Ruins Mod - a simple one!

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This mod makes ruins appear when improvements are pillaged. It adds a lot to the atmosphere of a long-lasting war.
 

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Yes, the improvement appering _is_ a City Ruin.

I have also experimented with giving the City Ruin a defense bonus, since they can be used as barricades.
 
That sounds interesting as it would actualy give Ruins a purpose, they currently do jack. Note I dont think ruins should apear for pillaging roads as thats just silly.
 
If this was restricted to town-type improvements, it would bemore realistic. Farms producing ruins, for example, is a bit silly. The idea about the defence bonus is a really good one: it really adds something to the game.
 
It would be interesting if you could make Ruins into a feature that workers have to "chop" before you can rebuild.

But what a great, simple mod this is!
 
Impaler[WrG] said:
That sounds interesting as it would actualy give Ruins a purpose, they currently do jack...
Click to expand...

Is this true? I just noticed looking at the TerrainImprovmentsInfos.XML that city ruins have:

Code: 
<iAirBombDefense>-1</iAirBombDefense>

Does this mean they provide some protection from airstrikes? I'm not sure, as in all my civs, can you believe, I've never been attacked by enemy fighters. I wouldn't know if this works or not.

I do agree that they need to do a bit more than they do now, if they do anything at all.
 
Giving ruins a slight defense bonus (10&#37;?) is a great idea. Making ruins appear after a improvement is pillaged.. Well, I wouldn't go that far. I don't think there should be ruins even after a town is destroyed. But if somebody could produce a special "pillaged village" graphic, this could be nice. Remember that a village/town doesn't give any bonus now, so it shouldn't give any bonus after it's pillaged.
 
Interesting.
I experimented with this too a bit.
I would suggest that villages have a small defensive bonus too.

If you are prepared to alter the core game, you could add a 'muddy' polution-like feature to be applied to pillaged farm etc improvements.
 
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