Airstrike Mod

[zulu9812]

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Airstrike Mod v.1
by zulu9812

The aim behind this mod was to balance out warfare in the late industrial and modern eras, in particular, placing more emphasis on aircraft. I also changed about some stats of units, and other units in earlier eras.

Installation Instructions
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extract contents of this zip to your root civ3 directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III

How to play
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Start up civ3, go to Load Scenario on the main screen and double-click on "airstrikemod"

Changes & Additions
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^ renamed Carrier to Naval Carrier, which uses the WW2 Carrier graphics
^ replaced Mech Infantry with Modern Infantry
^ added Super-Carrier unit
^ deleted Stealth Fighter
^ added an upgrade for jet fighters & bombers: the strike fighter (harrier graphics)

Stats (A/D/M/cost)(BS/BR/ROF)-resources-abilites
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^ Musketman (3/4/1/5) - saltpeter - draft, foot soldier
^ Knight (5/2/2/7) - horses, iron -
^ Rifleman (5/6/1/7) - no resources - draft, foot soldier
^ Infantry - 8/10/1/9 - rubber - foot soldier, draft
^ Tank - 16/8/2/12 - oil, rubber - wheeled, blitz
^ Panzer - 16/8/3/12 - oil, rubber - wheeled, blitz
^ Modern Armour - 24/16/3/15 - oil, rubber, aluminium - wheeled, blitz
^ Marine - 10/8/2/10 - rubber - zone of control, +1HP, foot soldier, amphibious assault
^ Paratrooper - 8/10/2/10 - oil, rubber - zone of control, +1HP, foot soldier, airdrop 8
^ Modern Infantry (10/12/1/10) - no resources - draft, foot soldier
^ Cruise Missile (0/0/1/8)(16/0/4) - aluminium - air unit, tactical missile, cruise missile, immobile
^ Nuclear Submarine (8/4/8/14) - uranium - trans. 4, trans. only aircraft, trans. only tactical missile, invisible
^ Super-Carrier (4/12/10/30) - aluminium, uranium - radar, zoc, trans. 8 aircraft, +2HP

Marines and Paratroopers are supposed to be special forces (at least until the SAS come along!), so they get an extra health point to show their veteran status. Giving them an extra point of movement, whilst making tanks wheeled, means that paratroopers and marines are your mobile troops through difficult terrain such as mountains. And increasing the paratrooper's airdrop range to 8, whilst keeping the helicopter's at 6, gives you a reason to build paratroopers rather than just loading infantry into helicopters.

I've also upped the cost of tanks and modern armour, in order to offset how ridiculously powerful they are.

The Knight's new stats give you a reason to build Pikemen.

Adding the Strike Fighter means that America no longr gets a UU that lasts for the rest of the game!

Other changes
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^ Retreat bonus based on combat experience changed to 34, 46, 61 and 73
^ Base hit points for elite is 6
^ Doubled movement values for all naval vessels
^ All naval vessels including and after Ironclad have +1HP bonus
^ Tanks and Modern Armor have +1HP bonus
^ Nuclear subs set up to carry 4 cruise missiles, but not aircraft
^ Scientists generate 2 research points
^ Tax Collectors generate 2 gold

Difficulty Levels & Corruption
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Chieftain - 50%
Warlord - 75%
Regent - 100%
Monarch - 125%
Emperor - 150%
Deity - 175%

Credits
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Modern Infantry - Balou
Naval (WW2) Carrier - papajohns
Strike Fighter (Harrier) - Smoking Mirror

 

[zulu9812]

feedback anyone? or is it just rubbush

 

[OmniMower]

Are you adding more air units into this mod?

 

[zulu9812]

I originally put in an American-only F-22 as an upgrade to the Strike Fighter, in order to restore their aerial supremacy. But I took it out because I didn't think any civ should have a UU that lasts for the rest of the game. I also originally had the Air Transport plane as an upgrade for the Helicopter, but that would have meant there was no point in building paratroopers, so I took it out again. If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to take them onboard.

 

[OmniMower]

I just thought that since this is a Airstrike Mod, the civs was going to have more Air units and UU.

 

[zulu9812]

Well I'm not quite sure what you're looking for - aircraft are more important in this mod. The Super-Carrier can transport 8 aircraft and also has the radar ability, allowing it's aircraft to strike 2 squares in rather than just one. The fact that the bomber upgrades to a new jet fighter brings things more in line with todays concept of the joint strike fighter. Actually, I was going to wait until you finished your JAS 39, but impatience got the better of me! Again, I am open to suggestions.

 

[OmniMower]

hehe, the JAS is in the final assambly atm, so you may put it in soon.
Im damn impatient too, wanna bash some yankees with it .
... but anyway, it looks good, are you gonna add more Airunits later, as they get finished?
... after the JAS the Mig-29 Fulcrum is on the way.