Official Civilization V Feedback Thread

[DiscipleDOC]

Originally Posted by Maverick123w

Haven't played any battlefield games... now no civ games..... what have you played?

Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

pocket pool, mostly.

[Sazar]

Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

i don't think it looks MUCH better. maybe a bit. applying aa w/ the nvidia control panel makes dx9 look fine. i'm actually running dx9 instead so my gpu doesn't have to work as hard.

Yah, I didn't notice much by way of differences. Better FPS with dx9 and I think some bump-mapping, shadows and water might look a touch better with dx10.

I think the game looks awesome whether zoomed in or out

But then I like the game itself. YMMV

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I take it back. There is a HUGE difference in some of the environmental effects.

The water difference is actually night and day. I have no idea what I was smoking when I said it looked similar

pwnt!

[Sean_W]

Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

i don't think it looks MUCH better. maybe a bit. applying aa w/ the nvidia control panel makes dx9 look fine. i'm actually running dx9 instead so my gpu doesn't have to work as hard.

Yep, just tried using the override option for AA and it worked as well. My mate still insists dx10 looks a fair bit better. DX9 looks good to me using Wine. I've never played Civ before but this good and supposedly better for new players like me.

Loved the demo... can't buy the game though. Just spent $1500 on Vegas Vaca with GF.

[$n][pErMan]

Originally Posted by |MaguS|

Loved the demo... can't buy the game though. Just spent $1500 on Vegas Vaca with GF.

Then whats another $50? lol.

[Sazar]

Here is a quick screenshot of my capital right before I launch my rocket

Note, one of the weird things with this game is the AI randomly declaring war for no reason.

I fought a civilization that kept calling me barbaric (sticks and stones?) and freed a capital, gave it back to another civilization. What does that guy do, 5 moves later with his ONE city? Declares war on me, when I control 1/3'rd of the map and had huge and advanced mechanized armies amassed nearby while he had nothing but archers.

I am expecting the AI to be fixed, because right now it's quite daft sometimes.

Btw, 3 moves after I launched my rocket, America declared war on me for some reason.

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Forum link appears borked.

[$n][pErMan]

I am lvoing this game so far, although it is taking some getting used to compaired to all other CIV's I have played. SO far I miss stacking units... and it would be nice to have the ability to play my own music in the game like I was able to do in Civ IV.

Another note; for me anyway, DX10 becomes wicked laggy once you start having multiple cities displayed. IS there any real difference between DX 9 and DX 10 in this game? They look the same to me when playing (although I have yet to try to force AA in DX9 through the nvidia control panel). Will forcing AA in DX9 work? Or do I need nHancer to do it? Never thought my PC would be taxed by a CIV game... lol. Maybe I need to update my drivers...

[Sazar]

DX9 reduces water quality and reduces bump-mapping on some items.

If you don't mind that, go ahead and play on Dx9.

I have noticed that regardless of what DX version I am playing on, the lag experienced when you build up a lot of cities and items is almost the same, so I think it's more a processor issue than a GPU issue.

Because it does indeed look better with DX10, I am sticking to it

[jlippo]

.. just lost by turn limit?
Had around 2/5 of world as I just had conquered one country and was beginning to build it anew.
Also I had couple of robots of death and walking to capital of next country under open borders policy.
Then I get screen saying I lost. ****

So.. where is the ability to get rid of that limit?
or do I just choose the game with longer time periods?

Originally Posted by jlippo

.. just lost by turn limit?
Had around 2/5 of world as I just had conquered one country and was beginning to build it anew.
Also I had couple of robots of death and walking to capital of next country under open borders policy.
Then I get screen saying I lost. ****

So.. where is the ability to get rid of that limit?
or do I just choose the game with longer time periods?

you can change winning conditions in the "advanced setup" before beginning a game, IIRC.

[$n][pErMan]

Originally Posted by Sazar

DX9 reduces water quality and reduces bump-mapping on some items.

If you don't mind that, go ahead and play on Dx9.

I have noticed that regardless of what DX version I am playing on, the lag experienced when you build up a lot of cities and items is almost the same, so I think it's more a processor issue than a GPU issue.

Because it does indeed look better with DX10, I am sticking to it

Hmmm.. I have 0 lag with DX 9.. smooth as butter. I will try updating my video drivers to the newest version (think i am still on a version from April... lol.). I would like to use DX 10 but it was a damn slide show for me, it has to be a driver issue.

What graphics settings are you using for DX10? I will use that as a starting point.