Beginners Guide, HELP!!! (Please Read And Post)

Gryphin · #1 March 8th, 2002, 09:27 PM

solops,
I agree with you on both counts. I loved the Tech Tree provided with Civ II. One place to glean the information is following the Posts. On the other hand I have enjoyed not knowing the tree here. Just an idea, hold off on looking at the trees till you have played for quite a while and get a feel for the game. Again, just the way I am.
Good luck which ever you choose.

tesco samoa · #2 March 9th, 2002, 12:21 AM

solops alot of the tech tree can only be learned by reading the text files for facilities, components, etc... And then you still have to piece together what is going on in the background of the game..... The learning curve is quite steep but well worth the effort... I am still figuring out stuff and I have been playing this game for a year now.

Just using ship construction as an example ??? the variations and combinations is endless.

But for strategies.... computers and cargo are very important for long games....

And the value improvement tree is very important.

If you planning on playing a game that is over 300 turns I suggest that by turn 60 or 70 you have atmosphere converters...storage/cargo maxed out and system wide computers .... The game is a game of economics.....

This of course will drive the monoliths III's and resource converter III as well.

Skulky · #3 March 9th, 2002, 07:18 AM

Just for military in general concentrate on ships that can be made in one turn at your homeworlds. Numbers are better than quality early on. As you advance your ships might take up to two turns with max spaceyards tech.

Building space bases is also really helpful. I just can't get over the use of them, you can have 15+ ships in less than 3 turns with 3 yards over each ofyour 3 homeworlds and your homeworlds going full throttle.

Make sure to try out the special techs, they are really useful depending on your style and the game and your opponents. But remember just keep plugging away, PBW is around when you tire of hte AI, and it is really easy on the low levels once you get and idea, the highest levels start to get challenging but no where near human efficiency.

capnq · #4 March 9th, 2002, 05:58 PM

There's an option in one of the Game Set-Up screens (probably Technology) that allows viewing the entire tech tree. When that's turned on, there are options on the Research screen to export the tree to a .txt file.

Suicide Junkie · #5 March 9th, 2002, 07:26 PM

Here is a thread that deals with the weapons side of the tech tree.

tesco samoa · #6 March 9th, 2002, 09:55 PM

ships in two turns,,, those where the days....

The idea of the space yards is to get as many as possible going ( say 2 to 5 above each planet and get them building ships and use your planets to build infa structure then units to defend them then ships or build the big ships quickly on planets ) and build up your economics... Also this places a resupply above every planet and adds alittle defence and if you have 50 planets you could potentionaly have 100 to 250 ship yards building every turn.... And don't forget to max out the population on your planets for the production bonus..
And if your building alot of stuff on a planet build a space yard first...this will shorten the build time.

Dimex · #7 March 9th, 2002, 10:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Also for those who are new to the forum.

Their is a great manual out their that explains the game in great detail. it is a text based document that is located on the following thread...........( sorry don't have the thread right now, so you will have to find it) OR some one else can post it.

hello are there anyone that know that link?