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Civ Old Timer Has Questions About Civ3... Answer Them Please!
Hello all! My first time into Civ was with Civ2 back in 1999. I was like 8 years old, but loved the game. When Civ3 came, I ordered it many times, because I managed to lose the CD . I was a teen, born...
View ArticlePlease Help Me With My First Attempt at Emperor
Hi, So now I'm climbing the ladder to Emperor. I found out, lol, Emperor is much more difficult than I anticipated. I'm now having hurdles and need the Civfanatics' experts' help. So I chose Egypt...
View ArticleI Know This Will Probably Get Old and Repetititve - But I Need More Expert...
So basically I've tried a whole new approach at my Emperor start. Began playing India, Continent, Warm, Normal, 60% water. It's my favourite layout. 8 random civs. In this game so far (I won't post...
View ArticleComplete list of easter eggs in Civ3
I actually started working on this easter eggs page for quiet a while but didn't get to finish it until now. The page lists all the known easter eggs in Civ3. Some have screenshots. Take a look:...
View ArticleWhy are you playing civ 3 after all these years?
I have played the civilization series since I got my first PC in 1995. My interest for this series peaked with civ 3 and 4. I was even an active member on Apolyton between 2001-2008. When Civ 5 and Civ...
View ArticleWhy always American civs?
Hi all. Quick question, why do I always end up on worlds with American civs? I mean as the majority of civs, rather than a more even mix of culture groups. Is there some bug or setting I have hit? Is...
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where to place cities
The game messes up with two food bonuses on optimal squares. Maximum space exploitation with 4 cities demands cities on gunpowder (that's OK), wheat, cattle and the fourth obvious one NW of the sugars,...
View Articlewhat city size do you reach?
A common dillema I have is when a city reaches maximum tile exploitation, lets say for the sake of simplicity size 20. How do you handle the future of this town? 1. Regardless of the final decided...
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weird pollution creation
Well, snapshot says it all. I invade the continent, destroy enemy cities, found two cities and...get pollution twice. I think the reason is the following weird one. The upper city only exists for 4...
View ArticleCities with both lakes and sea
I just noticed that while a city built on a lake cannot create naval units, a city that has access to both sea and lake squares can create ships that can sail inside the lake as well. Enemy cities...
View ArticleCiv 3 on Steam Deck Seems to Work Now (knock on wood).
For my fellow Steam Deck homies who also play Civ3 (Civ3 is the best Civ!), it seems that the issue that I have been dealing with these past few months has been solved (somehow; it seems like one of...
View ArticleA Few Theoretical Situations That Need Answering
I'm playing a game as Carthage (Emperor difficulty) where I'm in a resource rich, very fertile land to the north of my own continent. The only problem? No iron. Just some horses in some distant islands...
View ArticleTips for Playing CCM Mod
I don't know if this belongs in here, but CCM 2.52 is a different beast. I'm especially puzzled by the low rate of expansion. I need some tips on the following: expand, governments, wonders, tech...
View ArticleBarb Busting in Higher Levels
I know there's probably a guide floating around, but I need some tips on barb busting. At the higher levels the barbs are just too damn strong. And if I manage to get them beyond "Roaming barbs", they...
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stupid AI...
OK, fellow AIs, lets go take the human cities with our stack of doom. We even brought a cannon with us. We have noticed the humans perform quite well by bringing artillery along their attacking...
View ArticlePopulation Based Science
A suggestion I wanted to pose to see what the general consensus might be. In a personal scenario pack that I may release soon if anyone is interested, I have added 1 science to every citizen regardless...
View ArticleRecommended Mods/AI Improvements/Other Q's
Probably redundant questions, but want to ask them in a different way and get answers for the (current year). Are there other mods than C3X that can be run to improve a vanilla or custom scenario for...
View ArticleEarly game AI passivity
As part of my quest to make game settings that match my preferences I have now come towards targeting the issue of the AI generally not being interested in conflict until all easily available land has...
View ArticleOptimum Appearance Ratio for resources?
I somehow missed this entire issue until this week. As described in the link below, C3C reduced the appearance rate of both by 33% compared to PTW. Distribution of resources in C3C is TOTALLY different...
View ArticleRunning Civ 3 on second monitor
Anyone know how to run the game on a second monitor. I'd like to play it between matches of other game instead of wasting my time browsing social media
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