new mod... is it possible?

[jn10091981]

I would like to start out saying i have no idea how to program, but i have a friend with a BA in CS. I was wondering how far you can mod civ. I know you can make new tech, new civs, new units, etc. But is it possible to change game concepts?

I would like to make a tech that allows food transportation, so that late in the game you can share the food between your cities. Like make food a national resource like gold and not a city resource like production. And a couple of other minor mods, perhaps give the french a unit known as "surrender monkey", or make the UN have a military option like the security council instead of just asking single civs to declare war, this way we can make coalitions, with less war wearyness. This way you can trade food, and specialize cities. Is that even possible? Just an attempt to make the game a bit more realistic.

I have not seen a mod that alters gave rules like this so it may not even be possible. Also, what would you use to do this? Python, C++?

 

[WildWeazel]

Wrong forum. Questions go in the main C&C forum. I'll ask a mod to move it.

The food thing should be possible with the SDK. You can basically rewrite the game with it. It's something I've always wanted in Civ. Coalitions *might* be possible with Python. You can add new units with XML, but no new models yet, just skins.

 

[jn10091981]

Perhaps add it as a civic... standard would be the way that it is now. agriculture would allow for regional food sharing, and last would be national food sharing.... This way new tech could allow for the civic changes which might make it easier to code. ALso, i think it would require some city screen modification, because with national food each city would use all it could, growing in 1 turn then having none and going into starvation..

Like have an option for growth other than the control growth now. Like slow, <5 turns for growth> or set a max population limit. Im sure more problems will arise as this project goes on.

 

[panzooka]

its all possible when the SDK come out, for now, start learning python

 

[jn10091981]

I just spent the last 20 or so hours reading python scripts and tutorials. But am just as lost now as i was before all that. I talked to a couple guys who are more programming savvy than me, but one didnt use python and the other wasnt extremently familiar with it.

I read the sticky and all the lessons contained in it, but it didnt help, although did give a good idea how python works.

Could anyone point me in the right direction on how to get this started?