Disappearing foreign minister

[RMeigs]

How do I open the foreign ministry to set up a new embassy? I've just installed CivIII version 1.16 for MacOSX, and if I have discovered any AI civs when I discover writing, I can establish embassies with them, but any discovered later, I can't.

Thanks,

[Willem]

It's Ctrl-E on Windows systems, this will allow you to set up a new embassy. I suspect it's the same for Mac.

[zulu9812]

There should be a star icon next to your capital - double click on it

[RMeigs]

I found it. It's very small, and the first several times the view jumped but nothing else happened.

Thanks again.

[RMeigs]

Advisor screens

I've noticed that the advisor screens are difficult to use, and sometimes freeze the program, so that I have to force it to quit. In particular, I have not been able to adjust the budget, and when I look at the "Big Picture" to check the next advance, I am not able to change anything, and the program's choice is researched next. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm running Civ3 under MacOS 10.1.

[Willem]

I'm afraid as a Mac user, you're pretty much on your own around here. I haven't seen very many threads, or posts, regarding problems with that platform.

Maybe that's a good thing! No news is good news, and that sort of thing. Or maybe there just isn't very many Mac users playing Civ 3. Who knows?

[Iotaq]

I play Civ3 on Mac OS X 10.1.4 and i have noticed none of these problems. Try going into software update and seeing if there are any OS upgrades up to 10.1.5, and if so install them.

[RMeigs]

I'm running 10.1.3. I'll see how far I can upgrade. I installed the latest patch to Civ3, though, and that cured the worst problems. I still have a question concerning the Foreign Ministry screen: when there are more than 8 players how can I see the others in relation to eachother? Last night I played a game on a huge world with at least 12, maybe 16 civs. There were 2 continents, and only the civs on my continent were represented. Is this a built-in limitation, or should that many not have been playing?

Thanks,

[Willem]

With Windows, Shift-right clicking will allow the player to insert one of the other civs into the spot. So I guess with Mac it would be Shift-Command click, or whatever that key is called. It's been awhile since I've used a Mac.

[RMeigs]

Thanks, Willem. I'll try that next time.