Yeah, the combat animations grew a bit tiresome after the first few times, so I enabled quick combat, wow, I missed a ton of combat spam after that (how else would I know if I won or lost the battle?).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CW > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 3:29 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Civilization IV arrives > > Hit escape, the side panel will show up, go to options, and > you can change most of the graphic options. By default on > some systems AA turns on, and resolution is turned up, etc. > You can turn that stuff down or turn off things, etc. > > > -----Original message----- > From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:12:16 -0500 > To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Civilization IV arrives > > > I got it today as well. Been playing with it. Jumped right > in - didn't > > start the tutorial or read the manual that much. I'm > guessing it might > > help me to do so. Seems very different from Civ3. Lots of > throwbacks > > to > > Civ1 as well. > > > > It runs pretty slow on my 3.2ghz, 1.5gb RAM laptop though. > I have 64mb > > of video ram and it's just slow. I wish I could turn off all of the > > unit animations and have the units just slide around like I > was able > > to do in Civ3. > > > > CW wrote: > > > Yes, it is. I spent almost all day yesterday. It's a > big logical > > > change from Civ, but the strategy is ungodly deep. I > like it that > > > it strongly encourages the play for peaceful victory ;) > > > > > > The music is suprisingly good as well. > > > > > > > > > -----Original message----- > > > From: "Alex" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:33:41 -0500 > > > To: "'The Hardware List'" hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > > Subject: RE: [H] Civilization IV arrives > > > > > > > > >>This game is lethal - started the tutorial at midnight, > didn't get > > >>to bed till 10am or so. Luckily, I have today off. > > >> > > >> > > >>>-----Original Message----- > > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CW > > >>>Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:26 PM > > >>>To: The Hardware List > > >>>Subject: Re: [H] Civilization IV arrives > > >>> > > >>>*laugh* Numerous people. Due to an error in shipment, some that > > >>>were meant for Quebec came into the US. They have a version you > > >>>can download at thier website or you can contact them > for a mailed > > >>>replacement. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>-----Original message----- > > >>>From: Brian Weeden [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:45:43 -0500 > > >>>To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > >>>Subject: Re: [H] Civilization IV arrives > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>So anyone else get the French version of the fold-out tech > > >>> > > >>>tree with > > >>> > > >>>>their game? LOL. Kinda sucks because I'm guessing its fairly > > >>>>important to be able to read it from the complexity of > the map :) > > >>>> > > >>>>-- > > >>>>Brian > > >>>> > > >>> > > > > > > >
