manual is a more detailed FAQ and we should have it because such civ fanatics like our self (using this forum as a chat ) have far more questions then casual player.

Also we won't tell anyone not belonging to civ fanatics community so there is no harm at all.

I ....can't.... wait ....3 ....more... days.... PLEASE .... PLEase .... please.....

Where. Where where WHERE!

[FrostyBoy]

ah! you were starting to get me worried there blue.

what I am actually looking for is if I can edit the graphics

[FrostyBoy]

the Germans are blue

[Deathray]

Originally posted by Earthling7
Oh you lucky...

I'm wondering if I should play one last Civ2 game as a goodbye gesture...

I've been playing a game of Civ 2 every day since some Civ 3 went gold, and I'm going to keep playing it when Civ 3 drops through the letterbox.