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Which mods did you use for this?

Which mods did you use for this?

I played Civ 4 recently for the first time in a while and I believe this was the case, at least with some improvements. Felt like much more of a trade-off overall when deciding how to improve your tiles. I think trade-offs make for more interesting gameplay in general. I generally agree, and...

For Vanilla, it was from the very start. In BTS, it was changed to unlock river trade at Sailing.

I just played Civ 4 for the first time in years and forgot about the way this was handled. You need to have a trade connection with another civ in order to be able to trade resources. Roads always make a trade connection, but as you progress through the tech tree, trade capability is also...

I'm pretty sure mine is an unpopular opinion based on the posts I've seen on here (and Reddit): I hate the variety in civs and leaders. I see so many posts debating the best civs, best leaders, and all the excitement when new civs and leaders were announced. Instead of providing variety, the...

Yeah that can be frustrating. In my last game, I had war declared on me when I was in a Heroic age and actually had the "To Arms!" dedication enabled. If I had declared on them instead, I would have had permanently lower grievances throughout the war. There should either be a "defensive war"...

I still feel that the major thing missing from the game is engaging diplomacy. In the early game, a lot of the fun is in expanding and building up your infrastructure, and "diplomacy" is mostly just land grabs and maybe some early trade. In the late game, I like how international trade steps up...

See screenshots below. My city has two rivers that run almost parallel. I have one dam already built on the Ural River, and I want to build one on the Don River. There are no other dams built along the Don. What's interesting is that the dam on the Ural River is not even a valid dam for the Don...

If I'm not mistaken, it's settling within 10 tiles of one of their cities.

Same experience for me most times I've seen it. Though one game, I had the satellite reveal a mountain lake - completely inaccessible and thus had no name.

I use Great Works Viewer to help with this.

Question about multiplayer. I have GS+R&F and my friend has GS+R&F. Neither of us has NFP. When I start an Internet game, we have access to all civs/leaders, buildings, and wonders from all expansions including NFP. Is this expected, or am I experiencing some kind of bug?

I think this makes sense overall. My concern is that the AI gets too hesitant to completely wipe out a neighboring civ because of the diplo penalties, and this makes the game feel stagnant. I had a fun game recently where I was India and Egypt declared a surprise war on me. She tried...

Which mod is this?