[BTS] Tech limit

[Matrix]

This is just about the most simple mod you can imagine: six mods with which there is a certain limit of technologies that you can discover. The lines are drawn between different era's. So for the mod "TechLimit Ancient" you can only discover ancient era technologies. Thus, the mod "TechLimit Modern" only disables Stealth, Fusion and Genetics; not particularly the most fun, but it's there for completion.

Needless to say it makes the game rather unbalanced, but that's the whole charm of it. It's really quite fun to play for a change, especially for the peaceful/developing type of player, because it allows you to perfectionise your land in the fashion of that era.

Mind you that some civs are very useful in certain era's, particularly those that have a UU of the max era, and some that are quite useless (like America: Navy SEAL & Shopping Mall). And some World Wonders are immensely powerful (Pyramids in ancient era: the only way to get something else than Despotism.)

Installation guide
- Unzip and put the folders in /Civilization 4/Beyond The Sword/Mods/
- In the game menu, go to "advanced" and then "Load a mod"

 

[mtnbiker]

Thank you so much!

I know this is the simplest mod possible however, it is something I often find myself wishing existed in BTS (as we see this feature in most RTS games, and civ 4 lets you set a starting era it seems only natural to ad an ending era).

I do find it funny that the cannon isn't available in the Renaissance era, but, i suppose a simple visit to the world builder could fix that...

Thanks again

 

[dreadknought]

Nice idea, Ive actually been looking for something like this, it would be cool to add flavor units, extra techs/wonders that were added for the shortened tech trees, maybe someone could do something like this for some of the large mods out there.

 

[WillEvers]

Oh, thank you! This is excellent stuff!

 

[j_mie6]

Yay been wanting something like this and it is in a ZIP format (I can't open RAR)