How The Heck???

hakeem-rj · January 29, 2003, 14:07

How can I play against more than 15 civs in Civ 3??
Please I am desperate, 15 is not enough for me!
I can create the civ, but when I start a new game and choose, I can't play against more than this damned 15!

Well, that's it...
Thanks!

FNBrown · January 29, 2003, 14:23

That's the most you can play against unless you have PTW

Stuie · January 29, 2003, 15:54

On the World Size tab in the editor, pick the world size you want. You will see there is a field for # of Civs. Change that field to the desired number. Save the .bic file. Launch Civ3 and enjoy.

AIL · January 29, 2003, 16:07

It's impossible to increase it above 15 unless you own the Addon, which allows a maximum of 31 opponents.

However, 15 is enough for me, since it gets hard to keep the overview when there are so many.

zorbop · January 29, 2003, 20:54

hah! i agree with AIL
im sitting there, semi-peacefully, trying to figure out who i still need to declair war on, but NOOOOO. i cant just look at that screen, i have to bother to flip through ALL those other civs not displayed...

hakeem-rj · January 29, 2003, 22:28

well, i gotta say that it's pretty funny when there's a lot of really small civs going to the war, everybody against everybody. i was playing on europe map, 16 civs, the aztecs declared war on me. i managed to get 7 allies, but so did the aztecs and their friends. so now it's 8 playing against 8!

Alex · January 30, 2003, 07:15

I never play with more than 8 civs. I simply can't be bothered by the 'shift-right clicking' (or something like this) necessary to view all nations in the foreign advison screen.

Tattila the Hun · January 30, 2003, 08:10

I don't play with more than 8 civs either, my stomach just can not take all that coffee.... (Slow machine... )

TacticalGrace · January 30, 2003, 11:14

If you don't want to shell out for PTW then you can emultate the experience of 31 civs on a huge map with the following hardware setup:
(1) buy a can of paint (any colour will do, but I prefer mango-cream)
(2) buy or borrow a paint brush
(3) apply paint liberally to a large flat surface (a wall will do)
(4) sit back and watch it dry

Kingof the Apes · January 31, 2003, 00:50

I'll take your word for it.

bongo · January 31, 2003, 06:06

I tried playing civ3 on a P200 with 64MB RAM, almost the same experience.

hakeem-rj · January 31, 2003, 12:22

I got the PTW, but when i am gonna play, it shows only 15 enemys to play against. what do I do?

WarpStorm · January 31, 2003, 13:31

Like Stuie said earlier, open the editor, go to the World Size tab, change the number of civs for the size world you want, save your new scenario, load the scenario in PTW.

hakeem-rj · January 31, 2003, 16:09

Oh, sorry to forget, but my editor isn't working, is there any unofficial map editor for PTW?

Stuie · January 31, 2003, 16:19

Quote:

Originally posted by hakeem-rj
Oh, sorry to forget, but my editor isn't working, is there any unofficial map editor for PTW?

Buy a legitimate copy of PTW, open the editor, and change it on the world size tab.

Alex · February 1, 2003, 16:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Stuie

Buy a legitimate copy of PTW, open the editor, and change it on the world size tab.

This is the advice I'd give to him/her, but I'm pretty sure that his/her copy of Civ3 is not a legitimate one too...

hakeem-rj · February 1, 2003, 22:43

ACTUALLY THE CIV 3 IS, BUT THE PTW IS NOT. I GOT THE MYTH RIP OR SOMETHING... IT WORKED... I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS DAMNED EDITOR WORK!

theNiceOne · February 3, 2003, 04:36

Well, here is how you make the PTW editor work:
1) Go into a computer game store
2) Buy a copy of the game
3) Install your legitimate version on the PC.
4) Start the editor.

The Pioneer · February 3, 2003, 04:45

Wow

, I never play more than six and usually only 4 or 5. I can't even imagine playing with so many.

So long...

pedrojedi · February 3, 2003, 06:30

Heh, theNiceOne, you forgot to tell he should also -
3.5 - Download the necessary patch(es).

Cultural question: how many brazilian comrades (yeah, we got socialist parties) do come to this site/forum?

Jamski · February 3, 2003, 06:35

Quote:

Originally posted by The Pioneer
Wow

, I never play more than six and usually only 4 or 5. I can't even imagine playing with so many.

Well, the one to try is small map with 31 civs. That way if you don't like it, you'll be dead very soon anyway. Or you'll win. Do NOT try this on Deity, or you'll get mobbed by the free starting units.

-Jam

Alex · February 3, 2003, 07:28

Quote:

Originally posted by pedrojedi
Cultural question: how many brazilian comrades (yeah, we got socialist parties) do come to this site/forum?

Regularly, no more than 4 or 5, I guess. Clicking on your flag you'll get a reasonable list of how many Brazilians are registered here. I say "reasonable" because people from other countries sometimes like to use our flag. Mr President was using the Brazilian flag some time ago.

The Mad Monk · February 3, 2003, 07:48

I guess the GMT-3 ones are the real article?