Micromanagement reductions in Civ IV

[Lancer]

Extra production isn't lost it the cities anymore, it's applied to the next thing to be produced.



What else?

[joncnunn]

Extra science beakers also aren't lost, but applied to the next thing being researched as well.
And the min / max turns to resarch was abolished.

Whack a mole polution was also abolished.

[Snotty]

terrain improving units get 2 movement so you can move and improve in the same turn

[rah]

Midgame, you can reasonably rely on your workers to build a rail network.

[Lancer]

Combat odds calculator, very nice.

[Theben]

IIRC that was in Civ3.

[Lancer]

You're joking right Theben?

[Theben]

It's been a long time but I beieve so. At any rate it was definitely in SMAC.

[Ari]

I'd say the version here is actually better than SMAC's, since SMAC's would only kick in (if I remember right) as a "confirmatory" after you'd moved to attack (you attack a unit, the game only then gives you the odds and asks you if you want to proceed). Here, it's much easier to quickly see which of many possible units will be best at attacking a particular unit, since the odds are displayed before the actual attack order.

[Kuciwalker]

I don't remember it being in Civ3, except maybe a la what Ari just described.

[joncnunn]

Combat Calc wasn't in Civ III dispite being in SMAC.

[Krill]

No, but you could find them on teh net, so that wasn't so much a problem. It'd be nice to get a stack calculator, but that would be a real b!tch to get running on anyything slower than a super computer.

[Kuciwalker]

Are you kidding?