Mod component idea... NATURAL WONDERS

lugaru

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Any good ideas how to approach this? It's something I could really see getting folded into a lot of existing mods and I wouldent mind including it in my own one that I'm working on.

The inspiration is of course from the hard rocking "fall from heaven" mod with its unique terrain features such as that tree of life and ancient temples. Wouldent it be cool to create 5 or 10 natural wonders and have 3 to 6 of them show up on the map based on its size like they do in fall from heaven?

What I'm thinking is that these are terrains you cannot build on but they give you a good culture boost and/or money, productivity or resources.

Examples:

Mount Everest: an altered mountain mesh that replaces one of the mountains on the map providing a mild cultural boost or something.
Brea Tar Pits: an oil slick made slightly bigger with some bones sticking out. Produces extra science after biology.

Any thoughts?
 
There was another thread about this, there were some good ideas in there. If I wasn't so lazy I would go look for it.
 
Not a bad idea at all...

I wouldn't mind seeing some wildlife that can't be used as a strategic resource, but could be set aside as some type of wildlife reserve later in the game that provides some other benefit.
 
this would be something cool to make.

notable natural wonders in no particular order;

Mt. Everest
Ayers Rock
The Matterhorn
The Grand Canyon
The Meteor Crater
Great Barrier Reef
Angel Falls
Victoria Falls
Aurora Borealis "Northern Lights"
Iguaçú Falls
Monument Valley
Mount Fuji

just to name a few.... Hardest part would probably be making good models.

Shiggs
 
Yea, this is something I'd really like to include in my mod actually. Some ideas I had for North America at least:

Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Devil's Tower
Redwoods
Dinosaur National Monument (FfH2 has dragon bones that could work)
Everglades
Smokey Mountains?
Old Faithful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Giant_(Ontario) ?
Mayan Ruins (FfH2 has art that could work for this)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park AND/OR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park
 
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