[MOD] Age of Discovery II

[Flash]

Why was the immigration threashold increased to 20%?

That makes the time of first immigration on Marathon from 9 turns to 15. I decided to increase the total number of turns from 900 to 1200 with 3 month intervals.

the other option is Epic with 600 turns of 6 months.

[Dale]

Actually, it was REDUCED to 20. It was 25.

[Flash]

Okay, Reduced.

But what was the rationale for crosses needed for immigration increased?

Because doesn't that affect tolerant verses devout?

[snoopy369]

Crosses needed was reduced to 20% from 25%. So you will have a decreased amount of crosses needed for immigration beyond the fourth immigrant (yay integer division).

5-first
6-second
7-third
8-fourth
9-fifth
instead of
5-first
6-second
7-third
8-fourth
10-fifth

... etc. (mult by 10 and add 50 to get first-turn price). This was a change we made in PatchMod and Dale also put it into AoDII.

[Flash]

So that is why cost went to 400 on Marathon for the English?

On normal the first immigrant is 100gold correct?

[snoopy369]

That's because of the growth rate increase, of course. I don't believe it was an intentional change, but I am not significantly involved in AOD2...

[Flash]

I try it out and see.

I changed growth rate for Marathon to 500 percent to scale it with Epic when I increased turns to every 3 months and 1200 turns. so, I'm looking at 1000 food verses 1200. I'll let you know how it turns out.

[Flash]

Just to let you guys know...

Situation: Basic Pioneer on Grassland tile with Corn and Forest.

It will take:
20 turns to build a road!!
30 turns to crop the forest!!!
80 turns to irrigate at this point!!!

This is way too long.

Changed back to 300%

[FlashAron]

Hi there,

thank you ... with the new version, ships could be loaded ... found a new one ... which both versions had.

Seems that SOMETIMES or everytime I got the converted natives instead of the cpu player, which has the missionary in that town ???
As I don't know if I get all from them, I couldn't say, when it happens ... but at least that town had to be explored from me ...

[Dale]

The converts is a known bug. Thanks.

[FlashAron]

Hi there,

just finished a game with the new version (epic)... on the map Colonization ...

Is there a difference between "Colonization-copy" and "Colonization" Scenarios ?

Also in the new Version I never encountered the pirates ? Are the gone ? When I choose the Colonization Scenario they have been there to choose as a starting group but in the game they haven't ?

Also ... in the description from the original game, when you build an armory, there stood NEEDED FOR ARTILLERY but they could never be built ! Could they beeing modded in ?

Also maybe it should be possible to buy from the other KINGS "Men-o-war" Ships ?

THX

[Dale]

Age of Discovery II v1.02 released!

Please update from the first post.

One of the biggest changes I would like some feedback on, is how Global Sentiment is calculated. I have changed it from TOTAL population to COLONY population. It no longer counts units outside of colonies.

[Flash]

Dave,

I have a wierd problem.

In the European screen, the number of crosses just reset. On marathon, the first colonist took 9 crosses, and the second one is going to take 9 crosses.

Third colonist will cost 12 crosses.

So, I got a Seasoned Scout with the second pick. The ship arrives to pick him up a turn later. I have a hardy Pioneer that I can choose for 260 gold. I take him too. The crosses reset from 1/12 to 0/12.

This isn't normal is it?

[Dale]

Yeah that sounds about right. I've increased the map sizes, and want to promote the building of more colonies with more settlers, so I have reduced the cross increase to a bare minimum. So immigration should really kick into turbo when you get a church running.

[Flash]

Dale,

Okay, thanks. It caught me off guard.