xp

[plasmacannon]

I'm playing my first v30 game of C2C and have a question regarding xp.

In the normal Civ4BTS, the maximum xp from animals is 5xp and barbs is 10xp.
What is it in C2C?
Are Neanderthal considered Barbs for the xp limit?
If the animal subdued or Neanderthal or an animal rider are controlled by an AI player, is the xp different?

I currently have a Combat4 atlatlist with 21/26 xp, all from animals.
Someone playing the older version told me animal xp was capped at 20 xp and I needed a special promotion to exceed this cap.

 

[Thunderbrd]

It depends on if you play with Unlimited XP on or not. If it's off there are special promos to enable you to go past the cap from them, which I believe is 20 for both. If Unlimited XP is on, you don't have to worry about the promo nor the cap.

 

[plasmacannon]

I think I did try that option.
Its a good thing too, because there are so many different animal types all over the place.
So, if the Unlimited is not checked, it's 20xp for animals. What is it for Barbs? 40xp?

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

I think I did try that option.
Its a good thing too, because there are so many different animal types all over the place.
So, if the Unlimited is not checked, it's 20xp for animals. What is it for Barbs? 40xp?

Yes. You can see the values in the Assets/XML folder GlobalDefines.XML. Just search for ANIMAL_MAX_XP_VALUE. barbarian is the one after. Naturally you can change those values there if you like.

 

[Thunderbrd]

Both 20.
hmm... I stand corrected by DH

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

Both 20.

ninja-ed you, but Barbarian is set to 40 in the defines.

 

[plasmacannon]

Cool. Thanks!
My atlatlist is up to 36/37xp with Combat5 for this first test game. I'm betting in this mod, our units will have a lot more xp than in the normal BTS.

Hey, I noticed in a friend's C2C game than sometimes a unit will receive a message about a free promotion, gaining combat 1 or arctic1.
Are there promotions to avoid, because they are likely to be obtained for free? My Combat5 unit didn't receive any bonus promos, yet his woods2 unit received Combat1.

I am curious about how this bonus promotion structure works.
Is it based on how successful a victory was? Say a 4xp gain, instead of a 2xp gain?
Or does it cumulate over a number of battles until a threshold is met, then grants a free promo to that unit?

My friend even got Combat3 later on that unit, so I know it's not limited to just the 1st level of each promotions.

 

[DRJ]

You sometimes get bonus promos if you win fights that had a not so high % of winning (below 95% I think)
From time to time you also receive a free promotion in regard to the terrain you fought on.

As there are MANY more promotions in C2C than a normal game the cap is higher (check out promotions in the pedia).

 

[charlesb96]

Turning on dynamic xp also removes the barb and animal xp limits. But you do not get 1 xp per fight, you may only get 0.3 xp, it is based on how tough the fight was.

 

[plasmacannon]

Turning on dynamic xp also removes the barb and animal xp limits. But you do not get 1 xp per fight, you may only get 0.3 xp, it is based on how tough the fight was.

I tried that option as well. I have seen decimal xp on my units.