Heart of Destiny

[lord_graywolfe]

well ive been getting ideas from all the mods. like starting with a stone age spearman and getting the warrior unit with warrior code making him 2/1/1 and the changing the archer to the hunter starting off with him at 1/1/1 and upgrading it to longbow in either the bronze or iron age. after i get somewhere it will be easier for me to show you my line of thought. if i can lol.....havent tried the tech tree yet.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

I have something similiar in my mod. Most cultures have some sort of advanced ancient archer.

 

[lord_graywolfe]

well ran into a new error. not sure why it popped up

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

I think I need to put that patch toghther, both the eras you and Colonel just described(i didn't see your post before Colonel, I'm sorry), are due to different versions....give me an hour or so..

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Heres the new patch...hope it clears up those problems guys.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Far_Horizons.zip

 

[FVZA_Colonel]

now, I think I'm having the same issue that lord_graywolfe did.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

download the new patch. You will have to start a new game..

 

[FVZA_Colonel]

I'll do that, and I just want to say thanks for your quick response times. I'
ll be in Florida for a week, but I'll definetly continue to beta test if you need me.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

No problem Colonel. I'm thrilled that people like you are taking the time to play my mod. I would diffinitely like you to continue my friend. If you have any suggestions dont hestitate to make them.

Have fun in Florida and stay cool....

 

[lord_graywolfe]

ill try it out tonite SoG and see how it works. there were a couple of other things i wanted to point out that arent errors. when i got upto republic the other techs were running 5 to 8 turns to get but republic was like 36. you have monarchy listed as a tech that is not nessary but you have to have it to get currency which is listed as having to have to finish the era. the chariot instead of upgrading to the horseman goes to the caurisser. the horseman skips the knight and upgrades to the lancer. also the units in horsemanship are only for a few civs right? shouldnt there be a general unit for all the other civs.

how did you make that title page and change your map graphics they look awsome

 

[lord_graywolfe]

well so far so good but i havent quite got to where i was before so we will see. i just noticed this time through that you have it set so you dont need the wheel for horseriding. dont need the wheel for anything but the chariot

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Nope. Happened that way historically to, with the Mongols and Xioung-Nu and other steppe peoples. I would like to have a unit for Horsemanship that everyone can build, other than the civs with flavor units or UU there. In the new patch, Monarchy and Currency are both needed to finish the era. However, Republic is not. Republic was a unusual concept in the ancient world, thats why I made it so expensive. With Philociphy, if you have researched it first, it is one of the techs you can get.

I'll wait for our friend Coltrane before I patch things again, just so he has some time to absorb the changes I've implemented into his biq. Then, when he uploads it, we will have the combined ultimate biq, which I will then apply Bjorn's ideas to...

Next patch will have the Gradius and hopefully Vbraun's hovercraft, as well as one or two other hovercraft units.

 

[lord_graywolfe]

sounds good. im still going at it with no errors yet.

have an idea for you i just thought of tonite as i was working on mine. in the first age i have a bazaar, the 2nd the marketplace, 3rd a department store and 4th a mall each one giving a small boost to commerce. they are also good for filling in each era.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

So how do they interact with Banks and Stock Exhanges? Thats a big commerce boarst. I like the bazaar idea. Maybe having them for arabic civs, as a culture-specific economic improvement.

 

[lord_graywolfe]

hmmm i see your point i was just looking at the editor and i didnt know the upgrade was set at 50%. i was hoping we could set the % upgrade ourselves and i was going to set it low. so maybe a market place or bazaar in the 1st age then bank 3rd age and stock exchange 4th. i just dont see banks before the end of the 2nd or begining of the 3rd.

i think a forge tech around the bronze or iron working tech would be good. adding 1 to production and being required for the following military upgrades like pikemen and knights and medival infantry.

im still in the ancient period so i havent looked at the other 3 eras much yet.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Do you like the longer, more in depth Ancient period?

 

[lord_graywolfe]

oh yeah defintly if lacking before. i just noticed in monarchy that the war elephant unit is listed as only being built by carthage but carthage isnt in the game anymore.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Yeah, I basically didn't bother to change alot in the Civilipedia unforunately.

 

[lord_graywolfe]

i can understand that its very time consuming. i havent done any discriptions yet for units, civs or new techs.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

I try to change things when I add them, its conveniant that way if you know what I mean Grey. But I have a bad habit of not going back and changing things after I've done something to the biq, meaning the civilipedia has some outdated information...