You need a copy of the original game to work with it. You can buy a copy from GOG or Steam. Thanks to the style of it, the visuals actually hold up surprisingly well today too. Simply download the AppImage for Linux from the GitHub page, open it and point it to wherever you have the original installed (either through Wine from GOG or Proton on Steam) and it really does just work. There's also various bug fixes, and SDL version update and a new Android port.įinally getting around to testing it out myself today, I found it to be a very impressive reimplementation.

New options: display and cursor scale (both previously command-line only).

It still indicates whether that tile has reservoir access I never finished the campaign, but learning how t.

Construction: fountain shows as red when over a building or other non-clear tile. Caesar III is one of the few city-building games I became somewhat obsessed with during my formative years.

Previously it was red but the player could still place it

Construction: plaza shows as green when over a road with people on it.

Granary info window shows cart status when it's getting food from another granary.

Undo is disabled after certain houses upgrade to prevent visual corruption.

Roads lead into the access ramps to indicate that access ramps are part of the road network.

Bridge cost is shown before building the bridge.

Minimap of the scenario can be displayed when selecting a map to play.

A new release of Julius went up recently with version 1.6.0 adding in: Lots of little usability / quality of life improvements to keep this classic running nicely. Powered by modern code, it brings with it various UI updates along with support for modern platforms while reusing the original assets. Another brilliant open source game engine, Julius is a fully playable replacement for the original 1998 release of the city-builder Caesar 3.

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