Dawn of Civilization - an RFC modmod by Leoreth
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Nice to hear that
While the Dutch are not impossible, they are now VERY hard (see my UHV as them on page 2; I'm not a particularly good player). They will get a tech help in the next update, as soon as I've found out how to give research points to certain techs.
What kind of problems did you experience with England? I can't think of a change that should affect them ...
Oh, of course, thanks! This will definitely fixed in my next release.
Some civic-related events are also messed up (slave uprising triggers when running Aristocracy etc.), but fixing that is rather low on my priority list.
While I'm at it: Version 1.2 will also feature changes to some pointless UPs, including the English, Japanese and Mongol ones.
I read about this earlier, but never quite got what exactly you wanted to do. Care to explain? (Chances are that nobody has been able to help you out because your request was kinda vague.)
Don't forget Babylon. While Power of the Law is useful, it rather ought to be the Mongol UP. 
And just curious, which Society civic do you think the Soviet Union should be using? Socialism or Totalitarianism? I'm not sure on that since Socialism could be interpreted as Europe's current Society civic, as well as the Soviet version of proletariat dictatorship. If you're going to rename it, give it some thought and at least change the place between it and Capitalism on the Society civic row. UN Resolutions always pass the last civic of each row (AFAIK), and I'd figure a more just society is the consencus there.
And just curious, which Society civic do you think the Soviet Union should be using? Socialism or Totalitarianism? I'm not sure on that since Socialism could be interpreted as Europe's current Society civic, as well as the Soviet version of proletariat dictatorship. If you're going to rename it, give it some thought and at least change the place between it and Capitalism on the Society civic row. UN Resolutions always pass the last civic of each row (AFAIK), and I'd figure a more just society is the consencus there.
From that statement alone, I think he means how to let a civilization start with science beakers on some not-entirely researched tech. If a tech cost 2800, the civilization might have 1400 beakers on it upon start, making it only 50% as expensive to research.
I found this in the API:
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CyTeam.changeResearchProgress(TechID, iChange, iPlayer)Let us know if this works...
Cethegus was right, that's exactly what I was looking for (sorry for being so vague). Thanks! Will be tested tomorrow (my to-do list is growing rapidly
).My current idea is to make Keshiks spawn in every "big" (size > 4) cities the Mongols conquer. So I can:
1. Help the AI, especially against China.
2. Ensure that the Mongols are able to "steamroll" a complete country more easily, rather than being stuck at some time.
3. Make them less dependent on their lacking unit production.
I'm also unhappy with Babylon's current UP (they don't get to make use of it often), but don't have any idea what to give them instead. Any suggestions?
While we're at it, I'm currently wondering if I should give India's UP to France ("Power of Revolutions"), but can't think of a replacement for them either. Ideas?
I thought about that myself. I think the closest approximation would be Republic/Representation/Socialism/State Property/Secularism under Lenin and Autocracy/Absolutism/Totalitarianism/State Property/Secularism under Stalin.
Yep, that's what I intended. It can mean a social democracy, like Sweden and other European countries, or the Soviet communist model. It depends on which other civics it is combined with, especially State Property vs. Free Market.
Yes, the current civics are in the lowest row because of UN resolutions. But I'll think about swapping places of Socialism and Capitalism.
What kind of rename would you propose?
The line should look like this, by the way:
Assuming the line goes into RiseAndFall.py and you wanna grant 100 
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But you probably know how to do this stuff already.
Good luck anyway! 
Learning Object-Oriented Programming is very helpful for figuring out the API, by the way. CivIV Python is a good example of OOP and the fact that you use dot notation to call the method (function) on the team instance is why its called "object-oriented". Because you put the object - an instance of a class - here the CyTeam class - first and the method after that. (The default way of calling on a function would of course be to put the function first and supply any objects as arguments inside the parenthesis.)
So the important thing here is to realize that all the Cy classes in the API are templates for "objects" of one sort of another. So there is a class for Civ objects (CyPlayer), for city objects (CyCity), for tile objects (CyPlot), and so on. In order to use any of the methods in the API you need to call it on an object (also known as an instance of a class).
Variables referencing instances usually start with a low case letter "p", as in pNetherlands. (So teamNetherlands should probably be called pTeamNetherlands, then.
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All objects in the game are also indexed by integer value, and this is why there are all these iSomething variables in the Consts module. Those are obviously not references to the objects themselves, but rather their index (or ID) numbers. There is usually a method like getID() in most classes, that fetches the ID number of the object in question.
Well, schools out for today.
Code:
teamNetherlands.changeResearchProgress(con.iAstronomy, 100, iNetherlands)But you probably know how to do this stuff already.
Good luck anyway! Learning Object-Oriented Programming is very helpful for figuring out the API, by the way. CivIV Python is a good example of OOP and the fact that you use dot notation to call the method (function) on the team instance is why its called "object-oriented". Because you put the object - an instance of a class - here the CyTeam class - first and the method after that. (The default way of calling on a function would of course be to put the function first and supply any objects as arguments inside the parenthesis.)
So the important thing here is to realize that all the Cy classes in the API are templates for "objects" of one sort of another. So there is a class for Civ objects (CyPlayer), for city objects (CyCity), for tile objects (CyPlot), and so on. In order to use any of the methods in the API you need to call it on an object (also known as an instance of a class).
Variables referencing instances usually start with a low case letter "p", as in pNetherlands. (So teamNetherlands should probably be called pTeamNetherlands, then.
)All objects in the game are also indexed by integer value, and this is why there are all these iSomething variables in the Consts module. Those are obviously not references to the objects themselves, but rather their index (or ID) numbers. There is usually a method like getID() in most classes, that fetches the ID number of the object in question.
Well, schools out for today.
I mentioned in an earlier thread that Babylon could use India's UP perfectly, seeing it needs to adopt at least Slavery and possibly Hereditary Rule (and in your mod, Aristocracy as well) in their time-frame but the wasted turn in anarchy puts them behind others in the tech-race towards UHV. With no anarchies, you cpiöd nail the UHV without having to micromanage and rely on tribal hut discoveries every turn.
At least in my eyes it would fit them perfectly. You wouldn't even need to change the name of the UP, and since they'll be dead by 1000 AD anyway, they can't rig the game in a noticable way.
About India however, they get crippled by their environment, which historically didn't bother them too much. They actually prospered on it, or at least learned to live with it. So, this obviously needs to change, kind of like the Inca and the mountains.
One idea I had proposed earlier (in the same thread as Babylon, no less) was to remove the food penalty from jungles and either give them +1 hammer on such plots or let them build improvements on them. So in other words, "+1 food and +1 production on jungle tiles" or just generally speaking, "jungles tiles more hospitable" would be their new UP. "Power of the Subtropic" might be too cheesy a name, but that's just an idea. (Of course, unhealthiness from jungles would still be there)
I was just referring to the 'Proletariat' mentioned earlier in this thread. Based on your insight, the Socialism civic is fine just the way it is. About UN though, I guess it's a coin toss between what model the world countries should follow and what they want to follow. I'm sure you can guess which civics fall to either camp.
I just rolled a 3000 BC start as America, and set your eyes upon Netherlands' demise.
Amsterdam even had more culture than Kiel at that point (236 vs. 200). Onto the list, is all, territorial disputes need to be more civ-specific.
Amsterdam even had more culture than Kiel at that point (236 vs. 200). Onto the list, is all, territorial disputes need to be more civ-specific.
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That shouldn't be happening, as in my current game as the Dutch, I control all of the Low Countries and part of France(what might be as far as Calais), and the French/Germans have huge amounts of Culture in the Cities around me(and my city[AMSTERDAM] has only 50 culture points[hadn't really bothered with culture]).
Well yes, but if I want to give this UP to France (and I probably will), it's not an option.
The idea is really good, but I fear this would trivialize their city growth UHV condition. Maybe something more related to religion ...?
I once planned to call the Society civics "Aristocracy", "Burgeoisie" and "Proletariat", but that a) left me without any idea how to fit Totalitarianism in and b) leaves less room to interpretation.
Well, opinions differ on that, obviously. Just ask an American and then a European. Even for simple things like universal healthcare.About UN though, I guess it's a coin toss between what model the world countries should follow and what they want to follow. I'm sure you can guess which civics fall to either camp.
Did you look if the Netherlands are a vassal of Germany? It seems like they are, as Germany exactly occupies Kiel's fat cross.
@Baldyr:
Thanks for your explanations. I'm actually quite familiar with object oriented programming (mainly in Java). My main problem rather is to find out what can be done and where I can find the appropriate method. I simply need to get more familiar with the way Civ's (and RFC's) code is structured.
Nice to hear that
While the Dutch are not impossible, they are now VERY hard (see my UHV as them on page 2; I'm not a particularly good player). They will get a tech help in the next update, as soon as I've found out how to give research points to certain techs.
What kind of problems did you experience with England? I can't think of a change that should affect them ...
Oh, of course, thanks! This will definitely fixed in my next release.
Some civic-related events are also messed up (slave uprising triggers when running Aristocracy etc.), but fixing that is rather low on my priority list.
While I'm at it: Version 1.2 will also feature changes to some pointless UPs, including the English, Japanese and Mongol ones.
Edinburgh revolts always when I play,regardless of what I do. One thing I did notice about Turkey is that instability after becoming democratic is not temporary.
You're right, I loaded the autosave and it was just like you thought, vassals of Germany. Sorry for the false alarm.
One question though, what civic currently eases the conversion to democracy?
There's one thing I'd like to suggest, involving civics. Could the now-lost +50% tile improvement bonus from Serfdom be bound to either Absolutism, Autocracy or Totalitarianism? Faster worker speed could really help colonizing the New World, as well as make sense historically in Stalin-era USSR you mentioned before.
It says the worldbuilder file is in an incorrect directory, do I send to the one in Firaxis Games or MODS in My Games? And it is not even loading at all, when I load it, it just goes to the normal BtS screen and says RFC DawnofCivilizationv1.101 or something in the top right corner, and then, when I go to scenario, it is just a normal scenario screen.
@Baldyr:
Wow, something that didactically valuable shouldn't be hidden in spoiler tags. Thanks for your effort!
I never used BtS' Serfdom myself, to be honest, so I didn't hesitate to drop its effect when I saw no way to fit it in. The problem with it is: if it comes too early, it's overpowered, if it comes too late, it's useless. So it has to be a medieval civic ... but combined with that effect, Absolutism might become to powerful. Is giving it to Aristocracy an option?
I'm not sure if I already took care of that along with the other civic-related stability effects. If not, it's the couple Theocracy/Republic instead of Representation/Universal Suffrage (same slots), which of course doesn't make much sense.
You can't distinguish it visually from normal RFC aside from the "RFC Dawn of Civilization" text in the top right corner. If it says 1500 AD for the Dutch spawn date when you are selecting civs, the mod is loaded properly.
Wow, something that didactically valuable shouldn't be hidden in spoiler tags. Thanks for your effort!
Civic suggestions are always welcome. The current implementation is far from perfect.
I never used BtS' Serfdom myself, to be honest, so I didn't hesitate to drop its effect when I saw no way to fit it in. The problem with it is: if it comes too early, it's overpowered, if it comes too late, it's useless. So it has to be a medieval civic ... but combined with that effect, Absolutism might become to powerful. Is giving it to Aristocracy an option?
Good question
I'm not sure if I already took care of that along with the other civic-related stability effects. If not, it's the couple Theocracy/Republic instead of Representation/Universal Suffrage (same slots), which of course doesn't make much sense.The file has to go into "Firaxis/Civilization IV/Beyond the Sword/Mods/".
You can't distinguish it visually from normal RFC aside from the "RFC Dawn of Civilization" text in the top right corner. If it says 1500 AD for the Dutch spawn date when you are selecting civs, the mod is loaded properly.
I kind of implied that the current effect would be dropped upon the suggested addition.
It might work with Aristocracy, but it's also the only Society civic to use during the Middle Ages. Everyone would be using it.
Maybe it's best that way, though. Autocracy and Totalitarianism are far too late for that and Aristocracy needs its own edge to be competitive even in the later eras. I'm on the look-out on this, I need to test few things.
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