[MODCOMP] Flavoured Units

[SadoMacho]

I have started making a MODCOMP with flavoured units for RFCW.

Phase 1

Flavoured units from the warlords scenarios will be added.
(completed)

http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=4355

Phase 2

More flavoured units from the file DB will be added for all civilizations. This is going to take a long will because I am not the greatest MOD writter and I don't have a lot of time to write MODs.
(started)

Phase 3
Adding of a 2nd UU for all Civs.
(Will start if I ever complete fase 2)

 

[kairob]

this is for 1.43 right?

 

[SadoMacho]

yes it is.

 

[Gunner]

Hey sounds great!

One little thing though, its spelled phase, not fase

 

[SadoMacho]

It is spelled fase in Dutch, but I'll change it.

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

Yays!! Will you be including the "Ethnically Diverse Units" mod in this?

If so, Huzzah!

Plus, do you need any help? I can do basic XML, or simply test it if you want...

 

[SadoMacho]

@Rhye:
I have created some arab flavoured units, but on start-up of Arabia, they get the standard units form CIV, but can build the flavoured units. Obselete units can be upgraded to flavoured units too.

I was looking in your Python-file and found

Spoiler :

def createAdditionalUnits( self, iCiv, tPlot ):
...
f (iCiv == iArabia):
utils.makeUnit(con.iLongbowman, iCiv, tPlot, 2)
utils.makeUnit(con.iArabiaCamelarcher, iCiv, tPlot, 4)
....

and

Spoiler :

def createStartingUnits( self, iCiv, tPlot ):
...
if (iCiv == iArabia):
utils.makeUnit(con.iSettler, iCiv, tPlot, 3)
utils.makeUnit(con.iLongbowman, iCiv, tPlot, 4)
utils.makeUnit(con.iSwordsman, iCiv, tPlot, 2)
utils.makeUnit(con.iArabiaCamelarcher, iCiv, tPlot, 5)
...

So, I made the Arabian longbowman (<Type>UNIT_ARABIAN_LONGBOWMAN</Type> in XML)
Can I change con.iLongbowman to con.iArabian_Longbowman, or do I need to define this somewhere else?

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

Guess not then...

Ah, well, I still look forward to it's release!

 

[SadoMacho]

sorry, mist you post, as I was posting myself.
I am not good as modwriter, so it is hard for me to split up the jobs, so I will try to do as must as possible myself. I'll ask some help from time to time.

I'll check out the "Ethnically Diverse Units" mod
got a link?

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

There you go.

 

[LuKo]

SadoMacho- you will only change units graphics? (I think that strength of unit should be changed too- Germany should have very strong infantry, etc)

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

if he adds Ethnic units, then what'll basically happen is that every unit will be a UU ^_^

 

[kairob]

Thats not necesserally a bad direction...

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

I didn't say it was, hence the ^_^

 

[Vishaing]

Units are defind based on their indeces in the xml files. (So add all of your new units at the very end)

These indeces are converted into the "iLongbowman" format in the Consts.py file. Units begin around line 599, so you will need to define them there, or just plug the index right into the function, but I am not sure if that will work, so I would redefine the new constants.

Good luck on this project! If you can finish it and get me a copy I can merge it into RFC++, because otherwise I modify some of the unit files, so it would be one or the other.

 

[SadoMacho]

I am not changing the stats of units. A swordsman will allways have attack 6 and +10&#37; city attack, it will just look different. And not all civs will have a different look for there units. I will work with cultural groups.

 

[Psycadelic_Magi]

I would say there's no point spending ages compiling a list yourself; I would just add all the units from the ethnically diverse units mod (it is an exellent mod, and 2 of the units were based on my ideas! ^_^); and then add or remove units afterwards. we dont want to wait all year lol
If not ill have to find a way to add the units myself and dont make me do that, ill probably make my computer eat itself

 

[Psycadelic_Magi]

Oh and a distinction is made between 'Flavour Units' and 'Unique Units', since only unique units are statistically different to the firaxis ones.

 

[LuKo]

In normal game power of armies have to be balanced but in RFC not. Probably when there will be flavoured units for RFCW version 1.50(?) I'll try to change their power

 

[SadoMacho]

I'm bussy adding units from the ethnically diverse units mod but more units will be needed. I needed to look in Rhye's Python code to, so civs start out with the flavoured units too (it works, BTW) and to give the barbs the FU. 2nd UU will be added later.