Historical Timeline Project

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Historical Timeline Project
The Pursuit of Historical Accuracy and Immersion

General Overview
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  • Historical Timeline: Tech tree beginning in the Neolithic Era has been reorganized into a historical timeline to provide for more realistic progression through history. Each tech represents an Age instead of an individual technology.
  • Expanded Civilizations: Civilizations have been expanded upon with unique wonders as well as more units, buildings and improvements. These new changes are a reflection of every Civilization's historical experience. For this reason some Civilizations are more handicapped than others
  • Cultural World Wonders: World Wonders are now accessible through unique starting technologies. Every civilization receives one unique technology at the start of the game allowing them first access to the wonders they originally constructed in history. Other civilizations can gain possession of these world wonders through conquest, and conquest only.
  • National Industries: National Industries unlock trade routes. Trade routes are no longer unlocked by techs. It's important to get your industries up and running in the Ancient era otherwise you're at risk of falling behind.
  • Health and Pollution pseudo-yields have been added to many buildings. These yields utilize base game growth mechanics to keep things simple.
  • 100+ new buildings added to increase immersion.
  • Gamespeeds are roughly twice as long.
  • Saltpeter has been added as a strategic resource and required by mid game gunpowder units.
  • New Suburb improvement for the late game to add a sense of city sprawl.
  • Changes to resource requirements for many units. Some units require multiple resources.
  • Balance changes such as slowed city growth
  • Neolithic Era beginning at 10,000 BC
  • Late game clean energy buildings increase the number of diplomats you have in the World Congress
  • More aggressive AI to keep you on your toes
  • Contractor units for the late game can build Tunnels through mountains
  • Archers have been reduced to one range but can now move after combat. This was done to increase the sense of scale on the map.
  • Spearman, now the Phalanx, no longer have the advantage over mounted units. Historically, in Ancient times the spear was a defense against other melee opponents. The Pikeman is the first unit with the counter promotion.
  • Unit upgrade paths have been altered for historical accuracy.
  • I have more ideas I'm considering implementing over time
  • Civilization expansions will be released periodically that add more unique buildings, wonders, units and improvements
  • Core modpack has many quality of life mods with WHoward's DLL at it's center is required
Spoiler Historical Timeline Project. What's included :

  • Tech tree has been reorganized into a linear historical timeline. Techs represent Ages in history. Progression is much slower than the base game allowing for a greater sense of immersion. It is possible to have multiple wars in a single era. Much progress can be made in a single era building up infrastructure.
  • Every civilization receives one free unique tech. These techs are unlocked at game start and contain World Wonders. The purpose is to give every civilization access to the wonders they historically constructed. This also allows other civilizations to capture these wonders when cities are conquered. I could have made wonders unique buildings but then they wouldn't have been capturable.
  • World Wonders replace National Wonders for the original civilization that constructs them. They, in most cases, have the abilities of the National Wonders that they are substituting in addition to their own special abilities. This was done to prevent Civilizations with many wonders from being too OP.
  • Over 100+ new buildings have been added for immersion.
  • National Industries now unlock trade routes. National Industries are dependent upon local resources. Only one of each type of industry can be constructed in the empire.
  • Neolithic Wonders are shared by everyone. This is the only Wonder race that exists. Since it's not historically accurate to connect Neolithic monuments to major civilizations I decided to go this route. For example, Stonehenge can be built by everyone. England doesn't get first dibs. There are 11 Neolithic wonders at initial release.
  • Every civilization starts with a Refuge national wonder in place of the Palace. Some civilizations have unique Refuge replacements because there are a few pre-Neolithic monuments that exist in the world. For example Lascaux belongs to France. My logic for this is that France was founded with Lascaux already in it's territory. Since the game begins at 10,000 BC every Neolithic wonder that came after that historically can be constructed by anyone.
  • Health is a pseudo-yield that is increased by many buildings. The game mechanic that the Aqueduct possesses in the base game (carrying food over after a city grows to next population) is what I utilized and renamed Health. 1 Health equals 1% Food carried over.
  • Pollution is a negative growth modifier that is attached to some buildings. 1 Pollution equals -1% Growth modifier.
  • City growth is slowed substantially. This was done for historical accuracy and game balance. But don't be fooled. Population growth explodes once you get into the Late Modern Era. I tried my best to match population in the demographics screen to real world populations at certain points in history. It does get a little out of hand in the late game, at the moment. Balancing has been a process.
  • City States spawn at 4000 BC. City States felt out of place in the Neolithic Era. So I incorporated Historical Spawn Dates by Gedemon into this component. All major civilizations spawn at 10,000 BC.
  • Social Policies are unlocked at the beginning of the Ancient Era. Culture is still accumulated in the Neolithic. For this reason a couple of Social Polices are usually available for unlock at era change.
  • Religion has been balanced so that Beliefs are typically unlocked around the middle of the Ancient Era.
  • The AI is now more aggressive. I did this because I like to be kept on my toes. It's more interesting and fun when the AI spontaneously declares war when I least expect it.
  • Eras are as follows: Neolithic, Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial, Late Modern, Contemporary, Future
  • Yes there is a Future Era. It's a work in progress. Some buildings have been added.
  • Clean energy buildings like the Wind Farm and Solar Plant provide an additional delegate for the World Congress. I wanted to represent their global importance in some way, since we don't have natural disasters or a global warming mechanism to work with.
  • Saltpeter is a new strategic resource. Required by mid game gunpowder units.
  • Copper is now a bonus resource. Alabaster was added to replace Copper as a luxury.
  • Many units require multiple strategic resources. For example the Tank requires Iron and Oil.
  • Suburbs are a new late game improvement. They receive bonus yields when they are adjacent to a city and a Culture yield when they are adjacent to each other. Their yields increase with each era after the Industrial Era. City growth gets a bit out of hand in the late game so don't be afraid to replace your Farms with Suburbs. The AI does build them, in case you're wondering.
  • Workers now upgrade to Contractors in the Industrial Era. The Core Patch includes a mod that allows workers to build Tunnels. This mod also makes it so that Workers can traverse mountains. I felt this was a bit much for the early game. Creating this new unit is my fix. Besides Tunnels, Contractors can build Suburbs and Railroads, Plant Forests and build any other modern improvement I decide to include. Workers cannot build these improvements and must be upgraded. And yes the AI upgrades them in case you're wondering.
  • Caravans can upgrade to Cargo Ships. At the moment units cannot be deleted. I was experiencing an issue where the AI was disbanding all of their units at the start of the game. I plan on fixing this in time.
  • Many balancing changes. Terrain yields have been adjusted to work with the pace of the game. Other tweaks to Barbarian spawning, etc.


Spoiler The Core Patch :


Modpack
WHoward's Pick n' Mix Mods
  • DLL Various Mod Components for 34 Civs
  • AI - Great People Choices
  • AI - Smart
  • AI - Warmonger Adjustments
  • Diplomacy - Auto-Denounce
  • Diplomacy - By Numbers
  • Diplomacy - No Expansion Dialogs
  • Diplomacy - No Pointless Dialogs
  • Diplomacy - Tech Bonuses
  • Global - 2 Units Per Fort
  • Global - 3 Units Per City
  • Global - Air Routes
  • Global - Allies Block Blockades
  • Global - Barbarian XP Level 6
  • Global - Capture Great People
  • Global - City Forest Bonus
  • Global - City Jungle Bonus
  • Global - City State Airbases
  • Global - City States No Allied Skirmishes
  • Global - City States Overseas Territory
  • Global - City Works 5 Tiles
  • Global - Civilians Move After Purchase
  • Global - CS Raze Rarely
  • Global - CS Unit Upgrades
  • Global - Diplomatic Marriage Keeps Resources
  • Global - Espionage Mapping
  • Global - Grateful Settlers
  • Global - Jungle Production
  • Global - Local Generals
  • Global - Naval Nearest Water
  • Global - No Followup From Cities
  • Global - No More Civilian Traffic Jams
  • Global - No Radaring Exploit
  • Global - No Science Overflow Exploit
  • Global - Passable Forts
  • Global - Pro-rata Buildings Purchase
  • Global - Raze City States
  • Global - Religious Settlers
  • Global - Separate GP Counters
  • Global - Separate Great Admiral
  • Global - Truly Free Great People
  • Global - Units Awake in Danger
  • Global - Venice Keeps Resources
  • Global - XP For Scouting
  • Goody Huts - Tech Refund
  • Improvement - Airbases
  • Improvement - Tunnel
  • Policy - Diplomatic Marriage
  • Promotions - AntiAir Only Defensive
  • Promotions - AntiAir Specializations
  • Promotions - Heli AirRecon
  • Promotions - Jet Long Range Recon
  • Promotions - No Instaheal
  • Promotions - Terrain Crossing
  • Religion - Fixed Prophets
  • Religion - Natural Wonder Epiphany
  • Religion - Recurring Purchase Notify
  • Trade - Marble Shipments
  • Units - Missiles No Supply
  • Units - Paratroop Enhancements
  • Units - Ranged Pillage
  • Units - Subs Immune Under Ice
  • UI - City Production
  • UI - City Religions
  • UI - Diary
  • UI - Diplomacy Log
  • UI - No Auto-Embark Workers
  • UI - Trade Routes Enhancements
  • UI - Unit List Enhancements
  • UI - Enhanced Demographics
  • UI - Great Work Manager
  • UI - Map Pins
  • UI - Military Log
  • UI - Notifications Options
  • UI - Notify Exit Resistance
  • UI - Overlay Antiquities
  • UI - Overlay Barbarians
  • UI - Overlay City Limits
  • UI - Overlay Continents
  • UI - Overlay Harbors and Airports
  • UI - Overlay Luxuries
  • UI - Overlay Resources
  • UI - Overlay Road and Rail
  • UI - Overlay Unimproved Tiles
  • UI - Overlay Wonders
  • UI - Religion Spread
  • UI - Summary City States
  • UI - Summary Clock
  • UI - Summary Luxuries
  • UI - Summary Specialists
  • UI - Tech Enhancement Icons
  • UI - Trade Opportunities
  • UI - Upgrade Tree
  • UI - Wonder Planner
  • Units - Population
  • Units - Sound Corrections
  • Units - Subs Ignore Borders
  • Units - Super Carrier
  • Improvement - Farm Replacement
  • Global - City Bombard Range
Other Changes
  • New Saltpeter strategic resource required by gunpowder units
  • Copper is now a bonus resource
  • Alabaster replaces Copper as a luxury
  • New Paddy Field improvement to improve Rice


Civ Overhaul Packs
My plan is to add Civilization overhaul packs going forward. I started this with Mesopotamia. So basically I will be working forward through history. My goal is to include major civilizations that are missing from the base game as well as some modern civilizations such as Italy to spread the uniques out a bit. This way Rome isn't building Uffizi for instance. If there is a particular civilization or leader that you think should be included let me know. I'm considering all options.

Most of my research on Mesopotamia came from Wikipedia. If there are any important uniques that you think should be added to this pack, let me know. I'm always on the look out for more content. As you can see Akkad doesn't have much. There doesn't seem to be much detailed information on their military and must of what they acquired was through conquering. I'm interested to know how Akkad plays without settlers.

Spoiler Mesopotamia Add-On :

So this is my first Civ overhaul pack. Includes changes for Akkad, Assyria, Babylon and Sumer. Unique building yields are in addition to the abilities of the buildings they replace.

Akkad
Added to Trait: Cannot build Settlers. Must conquer to expand.

Buildings
  • Stele of Sargon. Replaces the Victory Stele. +20 XP for all units trained in the city
  • Ziggurat. Replaces the Temple. +15% Production when building ranged units. Shared with Sumer and Babylon
Assyria

Buildings
  • Bet Mardeti: Replaces Caravansary. +5% increase in Culture and Science in the City. Reduces enemy spy stealing rate by 10%
  • Fortress of Sargon: Replaces the Palace. All newly-trained non-air Units in this City receive the Siege Promotion and +10 XP for all units
  • Saknu's Court: Replaces the Victory Stele. Provides a free Settler and two free Sa Qurubte as well as a free Governor's Court for the City
  • Royal Canal: Replaces the Irrigation Canal. Increases Happiness and Culture. Shared with Babylon.
Wonders
  • Library of Ashurbanipal: Replaces the Academy. +1 Science from Writer Specialists in every city.
Units
  • Maru Damqu (Heavy Chariot): Replaces the Heavy Infantry. Stronger than Skirmishers but slower. Designed to smash through enemy defenders and pave the way for armies. The Heavy Chariots force defenders to retreat if they inflict more damage than they receive. A defender who cannot retreat takes extra damage.
  • Sa Pethalli (Horseman): Replaces the Skirmisher. Sa Pethalli heal an additional 25 damage when it kills a unit and increase the likelihood of spawning a Great General. Weaker than the Heavy Chariots but faster and more mobile.
  • Sa Qurubte (Spearman): Replaces the Phalanx. Stronger than the Phalanx that it replaces.
  • Nas Kababi (Composite Bowman): Replaces the Bowman. The Kababi is much stronger than the bowman when defending against melee attacks. Starts with both the Cover I and Cover II promotions making this a very powerful defensive unit.
Improvements
  • Lamassu: +2 Culture and +2 Faith. Special thanks to @ghost toast for this.
Babylon
Buildings
  • Processional Street: Replaces the Arena. Increases Happiness, Faith and Culture
  • Puhru: Replaces the Governor's Court. Increases Happiness and Culture
  • Royal Canal: Replaces the Irrigation Canal. Increases Happiness and Culture. Shared with Assyria.
  • Ziggurat. Replaces the Temple. +15% Production when building ranged units. Shared with Sumer and Akkad
Wonders
  • Code of Hammurabi: Replaces the Chancery. Reduces enemy Spy stealing rate by 20% empire wide.
  • Etemenanki: Replaces the Grand Temple. Provides a free Ziggurat and free Great Prophet to the City in which it is built.
  • Hanging Gardens: Replaces the Royal Monument. +25% Great People generation in the City
  • Ishtar Gate: Replaces the War Memorial. Defensive Buildings in all Cities are 25% more effective.
Sumer
Buildings
  • Stele of the Vultures: Replaces the Barracks. Increases Culture
  • Ziggurat. Replaces the Temple. +15% Production when building ranged units. Shared with Akkad and Babylon
  • White Temple of Anu: Replaces the Palace. In addition to the yields provided by the Palace, the White Temple yields +1 Culture for each River tile.
Wonders
  • Royal Cemetery at Ur: Replaces the Great Tomb. Increases Faith and Culture. 3 Great Works of Art slots.
  • Ziggurat of Ur: Replaces the Grand Temple. +1 Faith to every improved source of Cattle and Sheep near the city


Civ Overhaul Pack Coming Soon:
Nile Valley featuring Egypt, MC and Lite's Nubia, and TarcisioCM's The Hyksos

Downloads
UG's Core Patch
Historical Timeline Project requires the Core Patch
Mesopotamia requires Historical Timeline Project, Sumer, and Akkad - Light in the East
 
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