Amra's ALH Modpack for v1.61 (using Animated Leaderheads)

[Amra]

now that theres a warlord dale mod....how about if youll use it? needless to say how it improves the game....

perhaps you can make it as an addon for you mod - to who ever wish to use it?

I want to play the mod first and see what it does to the game. Needless to say, I'm a little busy this week so I will test it out after I post my Warlords update.

 

[agoodfella]

...awaits anxiously....

 

[Grabnar]

Amra, I tried out the latest patch & the Mi-24 attacks ground units just fine now, thanks for the fix. I love the new resources...sweet! I'm looking forward to warlords.

 

[Amra]

Thanks guys.

I'm almost finished with everything and ready to test it in a full game. I just have two big items left to do. The first of which is to create GP Mod art for all the new Great Generals. I found some previous images by White Rabbit and have incorporated them but I still have a couple dozen to do tonight.

After that, the even bigger thing I wanted to do was to add the Armenia & Croatia civs. I'm not sure how much time that will take but I am going to try to squeeze them in on Saturday. No promises, but I will try.

I finished the last of the new Unique Buildings last night. I tried to keep a good variety for building classes. Here is the list and thanks to anyone who contributed an idea:

Civ - Building (Replaces) - Tweaks to base building
Aborigine - Corroboree (Theatre) +1 Artist, +1 Happy from Dye
Abyssinia - Stele (Monument) +1 Culture, +1 Happy
Austria - Opera House (Colosseum) +1 Happy, +1 Artist
Babylon - Code of Hammurabi (Courthouse) +25% Less city upkeep
Bretagne - Cromlech (Monument) +1 Culture, 5h cheaper
Byzantium - Theodosian Walls (Walls) +25% Defense, New units get City Garrison Promo
Canada - Microwave Station (Broadcast Tower) +1 Happy, +50% Culture in city
Cherokee - Didanawisgi (Hospital) +15% Unit heal rate, +1 Healthiness
Dutch - Dutch Windmill (Forge) No unhealthiness from building, 10h cheaper
Hyboria - Garrison (Barracks) +10% Land unit production, +10% Great General rate
Iroquois - Longhouse (Courthouse) +10% Less city upkeep, 20h cheaper
Israel - Airbase (Airport) +3xp for new Air units
Italy - Pizzeria (Grocer) +15% Gold, +1 Happy from Cow & Pig bonuses
Magyar - Jurta (Stable) +20% Less city upkeep, +1xp for new Mounted units
Maya - Step Pyramid (Observatory) +15% Research, +1 Scientist
Poland - Distillery (Brewery) +25% Gold
Polynesia - Fishery (Lighthouse) +1 Health in city, +1 Food in city
Portugal - Shipyard (Drydock) Can build earlier with Astronomy, 20h cheaper
Scotland - Mercat Cross (Market) +25% Gold, +1 Merchant
Scythia - Scythian Stables (Stable) +1xp for Mounted units, Free March Promo
Sumeria - Ziggurat (Castle) +1 Trade route, +1 Culture
Sweden - Riksbank (Bank) +25% Gold
Thailand - Ho Trai (Library) +1 Culture, +15% Research
Tibet - Gompa (University) +1 Culture, +2 Priests
Troy - Agora (Market) +25% Trade route yield

I may still tweak their stats this weekend but, overall, I'm happy with the list.

Gotta get back to working on it now.

 

[rockinroger]

looking good amra We the simple minded who play the mods, aprreciate your efforts and time.

 

[Civmatrix]

(Awaits Eagerly for the next release ) Thanks for taking time to do all the work for us to have a more enhasnced playing experience.

One of the things I liked in the previous version of your mod was the great leaders would have pop ups come on in multiplayer. ITs too bad wonder pop ups dont come up in myltiplayer also. I wish they had left the option up to the player. Anyways there are a lot of us Hungry like a wolf to try your Warlords version. 28th is too far away lol

 

[Drtad]

I am looking forward to your mod's release as well Amra.

 

[Leif]

Hm, do you think that a god-king shrine is more of an appropiate term for the way the Babalyonians kept order, while the code of Hammurabi was used universally in their culture, it wasn't a building (as far as I know)

 

[Amra]

Hm, do you think that a god-king shrine is more of an appropiate term for the way the Babalyonians kept order, while the code of Hammurabi was used universally in their culture, it wasn't a building (as far as I know)

You are correct, it wasn't a building but I took the easy way out on that one as the building graphic (found HERE) was available to download and from what I read about it on the internet, it was a (Very) long list of laws. Thus my decision to use it as a Courthouse even though some, maybe most, people would consider using it as a wonder.

 

[Leif]

I had forgotten about that peticular building, in that case I support using it as a UB.

I can't wait to see everything, is there any way I could assist further?

 

[agoodfella]

you are the man!!!

can't wait for the Warlords release...

 

[rockinroger]

Patentially waiting

 

[Amra]

Patentially waiting

Still on track for the 28th but, most likely, very late. I'll let everyone know if that changes.

 

[Leif]

I just noticed that the Distillery from Poland and the Riksbank from Sweden have the same affect, could we alter that somehow? Maybe a further health bonus or happy bonus, or maybe +1 gp for each of a certain resource, such as wheat?

Also, I think the community as well as Amra (after the Warlords release) should work on a list of second UBs for all Civs, because if we can have two UUs, why not two UBs ? (other than the fact that the list of custom buildings is smaller, but we can get really creative to make this work)

 

[Grabnar]

I just noticed that the Distillery from Poland and the Riksbank from Sweden have the same affect, could we alter that somehow? Maybe a further health bonus or happy bonus, or maybe +1 gp for each of a certain resource, such as wheat?

Also, I think the community as well as Amra (after the Warlords release) should work on a list of second UBs for all Civs, because if we can have two UUs, why not two UBs ? (other than the fact that the list of custom buildings is smaller, but we can get really creative to make this work)

Good idea....You know Keldath has pushed it up to 5 UU so I guess you should be able to do the same with UBs. In the units thread there are still a lot of really cool weapons & buildings that are still waiting for a good modpack to adopt them & give them a good home.

 

[Leif]

Good idea....You know Keldath has pushed it up to 5 UU so I guess you should be able to do the same with UBs. In the units thread there are still a lot of really cool weapons & buildings that are still waiting for a good modpack to adopt them & give them a good home.

Indeed, Amra's ALH modpack is rather like the borg.

 

[Civmatrix]

Indeed, Amra's ALH modpack is rather like the borg.

Assimulating Civ components all across the span of the universe....

 

[Leif]

Assimulating Civ components all across the span of the universe....

amen,
Now, about those second UBs
American-When I think America, I think cold war bomb shelters
Arabian- I think of a special capital, to represent the great importance of Mecca
Aztec-Sporting areans (for slaughters?) or better monuments
Carthage-I'm blank
Celtic- Burial grounds, IRA resistance holdout
Chinese-special barracks to represent the vigorous training martial artists go through?
Egyptian- Special tombs
English-Special universities with extra beakers
French- special lab, great castles, old sewage system
German-better barracks to represent better training or sheer might
Greek- Better courthouse to represent the east in which govt.s were implemented at times
-to be finished later-
Incan-
Indian-
Japanese-
Korean-
Mali-
Mongol-
Ottoman-
Persian-
Roman-
Russian-
Spanish-
Aborigine -
Abyssinia -
Austria -
Babylon -
Bretagne -
Byzantium -
Canada -
Cherokee -
Dutch -
Hyboria -
Iroquois -
Israel -
Italy -
Magyar -
Maya -
Poland -
Polynesia -
Portugal -
Scotland -
Scythia -
Sumeria -
Sweden -
Thailand -
Tibet -
Troy -

 

[Amra]

Okay. I just tried uploading my modpack. Waited 30 minutes for it to finish and then was told by Filefront that "that function was down for maintenance and was unavailable". They couldn't tell me that when I started to upload?

It's late where I am at & I have to work in the morning. I'm sorry everyone but I will have to retry it again tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.

 

[Leif]

Okay. I just tried uploading my modpack. Waited 30 minutes for it to finish and then was told by Filefront that "that function was down for maintenance and was unavailable". They couldn't tell me that when I started to upload?

It's late where I am at & I have to work in the morning. I'm sorry everyone but I will have to retry it again tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.

Oh well, all good things are worth waiting for, to an extent at least.

More time to formulate UBs