Hello PotatoMcWhiskey! I used Angryr's mod as the foundation for this one (I notified him, and gave credit to you both within this mod). I added a few twists to the mod: more expensive production at higher population requirement, captured Settlers turn to Builders, and reducing initial Settlers to only 1 unless AI is set to Deity.
Great question, Tovarish! So the way Civilization works is that it assigns a 'cost' to the unit, and that cost is not necessarily gold or production. It's a value that it begins at, and is adjusted by other factors as the game progresses. So at the very beginning it is the starting cost, and then it becomes reduced as that city's capability improves. The same is true for Faith purchases. As an aside, there are ways to get a free Settler(s) in Gathering Storm, such as with the Religious Settlements Pantheon.
That didn't answer my question which is: isn't it possible to bypass the restrictions of this mod by simply buying those settlers with money/faith?
The short answer is 'no', you cannot bypass this with gold or faith. My mod wouldn't be very useful if you could.
Hello! Thank you for writing me with this concern. Although I have played many games already with New Era Settler Mod 1.43 and it has worked for me, I do play with other mods. So this morning I disabled all other mods, and started a new game with only 1.43. It worked just fine, and I received a new settlers when I entered a new era.
Hello Malrog: Thank you for sharing these details, your information has been very helpful. I just checked, and it seems that my mod is not restricting the computer's number of initial Settler's like it used to do. I am going to troubleshoot the cause, and release an update once it's fixed.
