AND2 and SVN Bug Reports - A New Dawn 2 ONLY

[Vokarya]

I have a possible bug/question to ask. How are starting units chosen for starting with an era other than Ancient? I noticed two things:

• Starting a game in the Medieval Era starts you with Shaolin Monks as your defending unit. I did not intend for them to be a starting unit (since they are one of the rewards for building Shaolin Monastery), but they are the strongest defensive unit at that time. However, starting in the Renaissance Era gives you Longbowmen.
• Starting a game in the Industrial or later eras starts you with Settlers. I think starting in the Industrial Era should start you with Colonists (available at Navigation, Renaissance Era) and starting the Modern or later era should start you with Pioneers (available at Steam Power, Industrial Era).

 

[Rezca]

I have a possible bug/question to ask. How are starting units chosen for starting with an era other than Ancient? I noticed two things:

• Starting a game in the Medieval Era starts you with Shaolin Monks as your defending unit. I did not intend for them to be a starting unit (since they are one of the rewards for building Shaolin Monastery), but they are the strongest defensive unit at that time. However, starting in the Renaissance Era gives you Longbowmen.
• Starting a game in the Industrial or later eras starts you with Settlers. I think starting in the Industrial Era should start you with Colonists (available at Navigation, Renaissance Era) and starting the Modern or later era should start you with Pioneers (available at Steam Power, Industrial Era).

I tried reading up on this once before, but I can't really remember much. I think it was a line in the XML files for the units, but I wouldn't quote me on that :<

I do feel that the starts for Industrial/Modern/Transhuman are hardly worth playing most of the time though. Immediately you are losing money because of the support costs of the advanced units (And you only get a handful of them...) due to starting with 0 gold no matter what era you picked.

If Revolutions are enabled, you're stuck with that one city for ages since you don't have the money nor the forces to spread out any. I've noticed the AI frequently drop out of the game or get torn apart by revolutions on the first dozen turns and because of the crummy and few starting units, they almost never survive them (Units far suprassing the strngth of the starting ones spawn for the rebels, and a LOT more than the 2 ~ 3 the AI typically have at the time)


Poor starting units (Explorers, Settlers...) and no money to support them means I usually play on Ancient or Classic and don't bother with the latter eras. In their current state, thye just aren't worth it.

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

Later era starts are yet to be balanced but currently low on priority

 

[Cor'e =)]

I know i started my current game back a few revs, but is the Tech Tree changing? I've apparently researched some techs without having followed lines connecting from what i've researched. For example, Civil Service without researching Sanitation?

 

[Vokarya]

I know i started my current game back a few revs, but is the Tech Tree changing? I've apparently researched some techs without having followed lines connecting from what i've researched. For example, Civil Service without researching Sanitation?

There are some lines that are masked to keep the tree looking presentable. Civil Service requires Mathematics and either Sanitation or Feudalism, but the only arrow shown is Sanitation because otherwise it results in a broken arrow (look at Caste System tech) as the arrow would have to come vertically from Feudalism and then go backwards to enter Civil Service. Civil Service and Feudalism are both starting technologies for the Medieval Era, so they are on the same column (and I'm NOT going to change that; columns are proportionate to how deep you have to go into the era to get to the tech).

 

[jackelgull]

For some reason in the welfare category I can't change civics. I am stuck on socialized.

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

For some reason in the welfare category I can't change civics. I am stuck on socialized.

Could it be just because UN passed a resolution to force that civic?

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

I believe that I am using the SVN 978, the language can't be changed into chinese simplified. When I use the "Civilization IV - A New Dawn" and choose the chinese simplified, the language may be changed into FRANCAIS
and the bottom of language shows I'm using Finnish
But I've tried Japanese, finnish, francais , they all work correctly.....

Thanks for reporting it, we'll probably need time to fix it since our language expert is busy in real life at the moment.

 

[jackelgull]

Could it be just because UN passed a resolution to force that civic?

I don't think that's it.

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

Can you upload a savegame? Thanks

 

[jackelgull]

My save file exceeds the forum limit.

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

My save file exceeds the forum limit.

Upload it to some free space like dropbox or similar and post the link

 

[Arakhor]

Alternatively, put it in a RAR file and upload that.

 

[jackelgull]

Upload it to some free space like dropbox or similar and post the link

Could you name a site completely free? Drop box has a free trial, but it requires selecting a payment plan, complete with credit card number. My parents wouldn't agree to that.

Alternatively, put it in a RAR file and upload that.

How do I do that?

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

Could you name a site completely free? Drop box has a free trial, but it requires selecting a payment plan, complete with credit card number. My parents wouldn't agree to that.


How do I do that?

There's a free version of Dropbox, no need for credit card or any payment. Also, you can try compressing the file with RAR as suggested above.

 

[Arakhor]

Download WinRAR, which is a file compression utility. Either that or see if Windows will zip it up for you anyway.

 

[jackelgull]

I think I got the hang of it

https://www.dropbox.com/home

 

[Arakhor]

That just links to Dropbox. Try providing a sharing link for the file in question.

 

[jackelgull]

I have set it so anyone with a link can see my game. Does it work now?

 

[Rezca]

I have set it so anyone with a link can see my game. Does it work now?

Select the file then find the sharing link, can send that. Off to the right a 'Share' button will come up when you mouse over it, and it'll provide a link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i0ou59jakbqlky4/Milo-dilo__edit.jpg?dl=0 Like so :>