WIP - Destiny Reborn

[Gojira54]

Thanks as always for the kind words.

Negativity works fine for culture and happiness - I can confirm that. In Stephs beta-scenario (multi-era) he tried to have a city specialist with negative production (-1 shield), but this caused the game to crash when negative shields outnumbered positives, and the progress-box for the shields reached zero. Also, there were no visual clues to indicate a specialist's negative production. Maybe it could work with negative tax / science / happiness / anticorruption for specialists? I haven't tried to give buildings negative shield-bonus, but that might work too (a distillery could give happiness and tax, but impact production in a negative way, for example).

I haven't messed with specialists (yet), and am leery of toying with production, since you cannot go negative there with the default editor like you can with pollution and culture, and I am not sure how the AI would handle that. If it works, it might be useful indeed.

Another thing is that negativity is ignored for buildings created by a great wonder (like maintenance, pollution etc). If the building is buildable, the negative effects will work until the great wonder is created, and again after the wonder is obsoleted (if ever).

This is good to know, I hadn't tested that particular scenario out. Luckily it isn't my design plans.

I have also given plains (terrain) a negative defense bonus (-10%), but I cannot confirm beyond any doubt that this works. I use Stephs or Quintillus' editors when playing with negativity, of course.

I've messed around with negative defense before too, many many years ago, and I seem to remember thinking it seemed like it made a difference, but I don't think I tested that conclusively either. It really shouldn't be too hard to do, but again it isn't a factor in this Mod.


I completely redid the Resources section in Post 4, listing out all current Resources - including Bonuses - and provided details on the Resource-Centric Improvements (not Wonders or the Clan-Specific Feast improvements already detailed in the Clan Descriptions).

 

[Gojira54]

So here we are, four and a half years since the last update on Destiny Reborn. I rarely log on to this forum anymore, or play, let alone mod, Civ3.

But that doesn't mean Destiny Reborn is dead - far from it!

My days as a Civ3 Modder are long over, but in early 2016, I started down a new path, as a published author. I've since had 5 publications, with 4 more in the next few months. All short stories thus, far, but I've a few novels planned out.

The future crown jewel in this new career will be the Destiny Reborn series - a five-novel series which will cover the story I wanted this mod to tell. THe first novel is still a couple years away.

If any of you want to check out my books this far, you can here: https://jm-ames.com/

I hope all is well with you all!

 

[Vuldacon]

Gojira54... All sounds Very Cool. Great Site
...do pop in from time to time.

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Gojira! Good to see you here and glad things are going well. Good luck with your writing. Your site looks very promising.

My days as a Civ3 Modder are long over...

When you're old and the internet is implanted in our brains it may just be time to brush off that biq and give it one more go.

 

[Gojira54]

"When you're old and the internet is implanted in our brains it may just be time to brush off that biq and give it one more go."

How prophetic... been working on it all week...

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Gojo! Glad to see you back. Can't wait to see your updates.

Wait, you've been working all week on the mod or on brain implants?

 

[Gojira54]

Ha! Been reworking DR, basically starting all over from scratch. The details have all changed but the concept remains the same.

Funny about the brain implants - I had 5 brain surgeries in November and December of 2019, and the end result is I know have a brain implant... (Obstructive Hydrocephalus resulting in a VP Shunt, if curious).

 

[Ozymandias]

Funny about the brain implants - I had 5 brain surgeries in November and December of 2019, and the end result is I know have a brain implant... (Obstructive Hydrocephalus resulting in a VP Shunt, if curious).

O ... M ... G!!

"Welcome back, my friend, to the show that never ends!"

(And my own brain implant only seems to open garage doors )

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Good God, man, I hope you are doing better this December and that the shunt does its job properly. It's great that you are back and even better that Destiny Reborn is getting the love it deserves. I'm curious to see how the tech tree unfolds, especially era 1 at the start.

 

[Civinator]

O ... M ... G!!

"Welcome back, my friend, to the show that never ends!"

Good God, man, I hope you are doing better this December and that the shunt does its job properly. It's great that you are back and even better that Destiny Reborn is getting the love it deserves. I'm curious to see how the tech tree unfolds, especially era 1 at the start.

I completely second this.

 

[Vuldacon]

Welcome Back Gojira54 and Glad you made it through the Surgical Ordeal. Hope all things are better now and you are doing well.
Good to know you are working on Destiny Reborn, it deserves your attention.

 

[Gojira54]

I started up a new thread for the 2020 version, as so many details have changed.

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/destiny-reborn-2020-wip.665182/