TITLE: Caravans II+ for BTS 3.19
VERSION: v1.11
AUTHOR: patriachica
UPDATED: 30 MAY 2014
FORUM LINK: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13247422
DESCRIPTION: The Caravans II modcom adds three caravan units to move food, hammers, and culture, and to conduct trade missions. Caravans become available with the discovery of Currency and cost 50 hammers to build. That mod uses no Python or SDK changes.
The Caravans II+ modcom fork expands the modcom playability by restricting caravans to roads & railroads, and vessel-boarding to cities and forts. The fork also incorporates the Merchant Fleets II modcom, which awards maritime vessels for trade missions. This modcom use Python, but no SDK.
Converting caravans to hammers and culture is done using the Great Works function from Great Engineers and Great Artists. Food is rushed by building a temporary 'Farmers Market' building, which a non-random event will convert to food the following turn. Route restriction is done using Python and can be changed or disabled with the "zRoutes Config.ini". Merchant Fleets II uses random events weighted by harbors, lighthouses and marketplaces multipliers.
CREDITS
Salute to Zebra 9, who wrote the 'zRoutes' original Python code, and praise isenchine, who converted zRoutes to BTS 3.19 and re-wrote some of the logic. Hat tip to tywiggins for the idea of converting a temporary building to food.
Credit to GFO_Anubis for the 'Ancient Caravans' units, which are used here with some skinning. Credit to Refar and Walter Hawkwood for converting vessel graphics from 'Empire Earth 2', which are used here for pre-industrial merchant fleet vessels.
VERSION HISTORY
* v.1.1 FEATURE UPDATE/30 MAY 2014: updated zRoutes with isenchine's CvGameUtils.py and CvPediaUnit.py revisions
* v.1.1 FORK/28 MAY 2014: Caravans II+ fork incorporates zRoutes Python code, and the Merchant Marines II modcom.
* v.1.0 BUGFIX/27 MAY 2014: required a BUILDING_MARKET to build caravans. Because Romans have BUILDING_FORUM instead, they couldn't build caravans. Caravans can now be built with the discovery of TECH_CURRENCY.
REFERENCES
TITLE: zRoutesII (CvGameUtils.py and CvPediaUnit.py update of zRoutes)
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13241407&postcount=56
AUTHOR: isenchine
UPDATED: May 29, 2014
TITLE: zRoutes
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=255718
AUTHOR: Zebra 9
UPDATED: 21 Dec 2007
TITLE: Merchant Fleets II
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=22822
AUTHOR: Patriachica
UPDATED: 27 MAY 2014
TITLE: Caravans II
FORUM LINK: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=13236239
AUTHOR: Patriachica
UPDATED: 27 MAY 2014
TITLE: Ancient Caravans
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downlo...=file&id=11293
AUTHOR: GFO_Anubis, Refar, Chuggi
UPDATED: November 25, 2008
TITLE: 'Sailing Ships from Empire Earth 2'
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=38206
AUTHOR: Refar, Walter Hawkwood
UPDATED: December 27, 2008
TITLE: Merchant Fleets for BTS 3.19
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=14325
AUTHOR: Tholish
UPDATED: February 24, 2010
TITLE: Caravan Mod for BTS 3.19
URL: http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/1...OD-Caravan-mod
AUTHOR: tywiggins
UPDATED: December 16, 2005
TITLE: Caravans and Supply Trains v1.0 for BTS 3.19
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=144726
AUTHOR: Hastur
UPDATED: December 6, 2005
VERSION: v1.11
AUTHOR: patriachica
UPDATED: 30 MAY 2014
FORUM LINK: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13247422
DESCRIPTION: The Caravans II modcom adds three caravan units to move food, hammers, and culture, and to conduct trade missions. Caravans become available with the discovery of Currency and cost 50 hammers to build. That mod uses no Python or SDK changes.
The Caravans II+ modcom fork expands the modcom playability by restricting caravans to roads & railroads, and vessel-boarding to cities and forts. The fork also incorporates the Merchant Fleets II modcom, which awards maritime vessels for trade missions. This modcom use Python, but no SDK.
Converting caravans to hammers and culture is done using the Great Works function from Great Engineers and Great Artists. Food is rushed by building a temporary 'Farmers Market' building, which a non-random event will convert to food the following turn. Route restriction is done using Python and can be changed or disabled with the "zRoutes Config.ini". Merchant Fleets II uses random events weighted by harbors, lighthouses and marketplaces multipliers.
CREDITS
Salute to Zebra 9, who wrote the 'zRoutes' original Python code, and praise isenchine, who converted zRoutes to BTS 3.19 and re-wrote some of the logic. Hat tip to tywiggins for the idea of converting a temporary building to food.
Credit to GFO_Anubis for the 'Ancient Caravans' units, which are used here with some skinning. Credit to Refar and Walter Hawkwood for converting vessel graphics from 'Empire Earth 2', which are used here for pre-industrial merchant fleet vessels.
VERSION HISTORY
* v.1.1 FEATURE UPDATE/30 MAY 2014: updated zRoutes with isenchine's CvGameUtils.py and CvPediaUnit.py revisions
* v.1.1 FORK/28 MAY 2014: Caravans II+ fork incorporates zRoutes Python code, and the Merchant Marines II modcom.
* v.1.0 BUGFIX/27 MAY 2014: required a BUILDING_MARKET to build caravans. Because Romans have BUILDING_FORUM instead, they couldn't build caravans. Caravans can now be built with the discovery of TECH_CURRENCY.
REFERENCES
TITLE: zRoutesII (CvGameUtils.py and CvPediaUnit.py update of zRoutes)
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13241407&postcount=56
AUTHOR: isenchine
UPDATED: May 29, 2014
TITLE: zRoutes
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=255718
AUTHOR: Zebra 9
UPDATED: 21 Dec 2007
TITLE: Merchant Fleets II
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=22822
AUTHOR: Patriachica
UPDATED: 27 MAY 2014
TITLE: Caravans II
FORUM LINK: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=13236239
AUTHOR: Patriachica
UPDATED: 27 MAY 2014
TITLE: Ancient Caravans
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downlo...=file&id=11293
AUTHOR: GFO_Anubis, Refar, Chuggi
UPDATED: November 25, 2008
TITLE: 'Sailing Ships from Empire Earth 2'
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=38206
AUTHOR: Refar, Walter Hawkwood
UPDATED: December 27, 2008
TITLE: Merchant Fleets for BTS 3.19
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=14325
AUTHOR: Tholish
UPDATED: February 24, 2010
TITLE: Caravan Mod for BTS 3.19
URL: http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/1...OD-Caravan-mod
AUTHOR: tywiggins
UPDATED: December 16, 2005
TITLE: Caravans and Supply Trains v1.0 for BTS 3.19
URL: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=144726
AUTHOR: Hastur
UPDATED: December 6, 2005