How many civs do you usually play against?

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Argos65987
I always play with the max amount of civs allowed on whatever map size I choose.

[DRoseDARs]

Since I only play huge 256x256 maps, I go for max#players (unmodded default# for huge maps).

[The Slayer]

I don't care too much about the Hall of Fame, so I play with a mod, large maps, 26 civs, on Monarch...

That's a game

[Switch]

I play with 8 civs (me plus 7 AI) on standard or large. keeps the map from getting cluttered with a lot of civs.

[sabrewolf]

i prefer many smaller civs. i usually increase the max-civ number (huge to 31, ..., tiny to 8).
tech-race in the beginning is - well - fast.
don't forget that on any level above deity the AI has more than one settler and therefor you don't have a good chance of REXing

i always forget to put up the agression level. last time, there was virtually no war between AIs although land area is scarce...

[ChrisiusMaximus]

@ Smellincoffee, No I razed no cities and broke no agreements intentionally. Civs were declaring war with me and and other AI's left right and centre, the maze of ROP's, MPP's and Alliances going on made it impossible not to break some deals.

Many times I watched as one AI sent most of its troops half way across the world to fight some war, when its neighbour would suddenly attack it and take at least one city.

I had very little trouble getting ROP's and alliances, MPP was harder to get but I would have been better off without them. MPP's always meant getting dragged into other civs wars in this game.

It was a small pangea with 31 civs

[techbota]

Ive just finished playing a small pangea least water map with 31 civs

I only have the option for like 8-9 civs how are you getting so many civs???

What is REXing?

You guys need a poly encyclopedia to learn all the terms.

[sabrewolf]

REX means Rapid EXpansion.

check out the glossary in the Civ3-General or Strategy Forum:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40525

[sabrewolf]

techbota
sorry, i forgot your first part of the question.

simple: go to the editor, edit rules (enable that first from the scenario-menu), go to world sizes, pump up the "max civ number" (or sth. similar) to however many civs you want.

[dojoboy]

I play against the default number, 8 I believe on standard maps.

[techbota]

sabrewolf

Does that change it from then on with all the maps.

Or

Does that just effect that one game after you change it.

Can someone give me url's to tuts on using the editor.

[sabrewolf]

techbota:
it only changes the games you play with that modified scenario,
or - if you edit the conquests.biq file (which is risky!) - all regular new games.

sorry, no link... but the editor comes with a great help section. only some stuff isn't that well explained, but the basics are clear.

[techbota]

thnx will check it out. Actually I got a whole staff of users on my site DYING to get into editing some other games other than UT and UT2003

[Mad Bomber]

I typically play with 24 civ's on a 250 X 250 world

[steoc4]

Does it run at an acceptable pace? I was messing around with a 32 civ gigantic earth map I downloaded but it was far to slow to be playable..
Normally I do 16 civs on a huge map which works well enough, it's fast up till the industrial age or so when there's tons going on, still easily playable. Would be cool with 32 civs though...
Hmm thinking about it 32 small civs wouldn't take much more processing time than 16 bigger civs would they, maybe it was just because that earth map was absolutely massive. Gonna have to do some experimenting methinks.