Slightly OT: How do you build your palace?

Pentalog · April 10, 2003, 08:46

This is just a curiosity on my part, but how do you build your palace?

For me (for instance), I always build the main structure up first, then I add the side buildings up, then the little connecting buildings between the side buildings and the main structure. Then the pillars, then the courtyard and finally the trees...

Pent

FrustratedPoet · April 10, 2003, 09:08

I only ever used the thing in my first ever game of Civ3. After I had built it all the way up once it hardly seemed worth doing it again.

Matthijs · April 10, 2003, 09:24

Main building, then the courtyard and trees and such.

Catt · April 10, 2003, 14:53

I typically ignore it, clicking the "X" whenever the "palace improvement" pop-up appears. Sometimes in the late game I'll go to the Palace screen and just add all the accumulated improvements, but usually I just ignore it.

Catt

Thirgaral · April 10, 2003, 15:57

I mix the different palace types to make it as ugly as possible and scare away the other civs so they won´t attack me

Arrian · April 10, 2003, 16:04

I do the base, then add the pillars as soon as possible, then trees, then build up the center, then the wings.

-Arrian

TheArsenal · April 10, 2003, 18:32

Main building, stairs, court yard. Then add horizontally before vertically.

Mountain Sage · April 11, 2003, 06:48

Under Despotism, I use my slaves

Daz · April 11, 2003, 08:17

From top to bottom...

....dont ask me how...

Wazell · April 11, 2003, 09:38

All parts from the same culture group the civ I'm playing is. Except for Egyptians: their Mediterranean building looks so Greco-Roman that I have to choose Mid-Eastern style, which is what Egyptian palace should look like. What were they thinking?

The Mad Monk · April 12, 2003, 08:55

I delay the main building as long as possible, because it amuses me.

I tended to leave the throne as a boulder in Civ 2 as long as possible as well, for the same reason.

The Mad Monk · April 12, 2003, 08:56

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Originally posted by Wazell
All parts from the same culture group the civ I'm playing is. Except for Egyptians: their Mediterranean building looks so Greco-Roman that I have to choose Mid-Eastern style, which is what Egyptian palace should look like. What were they thinking?

Maybe that Cleopatra was Greek?

HolyWarrior · April 17, 2003, 01:17

Wazell, you can go into the editor and change the culture group. I've done that for my personal mod. I also put the U.S. in the European and Spain in the Mediterranean group.

Now we need an African group for Shaka...

Chemical Ollie · April 18, 2003, 05:17

I have stopped building it. Does it have a function?

Thirgaral · April 18, 2003, 05:29

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I have stopped building it. Does it have a function?

Besides that it´s fun?? No...not that I know anyway...

Chemical Ollie · April 24, 2003, 06:15

I have looked for a way to turn the palace off, but I can't find any. Does anyone know? I remember it was possible in CIV2.

Hurricane · April 24, 2003, 07:45

I do like Thirgaral, always try to make it as ugly as possible. And Olaf, no, I don't think it is possible to turn it off. Maybe if you delete the folder with the graphics files, but that might just as well crash the game. You might want to try it.

player1 · April 24, 2003, 17:15

I first build two levels of main builting.
Then the stairs and floor.
Then pillar and trees.
After that lower level of side buildings.
Then another level of main building.
Then second level of side buildings.
And, at the end connection between side and main building.

Panzer32 · April 24, 2003, 19:04

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How do you build your palace?

very carefully...

Cort Haus · April 25, 2003, 12:34

Currently with the escape button on the "wanna build palace?" dialog, as the palace screen often crashes my PC.

Pre-crashing, after seeing enough of the monostyles I started mixing and matching, trying for harmony, resonance and horzontal & vertical symetry. I especially liked having eastern nestled inside mayan in the 'inside left' and 'inside right' positions.

Catt · April 25, 2003, 15:45

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Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre
I have looked for a way to turn the palace off, but I can't find any. Does anyone know? I remember it was possible in CIV2.

I don't think you can turn it off, but you can check the "x" or "no" answer in the pop-up box informing you of the people's "offering to improve your palace." It's still a clcik, but at least you don't have to go to the palace screen itself to get back to the game.

Catt

Chemical Ollie · April 25, 2003, 18:26

Catt,
been there, done that, thank you! (I know, it's not your fault) It still annoying if you just want to play the game. The palace has no function other than adding to the "fun" or "annoyance" (pick one), so the off option would be a good idea.

Thirgaral · April 26, 2003, 13:48

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I do like Thirgaral

Whoa, at the first look, that seemed to be something else than it was...

player1 · April 26, 2003, 16:35

Just to know: if you click cancel on first quiestion about building a palace, you will NOT be asked anymore for whole game.

P.S.
Exepmt if you go to Palace screen again.

P.P.S.
Civ1 Palace was fun.
Civ2 Throne was booooring (and slow drawing on those 486's)
Civ3 Palace is fun again.