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Ashbri posted 03-26-99 11:03 AM ET
I was just curious as to what some game settings people use when playing?
Thanks
Tin Cow posted 03-26-99 11:18 AM ET
Well, I always play on a Custom World with the following settings:
1) Standard or Large World
2) 70-90% water (I like having my own private island in the beginning.)
3) Normal for the rest of the world except for Dense rainfall (gotta have more nutrients).
As for game settings themselves, I play with Unity Survey of Planet so that I can tell whether or not I'm on a ridiculously small or large continent (neither of which I like). I turn off Blind Research, I have Do or Die off, all victory settings on, Spoils of War on. That's about all that I can think of at the moment.
Radegast2 posted 03-26-99 11:19 AM ET
Blind research (forces you to react to what you learn)
No Spoils (harder to get tech from superiors)
No restart (dead is dead, OK)
Ironman (If the games worth playing, its worth cheating at. This stops me 'cheating')
No Trancendence victory (too easy to 'buy' without the right tech)
All other default (i think)
Huge maps, trancend,30-50% water (AI needs all the help it can get)
MoSe posted 03-26-99 11:33 AM ET
Huge World
Weak Erosion
Big landmass (not strictly)
Abundant Lifeforms
Dense Rainfall
Look First
No Survey
sometimes IronMan
Used Spoils ON Blind OFF, then in the last one I let a topic tease me in the opposite, and I've been playing the same game for a week now (need some sleep in the end) with hard settings:
Spoils OFF
Blind ON
Stagnation (!)
Believers (--Research!)
No Scattering = No Pods (No free techs or artifacts!)
I still outtech everybody. Can't still go for a victory in 2250, coz only got to Impactors, factions are far spread on the planet and the techs for other victories are far away. Have 900 votes while others <100.
In Preferences:
Fog of War OFF!
Grid in sea
Base zones
Auto Endturn OFF
MoSe posted 03-26-99 11:47 AM ET
Radegast: (btw, dya know in German it sounds like wheelhost?)
Does IronMan really stop you from 'cheating'?
In Win95 is all too easy to get back in in a whiff to stop me if I want to. And you can freely reload the same save, that's the open door. Firaxis should rais a flag in the code to prevent more than one load of the same IM savefile, w/out shutdown & restart, this could discourage the mosts from boring countless reloads.
This is one reason for turning Pods OFF. If I (or my human opponents in MP) can get higher scores re-poppin the same pod till I get the juiciest bonus, why should I accept what comes out the first hit?
I was just fed up spending more than 50% gameplay reloading & repopping pods. Maybe this issue will be worth a topic on its own.
Saluti
MariOne
HolyWarrior posted 03-27-99 12:42 AM ET
Random map, standard size, default environment.
All victory conditions, do or die, survey off, pods on, spoils on, blind research off.
TheRob posted 03-27-99 02:34 AM ET
size: usually standard -- larger tends to make the game get goofy for me when the other factions try to talk to me in a highly developed world. dunno why, 64 megs on a 200 should be fine 8-)
water: maximum -- I'm an old Civ pro, so I know all the ins and outs of Archers n' Chariots. Any AI on the same continent is just so much meat for my empire, and if I have the biggest empire right from the start, where's the fun?
native life: min -- native life favors the player, so I minimize it
other environment stuff: doesn't much matter
I dissallow the victories by transcendence and diplomacy these days, I get them way to easily.
I don't do "Do or Die" doesn't much matter with "Time Warp" anyways. Ditto "Look First."
I like "Tech Stagnation" as that keeps me from getting a tech every 3-4 turns until much later. At which point I'm probably unstoppable.
Yes to "Spoils of War" which allows the AIs to steal my tech when they capture mu bases. I usualy get HSA, so it's to their advantage.
No to "Blind Research" as, being an analytical being, I'm not nearly as blind as the AI is. Hence, BR is a big plus to a human.
No the "Intenese Rivalry" so that the poor little AIs get a chance to grow. The earlier the war, the more likely I'll sweep them. Did I mention the Archers n' Chariots?
Seeing the map doesn't matter much
No Unity scattering + Time warp = no pods in game! Pods are a big plus for the human. Besides, I seem to be able to out expand even Transcendentally advantaged AI, so the Time Warp literally makes sure some of the AIs can start ahead of me!
I use the Bell curve, as the AI just can't handle random events as well as I.
Iron man, of course
I'd like to use the randomize leader stuff, but the data on leader personality and agendas isn't easily accessible in the game, except when you talk them. And then I have to pay them, when I just want to check what they like, and whether I want to adopt those ideals to get friendlier with them? sigh. Maybe next version
Have a nice day!
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Author	Topic: common game settings
Ashbri	posted 03-26-99 11:03 AM ET I was just curious as to what some game settings people use when playing? Thanks
Tin Cow	posted 03-26-99 11:18 AM ET Well, I always play on a Custom World with the following settings: 1) Standard or Large World 2) 70-90% water (I like having my own private island in the beginning.) 3) Normal for the rest of the world except for Dense rainfall (gotta have more nutrients). As for game settings themselves, I play with Unity Survey of Planet so that I can tell whether or not I'm on a ridiculously small or large continent (neither of which I like). I turn off Blind Research, I have Do or Die off, all victory settings on, Spoils of War on. That's about all that I can think of at the moment.
Radegast2	posted 03-26-99 11:19 AM ET Blind research (forces you to react to what you learn) No Spoils (harder to get tech from superiors) No restart (dead is dead, OK) Ironman (If the games worth playing, its worth cheating at. This stops me 'cheating') No Trancendence victory (too easy to 'buy' without the right tech) All other default (i think) Huge maps, trancend,30-50% water (AI needs all the help it can get)
MoSe	posted 03-26-99 11:33 AM ET Huge World Weak Erosion Big landmass (not strictly) Abundant Lifeforms Dense Rainfall Look First No Survey sometimes IronMan Used Spoils ON Blind OFF, then in the last one I let a topic tease me in the opposite, and I've been playing the same game for a week now (need some sleep in the end) with hard settings: Spoils OFF Blind ON Stagnation (!) Believers (--Research!) No Scattering = No Pods (No free techs or artifacts!) I still outtech everybody. Can't still go for a victory in 2250, coz only got to Impactors, factions are far spread on the planet and the techs for other victories are far away. Have 900 votes while others <100. In Preferences: Fog of War OFF! Grid in sea Base zones Auto Endturn OFF
MoSe	posted 03-26-99 11:47 AM ET Radegast: (btw, dya know in German it sounds like wheelhost?) Does IronMan really stop you from 'cheating'? In Win95 is all too easy to get back in in a whiff to stop me if I want to. And you can freely reload the same save, that's the open door. Firaxis should rais a flag in the code to prevent more than one load of the same IM savefile, w/out shutdown & restart, this could discourage the mosts from boring countless reloads. This is one reason for turning Pods OFF. If I (or my human opponents in MP) can get higher scores re-poppin the same pod till I get the juiciest bonus, why should I accept what comes out the first hit? I was just fed up spending more than 50% gameplay reloading & repopping pods. Maybe this issue will be worth a topic on its own. Saluti MariOne
HolyWarrior	posted 03-27-99 12:42 AM ET Random map, standard size, default environment. All victory conditions, do or die, survey off, pods on, spoils on, blind research off.
TheRob	posted 03-27-99 02:34 AM ET size: usually standard -- larger tends to make the game get goofy for me when the other factions try to talk to me in a highly developed world. dunno why, 64 megs on a 200 should be fine 8-) water: maximum -- I'm an old Civ pro, so I know all the ins and outs of Archers n' Chariots. Any AI on the same continent is just so much meat for my empire, and if I have the biggest empire right from the start, where's the fun? native life: min -- native life favors the player, so I minimize it other environment stuff: doesn't much matter I dissallow the victories by transcendence and diplomacy these days, I get them way to easily. I don't do "Do or Die" doesn't much matter with "Time Warp" anyways. Ditto "Look First." I like "Tech Stagnation" as that keeps me from getting a tech every 3-4 turns until much later. At which point I'm probably unstoppable. Yes to "Spoils of War" which allows the AIs to steal my tech when they capture mu bases. I usualy get HSA, so it's to their advantage. No to "Blind Research" as, being an analytical being, I'm not nearly as blind as the AI is. Hence, BR is a big plus to a human. No the "Intenese Rivalry" so that the poor little AIs get a chance to grow. The earlier the war, the more likely I'll sweep them. Did I mention the Archers n' Chariots? Seeing the map doesn't matter much No Unity scattering + Time warp = no pods in game! Pods are a big plus for the human. Besides, I seem to be able to out expand even Transcendentally advantaged AI, so the Time Warp literally makes sure some of the AIs can start ahead of me! I use the Bell curve, as the AI just can't handle random events as well as I. Iron man, of course I'd like to use the randomize leader stuff, but the data on leader personality and agendas isn't easily accessible in the game, except when you talk them. And then I have to pay them, when I just want to check what they like, and whether I want to adopt those ideals to get friendlier with them? sigh. Maybe next version Have a nice day!