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Strange multiple war "declaration"
Has anybody experienced a declaration of war by other civs simply for taking the last city of a civ you're conquering?
I had this happen to me for the first time yesterday, and I don't understand it. I'm playing the original Civ III, ver. 1.29f, on Monarch, standard size map with 8 civs. I play the Greeks, and on my continent, the largest, are the French, Russians and Egyptians. On two smaller continents are the Japanese, Iroquois, Rome and Babylon.
I had previously trimmed the Russians down to two insignificant cities and was now taking on Egypt. I was at war with noone else, but as I took Egypt's last city, everybody except the Japanese declared war (that is to say, they didn't declare it, they just went into a state of war with me). Prior to this, I had only had a couple of minor skirmishes with Rome and Babylon a long time ago, both of which they had started. And the war against Russia. Diplomatic relations were stable and had been for a long time.
It was no big deal in terms of being a threat to me, but I was wondering why it happened in such a strange way. Immediately upon capturing the last of Egypt's cities, a box popped up, saying "We lost our supply of Dyes". I was importing Dyes from the Romans, so that made sense, but I never saw any formal declaration of war from Rome or from any of the others.
What's more, as the game progressed and peace was restored, I found out during diplomacy sessions that the other civs seem to think I have at some point sneak attacked the Iroquois, which I haven't. I only declare war after the expiration of peace agreements, and I always keep up with any MPP's that other civs may have entered into. Egypt didn't have any, and besides, it was an ongoing war and this mysterious thing happened only after I took their last city. But the other civs seem to equate my wiping out Egypt with having sneak attacked the Iroquois. Very strange.
I had this happen to me for the first time yesterday, and I don't understand it. I'm playing the original Civ III, ver. 1.29f, on Monarch, standard size map with 8 civs. I play the Greeks, and on my continent, the largest, are the French, Russians and Egyptians. On two smaller continents are the Japanese, Iroquois, Rome and Babylon.
I had previously trimmed the Russians down to two insignificant cities and was now taking on Egypt. I was at war with noone else, but as I took Egypt's last city, everybody except the Japanese declared war (that is to say, they didn't declare it, they just went into a state of war with me). Prior to this, I had only had a couple of minor skirmishes with Rome and Babylon a long time ago, both of which they had started. And the war against Russia. Diplomatic relations were stable and had been for a long time.
It was no big deal in terms of being a threat to me, but I was wondering why it happened in such a strange way. Immediately upon capturing the last of Egypt's cities, a box popped up, saying "We lost our supply of Dyes". I was importing Dyes from the Romans, so that made sense, but I never saw any formal declaration of war from Rome or from any of the others.
What's more, as the game progressed and peace was restored, I found out during diplomacy sessions that the other civs seem to think I have at some point sneak attacked the Iroquois, which I haven't. I only declare war after the expiration of peace agreements, and I always keep up with any MPP's that other civs may have entered into. Egypt didn't have any, and besides, it was an ongoing war and this mysterious thing happened only after I took their last city. But the other civs seem to equate my wiping out Egypt with having sneak attacked the Iroquois. Very strange.
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