making a new wonder? How complicated?

[veryfinemale]

There was a wonder in a previous version of Civ, I am not exactly sure of it's name. But it increased movement for ALL navel units. I found it very helpful.

I am wondering how to duplicate the effects here in Civ 4. Actually I hope it is not very complicated. It would be nice to have a wonder that increases movement over water, and then a seperate wonder that increases Land movement.

How to do this?

Suggestions?

 

[Agent 009]

I know the Great Lighthouse in Civ 4 gives +1 sight across ocean and I think it had a similar effect in Civ3. Unfortunately, that is the only Wonder that affects naval units that I can think of. Also in this case it is both versions.

I've never played Civ 1 or Civ 2 so I don't know if there was a wonder like that you are suggesting. I'm uncertain if it is possible to give a wonder a bonus like your suggesting in Civ 4. If you have made mods for Civ 4 at all then perhaps you can look at the buildings xml file and see if it is possible.

 

[snarko]

I'm uncertain if it is possible to give a wonder a bonus like your suggesting in Civ 4. If you have made mods for Civ 4 at all then perhaps you can look at the buildings xml file and see if it is possible.

What the xml file says is irrelevant to if it's possible or not. It only has to do with how easy it is.

Unfortunently I can't find anything related to movement points in the buildinginfos.xml file, so it looks like you'll have to add that capability yourself with the SDK. Python might work aswell, but I never managed to figure out how to use the functions related to movement properly.

 

[OzzyKP]

Well I've seen buildings and units add promotions to nearby units.

You could just have the wonder add a special promotion that gives +1 movement to all navel units within... 500 tiles. That should work.

 

[Rathelon]

I believe you're thinking of Magellan's Expedition. Pretty much they replaced it with the circumnavigation bonus. If you are the first civilization to circumnavigate the world, all your navies recieve an extra movement point.

 

[Impaler[WrG]]

Olleaus that wont work, pre-existing units need to recive the promotion and it should logicaly be dependent on the continued existence of the wornder, if its captured destroyed the promotion is lost.

I think this would be a cool feature to add, a building/wonder adding a specific Promotion to all units of a type/class.

 

[OzzyKP]

cant do that.
Make the wonder create a building in every city. Make that building give a promotion to all naval units.

Why wouldn't that work?