Recent content by lordsurya08

I quit modding Civ 5 a few months ago because I wanted to get the full source code (like Civ4). Has Firaxis released the source code yet, or stated that they will soon? (I tried googling this question but all the results were several months old)

This is actually a really cool idea, and would make for more dynamic gameplay. Imagine combining that with espionage - players could send in spies to start off revolutions/coups. It's a shame Firaxis will never actually do it themselves...I suppose we have to wait for the source code to be released.

Currently the player starts off with 1 settler, the AI with 2 (on diety). Suppose I want to change if from the XML; how do I do this? I went into the Civ5Handicaps XML file but it only had entries for StartingDefenseUnits, StartingExploreUnits, and StartingWorkerUnits. Nothing for settlers...

This is absolutely true. 1UPT is a feature for tactical war games, not the Civ series. Jon Shafer has said several times that he borrowed from the Panzer General series, which IMO was a huge mistake as the two games are on a totally different scale. Ranged units are another thing that don't...

What makes you say you are playing well? There's more to playing well than plopping down a bunch of cities. You need to scout your neighbors and determine if they are building cities or building units, and respond accordingly. If they're building cities, do to them what they do to you: threaten...

I agree that diplo modifiers should not stay the entire game...however, some actions, like nuking an opponent, should have lifetime consequences. Nuclear warfare should have a price.

The AI does not punish you for expanding, it challenges you. This makes perfect sense, as the AI sees you as the most dangerous opponent and wants to eliminate you before you get a strong economy. Would you rather have the AI sit back and do nothing while you took a huge lead unchecked?

Personally, I don't understand why the diplomacy gets bashed so much - I find it to be fairly sensible. AI hates you for expanding too much? Good. If I saw Siam expanding all over the place I think I'd be giving off a bit of animosity as well, so why can't the AI do the same? We should take a...

(OP Here) Thank you for your responses - I definitely will go checking out the mods suggested by some. Are there any that improve the AI? I don't think it is possible to directly improve the AI due to lack of source code, but suppose we made gameplay changes through modding to improve the AI...

Hi, I am a former Civ player and a poster on this forum. I quit playing months ago because the AI was bad, there were lots of design issues, and Firaxis didn't give two horsehockys about what the community wanted. However, I had fallen in love with the concept. It was such a great concept - develop...

Hi fellow modders, I want to increase the occurrence of resources in this game. I don't want to increase resource quantity (e.g. 6 iron to 10, I already know how to do that) but increase the percentage of tiles that have a resource on it. In other words, make the land more rich. I looked...

Yes, the strat is a great guitar for beginners and experts (like Jimi Hendrix, my second favorite guitarist) alike. It's the guitar I currently own. My favorite would have to be the Telecaster however. Don't own it, have played it at friends' places and loved it, and dream of getting it some...

No Rolling Stones? I thought you were a Stones fan. Glad to see Van Morrison there though - not too many people listen to him these days.

my pleasure =D and a question for you all: are guitar lessons worth it? does it really speed your learning enough to make it worth the cost?

Well, the great number of rock/pop musicians didn't know how to read music notation - eg. the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, etc. I myself can read music, as I learned piano for 4 years. However, I feel that for guitar, tabs are much more useful as tablature not only reveals not...