View Full Version : New Wonder: the Atocha Shipwreck


AK47
Jan 01, 2004, 09:16 AM
I had almost given up on making this one, but got a lucky break with the graphics this week. It still doesn't look exactly like I wanted it too, but it's close enough...

Nuestra Senora de Atocha was the Admiralta of a fleet of ships bound for Spain and the Kings treasury. The Atocha tragically ended her voyage on a reef off the Florida Keys on September 6, 1622, taking with her 264 souls. Aboard the Atocha were some of the highest ranking nobility of the Kings New World territories.
The Atocha's manifest confirmed that the Atocha carried in excess of 47 tons of gold and silver. Also manifested were hundreds of thousands of coins and artifacts that, in today's world, could only be described as priceless.
The Atocha and it's treasure were finally discovered in 1985, after remaining elusive to treasure hunters for 350 years.

I'd make this available with Robotics (a lot of shipwrecks have been recovered in the last 25yrs with the help of underwater robots).
For a Coastal city, giving culture + extra commerce in sea squares, something like that.

Ta !
AK.

AK47
Jan 01, 2004, 09:16 AM
the splash:

AK47
Jan 01, 2004, 09:17 AM
and the file...
Enjoy!
AK.

Rufus T. Firefly
Jan 01, 2004, 09:29 AM
First reply!:D

:goodjob: , I think that it can produce extra commerce (the treasury, no?)

AK47
Jan 01, 2004, 09:33 AM
euh... isn't that a little like what I wrote ? :confused:

Congratulations on being the 1st.:crazyeye:

Rufus T. Firefly
Jan 01, 2004, 09:39 AM
Ahem, I have read only +culture :o

Suleiman Pasha
Jan 01, 2004, 08:51 PM
Good Job :goodjob: Imagine a civ actually building a wonder which is a wrecked ship :crazyeye:

AK47
Jan 02, 2004, 03:46 AM
Maybe you can consider the "building" to be the resources and time put into missions looking for the wreck ? The team that actually found it, had been looking for 16yrs already...
:scan:

Ankka
Jan 02, 2004, 07:03 AM
Very good looking IMHO. :goodjob:

AK47
Jan 02, 2004, 01:19 PM
only 3 real comments so far ??
Life's hard for a small, independent wonder maker these days...
:(

CrazyMrLeo
Jan 03, 2004, 08:55 PM
Wow. It looks pretty, it does.

Incubus0223
Jan 03, 2004, 09:22 PM
well theres a lot of wonders now!!!

I usually stay away from these unless i really like 'em but now with conquest is there a way to add them to the city aerial screen? or is it still hardcoded?

Dom Pedro II
Jan 04, 2004, 12:34 AM
In fact, Conquests has entirely removed the aerial view of the city! And that IS hard-coded.

AK47
Jan 04, 2004, 03:32 AM
Cool ! So now everyone can download fan-made wonders without feeling they're missing something :D
AK.