Do you have what it takes to build a Digilization... err Civilization that can stand the test of time?

Welcome to the Digibutter Civilixation III Tournament!

Okay so over at the diginet navy we're putting together a Digibutter Civilization III match. The players for the most part have been decided. This is the inforation topic for those players.

The Rules:

1.Each turn cycle will last no longer than 3 minutes, if you are taking too long you will be asked to end your turn immediatley so the game is not haulted

2. We save every 15-20 minutes, in case of a game crash or a disconnect

3. Don't cry like a babby if you die

The game is at 9 PM EST

WHEN PLAYING: MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT EXIT THE GAME UNTIL AFTER I HAVE SAVED IT

The Players are:

Dimfish -America

MeowMixer - Aztec

Bobzearth - Inca

Slim - Japan

Step 1:

Get Hamachi:

http://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/download.aspx

Yes yes I know "blah blah blah bloatware" but the best way to make a stable server in civ III is either doing some crazy decade old server set up shit or this, and this is frankly alot easier and probably way more stable since it acts as a direct LAN connection.

Step 2:

Join the Hamachi Game Group:

Netword-ID: Digi-Civ

Password: digibutter

Step 3:

Get Civ III:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/3910/

or if you're too cheap for 5 bucks

http://tinyurl.com/c5jsd5d

so yeah once you have civ III insalled:

get into the hamachi group

and then in civ III load the conquests exe

go to multiplayer in the main menu

select LAN when the options come up

and enter the Digibutter_Game

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How to play civ:

FIRST AND FOREMOST: To chat in mulitplayer simply press the "~" key to open a message window.

Here is a list of the civilizations available to play as: http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3/civilizations/

When in multiplayer we are going to be playing in a mode called "simultaneous"

This means we all move our Units(which are kind of like chess pieces but with special uses(workers will build things in your cities, military units fight, settlers build cities)) at the same time or we use our units ability all in one turn, and then once we've all finished our turns it has a action timers that runs a cities production(which is used to make things), food, and wealth, and then the next turn begins and you can use your units again.

The game starts you with three units:

A Settler, who will found your capital when told to

A Worker, who can work tiles within your cities boards

and A Warrior, who can explore unknown areas, which will be covered by a black shadow, OR they can fight other units/siege cities

To make one unit fight another or attack a city simply use the movement command to make him attack.

Units are commanded by the unit interface at the bottom middle of the screen, alongside a unit and civilization info window to the right and a minimap to the left:

If you hover the mouse over one of the buttons it tells you what it is.

To edit a city, simple right click on it and choose one of the drop down options that appear.

To win Civ you either launch a spaceship, go for th cultural victory, take over the economy, or take over the world by force.

That was my crappy guide to civ. Hope it helped.