Some questions answered

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 19:31

Well I got it this afternoon. One of the questions I hadn't seen answered was the city radius vs national border. Your city starts with only the radius immediately surrounding. But as I have just started I don't know how quickly it spreads. If there are any questions that haven't been ansered yet, let me know and I'll see what I can do. To my European Bretheren whom were not so lucky (and those who could not get it right off the bat). I am sorry, but I will try and keep you guys informed as I know I would want to be.

Simpleton · October 30, 2001, 19:34

How does it run on your system so far? Is there a big delay when the computer players have their turn as reported by Gamespot?

And WHY ARE YOU READING THIS YOU SHOULD BE PLAYING!!

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 19:38

So far there hasn't been any delays, even with the autosaves.

Specs-
PIII-850
1,280MB RAM (PC-100)
HDD- ATA100
ATI All-in-Wonder 128 (32MB)
Sound Blaster Live!

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Something I noticed about the editor, I only see an "ADD" button on the Governments Screen and the Culture Screen. I haven't figured out if there is a way to add other things yet.

I'll keep you posted

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 19:41

One other thing I noticed.

Version 1.07f

Simpleton · October 30, 2001, 19:44

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Originally posted by Elucidus

Something I noticed about the editor, I only see an "ADD" button on the Governments Screen and the Culture Screen. I haven't figured out if there is a way to add other things yet.

I'll keep you posted

I thought I saw in one of the posts that you could add techs and units via the editor but don't go looking for that now play the game!!!

On a side note:
You know what I would like to see is someone play their first game on Diety and tell us all how quickly they get their butts kicked!

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 19:50

I'm playing on regeant the third difficulty setting. Didn't know which was equal to "prince". Also noticed that grassland with the white dots are in fact the shield producing grasslands.

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 19:58

I cleared a forest and got 10 Shield...couldn't read what else it said it went by too fast. It also left the resource, "game," in the square.

I know not all of this may be new, but hey.

You gain +1 vision from mountains and hills.

City border and national border spread at 10 culture

I found a luxury resource, but it wasn't in my field of view. It was one tile out of it. I don't know if this is an ability of the Scout or not.

GodSpawn · October 30, 2001, 20:01

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Originally posted by Elucidus
Specs-
PIII-850
1,280MB RAM (PC-100)
HDD- ATA100
ATI All-in-Wonder 128 (32MB)
Sound Blaster Live!

1.2GB RAM? No wonder its fast...

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 20:08

Hey I found a good deal okay.

Well I figured out why I saw that resource. You can see hills and mountains one tile further than you can see other tiles.

Also they just did a "whose the most powerful" and I ain't even on the list.

Simpleton · October 30, 2001, 20:21

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Originally posted by Elucidus

Also they just did a "whose the most powerful" and I ain't even on the list.

Sounds like you need to spend less time posting and more time Civing or else your going to get your buttocks kicked!

PS: I am thankful for the posting but you must realize that your dedication to us has left the door open for the AI to take advantage!

Faboba · October 30, 2001, 20:27

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Originally posted by GodSpawn

1.2GB RAM? No wonder its fast...

That's got to be a mistake though right? I've never heard of anyone with >512 and even if they did it'd be 1024MB ( or 2048

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Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 20:28

Well it is not like it is real time or anything, so no big deal. Also I am a pacifist/technologist so I am alway at the bottom of the power curve at the beginning. Although I met two other civs. One has one city but a nice sized army and the other has three cities and is growing like crazy. Although, I had three techs they didn't... goody huts and expansionist.

Simpleton · October 30, 2001, 20:30

Hey!! Have you spawned any leaders yet or seen the computer with any?
I'd be interested to see how powerful or useful they really are!!

Frito · October 30, 2001, 20:31

I'd guess he ment 128MB

ElitePersian · October 30, 2001, 20:34

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Originally posted by Faboba

That's got to be a mistake though right? I've never heard of anyone with >512 and even if they did it'd be 1024MB ( or 2048

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Dude, they make 512MB chips of RAM now, and some motherboards have 4 slots, that makes 2048, and it wouldnt even cost you that much to get 2048MB, its a very good investment.

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 20:41

Um yeah 1.2 GB. Cost me like $100.

The Iroquois are about to beat my arse. They have three cities and are about to build two more. I am about to build my third. And they are building the Oracle. Argh!

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 20:54

Hmm. Built my two other cities too far away. I was trying to cause my two neighers to fight, but it backfired. Now their waste is too high, so we'll see. Pretty challanging so far.

Seau · October 30, 2001, 21:22

What about golden ages, has anyone got one yet? I can't seem to find anything in the manual about it (of course that might be because I'm trying to read it under my desk at work...

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Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 21:29

The game has mentioned it, while I was playing, but I haven't had one.

Typo · October 30, 2001, 21:34

Does it let you know when the other civs are having a golden age?

Wittlich · October 30, 2001, 21:34

Elucidus, you stated that you are an "expansionist" So are you playing the Americans? If so, it will be a while for your GA.

Or if you're not playing the Americans, who are you playing?

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 21:37

The Iroquois took one of my cities through culture...the bastards.

Their borders grow to surround my city and poof, I was gone. Oh well.

Wittlich · October 30, 2001, 21:40

So what civilization are you playing?

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 21:45

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. My golden age isn't for a while yet. Oh well. I gave up. I looked at the histograph or whatever it was and man I was getting beat, but my starts were flawed, so I'll just try again.

squid · October 30, 2001, 22:01

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Originally posted by ElitePersian

Dude, they make 512MB chips of RAM now, and some motherboards have 4 slots, that makes 2048, and it wouldnt even cost you that much to get 2048MB, its a very good investment.

actually, knowing Windows ability to utilize large memory sizes, that would be a silly investment.

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 22:05

Actually, Windows 2000 and XP seem to utilize it greatly. Not to mention it makes a great RAM Drive.

Elucidus · October 30, 2001, 22:13

Noticed something else. If you build a city near the culture of one of your other cities, your city boarder extends into that area. So you can use those tiles. Pretty sweet I think.

Sitting Bull · October 30, 2001, 23:55

Elucidus, I have been wondering for some time a question about irrigation. Do you have to be next to a body of seawater or something to improve the farms? My copy from amazon won't arrive for a week or so.

klesh · October 31, 2001, 01:06

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Originally posted by Simpleton
How does it run on your system so far? Is there a big delay when the computer players have their turn...

All that and more. It is almost unbearable for me. Sound skips, lag when scrolling the map etc. a real drag. And my pc isnt that bad

-FMK.

Elucidus · October 31, 2001, 01:28

For Irrigation you need to be near a river or an inland sea. Note however, if you build your city on a river you do not need an aqueduct.

Also I have noticed a little bit of a slow down, the game takes anywhere from 5-10 secs per turn.