Atten: Ref Making Embassies. Solved

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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:15:11 GMT, fred <fbloggs@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hello folks,
> With the kind help of Brandon Supernaw - clicking on own embassy star on map
> - one gets the make embassy prompt.

OK, now I'm confused. What _were_ you clicking on?

Dave Hinz

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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:58:22 -0600, Brandon Supernaw <bhsupernaw@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Around 12/16/2004 2:19 PM, Dave Hinz proclaimed for posterity:
>>
>> OK, now I'm confused. What _were_ you clicking on?
>
> Probably was making the same mistake I made when I first started
> playing. I didn't remember doing it until I just read your question.

> I was, at first, trying to click on the capital of the nation I was
> trying to establish the embassy in. *shrug*

Well, that's a perfectly logical mistake to make now that you mention it.

Dave

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ctrl+alt+e will open the screen to buy embassies.

Or is it crtl+alt+d?

Anyway, one of them will.


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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:45:27 GMT fred <fbloggs@ntlworld.com> wrote in
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> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:58:22 +0000, Brandon Supernaw wrote
> (in article <32eb79F3l4n5aU1@individual.net> ):

> You've got it. When reading the instructions from the on line help, I got the
> distinct impression that you had to click on the star of the country you
> wished to connect to.

I made this mistake too, in the early days.

Of course, this method would have left you with no way to establish
embassies with Civ's whose capitals you had not located.

> Fred

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Around 12/17/2004 2:34 AM, Roger T. proclaimed for posterity:
> ctrl+alt+e will open the screen to buy embassies.
>
> Or is it crtl+alt+d?
>
> Anyway, one of them will.


I just reloaded the same game I used to test this. Please remember that
we're talking about Vanilla Civ III here, not PTW or C3C. Neither of
those keystrokes did anything for me at all.

As I said in my reply in the initial thread, Vanilla Civ III 1.29 does
not allow access to any embassy selectiion via shift-e or shift-d.
Shift-e brings up the espionage menu and Shift-d brings up the diplomacy
menu where you can pick which civ you want to talk to. So far, the ONLY
way I have found to bring up an embassy placement selection menu in Civ
III 1.29 is to double-click on the star icon at your Capital.

Later in PTW and C3C, shift-e will bring up the combined espionage AND
embassy menu and shift-d still brings up a diplomacy menu.

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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:18:32 -0600, Brandon Supernaw
<bhsupernaw@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Around 12/17/2004 2:34 AM, Roger T. proclaimed for posterity:
>> ctrl+alt+e will open the screen to buy embassies.
>>
>> Or is it crtl+alt+d?
>>
>> Anyway, one of them will.
>
>
>I just reloaded the same game I used to test this. Please remember that
>we're talking about Vanilla Civ III here, not PTW or C3C. Neither of
>those keystrokes did anything for me at all.
>
>As I said in my reply in the initial thread, Vanilla Civ III 1.29 does
>not allow access to any embassy selectiion via shift-e or shift-d.
>Shift-e brings up the espionage menu and Shift-d brings up the diplomacy
>menu where you can pick which civ you want to talk to. So far, the ONLY
>way I have found to bring up an embassy placement selection menu in Civ
>III 1.29 is to double-click on the star icon at your Capital.
>
>Later in PTW and C3C, shift-e will bring up the combined espionage AND
>embassy menu and shift-d still brings up a diplomacy menu.

According to the original civ manual:
Cntrl-E to establish and embassy
Cntl-Shift-E to plant a spy
Shift-E to use embassy or spy

You might need to adjust as someone suggest for the MAC. Also you can
use the embassy features by clicking othe rival capital.