Terrain Rules

[ahenobarb]

Has anyone figured out the terrain part of the Rules.txt? I can't make any sense of it. I can edit the first few metrics, but after "yes" its anybody's guess. I've messed around with a few thing, but nothing.

Here you go:
Movecost, defense, food, shields, trade,
; . . . Irrigate, bonus, #turns, ai-irrigate,
; . . . Mine, bonus, #turns, ai-mine
; . . . Transform

Irrigate/Mine = yes, no, or type of terrain changed to
; Transform = Terrain type engineers can transform to
;
; bonus = # extra production from that change
;
; turns = # turns for settler to make change
;
; ai = Minimum govt level necessary for
; computer player to want to perform irrigate/mine
; 0 Never
; 1 Imperialism
; 2 Monarchy
; 3 Communism
; 4 Fascism
; 5 Republic
; 6 Democracy

which is supposed to explain this (But doesn't quite)

@TERRAIN
Desert, 1,2, 0,1,0, yes, 1, 5, 5, yes, 1, 5, 3, Pln, ; Drt
Plains, 1,2, 1,1,0, yes, 1, 5, 1, For, 0,15, 0, Grs, ; Pln
Grassland, 1,2, 2,1,0, yes, 1, 5, 2, For, 0,10, 0, Hil, ; Grs
Forest, 2,3, 1,2,0, Pln, 0, 5, 5, no, 0, 5, 0, Grs, ; For

 

[oryx]

Each terrain entry consists of 4 blocks of data.
1. food-shields-trade paramters
2. irrigation parameters (starting with the yes/no/terrain stuff)
3. mining parameters (starting with the 2nd yes/no/terrain stuff)
4. terrain transformation (whether possible or not, if so what)

This part
"Irrigate/Mine = yes, no, or type of terrain changed to"
details each irrigation/mining block.

The special terrain entries such as wheat or buffalo only list the first block. The irrigation and mining parameters are the same as their basic terrain type.

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[kobayashi]

For what its worth, my advice is to just use the terrain editor.

 

[ahenobarb]

Thanks for the help. it clarifies a litte. However, in the example above:

Desert gives 0,1,0 (no food, 1 shield, no trade)

If "yes" = irrigate, then you get 1,5,5 (which I read as 1 food, 5 shield, 5 trade). however, when I do this in the game, I only get the 1 food, not 5 of anything.

Or does 1,5,5 mean 1 bonus (??, extra production where? the food? what if I want to add 1 trade or 1 shield?), 5 turns to make the change, ai value 5 (minimum Republic for computer to want to perform change).

So the third block: yes 1,5,3
is 1 bonus, 5 turns, 3 (minimum communism)?

 

[Morten Blaabjerg]

It means +1 bonus, 5 turns to make the change, and minimum AI (computer player) government to want to make this change. The last number only affects AI players.

For more shields with mining -for instance- you just alter the figures in the "mining block" -you can figure it out if you look at the numbers under mountains and hills.

To my knowledge you cannot add extra trade, unless you make a "special" terrain for it in the next single columns. There are 8 types of terrains, then 8 first types of specials, then 8 second type specials. They all go in the same appearance, as they should in the terrain01.gif-file, if you take one column at a time.

If you feel confused, just experiment a bit with the numbers. It's not really difficult to figure out.

Yours Truly,
Morten

 

[ahenobarb]

Thanks Morton, I've got it working now.

PS what do I have to do to get my warrior icon that accompanies my post, upgraded to something interesting?

 

[oryx]

The icon images are based on the number of posts you have made. When you get over 100, it should change to the phalanx (not much of an improvement).

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"There is no tiddle-taddle nor pibble-pabble in Pompey's camp."