In fact, a common tactic is to occupy all land except the mountains to force them to land there. Mountains actually give the player the greatest attack bonuses against the REF. If you have a unit parked on a coastal mountain near your colonies, you can wave it good bye when the REF arrives. And this, even if you have a unit on said mountain and there's plenty of other valid squares for the AI to land on. Because if I recall correctly, the REF will land on the square that gives it the most advantageous defensive bonus, typically coastal mountains in the immediate vicinity of your colonies. Just make sure that you don't attack their caravels or they will get privateers from their home country and will start creating settlements.īlueskirt42: There's a bit of The Computer Is A Cheating Bastard in there too. If you then pick the Dutch you won't have competition from the other countries because their ships can't reach land. In the DOS version you can edit the names.txt file to set the speed of the caravel to 0. To turn cheat mode off again press Alt+W. Here are a few commands unlocked after holding the ALT key and typing W-I-N. I only encourage cheating in this game AFTER you beat the game w/o cheats.