Destructive Nanobot Mod?

[cooldude1128]

I found myself, after being caught up in Grey Goo, wanting a mod involving nanobots that when built by a civilization, begin spreading via terrain types or improvements. I think it would be fun to try to challenge myself to fight back such a force. Anybody ever done something similar to this?

 

[Lib.Spi't]

I think you need to clarify the idea a bit more?

are they units? Or some kind of spreading feature or improvement like a forest?

fight thm how? with workers building improvements? Pillaging the nano improvement? Chop them like a forest with a worker? Kill the nano units with some kind of anti-nano unit?

 

[clanky4]

You could change the terrain that is created with global warming from desert to some other terrain. That would require editting the DLL. Which isn't too bad on its own but then you have to compile it.

Of course then it would just happen with global warming.

Alternatively you could make a nanabot civ that has a unique worker whose build orders change the terrain to different terrain. Theres an older thread that has code for that:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=533780

 

[cooldude1128]

I think you need to clarify the idea a bit more?

are they units? Or some kind of spreading feature or improvement like a forest?

fight thm how? with workers building improvements? Pillaging the nano improvement? Chop them like a forest with a worker? Kill the nano units with some kind of anti-nano unit?

I'm referring to a type of weapon or event later in the game that turns a couple random terrain types across the globe into a nanobot-infested tile, presumably with a name like 'nanosludge' that generates tile improvements over it slowly that spread it further. I came up with some basic rules for something like this:

The first 2-5 infected tiles have nanosludge as a type, and an improvement called something like 'nanofactory'.

If a tile is within three tiles of a nanofactory, and directly next to a nanosludge tile, every turn there will be a 1/4 chance that it will become a nanosludge tile. Water cannot become infected, but coasts become watery nanosludge.

If a tile has the nanosludge type, and is at least 2 tiles away from the nearest nanofactory, then it has a 1/8 chance every turn to spawn a nanofactory on top of it.

Nanosludge tiles damage any units on top of it for 20% of their health every turn.

Nanofactory tile improvements spawn Nanoswarm units (probably using the Planetfall Mindwurm model but retextured) that defend nanofactories and kill off invading units, but cannot leave nanosludge tiles, with a strength of 20. They're spawned with a 1/5 chance every turn from every nanofactory.

Workers can individually clear nanosludge, but it takes 6 turns, so you need multiple workers to get rid of it. Military units can also 'pillage' nanosludge to prevent it from expanding for 2 turns.

The idea is an exponentially growing danger to the world that needs active and immediate effort to stop from expanding out of control and wiping out entire continents, but I'm almost positive this mod doesn't exist.

 

[Lib.Spi't]

Yes I think you are right it does not exist, though much of it is possible.

It might be better that instead of a terrain type, your nano sludge should be a feature, this way it can grow over tiles like a forest or jungle. It can be 'chopped' by a worker like a forest or jungle (or scrubbed like fallout). Though it would possibly need some modification to allow it to 'grow' over tiles with improvements.

Code mods exist in both python and sdk for improvements spawning units, for python look for the 'militia' mod. (We also have just implemented an SDK version in FTTW.)

The 'Pillaging' nano sludge would require some kind of significant change to base code, however they could pillage the nanofactory improvements.