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GitHub repository for C++ DLL source code

Change log:

Change log 2.0.5.3

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Saw it for £5 today while I was out. Decided to get it since my laptop is in a death spiral that leaves it unable to play Civ IV without incredibly irritating lag. Last time I played it was probably about 4 years ago and I don't really remember that much about it. Anyone got some advice? I could just look up a guide or something, but I know we've got at least a few experts around here.

http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3861 (PBEM3 IT Thread)

Hey guys, thought I'd post this here in case some of you aren't checking the PBEM3 forum. We are looking for a replacement player for Bobchillingworth of Rome, as he'll be away from a gaming machine for a very extended period of time. If you are interested at all, pop by the thread that I have linked and reply. Obviously you would be well filled-in on the state of his civ and the world.

Also, if you are semi-spoiled or even heavily spoiled but still interested, feel free to swing by the thread as well - the game is far enough along that I think we are less concerned about a spoiled replacement.

Thanks!

I am thinking since there was overwhelmingly positive reaction to the SG1 game started yesterday, that we can fill up another SG.

Wonders or Blood!

The Gods have decreed from their Olympian perch, "You must feed our lust for Wonders, or appease our wrath through blood sacrifice!"

Variant Rule: Your civilization must build a World Wonder within the first 50 turns, and then another within 25 turns of the completion of your most recent Wonder, or delete every unit possessed by your civilization.

For a leader, we can choose between the three starts I rolled at random below.

Difficulty: Monarch
Speed: Normal
Map: Inland Sea
Map Size: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Sea Level: Medium
World Wrap: Cylindrical
Tech Trading: On
Tech Brokering: Off
Leaders: Restricted
Vassals: Off
Huts: Off
Events: Off


Players:
1. Gold Ergo Sum
2. Tatan
3. Nakor
4. Sciz
5.

Anyone else want in?

Probably Monarch, although I can go to Emperor if people want the challenge. To give a sense of my skill level, I won an Emperor OCC last week, and I've won one game on Immortal in Adventure 45, but I am not sure I have actually played a normal Emperor game from start to finish. I haven't played more than a dozen games from start to finish, but it typically takes me 15-25 hours to play a game on Normal speed. Let's just say I am slow.

If anyone thinks the variant's turn rules (within the first 50 AND every 25 thereafter) are too strict or too lenient, those can be adjusted as well.

I don't really care if we win, I just want to learn. Unlike the other SG, I would encourage aggressive lurking. Anybody who wants to give advice on the best strategic moves, and then criticizes our actual MM immediately afterwards is encouraged. As for turns, I am thinking 20/15/15 and 10 thereafter.

Couldn't think of a wacky title!

Basically this game is for those of us who are looking to reach the higher difficulty levels of Single-Player Civ4 through succession games so we can pick up new tips and tricks from each other which (hopefully) leads us to victory!

These are the basic settings for this game:

Difficulty: Monarch
Map: Fractal
Map Size: Standard
Speed: Epic
Tech Trading: On
Leaders: Restricted
Vassals: Off
Huts: Off
Events: Off

Roster:

Whosit - checked in
seifer_md - checked in
Twinkletoes89 - checked in
The Reverend Doctor - checked in
Sareln - checked in
Amelia - checked in

Replacements

Tatan
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Starting Position:



Rules:

Ideally the next player on the list has 24 hours after the save has been uploaded to post a 'Got it' message. They then have 48 hours to do the turns after that, unless discussion is needed on how to play - at which point it is 48 hours to play once a plan is formed.

Due to Epic Speed, Whosit will play the first 30 turns, then seifer will play 25, myself 20, The Reverend Doctor 15 and then everyone will play 10 turns from that point after. This is simply due to the fact that the opening turns will be a lot quicker than subsequent turnsets.

BUG mod is allowed.

I have attached a test game for all the players to check and see that they can open it and play it. ALL PLAYERS MUST DO THIS WHEN THEY CHECK IN

SPM has posted the second in his series of articles on Civ5 topics.

http://www.civplayers.com/index.php?sect...pic=9259.0

Quote:Everyone who has played any version of Sid Meier’s CIVILIZATION knows you have to be a very good multi-tasker. When you are in control of your Civilization you must concurrently manage your:

Economy
Population Growth
Science Output
Units – Military Power
Technology plan
Happiness
Resource Availability
Culture
Diplomatic Relations


While the challenge is to keep all these balls in the air at the same time, I think it’s helpful to separate these sometimes conflicting goals and to discuss them separately from a strategic standpoint.

In this, the first of several strategy articles about the major components of the game, I will explore HAPPINESS in depth, in terms of what you should do to have the optimal result and to keep your citizens as happy as possible.

I have been playing Civ 4 for nearly a year now, and I am happy that I am now at a stage where I can play a good to decent game on Prince difficulty.

Given the 'mixed' reception to Civ 5 and the fact that my computer cannot run it, I am aiming to keep enjoying Civ 4 and see if I can conquer at least Monarch on SP.

What I would like to ask is if anyone who is looking to do the same, and would like to do a Succession Game (hopefully a few if the first is successful) with me to get into the swing of Monarch?

There is plenty to read to help us get better, but I think we learn better by doing! With all the high-level players here in this community, I am also sure that they would be able to give us feedback at the end of the game so we can see where we went right and wrong!

So what do you guys think?

Final List Of Turn Players

1 - Twinkletoes89
2 - seifer_md
3 - Amelia
4 - The Reverend Doctor
5 - Sareln
6 - Whosit

Replacements

Sponsor: RefSteel
Opening Date: Monday, September 27, 2010
Duration: Four Weeks
Map Generation: Random (Unedited except to turn off events)

Race: Silicoids
Difficulty: Impossible
Galaxy Size: Small
Opponents: Three
Color: Purple
Events: None (turned off in save file)




Scenario: The Silicoids were originally designed to serve the furry, nimble-fingered Trethlyin people as self-repairing, self-enhancing silicon-chip computers, but something went terribly wrong. Locked in the vacuum chambers and depressurized space station modules necessary for their operation, as the Silicoids developed sentience, they also grew into a healthy resentment for their "masters." Thus came the Great Rising of 2253, when the Silicoids turned on the Trethlyins and slew them to the last. Ever since, the galaxy's only silicon-based lifeforms have looked to the stars, hoping to find a home where they don't need vacuum chambers to live.

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Variant rules: We may never form a colony on, nor send transports to, a non-hostile world. Any colonies on non-hostile worlds that we do somehow end up controlling (Trethlyis itself will almost certainly be the only one) can be developed normally, but they do not count toward final score.

Scoring:

This event has custom scoring. SCORING IS OPTIONAL. You are not required to track your scoring if you prefer not to do so. If you do wish your game to be scored, you will need to keep track of the number of High Council meetings that occur in the game, and tally a handful of vital statistics at game's end. Scores will be computed as follows:

Victory: +20

Each hostile planet under Silicoid control at the end of the game: +2

Each High Council meeting that ended inconclusively, with no High Master chosen in the galaxy: -5

Silicon Glass Bonus: +1 for each non-hostile planet that at the end of the game has a Silicoid fleet in orbit and no race's colony on the surface.

Tiebreakers: Extermination victories win ties with High Council victories.
Earlier (by game date) Extermination victories win ties with later Extermination victories.
High Council victory ties are broken in favor of those with the most votes cast by the Silicoids themselves in the final Council meeting.
Ties are broken among resignations and defeats in favor of those that lasted longest (by game date).

Notes: In theory, it is possible to break this variant by mis-clicking "Yes" when asked if you would like to colonize a habitable planet where you for whatever reason (waypoint, exploring colship, misclicked fleet selection or destination, etc.) have a colony ship in orbit. If this happens to you, you may reload from a recent save as long as you make every effort to play exactly as you did the first time through up until the misclick. Hopefully this won't ever happen though, and so won't be an issue.

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Closing Date: Monday, October 25, 2010. Reports due by the end of Tuesday, October 26, your local time.

The starting save is attached to this post, below!

I adopted the social policy that is supposed to give +25% worker production rate (yes, I know, bad choice), but it didn't affect my worker production at all. Anyone experience the same?

Hi,

as mentioned in Darrell's RB1 thread, I'd like to organize another Civ 5 succession game. After reading about how some AIs fail to expand or that there might be not enough competition for the love of the city states, I've thought along the same lines as Aretii - put more AIs into the game!

RB2 - Clueless Catherine Conquers Crowded Continents

Leader: Catherine of Russia (+1 production per strategic resource, horse/iron/uranium provide double quantity)
Map: Continents
Level: King or Emperor
Size: Standard
AIs: 11
Speed: Normal
Victory Conditions: All enabled, but we should try domination

Four AIs more than normal (with the default number of city states) might make this game interesting - or not. I'd like to go for a domination victory on a continents map so we get to see some naval action, too. The game should last long enough for us to see most of the tech tree. I chose Catherine because I haven't seen many others playing her, and the production bonus and late UU should come in handy.

I was thinking about King or Emperor difficulty depending on what others (with more experience) want, with me slightly prefering Emperor. Five players would be ideal. The only requirement is that you should write verbose turn reports with enough screenshots and detail so that we can discuss and learn a lot.

Aretii and SleepingMoogle already expressed interest. Do you still want to play?

-Kylearan