Follow the instructions step-by-step and you will find the game simple to setup and easy to play.
You must have PTW installed on a PC computer and patched to v1.14f or v1.21f in order
to play this version of the game. This game version will not run properly
in any prior version of Civ3. This game requires additional modifications
to correct compatibility discrepencies in the
European, French, German, and other localized language versions of PTW before you
can be sure the game will function in any version other than the US version of PTW.
(Note that this section of information only covers those changes that are required
to make PTW functional in the Single Player mode for Gotm19-Ottomans. Other required
changes will be discussed in future months if they are not fixed in expected patches from Firaxis.)
PTW includes two new units (Mace and Rambo) that
allow for upgrades of the ancient age units of swordsmen and archers/longbows. This upgrade
sequence seems to reduce the need for strategic decision making and also may not be
effectively programmed for use by the AI in Single Player games. This upgrade
sequence has been converted to a game setup preference and was turned off in
all versions of Gotm17-Carthage and Gotm18-Celts. The option to upgrade Swordsmen and Longbows
is turned on for all civilizations in Gotm19-Ottomans, Gotm20-Spanish and Gotm21-Melee.
The
"Outpost" feature of Multiplayer is disabled and does not appear in any version of
the GOTM Games.
Two features of PTW that are not incorporated
into the V1.29f equivalent game at this time are Radar Towers and Airfields.
Not including equivalent options for these PTW features
at this time is designed to provide better testing
of the differences between a game that includes the features versus a game that does
not include the features. Our initial testing indicates that these features have no value
in Single Player game score except in those cases when a player may be avoiding an impending
defeat late in the game. Players who are in command of a balanced game will probably obtain
no scoring or victory timing advantage from these features.
War Mobilization that normally
becomes available with Nationalism has been disabled to prevent a game killer exploit.
All of these features are built into your game and you need not do anything
special to make them function during game play. If you would like to
discuss the details
of implementing the Single Player features of the PTW Expansion Pack, we have an open
discussion thread for those topics in the Civ3 GOTM discussion forums.
Significant feature modification.
The base worker task turns required to build Airfields have been increase from 1 up to
288. This effectively sets the time required for an individual worker to build
an airfield at three times the number of turns required for the same worker to clear the jungle
from a terrain square in the early game. Airfields are also restricted to only being built on
Desert, Plains, Grassland, and Tundra. You may stack workers in crews to build airfields
in less elapsed time but the first worker will still die in a construction accident
when the Airfield is completed.
Significant feature modification.
The base worker task turns required to build Radar Towers have been increase from 1 up to
48. This effectively sets the time required for an individual worker to build
a Radar Tower at eight turns in the modern age. You may stack workers in crews to build Radar Towers
in less elapsed time but the first worker will still die in a construction accident
when the Radar Tower is completed.
Loading the Graphics Packages
If you have not previously installed additional
unit graphics into your Civ3 game, do not be concerned that is process may alter
or change your regular games. Additional unit graphics can only be recognized by
those game files where the units have been inserted internally into the game rules.
The Game Graphics for Gotm19 are divided into
five pieces:
The "Squid" unit graphics first
used in Gotm16 are now potentially required for all GOTM games. If you already have
this unit installed from Gotm16 and you have played Gotm17 in Civ3v1.29 or PTW then
need to do nothing else for the squid to function. If you need to install the squid, you may
download that unit independently by clicking on this link.
Unit graphics for Gotm17-Carthage are
cummulatively required to support this game and all future GOTM games for PTW.
If you do not have these unit graphics installed,
you may download the folder (361kb) clicking on this link and then
following the directions described in the readme_ptw.txt file that is included in
the download zip folder.
Unit graphics for Gotm18-Celts are
cummulatively required to support this game and all future GOTM games for PTW.
If you do not have these unit graphics installed,
you may download the folder (368kb) clicking on this link and then
following the directions described in the readme_ptw.txt file that is included in
the download zip folder.
Every player for Gotm19 must install
additional graphics files that are included in the Gotm19 setup zip folder.
For PTW, this installation contains eight additional units.
Please read and follow the instructions in the readme.txt files that are included with your game download pack before you attempt to load and play the game.
Beginning Play for Gotm19-Ottomans
Prior to May 1st, when you download the Gotm19-Ottomans game pack, you will have
all the components that you need to setup the game but you will not have the starting save game file.
You must read the instructions included in the Readme.txt file for your version of the game to
properly locate the download location for the starting game file that will match or installed
graphics version.
The starting game files will not be available until May 1st to help us avoid risk of spoilers while
allowing players to freely discuss what they think the game announcement means
and how they expect to use certain strategies in the game. If you would like to carefully read
the Gotm19-Ottomans game announcement, then you may participate in the
Pregame Discussion thread in
in the CivFanatics Discussion Forums. Once you open the starting save game file to begin play,
you must either be very careful not to spoil the Pregame discussion or you must choose to
no longer participate in the Pregame discussion in any way. This is a player courtesy to
all the other players who may not have started their games and who do not want to have their games
spoiled or disrupted in any way by release of any information about the surprise
features of the game.
If you need any assistance with getting your game to play or if you have any questions
about what you may post of discuss about the Gotm19-Ottomans game, you may contact a knowledgable
GOTM staff representative by email at one of three email addresses:
gotm@civfanatics.net
gotm_submit@civfanatics.net
quick_start@civfanatics.net
You may not post any messages or questions related to internal content of the game
in any public discussion forum outside of the Civ3 Game Of The Month discussion
forum on CivFanatics.com as long as the game is open for play by other players. This
prohibition is designed to protect you and other players from inadvertent spoilers or
leaks that could disrupt your enjoyment of the game.
You may freely discuss features of the games, strategy, and tactics in the spoiler discussion threads in the Civ3 Game Of The Month discussion Forum when those discussions
have been opened by a moderator and when you meet the tests of being far enough along
in your game to join in the discussion of events that have already taken place. Spoiler discussion
threads ARE NOT designed to provide you with tips and cheats to help you play your current game.
Gotm19-Ottomans is a mystery map game on Emperor difficulty.
This means you may need to follow a flexible but aggressive strategy. The first spoiler discussion thread will
not open until May 5th, 2003 and this initial discussion will require that you have revealed some specific
milestones in the game that should answer many of the mystery questions.
Goody Hut locations
for this map game were randomly generated by the Civ3 map generator and
then pre-evaluated in an attempt to eliminate that random variable difference between games of
different players who other wise play similar games. The Goody Hut benefits for you as the Human player
included one hut that was essential in the starting position that yielded an additional "skilled warrior"
according to the in-game dialog.
To keep the
games consistent between players, all players begin the game with the benefits
that would have been obtained from two additional huts that yielded 25 additional gold and
nothing of value in the first 8 to 15 turns of play.
Note that pre-assignment of these benefits is not meant to imply that it will or will
not be important for you to explore your surroundings on the map.
These will still be decisions that you will need to make in order to succeed at this game.
Later in the game, you may encounter units that look different from the standard units
that you may have expected to appear at specific points in time in the game. The reason for these
visual differences is because you are playing as a Muslim civilization and when we had access
to an appropriate substitute graphic for the standard in game units they have been implemented. There
are no functional changes to any units that you control in the game.
Remember that the upgrade path for Swordsmen and Longbows is turned on in your game for all civilizations
just exactly as implemented in the current standard patched version of PTW.
Again you will help the discussion a great deal if you plan ahead for
this first discussion break and try to preserve save files and/or
screenshots that correspond to the time periods just before and just after events when you make contact
with new civilizations. For some players these contacts will be direct encounters and
for other players they will be sequences of contact trades and/or map trades.
Try to save map views of the world immediately before
you gain contact with any of your rivals and then immediately following any events where
contacts or maps or partial maps of the world may be traded.
The discussion of these events of discovery will again be very enlightening and if you can help us discuss
the status of your rivals at specific time points in the game it will help to put the progress
of your game into a clearer perspective.
Participation and reports posted in the discussion threads are one of the elements that other
players come to value very highly as they try to get to know each other and explore
the different levels on which each GOTM game can be played. We also look to these
contributions to help us nominate players who may be
eligible for the own personal GOTM Player Profile page as well as recognition in a news announcement
on the frontpage of the CivFanatics web site.
Quick Start Challenge: If you would like to participate in the optional QSC
portion of the GOTM competitions you will need to prepare a timeline of events
covering the details of your game and your decisions up to the end of the 1000bc turn.
To participate in the QSC, you must submit your timeline and a copy of your 1000bc save file to
quick_start@civfanatics.net prior to May 20th, 2003.
If you would like more details on how the QSC event is processed as a separate competitive learning
event, you may view
the QSC Information Pages. Plus you may
view the
current discussion of scoring updates that will be
implemented into the review of results for Qsc19-Ottomans.
Good luck in playing Gotm19-Ottomans and we hope you find the game and enjoyable
and exciting opportunity to share your Civ playing experiences with other CivFanatics.
Remember that discussing and sharing your experiences in the GOTM games are an important part of what
continues to make the GOTM on Civfanatics one of the premier Civilization gaming
experiences in the world. Here is your link to download your Gotm19-Ottomans game
pack to begin installation and play:
PTWv1.14 or PTWv1.21f (1.2 MB)
Your 1st visit to
Code of Conduct
Classic 37 - Iroquois
Submit by December 15
This month follows
the same pattern that we
have established over the past four months in the GOTM games where we want
you to read the scope of the game and short list of standard
rules fixes that have been implemented to fix
some of the features of the PTW Multiplayer Game that have leaked over into
the Single Player game functions. Then we want you to carefully
install any required graphics files before you attempt to play the game.
