Hari Seldon
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Max said:
Yeah I think you just need BTS unless you want to play some of the specific scenarios/mods that came with the expansions.
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Civilization V |OT| of Losing My Religion, And I Feel Fine...
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Yeah I think you just need BTS unless you want to play some of the specific scenarios/mods that came with the expansions.
DevelopmentArrested
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anyone else's Civ 5 crashing randomly?
Wordsgohere
Neo Member
Yep. Not sure why.DevelopmentArrested said:
DevelopmentArrested
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with no warnings afterwards right? both civ 5 AND steam crash...Wordsgohere said:
ErasureAcer
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Game is working fine for me(then again I built this computer for this game...it better work). . Did the tutorial and won as the Iroquois...only one other civ(Rome). Don't know what difficulty that was on but it was pretty damn easy. Never lost a unit. As the barbs keep spawning and spawning I think the Germans would be a good pick as they get extra gold from them. Chariot Archers are deadly and you don't even need archery for them... :lol
edit-difficulty was settler...got the achievement. Gonna bump it up a couple of notches on the biggest map they got.
edit-difficulty was settler...got the achievement. Gonna bump it up a couple of notches on the biggest map they got.
I dun fucked up. I told myself I was going to be strong and there was no way I could buy this for that price. I made the mistake of downloaded the demo and feeding my addiction. The game is now being downloaded from steam for full price, and I didn't even get the preorder bonus. :lol
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Should have at least grabbed it at K-Mart and got the $20 game coupon. I almost got it from Direct2Drive for the free DLC but decided that I still wanted a physical release and the $20 coupon that I could use on another 360 game or something was a better bonus.
Game runs fine on my rig so far, but there was one strange 'hiccup' but I think that might have been from an email or IM.
Game runs fine on my rig so far, but there was one strange 'hiccup' but I think that might have been from an email or IM.
BomberMouse
Member
Wow that demo was lot of fun (and ran like shit on my laptop!) now I only need to decide wheter I should buy the SE now (need some impressions on that artbook) or wait for a steam sale in 4 more years :lol
The demo was great. This civ is all kinds of awesome, can't wait until it unlocks in my humble third world country.
This sunuvabitch seems more time-consuming than Civ4, just because of all the units you are controlling. But then again, I lost track of how much longer stuff seems to take to build, so I gone overboard on units.
Like, yeah, you really do need far less units on this game, playing it like you play civ 4 just nets you a whole fucking lot of units on cities with almost no buildings in it.
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Urgh, the demo appear to not generate a random map, I could be wrong and just having a very similar game though... :lol
Also something I did not like, this is really nitpicking, but the mini-map looks ugly for some reason.
This sunuvabitch seems more time-consuming than Civ4, just because of all the units you are controlling. But then again, I lost track of how much longer stuff seems to take to build, so I gone overboard on units.
Like, yeah, you really do need far less units on this game, playing it like you play civ 4 just nets you a whole fucking lot of units on cities with almost no buildings in it.
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Urgh, the demo appear to not generate a random map, I could be wrong and just having a very similar game though... :lol
Also something I did not like, this is really nitpicking, but the mini-map looks ugly for some reason.
I went to GameStop today to pick it up for my younger brother... but after reading this thread more I don't think I can wait any longer and gonna pick up a copy myself. I'm a huge Civ IV guy... I just built a brand new gaming rig (my first homemade PC tbh =P) and this will be a good game to really see what my new machine can do. 
Played the demo. The pace definitely seems a lot slower. Playing the demo felt like playing Civ4 on marathon. It's too bad you can't play quick on the demo. It also could be how it handles the UI just makes it seem more drawn out. I can't make too many opinions after playing it once.
The UI although is simpler, also seems dumbed down. I understand that T2 is trying to reach new audiences but as an old Civ player it became frustrating at times. There are changes to streamline things, and then there are changes just for the sake of changes to make it look different from the past.
I love how the combat has been reduced to more managable levels. I'll have to play the demo a few more times to get a better feel for the game.
The UI although is simpler, also seems dumbed down. I understand that T2 is trying to reach new audiences but as an old Civ player it became frustrating at times. There are changes to streamline things, and then there are changes just for the sake of changes to make it look different from the past.
I love how the combat has been reduced to more managable levels. I'll have to play the demo a few more times to get a better feel for the game.
Downloaded the demo at 200kb/s . Had to restart since there wasn't any sound for some reason, and the intro video kept freezing.
DX9 version runs a lot better than DX10 for me. The difference is much more drastic than any other PC game I can remember. Like, every setting on low/off on DX10 chugs whereas I can put everything on high in DX9 and it's playable. Also, DX9 campaign loads in about half the time. 8600m GT, 2ghz C2D, 4gb ram, win 7
Played demo for a few minutes - talk about information overload! Everything felt like it was in a different place vs Civ4, so many new icons, actual talking advisors, etc. etc. I don't remember the jump from 3 to 4 being so jarring, but that was awhile ago of course. Will play more later tonight when I have more time. Looked good though!
edit: also, the narrator sounded like some cross of Liam Neeson and Ken Watanabe. I was missing Nimoy already
. Had to restart since there wasn't any sound for some reason, and the intro video kept freezing.DX9 version runs a lot better than DX10 for me. The difference is much more drastic than any other PC game I can remember. Like, every setting on low/off on DX10 chugs whereas I can put everything on high in DX9 and it's playable. Also, DX9 campaign loads in about half the time. 8600m GT, 2ghz C2D, 4gb ram, win 7
Played demo for a few minutes - talk about information overload! Everything felt like it was in a different place vs Civ4, so many new icons, actual talking advisors, etc. etc. I don't remember the jump from 3 to 4 being so jarring, but that was awhile ago of course. Will play more later tonight when I have more time. Looked good though!
edit: also, the narrator sounded like some cross of Liam Neeson and Ken Watanabe. I was missing Nimoy already
So after reading a bit I'm a bit worried on how well this will run on my comp since it seems some people are having problems.
2.3 Core i5 (Dual Core)
Nvidia GTS 360M
4 GB Ram (DDR3)
2.3 Core i5 (Dual Core)
Nvidia GTS 360M
4 GB Ram (DDR3)
Well I've been playing the demo and so far I have to say I've never experienced a more boring first 100 turns of Civ. Hopefully it grows on me because right now the pacing just feels slow and the fun early game research is gone but replaced with, well, waiting. I don't know. We'll see.
I'm a bit embarrassed to ask this question but I haven't played a Civ game in ages:
Is it possible to cancel production of a unit or building? I accidentally started production of a scout but I wasn't able to stop the build order. It was still the same turn and everything!
edit: I suppose I always need to have SOMETHING in the queue.
Is it possible to cancel production of a unit or building? I accidentally started production of a scout but I wasn't able to stop the build order. It was still the same turn and everything!
edit: I suppose I always need to have SOMETHING in the queue.
FleckSplat
Member
I tried to boot up Civ V for the first time and it says my files are fragmented. WTF.
Waiting for it to finish...
Waiting for it to finish...
FleckSplat
Member
Minsc said:
Ah well it's halfway done now, so I'll just let it finish.
I don't want grenades to be broken in the modern era.
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XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Jibber Hack
Member
So I stumbled my way through about 150 turns on Warlord difficulty, huge map as France. So far I'm getting good vibes. I have to say it's hard to go back to the old diplomacy where you don't know exactly where you stand with your enemies. But, so far they haven't done anything peculiar. Though random maps are a toss up as far as city states are concerned. This game I had three very close to me. Made another game and only had 1 that was quite some distance away from me.
I really like the pace on normal this time. In 4 I thought things moved a little too quickly so I always played Epic game speed. Normal seems about right for now.
Will hopefully be able to put up some detailed impressions later this evening.
I really like the pace on normal this time. In 4 I thought things moved a little too quickly so I always played Epic game speed. Normal seems about right for now.
Will hopefully be able to put up some detailed impressions later this evening.
Minsc
Gold Member
Engine seems very light, DX11 everything maxed @ 1200p w/ 4xAA, and a solid 60fps
The tutorial is definitely not console-era friendly. I was expecting a little more hand-holding :lol
You get a short story, then wham! Figure it all out yourself after that. A bit more going over the UI would have been nice, but oh well, I'll figure it out quick enough.
How do you get the 3D advisers to come up? I just get 2D portraits, but that might be normal.
The tutorial is definitely not console-era friendly. I was expecting a little more hand-holding :lol
You get a short story, then wham! Figure it all out yourself after that. A bit more going over the UI would have been nice, but oh well, I'll figure it out quick enough.
How do you get the 3D advisers to come up? I just get 2D portraits, but that might be normal.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I think the advisers were always supposed to be in 2D? It's the leaders that are 3D.Minsc said:Engine seems very light, DX11 everything maxed @ 1200p w/ 4xAA, and a solid 60fps
The tutorial is definitely not console-era friendly. I was expecting a little more hand-holding :lol
You get a short story, then wham! Figure it all out yourself after that. A bit more going over the UI would have been nice, but oh well, I'll figure it out quick enough.
How do you get the 3D advisers to come up? I just get 2D portraits, but that might be normal.
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Deleted member 17706
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Minsc said:Engine seems very light, DX11 everything maxed @ 1200p w/ 4xAA, and a solid 60fps
The tutorial is definitely not console-era friendly. I was expecting a little more hand-holding :lol
You get a short story, then wham! Figure it all out yourself after that. A bit more going over the UI would have been nice, but oh well, I'll figure it out quick enough.
How do you get the 3D advisers to come up? I just get 2D portraits, but that might be normal.
What kind of system are you running?
I can't wait to get home and play the game.
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Deleted member 17706
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Minsc said:
Nice! I'm using a Core 2 Quad 6600 + 5870, so I should see similar performance.
I don't really find that StarCraft 2 runs poorly, but I agree about The Witcher, and Metro 2033 (although that is only because the 5870 kinds of sucks with DX11 effects).
TheExodu5 said:
I haven't played it yet, but in the videos I have seen, there were definitely movement animations.