Pompeii+Vesuvius=Elimination?

[Rommel2D]

Does anyone know whether a city wiped out by volcanic eruption would count as a lost city in elimination mode?

[mini-spoiler:

I'm guessing yes, and gave up some choice real-estate in a current PBEM to avoid it...]

[Dauphin]

I don't know. Does abandoning a city count? If yes, I would imagine that volcano destruction counts aswell.

[Tripledoc]

Do vulcanoes erupt in PBEM?, because they don't in mulitplayer.

[Kloreep]

Originally posted by Tripledoc
Do vulcanoes erupt in PBEM?, because they don't in mulitplayer.

yes, they do erupt in PBEM.

[Rommel2D]

I don't know about abandoning cities. How do you do it? I thought it was an option on the right-click menu, but it wasn't available for either city in the game I just checked. Do you need to build a settler/worker?

I haven't seen them actively erupting, but two different games have pollution around volcanoes... Do you always play with MPTournament.biq, Tripledoc? I know there are a few such mods specific to MP in there only.

[albiedamned]

Abandoning cities is tricky in Civ3. You have to be building a worker while at size 1 or a settler while at size 2, and you can not have any surplus food coming in. Thus at size 1 you need no more than 2 food and at size 2 no more than 4 food. If these conditions are met, then when the worker or settler is completed, you'll be given an option to abandon the city.

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by Tripledoc
Do vulcanoes erupt in PBEM?, because they don't in mulitplayer.

oh yes they do

especially when i start next to 2 volcanos and my 2 early workers are wiped out including a further terrain tile that had already been imporved

[bongo]

Originally posted by Rommel2D
I don't know about abandoning cities. How do you do it? I thought it was an option on the right-click menu, ...

Normally you right-click and chose abandon, but in an elimination game, it makes sense if the 'abandon city' option was removed (I haven't actually tried elimination myself, just guessing here )

[Fistleaf]

I believe the Abandon City option is introduced in one of the expansion packs. I don't remember seeing it in Civ3 vanilla but I see it all the time, at least for captured cities.

[MotownDennis]

You cannot abandon cities in elimination mode. The option is removed from the right click menu. Also, volcanos DO erupt in multiplayer games, but NOT if elimination mode is turned on. Thus, you cannot be eliminated by a volcano (unless you only have one city in non-elim mode, of course).

[Panag]

Re: Pompeii+Vesuvius=Elimination?

Originally posted by Rommel2D
Does anyone know whether a city wiped out by volcanic eruption would count as a lost city in elimination mode?

[mini-spoiler:

I'm guessing yes, and gave up some choice real-estate in a current PBEM to avoid it...]

hi ,

well never give up prime ground for a volcano , the benefits are greater then the eruption , ....

have a nice day

[Rommel2D]

Originally posted by MotownDennis
You cannot abandon cities in elimination mode. The option is removed from the right click menu. Also, volcanos DO erupt in multiplayer games, but NOT if elimination mode is turned on. Thus, you cannot be eliminated by a volcano (unless you only have one city in non-elim mode, of course).

Is it still an option (in elimination mode) if you do it the old-fasioned settler/worker/limited-food-supply way that albiedamned described?

[Fried-Psitalon]

No.

[Panag]

Re: Pompeii+Vesuvius=Elimination?

Originally posted by Rommel2D
Does anyone know whether a city wiped out by volcanic eruption would count as a lost city in elimination mode?

[mini-spoiler:

I'm guessing yes, and gave up some choice real-estate in a current PBEM to avoid it...]

hi ,

after playing a game inwhere it happend ;

just give the city away the minute the volcano goes boom , ....

have a nice day

[Shogun Gunner]

Re: Re: Pompeii+Vesuvius=Elimination?

Originally posted by panag



hi ,

well never give up prime ground for a volcano , the benefits are greater then the eruption , ....

have a nice day

Tell that to the residents of Vesuvius!