Civ4 Q&A thread - Page 14

digger760 · 25-11-2005, 14:26

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quote:Originally posted by Paalikles

I wanna enable floating camera mode. How to?

I was curios about this last night, but all the manual says is that you can view from 45degree angles using shift left arrow or rigth arrow.

I heard somewhere that floating camera idea was dropped cos of the additional GPU requirements..or maybe that was a diff game all together.

Socrates · 25-11-2005, 20:38

One question. I started to make screenshots from the game (so far I'm stuck at 4000BC in my 1st game !). The ones from Civ4 seem to be of slightly lower quality than the ones I make (with PhotoFiltre, a free program), even if they come from the same button pressing. The former are lighter in kB, but oddly they have a greater 'pixels per inch' figure (96 to 72) in both directions.

I use the standard compression at 90% with that program. Isn't it weird ?

The question actually : Do you think we should use screenshots from Civ4 or from our own image programs for spoilers ? From the pics I took the ratio varies from 1.45 to 1.60, which is quite much.

Pastorius · 26-11-2005, 15:25

Just in case someone hasnt seen it:

The CivIV wiki

Could become a good source of info

Whomp · 26-11-2005, 17:30

Does anyone know what the hot key is to rename units? It's not shift-N anymore.

Pastorius · 26-11-2005, 19:58

IIRC, if you mouseover the unit, it will tell you

Whomp · 26-11-2005, 20:13

I found out you can change it in the lower left hand corner when it says IE "warrior" it will pop up "rename unit" and you can click warrior and rename it. However, it doesn't work for me it goes back to the tile terrain in near the "rename unit" area.

Lt. Killer M · 27-11-2005, 13:47

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quote:Originally posted by Shabbaman

Hm. Are their sentiments toward stone stronger than towards other (strategic) resources? Marble for instance?

well, stone is usefull right at the beginning. Thus, high interest. Marble also is usefull early on, thus I suspect you'll get similar results.

horses are too common for this to work, in my experience.

Beam · 02-12-2005, 00:41

A brave Destroyer got a good deal of promotions, somebody got a clue how to use the 10% vs. Mounted Units OMFG?

125.03KB

I am desperate!!111111111111111!!!!111!!ExplanationMark 111111111111111

Ginger_Ale · 02-12-2005, 01:15

Not sure if you wrote 'explanation mark' intentionally or not, but it fits pretty well since you want an explanation.

It's actually 'exclamantion'. Nice pic though.

Pastorius · 02-12-2005, 09:23

RTFM n00b!!11!

Probably wont work to have +10% against mounted units. 2 extra first strikes sounds ok, since you could be attacked by some maniac at sea...

25-11-2005, 20:38	#132
Socrates Emperor Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,946	One question. I started to make screenshots from the game (so far I'm stuck at 4000BC in my 1st game !). The ones from Civ4 seem to be of slightly lower quality than the ones I make (with PhotoFiltre, a free program), even if they come from the same button pressing. The former are lighter in kB, but oddly they have a greater 'pixels per inch' figure (96 to 72) in both directions. I use the standard compression at 90% with that program. Isn't it weird ? The question actually : Do you think we should use screenshots from Civ4 or from our own image programs for spoilers ? From the pics I took the ratio varies from 1.45 to 1.60, which is quite much. __________________ Sent from my Debian

26-11-2005, 15:25	#133
Pastorius Custard used tile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Opening a can Posts: 3,158	Just in case someone hasnt seen it: The CivIV wiki Could become a good source of info __________________

26-11-2005, 17:30	#134
Whomp King Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago. Posts: 2,388	Does anyone know what the hot key is to rename units? It's not shift-N anymore. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.--W. C. Fields

26-11-2005, 19:58	#135
Pastorius Custard used tile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Opening a can Posts: 3,158	IIRC, if you mouseover the unit, it will tell you __________________

26-11-2005, 20:13	#136
Whomp King Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago. Posts: 2,388	I found out you can change it in the lower left hand corner when it says IE "warrior" it will pop up "rename unit" and you can click warrior and rename it. However, it doesn't work for me it goes back to the tile terrain in near the "rename unit" area. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.--W. C. Fields

02-12-2005, 00:41	#138
Beam c00l b33r Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Beat 'm up Scotty!. Lives in the Lands that are Nether. Posts: 5,094	A brave Destroyer got a good deal of promotions, somebody got a clue how to use the 10% vs. Mounted Units OMFG? 125.03KB I am desperate!!111111111111111!!!!111!!ExplanationMark 111111111111111 __________________ That was a pretty good gamble. -- Scotty, The Galileo Seven, stardate 2821.5, Episode 14 Linux never looked this good!

02-12-2005, 01:15	#139
Ginger_Ale Prince Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: America. Posts: 501	Not sure if you wrote 'explanation mark' intentionally or not, but it fits pretty well since you want an explanation. It's actually 'exclamantion'. Nice pic though.

02-12-2005, 09:23	#140
Pastorius Custard used tile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Opening a can Posts: 3,158	RTFM n00b!!11! Probably wont work to have +10% against mounted units. 2 extra first strikes sounds ok, since you could be attacked by some maniac at sea... __________________