Civ 3 Conquests COTM 79 (Byzantines, Sid level)

Game started: 29 Dec 2010, finished: 5 Feb 2011

This game has finished. Click here to see the results.

You can no longer submit a competition entry, but you can download any starting save below (click on an icon) to play for fun.

Open: (The standard save)	Starting save for
Conquest: (The easier save)	Starting save for
Predator: (The extra-hard save)	Starting save for

Game info

C3C COTM 79 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Byzantines Unique Unit: Dromon
Difficulty: Sid
Map size: Standard
Map topology: Archipelago
Environment: Wet, Temperate
Geology: 80% Ocean, 4 Billion years
Options: Roaming Barbs
Rivals: 8 pre-selected AIs
Respawn: OFF
Upgrade Swordsment/Longbows: ON
Victory conditions: All enabled
Additional Information: Iron location is fixed and will not disappear.
Submissions due by February 5, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE. You get an extra week to complete this 'enhanced' difficulty game.

The game is delayed this month, but to make up for it I set the difficulty to the highest level - SID! The map is Archipelago+ (80% ocean makes it +), and you will get to play one of the better Archipelago civs, the Byzantines! While the 80% ocean makes land more scarce, the # of AI civs is increased to 8; however, please read the section describing the civs below as half of them will be Minor Civs. Good Luck!

As always, have fun playing the GOTM and we hope you join us in the postgame discussions!

New Players

Welcome to GOTM! Please note our no-replaying rule. If you want to enter the competition, don't replay any turns. Feel free to discuss your game with other players, but ONLY in the spoiler threads that we'll open in this forum.

Choose your Game

Besides the normal open, we sometimes provide an easier save (the conquest save) and an extra-hard save (the predator).

Special Notes for COTM79

Minor Civs - 4 of the 8 AI civs have been modified to be Minor civs. This means they can not build extra Settlers beyond the 3 that they start with, and they can not build Galleys. They can still build Curraghs, and the more advanced naval units, so if they are still around in the later part of the game, they may play a more active part.

Bonus Units: You start with 2 Curraghs ready to do your bidding.
Bonus Gold: You start with an extra 100 gold.
Bonus Techs: You also have knowledge of Pottery.
Other Bonuses: You also receive the Open Level Bonuses.

Open Class Game Details for C3C COTM 79

Players who choose to play in the Open Class game receive no bonuses compared to a game that would be normally be played on this level.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, Open class game scores will be unmodified.

Open Class Starting Bonuses:

Bonus Luxury: You have a bonus luxury near the starting location.
UU Mod: Your Dromons have a bombard rate of 3.
Naval Parity: The AI Galleys cost 75 Shields to make.

Click on the image below to download the Open class start save file.

No Bonus Luxury: You do not have the nearby bonus luxury
UU Unmodded: Your Dromons have the standard bombard rate of 2.
Reduced Naval Parity: The AI Galleys cost 50 Shields to make.

Other info

Software Versions

To play this game, you require version 1.22f of Civilization III Conquests.

Special notes for C3C

NoAIPatrol Setting: There has been a lot of discussion regarding the barb behavior in C3C and how the NoAIPatrol flag controls that behavior. For the COTM competition it is highly recommended that all players set the NoAIPatrol flag to 0 to permit fairly consistent barb behavior across all player's games. This is done by opening the "conquests.ini" file in your favorite editor, adding the line "NoAIPatrol=0" to it, and saving.