[modmodmod] SOI expanded

[AtlantaMarty]

I like all of your suggestions except the shape of morea, removing heraclion, and reducing the culture to 5

 

[DC123456789]

I forgot to say (though you may have noticed) that I replaced Nikopolis with Arta, since Nikopolis went into decline and was abandoned during the first half of the time period, while Arta was the capital of Epirus and was the most important city there throughout the time period.

And, just wondering, why don't you like the culture at 5? It doesn't really make much of a difference, gameplay-wise, but it's consistent with all the other preplaced cities and was what was originally done.

 

[AtlantaMarty]

I like all the cities to start with one border expansion. Setting it at 15 means this will happen at epic in addition to normal.

 

[DC123456789]

Once you're done, could you post your updated map? I'd like to make sure I'm synchronizing the maps correctly.

 

[srpt]

I think an expanded SoI should have a Tamil trading company, like the Venetians and Genoese. it would be easy to add.

 

[Yoda Power]

I thought about adding a Hindi trading company that adds food with Rice and Spices.

Would make sense considering how high the population of India was/is. It would also be fairly balanced I think.

 

[SanJose]

I thought about adding a Hindi trading company that adds food with Rice and Spices.

Would make sense considering how high the population of India was/is. It would also be fairly balanced I think.

2 per cow [piety]
0,25 per wheat, rice [food]

 

[srpt]

a silk road company would be cool too

 

[AtlantaMarty]

Once you're done, could you post your updated map? I'd like to make sure I'm synchronizing the maps correctly.

I'm sorry for the late response - I was on vacation with no Internet. The only change to the map that would affect city names is adding a grass tile 2 west of mystras. Also, I am moving Skadar 1 tile south, judging by my maps, that is more accurate.

To add companies, someone would need to tell me how to do I and give me the art. I will also probably add some new music to the next version. Can someone please tell me how to do that, and also how to make it era/region specific?

 

[DC123456789]

I'm sorry for the late response - I was on vacation with no Internet. The only change to the map that would affect city names is adding a grass tile 2 west of mystras. Also, I am moving Skadar 1 tile south, judging by my maps, that is more accurate.

Yeah, I considered that, but I thought it might be too close to Dyrrachion.

Can you post a screenshot of your Morea? I just want to make sure that what I have is the same as what you have.

 

[AtlantaMarty]

I can't - my computer is being repaired so I have to type from my phone. I should get it back on Sunday or Monday. Sorry
Skadar crowding dyrrachion will be less of a problem because I am not giving skadar 15 culture at the start. I believe that if two civs both claim the same tile, the city with the most culture wins.

Anything involving the Tamils has to wait until i expand the map south

 

[DC123456789]

That's fine, I can wait a few days.

 

[AtlantaMarty]

Here they are.


PS: How to add new corporations?

 

[merijn_v1]

First of all, add them to the XML. (XML/GameInfo/ Corporations.xml)
Add the new variables to the consts.py
Make them dynamic in companies.py.
Add the button and add the button to the gamefont.

These files should be changed anyway. Probably you need to change some more files. But you should start with these. (And if these are done, I think you are already 80% (if not 100%) finished)

 

[AtlantaMarty]

Thank you, merijn_v1. Do you know where I can get the icons for Silk Road, Pisan merchants, and Tamil/Hindu traders?
And does anyone know what bonuses these corporations should provide?

 

[AtlantaMarty]

I added in the 3 extra corporations. I still need art for all of them and resources/bonuses for the Pisans

 

[DC123456789]

Okay, here are the fixed maps. I tweaked the city name map, Byzantine settler map, Ottoman settler map, and also fixed the province and art styles maps. I also added a couple of new city names for new tiles, but I'm not sure which island the 1-tile island north of Crete is supposed to represent, so I left that blank for now.

To fix the Fatimid Morea bug, just search for lNormalRegions in Consts.py, look for the line with the comment "Fatimids" and remove rMorea from the list.

For a silk road trading company, you could probably just take the art from DoC; for Tamil traders, you could probably take the DoC Tamil flag art and shrink/crop it; for Pisa, you could probably do the same with some other mod that has Pisa (I think Realism Invictus might have it?).

 

[SanJose]

Downloaded and played modmod vol. 2014.07.15 yesterday. Of course, i started for ByzEmpire.
Save 1067AD in attacment; failed 1st UHV(Samanids bulbed GA in Herat), missed HoW, 34 cataphracts are waiting for Sultanate of Rum...not ideal, but not disastrous, as it seemed in the beginning of the game

Spoiler :

Offer: Bobby Martnen, сan you modify the map using the method from the image

Questions/wishes *Greece/Byzantine*:
1. Why Crete just plain and without any resources?Topographic map of Crete
2. You missed all main water resources on Balkans (lake - Skadar, Ohrid-Prespa; river - Peneiós, Vardar/Axios, Haliacmon, Achelous, Drin, Shkumbin, Struma etc) and on Peloponnese (river -Alfeiós, Eurotas), i hope you correct the error.
3. Saloniki:
a) City ​​not situated on a peninsula of Halkidiki;
b) "From the first years of the Byzantine Empire, Thessaloniki was considered the second city in the Empire after Constantinople, both in terms of wealth and size, with an population of 150,000 in the mid 1100s.The city held this status until it was transferred to Venice in 1423. "(&#1089, wiki.org. Start with 2pop, grows to 5pop (25000 inhabitants) at 1067AD in my game
4. Mystras=Cape Maleas? map
5. Need rework million spot of grassland in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Beotia and Morea to plain/hills/forest/mountains Topographic map of Greece
6. in byzantine cities(red mark - new city, I could increase production in most new cities to 7-8 but losing many from towns and with starvation)

Spoiler :

7. You need to add an invasion of the Balkans(Slavs, Normans, Bulgarians, Sack of Thessalonica by Saracen pirates);
8. Necessary to reduce the number of new cities, between 750-890AD i played with -60/-35 stability, i had discovered my first tech in 904AD with Spiral Minaret help (Long-distance Trade, missing HoW - unlucky with my fisrt GP - Spy).

Questions/wishes *Libia*:
1. Remove all cities pls - they are completely useless;
2. Add a bit of variety in the appearance of the Sahara(hills, mountains, oasis).

P.S. forgotten red mark for Dyrrachium

 

[DC123456789]

Wait until he releases the new map with massive improvements (including resources and rivers in the Balkans as well as an actually viable Cyrenaica), then test again.

 

[AtlantaMarty]

Wait until he releases the new map with massive improvements (including resources and rivers in the Balkans as well as an actually viable Cyrenaica), then test again.

I have playtested the new map and it works great. But I am still having some problems.

1. For some reason, there are multiple copies of many of the relics. (I Didn't edit anything related to relics)
2. The game now runs until 2000 AD instead of 1700 AD. (I didn't edit anything related to turn lengths or number of turns)
3. I can't get all 11 corporations to fit in the Corporation or City screen. (Is there a way to fix this?)
And most importantly,
I added in your new CityNameManager, and then added some extra translations to it (Byzantine Tobruk is Tomprouk, Portuguese Suq is Socotorá, etc) Now the City naming feature doesn't work at all. I have attached it to the bottom of the post, as a text document, would you mind taking a look at it?
But the new map works great, thank you so much for that

Once I get all of these issues resolved, I will be uploading a new version of the mod.