Jungle Camp [Modular] 2.7

Updated to BtS 3.19 RoM 2.7

This micro mod provides a new early improvement. As I live next door to a jungle I was rather astounded how little it gives in CIV4. While that can be defended on how difficult it is to retrieve food and lumber from it, I decided to make a camp that will provide a little extra food and production. It also gives the workers something to do if you got an "unlucky" start in a big jungle.

JUNGLE CAMP
Comes with Stone Tools, Build time same as camp
Gives +1 Food (+1 Food with naturopathy, +1 Production with road and later)
and +1 Commerce if put next to a river (like lumbermill)
(+1 Commerce with medicine, +1 Commerce with tourism)

Simple as that!

Download moved to Vincentz Mods

Any idea how the AI handle this? Do they ever build them or do they just cut all the jungles down still?

+1 Health with biology or something like that?

@vincentz - This will work for 2.7test1 but 2.7test2 is WoC compliant which means that just dropping a folder into the Modules folder will not work since it will not be loaded. Either we would need to amend the MLF_CIV4ModularLoadingControls.xml file to include the VJungles folder or you will need to change the folder it goes into and the XML that points to it. Or both.

@ Afforess
No idea. Worst case scenario : They dont build them at all.
Best case scenario (which I think) : They build them and replace them with plantages on resources and irrigation close to rivers. The problem before was that no civilizaition could develop in the middle of a huge jungle. You had to research iron working to be able to get anything out of jungle. (Try to get to ironworking when the best plot you could choose was 1 food). Sure you could build a mine on a hill, but with 1 food and 1 production your city would remain 1 in size.
Even better would be that they actually build them and used them until late late. So that there would actually still be jungle left in the world in modern times. Whoa! jungle in modern times
Deforrestation of jungles is a big problem now, especially in Brazil, not when Iron Working was discovered....

I'm currently running a test with AI on a tropical map, and... I'll be back! with more infos.

@ konradcabral
oh man, dont even get me started there. I REALLY wanted a health modifier on improvements as another of my mods places industry and it would have been soooo cool to have pollution (bad health) from the heavy industry. Unfortunately that is hardcoded into the gamecore.dll file which means its out of my league/ability to do so.

@ Dancing Hoskuld
I was actually quite surprised that it worked. I'm running 2.7test2, and I didnt edit MLF_CIV4ModularLoadingControls.xml
I think the reason why it works is its simplicity, but when thats said, I might put it into a Builds folder.

A small update. My test game shows that the AI will build the junglecamp, but not spam it. They will build it sparsely and sometimes on resources (like rice), however they start to build plantations and farms once they get the ability to do so.

Unfortunately the AI is crazy about cutting down forrest and jungles so if I wanted to keep them I'd have to give the camps some serious bonuses, which would be unfitting for this kind of improvement. Maybe I'll add a little commerce with medicine/tourism to give them a carrot to keep them.

I also put a new version in first post that puts the VJungles in a Builds directory (which is listed in the MLF_CIV4ModularLoadingControls.xml), just to keep it organized...


(picture shows the AI build it on a rice and on the river, later (AD1010) the rice was farmed, but the rivercamp was still there)

This is quite cool idea! I've tried to think good variety of improvements for all terrains/features but this one hadn't occurred in my mind.

Thanks. As always, feel free to "steal" any part of it. One problem thou. If the <<low resolution textures>> is enabled in options/graphics the civilopedia and build icon will look at little blurred. I have no idea why.

Save the buttons without mipmaps and they won't get blurry when using low graphics settings.

update
ran another testrun from industrial age as I'm testing my Industry mod. The AI will still build the jungle camp thou only on remote jungles with underlying marsh.

changelog v.1.1
saved dds button without mipmap (Thanks Zappara )
added 1 commerce from medicine & tourism

One of the features I liked very much in RoM was the adding of Marsh / Peat Bog. What about preparing another one in this area? I'm talking about Arid terrain. It would be the middle between grassland and desert. Not so blooming as grassland, not so useless as desert. You, Mr. vincentz Smith, seem to have the skills to make it. Are you interested? Like in Matrix, you have the choice!

hehe.

Marsh and Peat Bogs. mmmm... fuel? a new resource?

Here's what I could find on marsh and bogs on wiki :

Marsh :


Bogs:


Arid.... mmm. would be a huge project integrating it into mapscripts.
Regarding the dessert/arid maybe make a : Genetic modified crop farm.

The only problem is that there is limited space for build buttons for workers. Unless you run 1280 x ---- then the space is already filled

vincentz said:

Arid.... mmm. would be a huge project integrating it into mapscripts.

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Yes, it's not that easy to add new terrain types to mapscripts. I had enough trouble with it when I was adding marsh and peat and even now some of the RoM mapscripts "don't know" how to place marsh terrain.

By the way there's Peat Power Plant about 50km from where I live and I've seen some of the "peat fields" here in Finland where they extract peat.

zappara said:

Yes, it's not that easy to add new terrain types to mapscripts. I had enough trouble with it when I was adding marsh and peat and even now some of the RoM mapscripts "don't know" how to place marsh terrain.

By the way there's Peat Power Plant about 50km from where I live and I've seen some of the "peat fields" here in Finland where they extract peat.

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I know its a big project, but maybe make bogs to a resource instead of a feature with the ability to build Peat Power Plants same as coal (dono if its more or less polluting).
That way civs without oil, coal or uranium could still get power. (Though only power, as Im pretty sure there isnt any peatbog driven vehicles and never heard of the Peatbog Bomb )

So is the Jungle camp ready for use? Or are you still Updating?

JosEPh

Is a mod ever finished? Ask Zappara

No, just a joke. The mod is finished and ready for play.

I went ahead and D/L'd it.

JosEPh

Hope you enjoy. I'm currently playing a game on perfectworld2 that put me straight into a huge jungle. In 1180 I still have a jungle camp on my capital, and its going to stay there for a while. Maybe even until I get Industry (product placement?!?)

Good addon! As you say it was very unfortunate to start in a jungle... until now

Thanx !

This addon is great Vincentz. Jungles are not useless anymore thanks to you.