When I go to the city view, I see the squares that the citizens of the city
are (or could be) working.  Does that mean that all that space between my
cities that does NOT show up when I go to a city view is wasted?  Is
irrigation and mining pointless on those spaces?

Hi NG
Has anybody else problems with the synchronization by playing online with 1.27f ?
After several rounds (from 3 up to 20) the synchronization failes, or the game is going slower and slower.
Any ideas?

Hi there - I've had a bit of a shocker installing a mod and have overwritten
the pediaicons.txt file for normal Play the world and now can only play the
mod.
Please can someone email me the Pediaicons.txt file. It will be located in

I noticed something in my last game that has me wondering.  For some reason
that I have been unable to discern, certain of my cities that were producing
just fine, in WLKD, and were at even in regards to food(intake/consumption)
will suddenly be producing deficit food and lose ...

I'm curious what other Civ-players consider all-time classic games.  
Obviously Civ is on the list, but what else?
My favorites growing up were MOO2, anything by Infocom, Populous, and
Wizardry, as well as the old "gold box" SSI AD&D games (Pool of Radiance,

I just say on the civ3 site that they came out with a 'complete' set..
Is it different then having Civ3 & then getting conquests.. or did they
add something special to it..????
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Does anyone know of a link where you can download maps for conquests?

I would appreciate opinions on the best mods to download for the basic C3
game (with 1.29f patch). I'm not looking to change scenarios - only improve
graphics and some some of the settings like better progression of weapons,
more realistic comparison of units (nukes should have ...

I just conquered monarch with the americans & I never once had the option to
build a space ship, all small & great wonders were built, wtf?

I have to admit I got hooked on Civ 2 and just got Civ 3.
I start out fine and get great milestone works but someone ALWAYS
declares war on me and wipes me out, or gets all the other civs to declare
war too and

Any known problem or patch for the Auto Save hanging
your machine?
Have ALL latest drivers have much real and virtual memory
and have narrowed my problem to the Auto Save,,,at least in this

I see this term used a lot but I can't figure out what it is. I
already tried getting an answer by typing it in google, but all I get
is more articles on using it, not actually what it is. :) An
explanation would be appreciated. Thank you.

can anyone explain why a sun appears in the "tile" with all the information
sometimes?
i have been thinking a lot about this but i am not able to f?nd out why it
is like this :)

I'm trying to create a strategic resource that resides in coastal, sea, and
ocean squares.  The resource appears just fine.  My problem is that it
doesn't seem to be acknowledged by my trade advisor, even though I created
a city right next to the resource with a harbor.  I'm ...

I have Civ III Gold and Conquests, installed them both, but when I play
Conquests (haven't tried with regular gold) I don't have all the options
that came with Play the World.  Am I missing something or doing something
wrong?