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  • #16
    Originally posted by Athitis
    Is lag with a 56k connection so horrible?
    that is the $29.99 question... I could stand outside the door all day like a manservant but when I tried to sit down in hosted games, I got no ping whatsoever with 56k... couldn't play basicly.

    I hope this is something that is addressed quickly. I'm fairly sure it wasn't a problem with my setup. Installation was fine, got the 1.04f patch up and running, there weren't any system requirements mentioned that prohibited dial-up. I will probably email firaxis support to find a solution and wait a month for a reply; they are probably flooded right now.

    Luckily my house has DSL downstairs though so its time to start running the wires through the walls.
    "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." -- Abraham Lincoln

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    • #17
      I just bought the game yesterday, so I haven't had a chance to check out all the features yet either, but the UUs that I've seen are not overpowering.

      I just played a game as the Ottomans with the Arabs and the Carthaginians in the game. I didn't see a Numidean Mercenary since the Carthaginians were on another continent until Cavalry (or Sipahi in my case), so they were not very effective. The Poor Arabs got thier butts kicked by the Greeks, so thier UU wasn't very prolific.

      What I can say is that the Sipahi were good, but not world beaters. They beat riflemen a little more frequently than Cavalry, but otherwise they aren't outstanding.

      What is outstanding is the new graphics. All of the units have a more polished look. When my medieval inf. was walking into the screen so that you could see his cloak, the medieval lion motif on the cloak was outstanding, right down to the rippled look that a full length cloak would have.

      Another thing I noticed, the AI is a bit smarter about mountains and hills, not attacking you all the time when you are well defended in rough terrain, and tends to use it better for his own defence, but they still attack as groups of individuals...sad.

      The Barbs seem to move a bit more randomly as well, but then again...I was on "Roaming".
      An assassinated leader, war in the Balkans, and the German Chancellor calling for a unified Europe...what's the worst thing that can happen? - Dennis Miller

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      • #18
        how about modern day techs and stuff.... radars how do they work and stuff....i have to wait until the end of november before i can buy it so please entertain me....
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        • #19
          I haven't gotten that far in the game, and frankly, I forgot all about outposts....

          I'll let you know when I get there.
          An assassinated leader, war in the Balkans, and the German Chancellor calling for a unified Europe...what's the worst thing that can happen? - Dennis Miller

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          • #20
            Did anyone try the Play by Email PBEM feature yet? If so, how did it work?? And do you need to buy Civ III first in order to make PTW work? In other words, is PTW an upgrade or a stand alone game? Thanks!

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            • #21
              Quinn,

              You must have Civ III for the PTW game to work. PTW is an expansion, after all.

              I'm trying to get a PBEM game going in that forum, so I'll let you know when it happens, but if it's anything like the hotseat game I tried, it should be fine.

              Hotseat is easy, password protected against those prying eyes, and relatively simple to set up. I'm sure it'll be the same for PBEM.
              An assassinated leader, war in the Balkans, and the German Chancellor calling for a unified Europe...what's the worst thing that can happen? - Dennis Miller

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              • #22
                Thanks Buster13! Expansion pack --- right -- I should have figured that out I bought CivIII but I lost it! Can you believe it? Let me know how the PBEM and Hotseat testing goes. I haven't read any problems with them so far.

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                • #23
                  Quinn, if you still have Civ III loaded on your machine, you can run off of the PTW disk. All you have to do is buy and install!

                  Of course, once you don't need it anymore, the Civ III disk will show up...
                  An assassinated leader, war in the Balkans, and the German Chancellor calling for a unified Europe...what's the worst thing that can happen? - Dennis Miller

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                  • #24
                    I played Hotseat as well and wasn't too impressed witht he Diplomacy. Other than that I like it. Haven't tried any mods or MP yet though.
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                    • #25
                      Apolyton Civilization Site
                      http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66125

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by asleepathewheel
                        What I don't like:
                        ...

                        Double your pleasure mod: looks quite intense, tons more units, techs etc. except missing icons. again, look at civ3.com.

                        ...
                        You need to get the graphics patch from Civ3.bernskov.com
                        Creator of the Double Your Pleasure Mod Check out the DyP website and join the discussion on Double Your Pleasure Mod thread at civfanatics. You can play the mod on my DYP Earth Map
                        or play regular Civ3 on one of my earth maps: 256x205; 180x180 Map; or 140x140.
                        For you modders out there I have released a version of the map with no resources. You can get that version Clean 180x180 here or Clean 140x140 here.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Kal-el


                          You need to get the graphics patch from Civ3.bernskov.com
                          Ah yes. I downloaded the patch when it was released (whenever that was) good job

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                          • #28
                            ok, just saw the mod listed with what you didn't like, and thought I should say something.
                            Creator of the Double Your Pleasure Mod Check out the DyP website and join the discussion on Double Your Pleasure Mod thread at civfanatics. You can play the mod on my DYP Earth Map
                            or play regular Civ3 on one of my earth maps: 256x205; 180x180 Map; or 140x140.
                            For you modders out there I have released a version of the map with no resources. You can get that version Clean 180x180 here or Clean 140x140 here.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Kal-el
                              ok, just saw the mod listed with what you didn't like, and thought I should say something.
                              Its not that I didn't like it, it was that I was confused as to why it was incomplete (and why civ3.com was useless)

                              The mod is cool, complicated, but cool.

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                              • #30
                                why it was incomplete is a long story that ends with Infogrames is a bunch of idiots who rushed PtW out the door before it was complete.
                                Creator of the Double Your Pleasure Mod Check out the DyP website and join the discussion on Double Your Pleasure Mod thread at civfanatics. You can play the mod on my DYP Earth Map
                                or play regular Civ3 on one of my earth maps: 256x205; 180x180 Map; or 140x140.
                                For you modders out there I have released a version of the map with no resources. You can get that version Clean 180x180 here or Clean 140x140 here.

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