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harry_flashman
Chieftain
In the game I'm playing at the moment the promotions show above the units head. I think this is part of thals mod, but I'm playing with a couple so I'm not sure. If a distinctive icon was given to the promotions pertaining to each base camp I think this wouldn't present a problem.
I like the idea. The biggest problem I see is that it would weaken the ability of a scout - he wouldn't be able to run away from barbs so easily.
Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
You have a good point there. In Civ 4 scouts got a combat bonus against animals and barbarians, it might make sense to do the same here... perhaps +50% vs barbarians.
Ahriman
Tyrant
Interesting idea. If you did this, then I would suggest a small cost increase on the scout.
ChrisTheMean
Chieftain
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What about just starting scouts with a free survivalism (+50%def) promotion?
Txurce
Deity
I'm with the terrain-buffed barb camp. It would make them a little more fun.
And now a combat question: why am I getting 50% domain bonus nerf vs the Ottomans? I've never noticed it before, but it's pretty brutal.
And now a combat question: why am I getting 50% domain bonus nerf vs the Ottomans? I've never noticed it before, but it's pretty brutal.
Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
Not sure which units you're using, but it's one of these two things in the v5.0 patch notes:
You can see the details by hovering the mouse over the Demolish or Naval Penalty promotion on the unit, or in the Combat mod documentation under the Combat Bonuses section. Since ships from Frigates onwards are also siege units, the two strength penalties cancel one another out after that point.
rhammer640
Russian Monk
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Could you make the promotion for barbs have a colored icon so that it would be easy to tell, like yellow for desert, white for snow, etc?
It wouldn't be that hard for scouts and i dont think they should have a promotion, i like that its dangerous to scout. If barbarians are from deserts, run into the forrest to get away, if they are from the forrest, run into the hills, etc.
It wouldn't be that hard for scouts and i dont think they should have a promotion, i like that its dangerous to scout. If barbarians are from deserts, run into the forrest to get away, if they are from the forrest, run into the hills, etc.
Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
Color schemes tend to be rather standardized, with gold=good and red=bad, the weird exception being silver=air. What I'm thinking of are stylized icons of a tree, hill, sand, and snowflake. It's easy to make these... the icon set was clearly unfinished.
solid tuna
Chieftain
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Hey Thal. My apologies if this is the wrong forum for bug discussion; I don't see any of that here.
I'm having an issue with the meritocracy social policy post-patch and have narrowed down the culprit to the two mods required to load my game: your combat and the city-state diplomacy. CSD was the main suspect since it mods a policy (though not the one in question), but there is at least one person that has CSD enabled and no conflict with meritocracy.
The problem specifically is that meritocracy awards a great person, but nothing happens when you click on the notification/msg. This halts the game as you cannot thus end the turn.
Has anyone played through a patched game with combat enabled and succesfully chosen meritocracy?
If neither mod is the problem, the only other scenario I can imagine is that I had a mod enabled that didn't fully remove itself upon disabling, or that a mod affected conditions in a way that left its mark after being disabled. I don't know if either is possible, but I haven't seen any evidence that suggests they are.
I'm having an issue with the meritocracy social policy post-patch and have narrowed down the culprit to the two mods required to load my game: your combat and the city-state diplomacy. CSD was the main suspect since it mods a policy (though not the one in question), but there is at least one person that has CSD enabled and no conflict with meritocracy.
The problem specifically is that meritocracy awards a great person, but nothing happens when you click on the notification/msg. This halts the game as you cannot thus end the turn.
Has anyone played through a patched game with combat enabled and succesfully chosen meritocracy?
If neither mod is the problem, the only other scenario I can imagine is that I had a mod enabled that didn't fully remove itself upon disabling, or that a mod affected conditions in a way that left its mark after being disabled. I don't know if either is possible, but I haven't seen any evidence that suggests they are.
Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
That's rather strange, I just finished two games where I picked the free great person. I use these mods:
- TBC
- Citystate diplomacy
- InfoAddict
- CivWillard
- Trading post graphical improvement mods
- Several others
solid tuna
Chieftain
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Huh. Odd indeed.
I didn't clear the cache immediately previous, but perhaps a week beforehand. I'll do so again, but would it have any effect on a save game or would it need to be cleared before the start of a new game to have any effect?
I didn't clear the cache immediately previous, but perhaps a week beforehand. I'll do so again, but would it have any effect on a save game or would it need to be cleared before the start of a new game to have any effect?
Ouch... Yet more proof that CiV should not have this early.
Txurce
Deity
The cache should be cleared with the downloading of every new version. But yes, you run the risk of losing your game by doing it mid-stream.
solid tuna
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Good to know. Add: are you referring to every new version of Civ itself, or every time mods are changed or updated?
Truetom, the meritocracy social policy is the only way I'm familiar with to get a free great person. There may be other ways.
I was using combat v18. I have it disabled in my new game, and will post results. Did you disable combat or any other mods in the newest game you started?
Txurce
Deity
Every time anyone has a problem with a change in the mods, the first piece of advice seems to be to clear the cache. It's only a slight detour at the start of your first game with an update, so why not? But technically it may not be beneficial every time.
No, I went with a new game with the same mods after Steam update.
Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
99% of the time when I encounter a bizzare problem, clearing the cache solves it. Meritocracy works for me while playing the mod, so it's a problem with something other than the mod... most likely a 1) cache issue or 2) compatibility issue with another mod. 
99% of the time when I encounter a bizzare problem, clearing the cache solves it. I know Meritocracy works on my system, so it's either 1) a cache issue or 2) a compatibility issue with another mod.
Well, clearing cache didn't work, so I'll have to stay away from this social policy. It would be handy to have it.
