Domain 3 Units

[Civinator]

Actually I reflected about using more domain 3 units in my old Civ 2 ToT space mod and could not find my old printed version of Blackclove´s essay from March 1999 about domain 3 units. Even in the Craddle of Civilization I have not found that essay any longer - so it is wonderful that the Craddle of Civilization site is still accessable even after 2 1/2 decades. A big thank you very much to all civers who are responsable for this miracle.

Now I have found that essay, that I printed out on light blue paper in August 2000. I post it here, as I think that it could be interesting for some other modders, too. Also a big thank you very much to Blackclove and Andrew Livings for that essay and its addition.

 

[Blake00]

Wow I had no idea about this. Probably could have used it in one of my mods for something!

 

[JPetroski]

You gave me a little panic thinking that the SLeague wiki had disappeared. Here is a link to that text:

https://sleague.civfanatics.com/index.php/Domain_Three_Units

There remain a number of other great tips here.

https://sleague.civfanatics.com/index.php/Category:Tips

I should see if I can find Harlan's old scenario building guide which I printed off and maybe transcribe it for posterity. I don't think we have that one on here but I have fond memories of being a kid and pouring through it. Maytbe it was him and Leon Marrick IIRC - man, I hope I still have that after five house moves and a divorce!

 

[Civinator]

You gave me a little panic thinking that the SLeague wiki had disappeared. Here is a link to that text:

https://sleague.civfanatics.com/index.php/Domain_Three_Units

There remain a number of other great tips here.

https://sleague.civfanatics.com/index.php/Category:Tips

I should see if I can find Harlan's old scenario building guide which I printed off and maybe transcribe it for posterity. I don't think we have that one on here but I have fond memories of being a kid and pouring through it. Maytbe it was him and Leon Marrick IIRC - man, I hope I still have that after five house moves and a divorce!

Thank you very much for that link, that I have not found in the past.

Nevertheless, as Blake00´s post shows, it seems to be a good idea to post it here, too.

 

[JPetroski]

It's cool you printed it out - I have an accordion folder somewhere of a bunch of ancient texts for this game and air warrior somewhere but it could be in storage at any number of places right now lol.

 

[Civinator]

I have a printed essay named "Playtesting Your Own Scenario" from May 1999, but it was written by Cam Hills with the assistance from Blackclove and it is 13 pages long. I think this is normal knowledge for Civ 2 modders since a long time.

 

[Blake00]

Yeah it's funny.. I've gone through the SL wiki guides list so many times and read many of them but there's still plenty I haven't got to!

I think I remember stumbling across Harlan's guide word doc in recent years but can't remember where. I'm guessing it's probably in one of the super collections I preserved. Maybe St Leo's?..
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[techumseh]

This is my collection of 'how to' guides. I also check the tips section on the SL Wiki every time I start a new scenario. The work that people put into it over the years has been invaluable.

 

[FoxAhead]

Using domain different from 0, 1, 2 is an unstable exploit of game not checking values correctly. And sometimes it even could lead to undefined values. For example (MGE)

 

[Civinator]

Using domain different from 0, 1, 2 is an unstable exploit of game not checking values correctly. And sometimes it even could lead to undefined values. For example (MGE)View attachment 743206

 

[techumseh]

Using domain different from 0, 1, 2 is an unstable exploit of game not checking values correctly. And sometimes it even could lead to undefined values. For example (MGE)View attachment 743206

I'm not sure what this means. I've experimented in the past with domain 3 units (in MGE) and they performed as advertised.

 

[Blake00]

Yeah I guess this should come with the small disclaimer that it's a potentially unstable exploit that could cause unforeseen issues however no one has observed any yet in scenarios using it so it should hopefully be fine.

 

[JPetroski]

Prior to lua, much of the fun of scenario building was taking advantage of exploits to do something unique and cool.