A plea to Firaxis...

[dog]

Originally posted by robcheng


So just make the wonder require some new strategic resource that only exists in the city/cities where you want the units to be produced...

That would work for scenarios but not for mods. I like playing with computer generated maps, random civs etc.

 

[warpstorm]

You could still allow it to be dependent on a resource in mods; You'll just have to fight to get them

 

[dog]

Originally posted by warpstorm
You could still allow it to be dependent on a resource in mods; You'll just have to fight to get them

Yeah, I already do that. I've got two resources that are set to minimum occurence. "Holy Grail" appears in the middle ages and allows Euro civs to build "Grail Knight" which is very powerful. And "Saucer Crash" appears with Atomic Theory and allows "Tesla Coil" (infinite range immobile bomber that uses a lightning bolt animation for the bomb.flc) so you can create hurricanes and monsoons across the globe. Later "Saucer crash" allows for the lucky civ to build Hidden Nat UFOs. Believe me, when Atomic Theory comes around I've got teams scouring the globe looking for that little saucer crash. If it lands in an AI territory that's been developed with roads you've gotta get an ROP with that AI and land some Hidden Nat units defended by regular units on that spot to pillage the improvements and hold the area before the AI can build a Tesla Coil. Oh yeah, the Tesla Coils is a Hidden Nat unit so it's especially important to keep the AI from building it.

I don't know what a Tesla Coil is in real life but in my game I made it a weather control device. If you like the Egyptians and you see that they're taking a beating from the Aztecs, you can, without going to war with the Aztecs, hit their units with fierce storms (light value bombing runs) that weaken them to give the Egyptians a better chance. Or if you see AI ships heading for your coast with evil intent (don't you always know when the AI is getting ready to declare war on you? A buddy nation becomes annoyed, wants to trade territory maps and sends some ships in your direction), you can send a monsoon or two to turn their ships back.

So yeah, you can have fun with the resources also.