CIII News Archive
from 22/10/99 to 28/10/99

I know how to use the risk overlayers and the water overlay but have no idea how to use the others. The commerce overlay would be a big help in Lugdunum.

If you can help out, do so here.

Angel Reckless Rodent

However, there is!  It's the Scenario \ Map Editing Forum.  Not many people post in there, but it really is a must-see for anyone interested in creating maps and scenarios.  For example, there's a discussion going on about what makes a good scenario that I'm sure plenty of you out there would like to participate in.  Apart from that, this particular forum is pretty quiet right now.  Don't let that put you off though!

Angel Reckless Rodent

Following on from yesterday's Tarsus problems, here's another one:

Hi everyone.

I'm new to the site, but not to the game. Have been slowly playing CaesarIII. When I win one level, I've been replaying it, trying new approaches, designs, and tactics. Having fun with it. Until Tarsus!!! I try to get small palace blocks (usually 4 palaces), but they don't stay stable for more than 1 year. The rest of the city usually gets up to large insulae. I've moved the palace blocks and the insulae blocks all over the map to kep a steady stream of food and goods moving to the markets. Prosperity gets close to 60, but not quite at or over it. Tend to have relatively high unemployment as well. Any tricks to beating Tarsus that any of you "experienced" players have for someone stuck in the desert? Much appreciated!

Hints and tips would be appreciated here.

Angel Reckless Rodent

What's going on at the moment?  Quite a lot, considering how long the game's been out, and that Pharaoh will be hitting the shelves very soon.  Just to prove that we aren't just a community forum, I've got a few things here from the Game Help forum (for newcomers, that's the place to go to get help about the game, as the name probably suggests).

Tarsus seems to be causing problems at the moment.  There are a couple of threads in there related to problems encountered in that city.  First off, we have some lazy potters who've been causing JasonL some headaches, and then we have some fishermen who seem to want to siphon off the local wine supply.  Take a look in those and see if you can add to the advice already given.

One more for tonight - seems like Caesar hates one of our forumers.  Help is required!

Angel Reckless Rodent

So what is happening on the Caesar 3 forum?

Well, the most scary thing is that the auto-close a thread at 150 posts feature seems to close the thread permanently. Close them and lock them and hide them. To be on the safe side, until this quirk is addressed, please stop posting at 145 post or so and wait for any of the moderator angels to close the thread.  It seems a shame to loose all these wonderful threads this way.

Here's some good news, a list of book recommendations.

Tomorrow will see you in the capable hands of Angel Reckless Rodent again, as I will be changing the green hills of Rome for the tan ones of Egypt once more.

Angel Jayhawk

People are still playing with HTML in the Test forum.

Most of the action is taking place in the Community forum. So, what else is new...?

Angel Jayhawk