Guides

Thankfully, there are no "super traits" in CIV, so you'll find all the leaders are somewhat playable. As always, if you find your own thoughts differ, please feel free to post here - a good discussion about a leader will benefit us all!

Map Index

Warning to Single Players!

All of the maps can be played in single or multi player, at your discretion. However, some maps are specifically aimed at the multiplayer side of the game.

Balanced

This script guarantees the key strategic resources are near all civs, knocking out the "risk" to certain civs who require resources for their Unique Units.

Mirror

This script is aimed at 1v1 or two-teams play. It's a wild thing to play in single player!

Hub, Ring, and Wheel

These scripts are completely artificial, intended to supply balanced environments for MP action.

With the arrival of CIV, much of what has been true in the world of C3C is gone forever. Many things have been changed, and it's true that some of these things will not please everyone. Overall, though, the game is vastly improved, and its playability for Multiplayer is much better than it was. An honest review of Civ4 Multiplayer by Friedrich Psitalon

Connectivity & Balance

Let's start with the bane of C3C: Connectivity and everything surrounding it.

Connectivity in CIV

I fully realize that even as I say this, people are going to raise a very high eyebrow, but I'll say it anyhow - you're going to be amazed. Gamespy NAT negotiation allows people behind routers, firewalls, etc, to play with no trouble at all - no opening or closing of ports, zones, etc. If needed, Direct IP still exists, and WOULD require playing with ports, but the only port you need to open is 2056, or whichever port you specify in your INI file. The days of "X can't connect with Y ever for some weird reason" are over.

Out of Synch

How does "gone" strike you? If someone has a different version than you (meaning modded files of any type) you'll see the OOS return - otherwise, never again. The game has even shown the ability to "resynch" itself if a genuine problem arises temporarily (hotjoining players sometimes cause a 1 or 2 second OOS.)

The Need to Reload vs. Hotjoins

Reloads? Oh yeah.. I remember those. The only time you'll be reloading a multiplayer game now is if everyone decides to take a break. Hotjoining allows a player to jump right back into the action if they drop. In the meantime, every other player in the game votes to decide between ...