Civ3, how do you initiate propaganda or steal technology?

Buffy The Cache Coder

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Mar 15, 2004, 12:24:54 AM3/15/04

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Well, built my Intelligence Agency, and now, I'm trying to figure out
how to use espionage. When I plant a spy, it appears I can only
plant them at the city that:

1. Has my embassy
2. Is the capitol of a country

which is it?

Also, I can't seem to inititate propaganda. I select civ, spy, propaganda,
then I try to select city, but can't select any of them, why is this?

thanks for helping.

The Stare

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Mar 15, 2004, 2:32:37 AM3/15/04

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"Buffy The Cache Coder" <buff...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, built my Intelligence Agency, and now, I'm trying to figure out
> how to use espionage. When I plant a spy, it appears I can only
> plant them at the city that:
>
> 1. Has my embassy
> 2. Is the capitol of a country
>
> which is it?

You only have to plant a spy one time... unless it gets caught. Planting a
spy is similar to establishing and embassy. You do it for the whole civ, not
per city.

> Also, I can't seem to inititate propaganda. I select civ, spy,
propaganda,
> then I try to select city, but can't select any of them, why is this?

The spy needs to be planted first in that civ.

Kevin 'Keeper' Foster

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Mar 15, 2004, 12:26:04 PM3/15/04

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buff...@hotmail.com (Buffy The Cache Coder) wrote in
news:e3850c89.0403...@posting.google.com:

> Well, built my Intelligence Agency, and now, I'm trying to figure
> out how to use espionage. When I plant a spy, it appears I can
> only plant them at the city that:
>
> 1. Has my embassy
> 2. Is the capitol of a country
>
> which is it?

Both I would think. You plant one spy per tribe, just like an
embassy.

> Also, I can't seem to inititate propaganda. I select civ, spy,
> propaganda, then I try to select city, but can't select any of
> them, why is this?
>
> thanks for helping.

Maybe it won't let you select a city if you don't have enough money
for the operation.

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Buffy The Cache Coder

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Mar 15, 2004, 2:43:18 PM3/15/04

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"The Stare" <wa...@not.likely.frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:<p_c5c.3179$pP6....@news02.roc.ny>...

> "Buffy The Cache Coder" <buff...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e3850c89.0403...@posting.google.com...
>

> You only have to plant a spy one time... unless it gets caught. Planting a
> spy is similar to establishing and embassy. You do it for the whole civ, not
> per city.
>

Okay. Thanks for the info.

>
> > Also, I can't seem to inititate propaganda. I select civ, spy,
> propaganda,
> > then I try to select city, but can't select any of them, why is this?
>
> The spy needs to be planted first in that civ.

Yes. I've done that. What I'm describing above is what happens after
I've planted the spy. I know I've planted the spy (Or think I've planted
the spy), because an eyeball appears next to the CivNames on the left
set of buttons in the espionage window.

Any suggestions?

thanks again.

John Preece

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Mar 15, 2004, 3:14:15 PM3/15/04

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i think the problem is that you're trying to convert cities that live under
a democracy - democratic cities cant be converted it would be useful to have
some kind of govt destabilising option in civ3

John Preece

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Mar 15, 2004, 3:18:54 PM3/15/04

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> > > Also, I can't seem to inititate propaganda. I select civ, spy,
> > propaganda,
> > > then I try to select city, but can't select any of them, why is this?
> >
> > The spy needs to be planted first in that civ.
>
> Yes. I've done that. What I'm describing above is what happens after
> I've planted the spy. I know I've planted the spy (Or think I've planted
> the spy), because an eyeball appears next to the CivNames on the left
> set of buttons in the espionage window.
>
> Any suggestions?
>

data64

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Mar 17, 2004, 5:23:18 PM3/17/04

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buff...@hotmail.com (Buffy The Cache Coder) wrote in

news:e3850c89.04031...@posting.google.com:

> Yes. I've done that. What I'm describing above is what happens after
> I've planted the spy. I know I've planted the spy (Or think I've planted
> the spy), because an eyeball appears next to the CivNames on the left
> set of buttons in the espionage window.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks again.

Perhaps you are at war with the Civ. I think the whole spy stuff gets
disabled at the point (really strange).

data64

McNeeley... Cheaper, faster, better...

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Mar 17, 2004, 5:44:08 PM3/17/04

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Being at war disables your ability to perform diplomatic actions
through the embassy, but not espionage. You can perform any spy action
during peace or wartime.

Cheers,

Todd
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Ambarish

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Mar 18, 2004, 3:07:57 AM3/18/04

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[Follow-up set to alt.games.civ3]

In article <e3850c89.04031...@posting.google.com>, Buffy The

Cache Coder wrote:
> "The Stare" <wa...@not.likely.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
> news:<p_c5c.3179$pP6....@news02.roc.ny>...
>> "Buffy The Cache Coder" <buff...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e3850c89.0403...@posting.google.com...
>

>> > Also, I can't seem to inititate propaganda. I select civ, spy,
>> > propaganda, then I try to select city, but can't select any of
>> > them, why is this?
>>
>> The spy needs to be planted first in that civ.
>
> Yes. I've done that. What I'm describing above is what happens after
> I've planted the spy. I know I've planted the spy (Or think I've planted
> the spy), because an eyeball appears next to the CivNames on the left
> set of buttons in the espionage window.
>
> Any suggestions?

Is the enemy civ a Democracy? Democracies are immune to propaganda (you
can change this in the editor, though). Similarly, Anarchy is the most
susceptible to propaganda. For more, see Sirian's Epic 13 at
<http://sirian.warpcore.org/civ3/epic13.html> considered by many as
pretty much the definitive word on propaganda.

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