No Panama Canal or Strait of Suez?

[Gatekeeper]

Everyone:

Is it just me, or is it not possible to move ships through the Panama Canal or Strait of Suez areas on the Earth map that ships with Civ IV?

I've tried repeatedly and, WRT to the Panama Canal, the ships/subs end up going into some sort of automated trip around the southern tip of South America in order to get to the other side of where the Panama Canal should be.

If this is the case, is there a way to get around it? Or am I missing something really elementary in nature, which is entirely possible since I've only been playing for three weeks now.

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[Will9]

Build a city on a one square think piece of land and becomes a canal.

[Prussia]

There are numerous threads about workers being able to build canals and straights, but none have been implemented thusfold.

[Dis]

nope, no way to get through those areas. You'll see it's one continous piece of land.

you can build a city on the narrow part, and that will allow passage. Though usually the ai will place the city on the wrong part in the Suez area. You'd have to take over the city, raze it, and then build a new one.

[Gatekeeper]

Darn it! That makes warmongering even more difficult! Heh. Oh, well. The map *is* correct, though: Prior to the canals being built, there was no way for ships to cross said land, unless it was disassembled and carried over by its crew.

That gives me even more incentive to put cities on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.

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P.S. This game's growing on me. Still, Civ II holds a special place in my heart.

[Dis]

glad to see you are enjoying the game.

If anyone knows of an earth map with all the civs placed, I'd be interested. I'm bored of the earth map in the game.

In fact, I'd even go for a less "realistic" earth map that is more balanced. As it is, Europe civs just totally dominate the game. Except the greeks, they get fenced in and are screwed.

[Blaupanzer]

Earth with civs placed would be cool, but my machine does not handle huge maps well, especially with more than 11 civs. Still, the concept would be fun.

[ElConejo]

Originally posted by Dis
glad to see you are enjoying the game.

If anyone knows of an earth map with all the civs placed, I'd be interested. I'm bored of the earth map in the game.

In fact, I'd even go for a less "realistic" earth map that is more balanced. As it is, Europe civs just totally dominate the game. Except the greeks, they get fenced in and are screwed.

Dont know if this is what you are looking for but here is one I found after a bit of searching:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=134245

Rhye stated that:
As requested by some users, here is my Earth map with all the 18 civs unlocked, in their starting locations.

[Dis]

thanks, I'll check it out.

[ElConejo]

no prob, hope it works out I think I may give it a shot myself once I get done with the game I am currently playing.

[Nikolai]

The implementation of canals has been discussed and proposed in both the Lists and has great support out there, but for some reason Firaxis hasn't implemented it.

[Prussia]

They hate Apolyton suggestions. We are such annoying little *****es.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Nikolai
The implementation of canals has been discussed and proposed in both the Lists and has great support out there, but for some reason Firaxis hasn't implemented it.

Because it really wouldn't add much to the game as a game.

[Gatekeeper]

Hmm. I think Rhye's 18-civ Earth map shipped with the Macintosh version of Civ IV. There were two "all-Earth" maps with the game: one with eight civilizaations (mainly "Old World" ones) and another with all 18 civilizations in their historically correct starting points.

There's also an awesome European map that'll rock once I get tired of playing the all-Earth maps.

My dream map, though, is a Civ IV version of the "Northern Hemisphere" map that was made for Civ II. Insofar as I know, it doesn't yet exist for Civ IV.

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