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  • Patches!

    What exactly are patches?
    They obviously improve CIV3 cos so many people talk about them, but how do they do this?
    Which patch/patches should I use and where do get them from?
    Please educate me!
    Cheers, Nick

  • #2
    You can download the latest patch from
    official civ3 site.
    The changes / bug fixes are also listed there.

    Have fun!

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    • #3
      Baatches, we no need no stinkin baatches!

      I just had to say that once
      We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
      If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
      Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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      • #4
        You can also get the patch here, on Apolyton
        Up the Irons!
        Rogue CivIII FAQ!
        Odysseus and the March of Time
        I think holding hands can be more erotic than 'slamming it in the ass' - Pekka, thinking that he's messed up

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        • #5
          I noticed we didnt answer part of your question. So just in case you havent downloaded and installed 1.21, heres a brief blurb.

          Patches contain fixes to known bugs/problems etc. For example, air defense didnt work in the original version 1.0 (?). That bug was fixed in the first patch (along with other stuff). So from that perspective patches are important.

          The other thing that patches do is to add and remove game elements in order to "improve" the game. This is where there are problems. Different people like and dislike different elements of the game so changing things quietens one group of discontented players but activates another.

          Some people dont like the patches, others do, and still others dont think they go far enough. The game can be played without the patches so I would suggest you do that for a short while then upgrade to v1.21 and try it again.
          We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
          If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
          Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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          • #6
            Cheers all - the scales have fallen from my eyes!!
            (I'm enjoying the game fine at the mo without a patch)

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            • #7
              patch it, trust me, it will be better

              certain elements in your version don't work as intended, or even not at all!!!

              have fun
              Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
              Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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