Thank you for downloading "The Third World War 1989" Scenario for Civilization III: Conquests.

Please follow these simple steps to ensure the game plays properly.

1) Place the 1989 folder and 1989.biq in the Civilization III\Conquests\Scenarios folder. Make sure that inside the 1989 you see the Art, Text, etc. folders and not another 1989 folder. 

2) Make sure there are no barbarians. Barbarian units affect the AI opponent's playstyle, making its play more erratic. Unfortunately, Civ III does not follow the 'No Barbarians' setting in the scenario.biq file, but instead follows the setting in the Conquests.ini text file.

   To make sure you have no barbarians, do ONE of the following:

	a) Open the conquests.ini file located in your main Civilization III\Conquests folder. Set BarbarianActivity=-1 and ActualBarbarianActivity=-1 and then save. Proceed down to Step 3.

	OR

	b) Start Civ III normally and choose the 'New Game' option. Set up the game any way you like, but make sure you set Barbarian Activity to 'No Barbarians'. Start the game, and then exit Civ III. The game will record your preference in conquests.ini file. Now you can proceed to Step 3.

3) The scenario has been set up to take advantage of CXE, known as the Flintlock patch. CXE is not, however, necessary to play the scenario. Please do one of the following to start the game.

	a) If you are NOT using CXE, take the Civ3Conquests NO RAZE.exe out of the 1989\Conquests No Raze EXE folder, and transfer it to the Civilization III\Conquests folder. The NO Raze EXE starts up your Civ game normally, except that it prevents the computer AI from burning down every city it captures. This will preserve the integrity of the map. 

	OR

	b) If you ARE using CXE, please follow the normal procedures for starting CIV 3 with the CXE patch. A CXE config file is located in the scenario folder with the recommended setting already included. These settings were chosen based up the ideal capabilities of the game. Be advised that if you alter them, your gameplay experience will vary. CXE includes the no-raze patch so the NO RAZE.exe will not be necessary. For more information on CXE, please visit Flintlock's download at https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/c3x.28759/

4) If you are playing a non-Steam version of Civilization III, such as GOG or disc, you must also change the labels.txt file located in the 1989/Text folder. Inside the Text folder, you will see a file named Labels and a file named labels-Non_Steam. Simply rename, delete, or move the original labels file, and rename the labels-Non_Steam to Labels. 

You are now ready to play. Use the Civ3Conquests NO RAZE.exe or Civ3Conquests with CXE to launch Civ III, and choose the 1989 scenario from the Civ-Content option on the Main Menu. Good luck!

Questions and comments can be made at the CFC website at https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-third-world-war-1989.540844/. Please do not duplicate or redistribute the scenario without expressed permission from the scenario creator. This scenario is free of charge and is not to be sold in part or whole. All information used in the development of this scenario is from unclassified sources. Civilization III and the Conquests expansion are copyrights of their respective owners. 


Tony Boscia

Version 1: December 2014
Version 2: December 2015
Version 3: December 2017
Version 4: September 2023