"What is the DyP Mod?" - You ask???
IMHO, you haven't played Civ3, until you've played the Kal-El's mod. (and no, he doesn't pay me to say this).
But, TET's mod is also quite special, I especially like his approach to making things so historic, with all the (31!) Civs already established as they should be. His world map is also just about the best there is, too. There's a few great world maps, but some aren't quite accurate, like for ex., they'll make Europe bigger that it should be - for playablilty.
TET's got a really good mod going here, that's for sure.
And yes, I have wished there were some way to take TET's map, with all it's civs, cities, improvements, etc. etc., and mix in the Double your Pleasure mod's units, tech trees, city imporvements, wonders, etc. etc. - - and have the greatest mod the world has ever seen.
But, that's just a dream - for now...
TET, I'd also have to say the thing I like a lot about your mod is the tech advancement rate. The techs are so expensive, you don't need to micromanage in diplomacy to be the world's tech broker.
In DyP games, I've gone to extremes (going to all 23 Civs, every turn, checking to see how close they are to getting a tech - what tech are they researching - can they pay a good price (gpt), and is there anyone else out there that could beat me to it)
.... every single turn!! With GARGANTUAN numbers of techs to negotiate! It's a nightmare!
... but if you have the patience (& time), you can get ALL the gold in the game flowing right into your treasury = buy all the improvements when you get the gov't that will allow it... and just pull away from every one else in the game. Be an entire age of techs ahead of all the AI's on Deity? Sure.
But with this mod, it's different. The techs are guarded much more closely. Overall, the way TET's done it, it saves me from (being tempted) to having to go to extremes to milk the entire dimlomacy scene every turn. In DyP, there's so much brokering, and money to be grabbed all the time - if you turn your back on the diplo micromanagement for a few turns, you could miss some big deals.
Looking forward to 2.0!
