Idea: Civilization specific Palaces?

[Some guy]

This would be simple, right? The idea would obviously be to replace all or most civilizations' palaces with a custom building, for instance, Britain's palace would be Parliament--US, White House and etc. Each of the buildings should of course have their own special effect.

 

[mechaerik]

It can easily be done like UBs, but what would be its purpose?

 

[Some guy]

More uniqueness? Perhaps help speed the game up in the beginning a little?

 

[zappara]

I think Ethnic Citystyles mod does this to some degree.

 

[Willem]

It can easily be done like UBs, but what would be its purpose?

No it can't, a Civ can only have 1 UB. I tried adding a second UB once and the game completely ignored the first entry in the file.

 

[mechaerik]

They can have two; as long as they aren't of the same buildingclass.

 

[Willem]

You sure? In my experiment they were both different. The game ignored the first one and only the second showed up.

 

[ripple01]

I've seen mods with multiple UB's so it is possible... did you add the UB to both the BuildingInfos.xml file and the CivilizationInfos.xml file?

Cheers,
ripple01

 

[Willem]

I've seen mods with multiple UB's so it is possible... did you add the UB to both the BuildingInfos.xml file and the CivilizationInfos.xml file?

Yes I did, and it still didn't register. In fact it was the building I added to the game that appeared, the original UB didn't.

 

[mechaerik]

Yes I did, and it still didn't register. In fact it was the building I added to the game that appeared, the original UB didn't.

I just made a little mini-mod to check and:

Both came out. I only edited those 2 files.

 

[Willem]

Hmm, I'm starting to wonder if maybe it was because I was using the Sevopedia addition in BUG.

 

[mechaerik]

I doubt it, why would the SevoPedia kill multiple UBs?

 

[Willem]

I noticed that there wasn't much room in the window used by UBs, it was much smaller than the default screen you have showing. So unless they added in the scrolling mechanism, then the screen might not be able to display 2 UBs. I guess I'll have to try again, maybe switch civilopedia formats if it doesn't work.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Yes, it's perfectly doable, see FfH.

 

[Kael]

FfH uses unique palaces for every civilization and many of the civs have several UB's.

There isn't a ton of design room to work with in doing this (civ specific palaces) for normal Civ4. Maybe modify war weariness through the palace so some civs tolerate it better, some modify yields, some provide a defense bonus for the capital, etc.

 

[The Capo]

Do you want the palaces attributes to be different or just the graphics?

 

[Elucidus]

I have added all of the unique buildings to one civ once, except when there were duplicates, like the courthouse or coliseum.

Worked great.

 

[ZachScape]

I know this thread is 5 days old, but I am bumping this because I would like to see it as common as VD.

America- White House
Arabia- North African*
Aztecs Jaguar Temple: Ancient Buildings (1)~~
Babylon-
Byzantion-
Carthage-
Celts-
China- Fareastern*
Dutch- Western Eruopean* or European Forts (5)***
Egypt- Sphinx: Ancient Buildings (3)~~
England- Big Ben(kinda small though) or North American*
Ethiopia-
France-
Germany- Reichstag
Greece-
Holy Roman Empire- Orthodox Cathedral*
Inca- South American* (late game: ind, mod, fut)
India-
Japan- Himeji Castle: Fareastern Forts (4)
Khmer- Southeast Asian*
Korea- Advanced Asian Palace (3)**
Mali-
Maya- Second to last
Mongolia-
Native America-
Ottomans- Mid-Eastern Palace (4)**
Persia-
Portugal-
Rome- Mediterranean* (late game)
Russia- Commie*
Spain- Hextor Temple Reskinned
Sumeria-
Vikings-
Zulu-

*From Axis and Allies
**From Empire Earth II
***From Forts Part 1
~From Forts Part 2
~~From Random Buildings


These are what I have so far. Once I get around to it I'll look at Extra and RoM buildings to see if they have anything palace-like. They definitely have some in the Unique City Sets. Feel free to add/change.