My New Mod

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Playing as Carthago, 3rd dif-level, 7 rivals.
Doing quite well. Culture 2 times the value of nbr 2, and power only 1 rival of the same size.
Alas, that rival with the same power (Iroquis) demands for something without anything in return. I refused because normally I would be able to handle that.
What I did not know was the fact that they had an enormous army, mainly based on Surveyors. Allthough I had lots of defenders like Rifleman and Musketman, both with a defenserate of 7 or higherand attackers like Imperial Cavalry and normal Cavalry, I could not stand that crowd of Surveyors. Even behind walls they were no match for me.
Their ability of moving 6 tiles everywhere meant a constant surprise on different places for wich I had no answer.
Actually they performed kind of a tankrush.
On top of that the problem that AI-rivals eactly know where your resources are.
In my case Coal. Only in 1 place and of course outside my borders. War starts before you can build an adequate defense. Beiing shut of my Coal no expanding Railroad anymore, so I have to go back in time or make a new scenario.
I have a couple of questions now:
1. What is the best defender against Surveyors?
2. Is there a way to alter the movement of Surveyor from 2 to 1 in a Sav-file via the Editor? Maybe that 6 tile-move is a little bit to much.
3. Medium and Heavy Cavalry can be build when only Horses are available. The Medium is a fast unit with bombardment-facility, so quite atrractive.
However, the moment Iron is available you can not build them anymore. I would like to alter that also in my SAV-file. Possible?

I am using some Art-work now by implemting your terrain-files.
The details like Irrigation and trees I like.
The basic colors you use for grass, plains and sea are IMHO way to hard and flat (pixels of same color)

Endconclusion for this moment: I really enjoy myself with My Mod.
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[Meteor Man]

I can't modify my sav files, so I do't know. I would give the serveyours a movement of four and uncheck all terrain as roads. or make their attack 1 and only a high defence. and insn't the graphics that i use the default civ 3 terrain?

 

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Pity we cannot alter Sav-files. Now it is difficult to check if altering a unit-value gives the desired effect because you have to setup a new scenario.
And NO, your terrain-art is diifering a lot from the original.
At the moment I am working on a sheet with all mounted units. Will try to solve the surveyor and medium/heavy cavalry problems.
Will keep you informed.
BTW: Maybe its a good idea to download from Atomicgamer and see for yourself what the real content is.
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[Meteor Man]

Ok, will do.
And keep me posted.

 

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Transport by rail is infinite. Should be limited somehow. Can't find a way for that.
I seem to remember is was limited maybe in CTP.
Is it possible in Civ3?
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[Meteor Man]

Sorry, but that is hardcoded into the game and cannot be changed.
You don't play civ conquests much, do you?

 

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Pity it's hardcoded. Was afraid of that because you do not see it in the Editor.
In the past I played Civ2, CTP1, CTP2, Civ3, Civ4 for God knows howmany hours.
That's alredy several years ago. Since that time I played numerous other strategic games and am now sometimes a little bit confused about what feature belongs to what game.
But the plain fact that I am back at Civ3 (spended the last monthes several hundreds of hours on it) means, at least to me, that Civ3 is maybe the best game ever made.
I like it a lot more than Civ4. (IMHO 3D adds nothing to the game)
Every move that makes the game more complex is welcome. That's the reason I am trying out MY Mod now. 6-8 hours/day is way to much, but pretty normal for me.
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[Meteor Man]

Its the exact same for me. I play 5-8 hours a day and my parents get all mad at me for always being on it. I also like civ3 better than 4, but because my computer can't run it (i have a toshiba celeron processor).