Snowygerry
Deity
You can try to grow them by having unimproved tiles bordering existing ones, iirc this small chance lowers over time to reflect turns becoming shorter..
Realism Invictus
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Walter Hawkwood
RI Curator
Well, I can say I had 3-player games with ZeroTier virtual LAN and we had no such problem. Perhaps you could try that.
Not as an action, no. As Snowygerry correctly points out above, the best you can do is leave them some free tiles and hope they spread. I don't think humanity has ever intentionally planted any forests of at least 1 Civ 4 tile size.
TheBirdMan
King
If you want to do so, then you have to it in the XML\Terrain folder, the file CIV4FeatureInfos.xml.
Those lines determinates the growth/disappearance of features (this is for the Ice)::.
<iAppearance>0</iAppearance>
<iDisappearance>10</iDisappearance>
<iGrowth>10</iGrowth>
First line is for the map-engine I think. I'm not totally sure but I do know if you set the value fairly high, you get many of those tiles on the map (I have tried with oasis only).
2nd line are (most likely) only for the nuclear fallout - how fast is disappears without "help"..I have not testet anything about this. Not yet.
3rd line is for - I think - all features. I know it works on even islands and floodplains. On my size of maps (160*100), a value of 200 to 1000 is needed to make a difference you will notice. Specially in the late game - as Snowygerry wrote, the chance is getting lower as time goes by.
Those lines determinates the growth/disappearance of features (this is for the Ice)::.
<iAppearance>0</iAppearance>
<iDisappearance>10</iDisappearance>
<iGrowth>10</iGrowth>
First line is for the map-engine I think. I'm not totally sure but I do know if you set the value fairly high, you get many of those tiles on the map (I have tried with oasis only).
2nd line are (most likely) only for the nuclear fallout - how fast is disappears without "help"..I have not testet anything about this. Not yet.
3rd line is for - I think - all features. I know it works on even islands and floodplains. On my size of maps (160*100), a value of 200 to 1000 is needed to make a difference you will notice. Specially in the late game - as Snowygerry wrote, the chance is getting lower as time goes by.
Snowygerry
Deity
On a slightly related note - I did notice the ability to "break ice" somewhere in a discription text,
was this actually implemented and how does it work exactly ? Or is it a leftover not connected to this mod ?
was this actually implemented and how does it work exactly ? Or is it a leftover not connected to this mod ?
Thanks for the answers above!
One more question: is it possible to somehow increase the number of units in one "unit"? That is, there are only three of them, can you make, for example, 5-8? It would be cool!
P.s Like this
https://modgames.net/load/strategy/strategy/ethnic-realism-dlya-civilization-4-bts/4-1-0-25151
One more question: is it possible to somehow increase the number of units in one "unit"? That is, there are only three of them, can you make, for example, 5-8? It would be cool!
P.s Like this
https://modgames.net/load/strategy/strategy/ethnic-realism-dlya-civilization-4-bts/4-1-0-25151
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You can break ice with modern destroyers, yes.
jeffreyac
Mostly Harmless
Hoping someone has some insight - I've been playing mostly LoR for many, many years, but a long time ago I had downloaded RI, and never got into it. I'd like to try it again, but I strongly suspect the version I have of RI is no longer current.
Can I just redownload the newest version, or is there a way to update the mod, or should I find and delete my current RI folder/uninstall the mod, then reinstall the current version?
Can I just redownload the newest version, or is there a way to update the mod, or should I find and delete my current RI folder/uninstall the mod, then reinstall the current version?
Zap0
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Unless you were using the development version using SVN you can't update and should just redownload.
jeffreyac
Mostly Harmless
OK, thank you. I'm guessing removing the old version by deleting the folder would probably be the cleanest way, or is that necessary?
Zap0
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That sounds fine, yeah.
jeffreyac
Mostly Harmless
One last thing - last time, I remember giving up and going back to LoR because I kinda just dove in head first, and never really knew what I was doing - so I quickly got overwhelmed. I know after installation I got offered a link to a tutorial/guide on what's different in RI, but real life intruded and I had to close out and run, and now I can't seem to find a link to a tutorial/manual/guide.
Any suggestions to a guide or tutorial to help me learn a little about RI before I try diving back in?
Any suggestions to a guide or tutorial to help me learn a little about RI before I try diving back in?
There is a manual. You can download it and the latest version of RI from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/civ4mods/files/Realism Invictus/ (edit: the 'light' release doesn't have great wonder videos, that's the only difference).
The manual gives the major differences, but there are plenty of small-but-significant things like unit stats being different across civs that you can only find by trawling the civilipaedia. I'd suggest that you just learn in play by looking things up as you see them, though. RI has an improved civilipaedia, which is searchable and has diagrams. You should look up your own civ at the start of the game, to check what unique units, building, and improvement you get.
There are lots of settings when you start a new game; you should probably leave them all on default for your first game. The things that make a really big difference are Raging Barbarians (default on, iirc), Tech Trading (default off; it's replaced by open borders giving tech transfer), barbarians settling into new civs (default on), and Separatism (default off, because the AI struggles with it).
jeffreyac
Mostly Harmless
OK, thanks much!
Snowygerry
Deity
Is that the case ? It is off for me - must have switched it off myself at one point then...
I'm not certain. I know it says somewhere that the team recommends playing with it on for the intended experience.
Snowygerry
Deity
I will try it next game then, tnx.
Zap0
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Used to be on by default in older versions. Ever since I have this strong aversion against settling on places that are not hills in the early game...
That's probably the new player advice file you can find in the mod docs directory, e.g. here depending on where your install is:
C:\Games\Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Realism Invictus\Documentation
The full manual is in the same place.
jeffreyac
Mostly Harmless
Thanks very much - yep, that's what I had been looking for. Also, read the manual... Now dialing the difficulty WAAAY back, and going off to explore.
Wish me luck!
Wish me luck!
Snowygerry
Deity
Farms or cottages yes, I have the same in my current game,
don't know if this is intentional (or new), I don't normally settle in the desert
don't know if this is intentional (or new), I don't normally settle in the desert
