its up, im not kiding!! CIV3.COM GOES LIVE

[XarXo]

THE TRIBES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHO MADE THE TRIBE LIST??????

OK, I understand "America" and Britain (but both are the same thing, and America isn't only the USA, remember this please!).

But, SPANISH???? Where are them??? They have the biggest empire in the world and now... Nothing?

And Incans????? The Aztecs were pathetic compared with'em!!!

Mongols? Where is Genghis Khan?

The *TRULY* best divison must be of 24 tribes:

America: USA (Americans), Iroquois (Iroquese), The Birú (Incans, the Tauantisuyu confederation) and Aztec Empire (Aztecs).

(4 tribes)

Europe: British, Russians, Romans, Spanish, French, Germany and Greece.

(7 tribes)

Asia: China, Japan, Mongolia, India, Persia, Babylon, Israel and Siam (the Thai culture!!!!).

(8 tribes)

Africa: Zulus, Ethiopians, Egypt, Nigeria (this last one is the african state with the biggest increase in development, with an enormous territory and will have 600 millions at the 2020/2025).

(4 tribes)

Oceania: Polynese (Hawaii and the other Pacific islands, they could have a trirreme when start, with the expansionist option and a GOOD exploration AI, is a good posibility)

(1 tribe)

4 + 7 + 8 + 4 + 1 = 24

[Imran Siddiqui]

Where are the Arabs/Muslims in your list?

[Grim Legacy]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Where are the Arabs/Muslims in your list?

"Muslims" is not a civ but a religion.

Where are the (Ottoman) Turks on that list?

[Stefu]

BTW, have we found out yet what will the minor civs be?

[JosefGiven]

Nice one, team

Just want to add my voice to the general shout of praise for the Civ3 site.

Of particular note: The Palace and the City View screen. Classy stuff indeed.

Maximum respeck, Dan

[JosefGiven]

Who's taken a look through the different wallpapers? What do you suppose the sixth one is...the one that looks like a series Matrix-style pod-towers? WTF is that all about?

BTW: Just made the great leap from 800 x 600 to 1024x768. How can anyone read text that's this small? I think I have a head-ache coming on...

[CyberbugFredrik]

Wow! The graphics look MUCH better now! I am really impressed.

Just one thing though: Why have those ugly HEADS at the very left at all the advisor screens? They should be replaced by symbols, like a sword and a shield for the military advisor for example.

[Juggler]

I still like the heads. Having simbols is pretty stupid.

[JosefGiven]

I still like the heads. Having simbols is pretty stupid

I don't mind the idea of heads as such...take the advisors in Civ II for example (You know - "Give me more units, noble leader..." etc.)

I just don't like the ones they've got lined up for Civ III at the moment.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by JosefGiven
Who's taken a look through the different wallpapers? What do you suppose the sixth one is...the one that looks like a series Matrix-style pod-towers? WTF is that all about?

BTW: Just made the great leap from 800 x 600 to 1024x768. How can anyone read text that's this small? I think I have a head-ache coming on...

How big is your monitor? 1024x768 is typically used in windows with 17" monitors. If your monitor is smaller, of course it will hurt your eyes IN WINDOWS. The game will look much different and you will most likely not have trouble reading.

[JosefGiven]

How big is your monitor? 1024x768 is typically used in windows with 17" monitors. If your monitor is smaller, of course it will hurt your eyes IN WINDOWS. The game will look much different and you will most likely not have trouble reading.

Ah, that would be it, mate. I dare say you can imagine how painful 1024 x 764 is on a 14" monitor.

So, sweet. Back to 800 x 600 for Windows for me, and I'll save the techno resolutions for Civ 3 and other such wotsits.

BTW: Did anyone work out what this is supposed to be? I have fears it could be some science-fiction future-tech silliness in a CtP stylee.

Fingers crossed it's just the new improved Alpha Centauri mission vessel...

[cyborgasm]

Screensaver

Hey, I'm having a little problem with the screensaver, I saved it to disk and now when I double click on it it says "The installer cannot be run from your Windows directory." As I expected, it doesn't work in dos, what do I do?

[TechWins]

OK, I understand "America" and Britain (but both are the same thing, and America isn't only the USA, remember this please!).

What you have to remember is that people who are United States of America citizens are referred to as Americans. Correct America isn't only the USA but Americans are usually thought of as USA citizens. That's why people say Americans for short, referring to the USA citizens.

[Rhuarc]

GREAT!!!

The CIV3 site looks absolutely wonderful Dan! There for a while I was wondering if I was going to enjoy Civ3, but now after seeing all of the info about it, I am really starting to like things that I didn't before. Like the graphics, I didn't like them at first, but now I really think that they add a sort of epic feel to the game. It makes it seem much more like you are controlling a great civilization. At first I really liked the CTP style graphics more, but after seeing all these new screenshots WOW!!! I love it! Thanks so much Dan for all the work you put into the site, I know everbody here really appreciates it!

[tuckson]

well, let's call it live...

According to the what's new section on civ3.com, the last update is from 8/9/01.

Also the "civ of the week" (babylionians) is to be seen for some time now, but definitely more than a week old.

Is civ3.com going the same way as the firaxis civ3 preview site?