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I know that many others were disappointed with the strength of the nuclear weapons in this edition of Civ, so I took it upon myself to upgrade them, and make things a bit nastier. I changed the following parameters in various XML files:
Nuke fallout percentage: 50% changed to 75%
Nuke unit damage base: 25% changed to 75%
Nuke unit Random add-on damage:both 1 and 2 changed from 50% to 25%
Non-Combat Death Threshold: Changed from 60 to 40
Population death base percentage: 20% changed to 40%
Population death random percentages:20 changed to 30%
Global Warming probability: 20% changed to 40%
Bomb Shelter damage relief changed from 75% to 50%.
SDI nuke interception changed from 75% to 50%.
The results of a nuclear test on a size 20 city with a good sample of buildings and units were as follows. I believe this more accurately portrays the utter annihilation that a nuclear weapon brings:
Before
Size: 20
Buildings:
Walls
Granary
Aqueduct
Hostpital
Recycling Center
Lighthouse
Harbor
Drydock
Airport
Forge
Factory
Coal Plant
Hydro Plant
Nuke Plant
Obelisk
Library
University
Observatory
Laboratory
Theater
Colloseum
Market
Grocer
Bank
Supermarket
Jail
Jewish Temple
Jewish Synagogue
Globe Theater
Oxford University
Great Lighthouse
Colossus
Parthenon
Units: 5 mech inf
5 modern armor
5 gunships
2 destroyer
3 workers
Without mod, without bomb shelter
Size: 10
Buildings:
Granary
Hospital
Recycling Center
Lighthouse
Harbor
Drydock
Airport
Forge
Factory
Coal Plant
Hydro Plant
Nuke Plant
Obelisk
Library
University
Observatory
Theatre
Colosseum
Market
Bank
Supermarket
Jewish Temple
Globe Theatre
Oxford University
Great Lighthouse
Colossus
Parthenon
Units:
5 mech inf(11.8,7.4,9.3,17.9,4.2)
5 modern Armor (2.4, 18.4,4.8,4.4,13.2)
5 gunships(6.4,8.4,8.6,5.2,10.4)
2 destroyers(9.9,4.8)
0 workers
Without nuke mod, with bomb shelter:
Size: 15
Buildings:
Same as without bomb shelter
Units:
5 mech inf(25.0,20.8,19.8,22.1,18.2,)
5 modern armor(26.8,22.4,22.4,29.2,21.2)
5 gunships(15.0,12.6,14.4,14.2,13.2)
2 destroyers(20.1,17.4)
3 workers(2,2,2)
With nuke mod, without bomb shelter:
Size: 3
Buildings:
Hospital
Recycling Center
Harbor
Drydock
Airport
Forge
Factory
Coal Plant
Hydro Plant
Nuke Plant
Colloseum
Market
Supermarket
Globe Theater
Great Lighthouse
Colossus
Parthenon
Units:
3 mech inf(2.2,0.6,5.1)
2 mod armor(4.4,1.6)
5 gunships(0.8,1.8,1.8,0.2,2.8)
1 destroyer(1.2)
0 workers
With nuke mod, with bomb shelter:
Size: 12
Buildings:
Same as w/o bomb shelter
Units:
5 mech inf(15,17.3,16.0,16.3,18.6)
5 mod armor(18.4,22.4,18.8,18.8,20.8)
5 gunships(10.4,11.0,11.0,10.2,11.4)
2 destroyers(15.6,14.4)
3 workers(2,2,2)
The upload can be found here
Nuke fallout percentage: 50% changed to 75%
Nuke unit damage base: 25% changed to 75%
Nuke unit Random add-on damage:both 1 and 2 changed from 50% to 25%
Non-Combat Death Threshold: Changed from 60 to 40
Population death base percentage: 20% changed to 40%
Population death random percentages:20 changed to 30%
Global Warming probability: 20% changed to 40%
Bomb Shelter damage relief changed from 75% to 50%.
SDI nuke interception changed from 75% to 50%.
The results of a nuclear test on a size 20 city with a good sample of buildings and units were as follows. I believe this more accurately portrays the utter annihilation that a nuclear weapon brings:
Before
Size: 20
Buildings:
Walls
Granary
Aqueduct
Hostpital
Recycling Center
Lighthouse
Harbor
Drydock
Airport
Forge
Factory
Coal Plant
Hydro Plant
Nuke Plant
Obelisk
Library
University
Observatory
Laboratory
Theater
Colloseum
Market
Grocer
Bank
Supermarket
Jail
Jewish Temple
Jewish Synagogue
Globe Theater
Oxford University
Great Lighthouse
Colossus
Parthenon
Units: 5 mech inf
5 modern armor
5 gunships
2 destroyer
3 workers
Without mod, without bomb shelter
Size: 10
Buildings:
Granary
Hospital
Recycling Center
Lighthouse
Harbor
Drydock
Airport
Forge
Factory
Coal Plant
Hydro Plant
Nuke Plant
Obelisk
Library
University
Observatory
Theatre
Colosseum
Market
Bank
Supermarket
Jewish Temple
Globe Theatre
Oxford University
Great Lighthouse
Colossus
Parthenon
Units:
5 mech inf(11.8,7.4,9.3,17.9,4.2)
5 modern Armor (2.4, 18.4,4.8,4.4,13.2)
5 gunships(6.4,8.4,8.6,5.2,10.4)
2 destroyers(9.9,4.8)
0 workers
Without nuke mod, with bomb shelter:
Size: 15
Buildings:
Same as without bomb shelter
Units:
5 mech inf(25.0,20.8,19.8,22.1,18.2,)
5 modern armor(26.8,22.4,22.4,29.2,21.2)
5 gunships(15.0,12.6,14.4,14.2,13.2)
2 destroyers(20.1,17.4)
3 workers(2,2,2)
With nuke mod, without bomb shelter:
Size: 3
Buildings:
Hospital
Recycling Center
Harbor
Drydock
Airport
Forge
Factory
Coal Plant
Hydro Plant
Nuke Plant
Colloseum
Market
Supermarket
Globe Theater
Great Lighthouse
Colossus
Parthenon
Units:
3 mech inf(2.2,0.6,5.1)
2 mod armor(4.4,1.6)
5 gunships(0.8,1.8,1.8,0.2,2.8)
1 destroyer(1.2)
0 workers
With nuke mod, with bomb shelter:
Size: 12
Buildings:
Same as w/o bomb shelter
Units:
5 mech inf(15,17.3,16.0,16.3,18.6)
5 mod armor(18.4,22.4,18.8,18.8,20.8)
5 gunships(10.4,11.0,11.0,10.2,11.4)
2 destroyers(15.6,14.4)
3 workers(2,2,2)
The upload can be found here
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