News: BOTM 06 Saves Available

[ainwood]

BOTM 06: Mayans

[img=right]http://gotm.civfanatics.net/civ4games/images/botm06civ.jpg[/img]

Game Details:

Game settings:
Civilization: Mayans (Leader: Pacal II; Traits: Expansive, Financial)
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Emperor
Map: Medium & Small (random & unpredictable, IIRC)
Mapsize: Standard
Worldwrap: Cylindrical
Climate: Rocky
Sea Level: Medium
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No tribal villages
Victory Conditions: all enabled

Pacal II:
Pacal II is Financial and Expansive; starting with the mining and mysticism. Financial gives +1 gold on any plot producing two or more. Expansive gets +two health per city, +25% production speed building workers, and double produciton speed of granaries and harbours.

Unique unit: Holkan (replaces spearman)
The holkan has identical stats to the standard spearman (strength 4, move 1, cost 35 hammers). The difference is that the unit is resourceless (although researching bronze working is still required) and that it gains immunity from first-strikes.

Unique building: ball court (replaces Colosseum
Costing the same as a Colosseum (85 hammers), the Ball Court provides +three happy faces, instead of +one.



Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):



Adventurer Class bonuses:

1. Start with archer (on plot with warrior)
2. Start with worker (on plot with settler)
3. Game on NW hill is replaced with gold

Challenger Class Equalisers:

1. Some forests in starting shot are removed.
2. Warrior removed.

To Enter the Competition:

This competition will open on 15 May 2008. From that date, you'll be able to get the starting saves at here. Use the same URL to submit your completed entry, which you must do by 15 June 2008.

Civ version

This game MUST be played in Beyond the Sword (NOT Warlords or vanilla Civ), patched to version 3.13, available for Windows only, and with the HOF mod version 3.13.001 installed. You can download the HOF mod here

For those using the HOF mod under windows Vista, I recommend yo visit this link, and see how to configure permissions to get it to work properly!

While playing...

Remember - for your entry to be accepted, it MUST be your first attempt to play this game, and you MUST NOT replay any turns. If you make a mistake while playing, you have to live with it, learn from it, and carry on the game without replaying.

We will open 'spoiler' threads during the month for players to discuss what happens in their games. Do not discuss any details of your game outside those threads.

Note:

I can't get the upload to work correctly. In the interim, please download starting saves from here:

[UPDATE] Saves are now fully available in the usual place ... HERE

 

[Cletus]

....
[UPDATE] Saves are now fully available in the usual place ... HERE

Thanks! I know I'm gonna get killed, but can't wait to start.

 

[Jove]

My first download attempt got an error. The second attempt worked fine. I hope downloading twice doesn't disqualify me.
Edit: make that 3 times. My second try was somehow for the adventurer save. How

 

[jesusin]

Challenger Class Equalisers:

1. Some forests in starting shot are removed.

Isn't there a second equaliser that should be mentioned?

 

[cas]

Isn't there a second equaliser that should be mentioned?

Indeed. I opened the start file twice (didn't play any moves the first time) just to make sure I didn't accidentaly cause the 2nd equalizer.

cas

 

[Ribannah]

Isn't there a second equaliser that should be mentioned?

No Settler?

 

[ainwood]

Isn't there a second equaliser that should be mentioned?

Yeah... No warrior either....

 

[tal77]

Hum, I get:

"the save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed"

and then:

"Load Failed"

 

[AlanH]

Have you read the first item in the FAQ on the GOTM site, which deals with this?

 

[tal77]

Have you read the first item in the FAQ on the GOTM site, which deals with this?

I've seen it now. Running the checker, I get:

"BTS: Assets\CvGameCoreDLL.dll" <--Error: Files do not Match

I if remember corretly before installing the Bruic's patch there were no errors.

Tks

 

[AlanH]

You should not install Bhruic's patch. Its main features are built into the HoF Mod.

Have you installed any mods that change or edit basic files in your software? (eg Bhruic's Mod or CivScale)

 

[tal77]

Ah, ok. Thanks.

 

[ChrisShaffer]

The header on this page says BOTM 05: Mayans. It should be 06.

 

[AlanH]

Thx. Fixed.

 

[Tecibbar]

I installed Bhruic's patch, how do I get rid of it? Also, I tried reinstalling Civ. But the 3.13 patch site isn't working

 

[AlanH]

I think you can get rid of Bhruic's patch by reinstalling the BtS 3.13 patch. The patch was probably unavailable for a while because the file server was down. It is now working.