Civ3: Interface - easily missed tips

[HalfLotus]

Originally posted by Blunderdog
I'm at work, so if this is in the manual, shoot me. Is there any way to find out when your trade agreements end? Or when you can end them without starting a war?

Go to bargaining table with another leader.
On the bottom of screen is "clear table", "new", active". Click "active" to see current agreements with leader. I dont recall if it shows # of turns though. Would check if I wasnt at work.

[HalfLotus]

bump

[Qnuc.dk]

thx you

when you're holdding down mouse1 to make a goto for a unit, you can cancel goto command by clicking mouse2 while you're holdding down mouse1

[SuiteSisterMary]

Hold down the 'shift' key during computer move phases, and they move at high speed and without sound effects.

[GodSpawn]

[bump]

Also, Chumley, where are you? Get your finger out and update the list in your first message!

[Chow Yun Fat]

Lower-right hand corner Infobox

small D button, Conduct diplomacy
small E button, Espionage and establish embassy
small P button, Palace view
small H button, History

[Whiplashr]

I remember reading somehwere in the manual that
treaties / agreements automatically come up for
review or renewal after 20 turns.

Jim

[BiggN]

New Command For Units!

When you have a Military or any other unit selected that can move of its own free will..

Pree E to Have it explore all black area's.

*works for military and sea units, Trimeirs /sp? will stay close to the land and not get themself automatically killed by traveling to far off coast*

[MxM]

Re: Civ3: Interface - easily missed tips

Originally posted by chumly

F4: Foreign Advisor:
Double click on a civ to get info. Use this to plan out your diplomatic alliances against rival civs, or to get advance warning of alliances in place, so you don't find yourself in a 3-1 situation.

Actually double click contacts that civ. I wonder if you can get additional information about civ other then what treaties it has with other civs. The info which I can not find is the relation between other civs (like polite, angry etc.) Also I can not find info on trade between other civs, like what is traded in when will it expire.

[Grunthex]

Originally posted by Whiplashr
I remember reading somehwere in the manual that
treaties / agreements automatically come up for
review or renewal after 20 turns.

Jim

Not true. If the AI wants to cancel it, it will call you up. If it likes the deal, it will shut up unless you bring it up. Use the steps mentioned above by HalfLotus, and yes, it shows turns remaining as a (Number) before the deal... if no number, it can be peacefully cancelled by clicking on it. Then saying never mind.

[Peterk]

This one's probably known to everyone but I didn't catch it after reading the manual and discovered it by chance.

If you get approached by another Civ and you say you'll meet with him you get asked a question and have to accept or decline. A lot of times I wished I could get away from the dialog and check some info first before answering. Just click on the foreign advisor's head and you'll get full access to all advisors.

Cool.

[chumly]

Originally posted by GodSpawn
[bump]

Also, Chumley, where are you?

I'm here, I'm here. Reformatting the thing again, I'm trying to decide if I should put EVERY hotkey, or just the most commonly used ones. Opinions?

[ElitePersian]

Originally posted by Peterk
This one's probably known to everyone but I didn't catch it after reading the manual and discovered it by chance.

If you get approached by another Civ and you say you'll meet with him you get asked a question and have to accept or decline. A lot of times I wished I could get away from the dialog and check some info first before answering. Just click on the foreign advisor's head and you'll get full access to all advisors.

Cool.

i dont understand this, can u rephrase it please?

[Peterk]

> i dont understand this, can u rephrase it please?

You can go check up info while another civ is waiting for an answer to a proposal he made by dbl-clicking on the foreign ministers head. In Civ2 you couldn't - you had to answer right away.

[SirSebastian]

A much needed bump! Useful Post!

Ugh.... Also.. my text is messed up and I'm not sure I can cancel these per turn agreements I have... Stuck with -21 per turn... eek... it's been like 50 turns. (Edited: Errr.. woah... it just seemed to be 50 =P)

New/Active/Clear Table are not active things for me to click on... how sad... argh.. need to fix my text somehow