Civilization 3

[HamSupLo]

I'm running Civilization 3 Complete on an Athlon Tbird 800 with 256 megs of RAM in XP. I don't want to build a new rig so what's a quick and dirty upgrade i can do? The wait time is getting ridiculous as each year progresses. Would more RAM do the trick?

 

[Albatross]

try disabling animation.

 

[Schadenfroh]

play civilization II instead, it is a better game

 

[Czar]

more ram, and occasional restarts of the game, if I remember corretly it has a slight memory leak

 

[HamSupLo]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
play civilization II instead, it is a better game

hmm people keep touting civ 2 > civ 3. why's that?

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
play civilization II instead, it is a better game

hmm people keep touting civ 2 > civ 3. why's that?

I prefer 3. It's because 3 doesn't do much beyond 2, mainly the culture thing.

Oh and another 512 of ram will do the trick

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
play civilization II instead, it is a better game

hmm people keep touting civ 2 > civ 3. why's that?

, because it's True.

 

[Jeff7181]

More RAM should do the trick. XP is probably using about half of your 256 for itself.

 

[Sentinel]

what video card are you running?

ps. RAM is cheap as ever, add a GB and see how she purrs.

 

[Bulldog13]

There is a map / mod at civfanatics.com that will greatly increase game speed. Dig around on that site.

 

[Bateluer]

People tout Civ2 over Civ3 likely because they can win at Civ2 with minimal effort. The diplomacy alone in Civ3 is enough to play it over Civ2.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
People tout Civ2 over Civ3 likely because they can win at Civ2 with minimal effort. The diplomacy alone in Civ3 is enough to play it over Civ2.

Sorta true. I found that with Civ 2 the various difficulty levels worked, but with Civ 3 they didn't seem to mean anything at all.