News: WOTM 11 Saves available

[Gyathaar]

WOTM 11: Stalin

This game MUST be played in Warlords patch version 2.08. We will NOT accept any games played under any other patch versions, and you can't play it in vanilla (plain) Civilization4!

Further, it MUST be played using the latest version of HOF mod for Warlords. This is currently version 2.08.004



Game settings:
Civilization: Russia (Leader: Stalin. Traits: Aggressive & Industrious)
Rivals: 6
Difficulty: Warlord
Map: Hub
Mapsize: Standard, Flat (no world wrap)
Climate: Temperate
Water level: Normal
Other Map Settings: 1 area per player, Natural land shape, Neutral territory is islands, 1 plot wide Isthmus
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Quick
Victory Conditions: All enabled
Other settings: Always War


Stalin:
Stalin is Aggressive and Industrious; starting with Wheel, Hunting and Mining (3 techs due to warlords difficulty). Aggressive gives a free Combat I promotion to all melee and gunpowder units, and gives 100% production bonus when building barracks and drydocks. Industrious give 50% production bonus when building wonders, and a 100% bonus when building forges.


Unique unit: Cossack (Military Tradition)
The Cossack replaces the normal Cavalry. In addition to the normal Cavalry stats, it also receives +50% vs Mounted Units.

Unique building: Research Institute (Computers)
The Russian Research Institute replaces the normal Laboratory. In addition to the normal Laboratory stats, it provides 2 free scientist specialists in the city where it is constructed.

The starting screenshot is here (Click for larger version)


Adventurer Class bonuses:

1. Start with a free worker and archery tech

Challenger Class Equalizers:

1. Play on Noble difficulty.

In case you wonder why the speed is quick...
I expect a lot of players will buy Beyond the Sword and jump into playing that in 1-2 weeks, so this game should be faster to complete than normal

Since Always War will be a bit different to what most players are used to, I decided to go with the low difficulty of Warlords. The difficulty should also allow the more experienced players to get any victory condition if they so please...

>> Go to the download page!

 

[da_Vinci]

And after how many hours? Everyone must be too busy playing to bother posting.

dV

 

[AU_Armageddon]

lol submitted. how much longer till next WotM?

 

[JungleIII]

After this WOTM, I don't know how long it will be before I can take a break playing BTS to play a Gotm or Wotm... hmmm.... ...I hope the Botm's come out soon - it will be very interesting to see how the game is played and evolved for Botm's.

 

[Sarek]

lol submitted. how much longer till next WotM?

Please take notes now so you'll remember what you did when spoiler threads start up...can't wait!!!

 

[Civicide]

Hmm. I wonder how many people will choose challenger difficulty with the goal of getting quicker SR/Cultural/Diplo victories...

edit ... never mind. that makes no sense with no tech trading, lol.

 

[DynamicSpirit]

Challenger Class Equalizers:

1. Play on Noble difficulty.

Interesting. Doesn't a difficulty level weighting get fed into the final score? If so then could playing challenger increase rather than reduce your expected score? (At least for players who normally play at or above noble level).

 

[Lexad]

Yep, that's the point.

 

[Gyathaar]

Since I finally have an official link to point to...

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=5700492#post5700492

This is the reason for why I made this game on quick speed..
Along with BtS there are new patches for vanilla and warlords... so you will have to complete the current WOTM (and GOTM for that matter) before you install them.

Alternatively you can make a backup copy of your entire civilization 4 folder before you patch, and play the game from the warlords or vanilla exe file inside the backup folder. This will however require another 2GB or so of disc space I think.

 

[Nilson]

Can i play the game with the 2.13 patch? Or is that no good?

 

[Gyathaar]

Can i play the game with the 2.13 patch? Or is that no good?

No, you have to play it with the 2.08 patch.. the 2.08 HOF mod will even crash if you try to load it in 2.13

 

[Nilson]

No, you have to play it with the 2.08 patch.. the 2.08 HOF mod will even crash if you try to load it in 2.13

Alright, than I have to remove 2.13. Do you know how I has to do that?

 

[Gyathaar]

Alright, than I have to remove 2.13. Do you know how I has to do that?

Dont think it is possible without reinstalling

 

[Nilson]

OK, thanks

 

[DynamicSpirit]

Is the download page offline at the moment?

 

[Gyathaar]

Is the download page offline at the moment?

It appears to be yes..

 

[Mîtiu Ioan]

I don't understand ... didn't install the new patch on Warlords - but I still receive the "lock assets" message and the game exit after this ???

 

[Gyathaar]

I don't understand ... didn't install the new patch on Warlords - but I still receive the "lock assets" message and the game exit after this ???

Did you patch vanilla? Warlords uses the vanilla assets, so patching vanilla would cause it to fail

 

[Mîtiu Ioan]

Yeap - I realized this after I posted my previous reply.

Thanks for your remarks - I already un-installed the patched version and install a clean Civ4 + patches until 1.61 and 2.08.

Regards all

 

[DynamicSpirit]

Eeek! I've just got bitten by the same locked assets problem after installing the 1.74 patch to vanilla halfway through my WOTM11 game - so WOTM11 now won't load.

Is the only solution really to uninstall and reinstall Civ??? (If so then it's iffy whether I'll bother to finish this WOTM)