New type of diplo game

[Robert]

Shall I ask Ozzy to check this map, and if it indeed contains very unfair starts, we ask him to create a new random map which he does check.

I think we don't need very fair starts, but tundra starts / ice starts and very bad starts can be edited out, is that an idea?

[Robert]

I forgot to place the turn timer on 10 hours, so this 2nd turn will also take 4 days (unless we all end our turn earlier)

[deity]

In fact he got a real cool start.

Have you seen it?

Best not to look I think.

I'd like The Priest to be able to join so maybe Cyber gets ozzy to check a random Terra map for starts and then loads that up?

And Cybers idea of full random is good.

[Robert]

with 'cool' he most probably means 'ice/tundra' start

Ozzy is going to look at the map and he'll fix bad positions (if needed) and add The Priest.
After that we must start over with the rest of us having the same starting position/civ we already had.

[Robert]

I have for now stopped the game (more info post above this one)

[deity]

with 'cool' he most probably means 'ice/tundra' start

Sorry Herc, I missed the 'dry' humour

And I'm the one that dishes that out!

[deity]

Ozzy is going to look at the map and he'll fix bad positions (if needed) and add The Priest.
After that we must start over with the rest of us having the same starting position/civ we already had.

Excellent Cyber.

I'm glad I got my start still...

[Robert]

Ozzy was not able to edit the world (existing MP games can't be edited).
So he created a new random world and fixed the positions (though not all are equal, none are bad).

he did not yet place an 11th civ and he did not put 'no tech trading' on, so I asked him to do that. After that we should be good.

[mzprox]

So we will play with the same civs we had?


btw, we could try to install the no-score mod

[Toni]

Rock & Roll boys!!

[Robert]

don't know.

[mzprox]

Check this out:

Here's the full list of what is included in this NoScoreV2 mod. (Bold indicates a change from Niklas' original NoScore mod).
Set all scores to 1. (Receive +1 for researching all techs)
Removes the global demographics screen.
Removes all 5 barbarian uprising events (Huns, Vandals, Goths, Philistenes, Vedic Aryans).
Restricts list of techs popped from goody huts to first 2 columnns of the tech tree, minus the 2 religion techs (list of possible techs below).
Customized deity level - AI bonuses are the same as for human players.
Max research boost for 'known civs with tech' is increased from 30% to 100%.
Fishing
The Wheel
Agriculture
Hunting
Mysticism
Mining
Sailing
Pottery
Animal Husbandry
Archery
Masonry

Usual installation instructions.
Download the attached .zip file and extract the contents to your \Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods directory.
When you're done you should see a NoScoreV2 folder in your Mods directory, and be able to load the NoScoreV2 mod from the Civ main menu.
Note: if you see an Extract_contents_to_Mods_folder__NoScoreV2 mod listed in the menu instead, you need to move the NoScoreV2 folder out of that directory into your main Mods directory).




http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpo...2&postcount=35

So no score, no main demographic screen (you wont know if you have the strongest military without having spy info on everyone etc)

"Max research boost for 'known civs with tech' is increased from 30% to 100%"

about this line: we get research bonus if we are researching a tech known by a civ we had met. This increase the bonus (100% means that if you had met all the players and all knows the tech you are researching you get +100% bonus) This helps the less advanced civs close the gap.

[mzprox]

wouldn't it better if civstats looked like this:
http://www.civstats.com/viewgame.php?gameid=1749



No bad feeling how bad we are untill our macemen invasion force get annihilated by modern armors

[Robert]

Worth a try, I think!

[trev]

Simplest to keep it fairly standard, not muck around with mods