Cant attack my neighbours

January 10, 2011 8:42 PM from

Hi everyone. Finally got the game to update and am playing around with it but I ran into a snag.

I made a nice big army and wanted to go attack my neighbours but I can't attack them (won't allow me) and I can't declare war.

Do I have to research a tech to allow me to fight with other civilizations? This happened to me before when I could declare war but not attack any cities.

Has anyone else experienced these things?

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Reply #1 January 10, 2011 8:54 PM from

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All you need do is step across their line enclosing their ZOC. They will warn you and if you continue, they declare war on you. Then you can attack them.

Reply #2 January 10, 2011 9:01 PM from

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If you agreed to a non-aggression pact (if you can walk in their territory without declaring war then you did), then you're stuck for 99 turns. Once it expires you can declare war to your heart's content. Lots of stuff is recalculated on load, so you might save and reload to see if it 'forgets' your treaty effectively letting you out of it.

Note: I don't think there's an easy / proper (overview screen) way to see the status or remaining time of any treaties, nor the full map of relations. Kind of similar to the missing city information (# of each type of building, total upkeep costs and generation in addition to net, etc).

Reply #3 January 10, 2011 10:02 PM from

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Oh ok tanafres.

Wasn't sure what was happening but I think I did sign an agreement with them. Couldn't find any info on what was happening so I was lost.

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