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[Rakonas]

Are there any cracks so you can have it playing on multiple computers at the same time despite the whole steam thing?

[forsaken1111]

Are there any cracks so you can have it playing on multiple computers at the same time despite the whole steam thing?

Play in offline mode?

[Neonivek]

Can you force alliances in Civilization 5?

[Thendash]

I don't think so, which is kind of annoying. I played a continent game, 3 continents 2 civs per. I was Germany on a continent with France, I wiped them out at about the same time I developed the tech needed to build caravels. So I send out a few and find Rome has destroyed all but 1 city of the English, one of my city states gets into a spat with one of Romes city states and we both get pulled into a war. I decimated Rome with my advanced troops and now own 2 continents. I go talk to England thinking they'll be great full that I destroyed their oppressors, but no, they want nothing to do with me because I was a dick to Rome and refused their peace treaty. Stupid British, you can't defy the overlord of the world and expect to get away with it! There should be a way to say, "be my ally and pay me tribute or die!"

[Bluerobin]

Can you force alliances in Civilization 5?

Depends what you mean. You can set up teams before the game starts, which I'm assuming forces alliances that stay through the whole game.

[Spreggo]

Well, the scale in a game like this can never really be realistic. When you have turns leaping multiple years, you have to ask "Why did it take my warrior 8 years to travel a few hexes?" etc.

Everybody in your distant scouting party is DEAD before they return.

Also a couple generations of people, they come back.

They just breed like rabbits .

And I've decided not to buy it on Steam yet. I just pirated it and play it, and it's nice but not awesome, I don't see anything which makes it much better than Civ IV (but it's definitely different).

I can't play without a mod which "fixes" game speed though, otherwise units become obsolete while you build them hehe.

Don't you mean, Civ 5 pirated you?

_{yes that was a soviet russia joke}

Also there is a free demo that lets you play for quite a while. I don't think pirating is really necessary for trial purposes.

[Neonivek]

Can you force alliances in Civilization 5?

Depends what you mean. You can set up teams before the game starts, which I'm assuming forces alliances that stay through the whole game.

I did. That is nice.

[forsaken1111]

Can you force alliances in Civilization 5?

Depends what you mean. You can set up teams before the game starts, which I'm assuming forces alliances that stay through the whole game.

Teams are awesome, you share technology automatically as well.

[Ivefan]

So i tried teams of 3.
Got Persia & Aztec with me and started with 2 sugar, I thought I'd shade with Persia to get one of his extras.
Open Diplomacy and get insulted about my military.
Uh, yeah, ok, You want sugar for silk?
NO! GIEF MONNIES TOO!
Right, refused and checked with Monty and he was the same.
I thought we were supposed to be allied? Not to mention that the other factions were all over me with cooperation offers and whatever.

[forsaken1111]

Persia is pretty much a greedy dick.

[warhammer651]

and Monty's just a D-bag.

[Grakelin]

My theory was that the AI wasn't designed for allied play. That's really more of a multiplayer thing.

[Shades]

Did he have spare silk?
But Grakelin is probably right. The multiplayer parts seem unfinished and that probably includes the AI dealing with them. Once they patch it it will hopefully be better.

[umiman]

if you're playing on a difficulty higher than prince, keep in mind that the AI is programmed to refuse fair deals.

It's sad that I never associate human qualities to the leaders in civ like other people. I've never once considered Montezuma to be a douchebag or the like. Heck, I generally don't even think about the leaders at all, just the nations. For me, it's just "France is programmed to expand and conquer", "India is programmed to gain culture and declare late wars", etc.

Different in Alpha Centauri though. Associated a lot of "human" qualities with Lady Diedre if you know what I mean.

[Rakonas]

Different in Alpha Centauri though. Associated a lot of "human" qualities with Lady Diedre if you know what I mean.

I'm not sure how much I agree with you there. Playing as the Hive, I often found myself allied with Zakharov, feeling that we're similar enough in means though we may have different end goals. It just ruins it when Zakharov tells me, "I've had enough of your brutal nihilism!" and declares war. It makes no sense. More human qualities than normal civ, though, I agree.