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TRIVIA: EDSEL LEFT THE BUILDING
(2 November 2001, 09:12 | Civ3) The official CivIII website has been updated yet again with the latest installment of CivTrivia over at Civ3.com. Today's question:
What was the first “economy” car marketed by Henry Ford?
-- Model A
-- Model K
-- Model N
-- Model T
At present SerapisIV and PK are tied for the lead with 1820 points but it is still early in the day. Good luck to all participants! - DanQ
AI CHAT WITH SOREN JOHNSON ON NOV.7
(1 November 2001, 21:18 | Civ3) Were you unable to make the "CivIII Release Party" chat on Tuesday or not get to stay as long as you would have liked? Were you able to make it and can't getting enough chatting fever? Apolyton has the remedy you've been frantically searching for.
On Wednesday, November 7, 2001, we're having a chat with Firaxian Soren Johnson, the man behind CivIII's AI on just that -- CivIII's AI. 
The chat begins at 14:00EST.
To participate, logon to Apolyton's Chat page or connect to it via mIRC. For instructions on the latter, consult this page. - DanQ
XP+NVIDIA+SLOW SCROLL=SOLVED?
(1 November 2001, 18:57 | Civ3) What was posted by various people is now confirmed by Jeff Morris
On XP machines with Nvidia hardware (geforce family of graphics cards), we've identified that the new Nvidia detonator drivers are causing the problem. In XP it's relatively easy to roll back to the original drivers.
* Right-click on desktop and select properties.
* Select the Settings tab, then Advanced.
* Select the adapter tab, then Properties.
* Select the Driver tab, then Roll Back Driver.
This is not a great solution, but one that will address the problem until we can find a solution by working with Nvidia.
If you're in this situation please post your feedback - MarkG
CIV2 HUGE EARTH MAP CONVERTED
(1 November 2001, 18:47 | Civ3) Unsatisfied by the quality of the included world maps, AlmightyBob converted the civ 2 huge earth map for civ3.
Check it out in the civ3-creation forum - MarkG
HACKED EDITOR!
(1 November 2001, 18:25 | Civ3) The action on the Civ3-Creation is geting really hot! Donarumo has hacked the civ3 editor to "reveal" the add and delete buttons!
Of course, as Mike Breitkreutz(who has worked on editor among other things) clarified, the functionality to do these things already exist in the program, but were "hided" since there were both bugs as well as issues with the animation format(see the log of our release party).
More details at the related forum thread. - MarkG
MSNBC ON CIV3
(1 November 2001, 18:17 | Civ3) PC Games arent dead, says MSNBC, despite what all the hype about the new consoles that are coming out these days.
And the proof according to reporter Dean Takahashi is (what else) Civ3.
You can learn things like why it’s not such a good idea to start a war that’s going to last 124 years. (In Civ3, your population becomes increasingly restless, requiring combinations of martial law crackdowns and entertainment.)
Thanks to Adrock25 for posting about it. - MarkG
