Gwennog, Hokath, and Jarcast announce
Cultural Components
a 5th and 6th Unique Component mod
Dropbox Download
Please Note!
A handful of components require Civ-Specific Events. In base VP, this has no other effects.
Warning: There is a known problem with Strategic View. Use at own risk.
This mod will sit on top of JFD's Cultural Diversity (1) (Core) Utilities,
which is the first in a set of mods that assigns every Civ to a "Cultural Group" in order to allocate things like new Splash Screens, Unit Dialogue, Soundtrack, etc.
The (2) (Gameplay) part of this collection adds starting bonuses, which are not balanced with VP.
Here, we both update this mod and use it to achieve 5/6 UC:
because custom civs have generally maintained compatibility with JFD's Cultural Diversity (and adding it is super easy),
we can create unique components for the Cultural Groups and then automatically be compatible with every custom civ.
Done this way, Civilizations of the same Cultural Group have the same 5/6 UC.
For example, in the screenshot, Sweden and Denmark both belong to the (new) Scandinavian Cultural Group
Scandinavian : Denmark and Sweden : Norway and Goth custom civs.
UU : Viking (Pioneer) : Unlocks early at Theology and can cross Ocean. Has 20
CS. Has additional Embarked Vision, Defense, and Movement. Requires 1 Iron.
UB : Mead Hall (Arena) :
GAP from Wheat/Rice/Maize. 1GAP from 2 XP earned by Units from this City. +1
/
from adding Golden Age turns (max 10).
A barrier to 5/6 UC done the standard way is that for some Civilizations there is either
a) a paucity of quality options either historically or with available assets (e.g. Huns)
b) a short historical time window, in gameplay terms, leading to very compressed bonuses
By interpreting the Cultural Components in a broader sense, we can circumvent these problems.
For example, the Levantine Cultural Group contains ancient civilizations, but gives components in the later Eras of the game, representing the area's recent history
Levantine : Egypt, Babylon, Assyria : Hittites, Sumer, Nubia, Israel, Phoenicia modded civs
UU: Mesopotamian Levy (Rifleman) : Cheaper and converts
to 
like a Settler. Bonuses along Rivers and in Desert
UB: Archaeological Park (Museum) : Boosts Archaeologists. Extra yields from Landmarks. Stronger themes, especially those with Artifacts.
At the other extreme, the Central European Cultural Group contains civilizations that tend to have bonuses later in the game, and so focusses on giving them tools for the first two Eras
Central European : Germany, Austria : Prussia modded civ
UU : Slaganz (Warrior) : Bonus attacking Fortified Units. near friendly Cities. Can walk through Rival territory.
UB : Teutonic Order (Heroic Epic) :
from Barracks. Melee and Mounted Units gain from XP, + against Barbarians, produce 
and in Fortifications and Cities.
Grouping up Civs and sorting them into little structuralist Cultural Groups is never going to fit 100%
In fact, you might take a view that some Civ belongs in a different group. Or, you just want to roleplay like they did -- some alternate history.
You can do that! It's easy to swap the Cultural Group of a Civ with a single UPDATE statement, and we provide examples in the files.
So you can have Eastern European Poland, or Amazonian Brazil, whatever you like!
We aren't completely happy with how a few new components sits with every Civ in their group.
We wanted to make as few changes to the base game as possible, but in some cases it became the easiest solution to complex jigsaw puzzle.
For example, while the Scandinavian components felt appropriate, they make Denmark quite one-note.
So there we replaced the Longship, which is already represented by the UA, with a later naval vessel.
Similarly for the Bharata, we wanted to represent the importance of the holy rivers,
But a Bath replacement left India with a concentration of UCs in the tech tree.
To address this we've moved the Harappan Reservoir back to Ancient (as that was a bronze age culture)
And simultaneously moved the Qila to the Bastion Fort (as the Mughal empire is 1500+ AD)
Note: To display 5/6UC this mod replaces UI lua for the game setup, civ select, and loading screens, as well as some helper functions.
If these get updated in a base VP release, this mod will need to be updated to sync it with VPUI
Hopefully in the future we can get the required functions directly in the main branch.
Cultural Components
a 5th and 6th Unique Component mod
Dropbox Download
Please Note!
A handful of components require Civ-Specific Events. In base VP, this has no other effects.
Warning: There is a known problem with Strategic View. Use at own risk.
This mod will sit on top of JFD's Cultural Diversity (1) (Core) Utilities,
which is the first in a set of mods that assigns every Civ to a "Cultural Group" in order to allocate things like new Splash Screens, Unit Dialogue, Soundtrack, etc.
The (2) (Gameplay) part of this collection adds starting bonuses, which are not balanced with VP.
Here, we both update this mod and use it to achieve 5/6 UC:
because custom civs have generally maintained compatibility with JFD's Cultural Diversity (and adding it is super easy),
we can create unique components for the Cultural Groups and then automatically be compatible with every custom civ.
Spoiler :
For example, in the screenshot, Sweden and Denmark both belong to the (new) Scandinavian Cultural Group
Scandinavian : Denmark and Sweden : Norway and Goth custom civs.
UU : Viking (Pioneer) : Unlocks early at Theology and can cross Ocean. Has 20
CS. Has additional Embarked Vision, Defense, and Movement. Requires 1 Iron.UB : Mead Hall (Arena) :
GAP from Wheat/Rice/Maize. 1GAP from 2 XP earned by Units from this City. +1/ from adding Golden Age turns (max 10).A barrier to 5/6 UC done the standard way is that for some Civilizations there is either
a) a paucity of quality options either historically or with available assets (e.g. Huns)
b) a short historical time window, in gameplay terms, leading to very compressed bonuses
By interpreting the Cultural Components in a broader sense, we can circumvent these problems.
For example, the Levantine Cultural Group contains ancient civilizations, but gives components in the later Eras of the game, representing the area's recent history
Levantine : Egypt, Babylon, Assyria : Hittites, Sumer, Nubia, Israel, Phoenicia modded civs
UU: Mesopotamian Levy (Rifleman) : Cheaper and converts
to like a Settler. Bonuses along Rivers and in DesertUB: Archaeological Park (Museum) : Boosts Archaeologists. Extra yields from Landmarks. Stronger themes, especially those with Artifacts.
At the other extreme, the Central European Cultural Group contains civilizations that tend to have bonuses later in the game, and so focusses on giving them tools for the first two Eras
Central European : Germany, Austria : Prussia modded civ
UU : Slaganz (Warrior) : Bonus attacking Fortified Units.
near friendly Cities. Can walk through Rival territory.UB : Teutonic Order (Heroic Epic) :
from Barracks. Melee and Mounted Units gain from XP, + against Barbarians, produce and in Fortifications and Cities.Grouping up Civs and sorting them into little structuralist Cultural Groups is never going to fit 100%
In fact, you might take a view that some Civ belongs in a different group. Or, you just want to roleplay like they did -- some alternate history.
You can do that! It's easy to swap the Cultural Group of a Civ with a single UPDATE statement, and we provide examples in the files.
So you can have Eastern European Poland, or Amazonian Brazil, whatever you like!
We aren't completely happy with how a few new components sits with every Civ in their group.
We wanted to make as few changes to the base game as possible, but in some cases it became the easiest solution to complex jigsaw puzzle.
For example, while the Scandinavian components felt appropriate, they make Denmark quite one-note.
So there we replaced the Longship, which is already represented by the UA, with a later naval vessel.
Similarly for the Bharata, we wanted to represent the importance of the holy rivers,
But a Bath replacement left India with a concentration of UCs in the tech tree.
To address this we've moved the Harappan Reservoir back to Ancient (as that was a bronze age culture)
And simultaneously moved the Qila to the Bastion Fort (as the Mughal empire is 1500+ AD)
Note: To display 5/6UC this mod replaces UI lua for the game setup, civ select, and loading screens, as well as some helper functions.
If these get updated in a base VP release, this mod will need to be updated to sync it with VPUI
Hopefully in the future we can get the required functions directly in the main branch.
Changelog
Spoiler :
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Great Admiral Points for 20 turns when you first acquire one.
