The Prospector builds an improvement and in Civ 7 improved = worked.
Nepal Civ Overview (Modern Age)
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stealth_nsk
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It doesn't bring tile yields to the city, as far as I know, because this tile doesn't belong to any city.
Around the time of Gathering Storm, Civ6 got an art pass where a lot more unique architecture and unit skins were added; I hope Civ7 gets a similar art pass.
The tile does belong to a city…the one the path went back to.
I had such high hopes at the beginning. It was a little alarming to see that Mauryan architecture was an afterthought, but I was glad to see one artist have it as their pet project.
It’s quite strange that the Prussians have a unique graphic for the landship, and yet the British don’t even get a unique graphic for their UU. Most modern age architecture seems to look the same. And now we have a very Roman-looking Carthage.
A very frustrating lack of consistency in what is otherwise a gorgeous game, graphically.
If you're asking for translation "Jyumdo" means alive which is "जिउदो" in nepali text and bagha means Tiger which is "बाघ" in nepali text.
so Jyumdo Bagha (जिउदो बाघ) means a "live tiger".
They'll still need town and city center graphics.
Could always use it for that. Like how Meiji has a tenshu for its own city center.
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Chuka and Champawat!
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Learned that by reading the civilopedia on the files
Paideia
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As regards the UI, the Highland Power Station, this might be what it is referrring to:
nepalitimes.com
Nepal’s 1st hydroelectric plant is a museum piece
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As regards the UI, the Highland Power Station, this might be what it is referrring to:
Nepal’s 1st hydroelectric plant is a museum piece
I also think it is a reference to the fact that Nepal is in the top 5 countries for percent of total power generated by hydroelectricity at 98.5%. The only higher nations are Bhutan at 100%, as well as Paraguay, DR-Congo, and Albania at 99.X%. I would speculate that the others lost the honor of being the "hydroelectric civ" specifically because Nepal can kiiiiiind of represent both Nepal and Bhutan simultaneously in the modern era. It also makes for a fun logical connection of "mountain runoff + world's largest mountains = best hydroelectricity."
See chart here:
Hydroelectricity - Wikipedia
I think this adds some safe context to why Iceland likely won't be a modern civ (on top of all the other reasons), that if Paraguay is represented this way it will be the Guarani largely benefiting from Uruguay's more balanced (yet still equally impressive) renewable energy portfolio, and that the Philippines stand a decent shot of being "the geothermal energy" civ. :/
I actually don't dislike Nepal's design, by any means. It's a very crude historical sketch, but definitely captures the idea of modern Nepal. Especially if you are a bit lenient with Boudhanath being the post-Zangpo restoration in the 15th century, in a similar way we can fudge the Palacio de Bellas Artes backward to reflect revolutionary era Gran Teatro Nacional in between the Mexican empires, and/or Borobudur being interpreted more as a Majapahit restoration/rediscovery of what was originally a Mataram construction.
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Yzman
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I always claim mountains, they give huge happiness with the correct policies.
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Nepal is the modern Buddhist/Tibet civ, because otherwise we don't really get that sort of representation in Civ. We got a very Buddha historical site that needed to be completely restructured in the 15th century. Not that different than Onsen Dogo, honestly. It's totally fine as a modern Nepalese wonder.
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Game guide (FWIW): https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/nepal/
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Wow, I'm pretty mad about the restriction on the Highland Power Stations. They can only be built on mountains that no one owns. That means if you unlocked Nepal through gameplay (3 settlements with 5 mountain tiles each), then you have 15 mountains that you can't place a power station on. And that unlock isn't very easy to do. I carefully filled up an entire mountainous region in order to accomplish that. When I was done, there was only one mountain that was outside my borders that I could place a power station on.
Basically, to get the most out of this improvement, you're better off not trying to do the gameplay unlock. Play as Maurya, Chola, or the friendly Ashoka instead. Then settle fresh new cities near (but not too near) mountains in the modern age. You may have to conquer and raze enemy cities in order to do this. Because you can't place them on owned mountains. You have to eliminate ownership.
I get the feeling that Firaxis only tested this civ by starting games in the Modern Age as a shortcut.
Basically, to get the most out of this improvement, you're better off not trying to do the gameplay unlock. Play as Maurya, Chola, or the friendly Ashoka instead. Then settle fresh new cities near (but not too near) mountains in the modern age. You may have to conquer and raze enemy cities in order to do this. Because you can't place them on owned mountains. You have to eliminate ownership.
I get the feeling that Firaxis only tested this civ by starting games in the Modern Age as a shortcut.
Yzman
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Yeah odd design choice.
It’s presumably because they reused the code for the prospector.
