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[korn469]

Hi! I'm not sure if any of you know me, or know of my mod (the Blitz Mod) but about a year ago I created a mod for Civ3 called the blitz mod that was an attempt to address all of the major shortcomings I found in the game. It became fairly comprehensive, and a few loyal players gave me an enormous amount of feedback. I still have most of my notes for the Blitz mod, but unfortunantly I've had major computer problems, and the old computer I currently have won't run Civ3. So I was wondering if anyone would be interested in taking what I have and actually coding it in. I would really like to be able to send it to firaxis in hopes that it can get on Conquests...

It added some new buildings, new units, rebalanced existing units, gave a slight rebalance to buildings and wonders, added a new government and tweaked existing governments, it added a new cultural level, and it changed many of the other rules. So I'm going to post the readme, and hopefully somebody or a group of people is up for doing this

korn469

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Blitz Mod Readme
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Changes to Units

Non-combat Units
Settler 0.0.1 50/3 (wheeled) {Colonist}
*Colonist 0.0.2 50/3 Navigation
Worker 0.0.1 10/1 {Engineer}
*Engineer 0.0.1 10/1 (all terrain as roads) Steam Power
Scout 0.0.1 10 (invisible, hidden nationality, free upkeep) {Conquistador}
Explorer 0.0.2 20 (invisible, hidden nationality, free upkeep) Astronomy
**Conquistador 4.2.2 40 (invisible, all terrain as roads, zoc) horses Astronomy {Explorer}
**Army 0.0.2|3 150 (blitz, zoc, pillage +9 hp)

Ancient Land Units
Warrior 2.1.1 20 {Legion}
Jaguar Warrior 2.1.2 20 (imc: forest, jungle) {Warrior}
Archer 3.1.1 20 {Bezerk}
Bowman 3.2.1 20 {Archer}
Swordsman 4.2.1 30 iron {Medieval Infantry}
Gallic Swordsman 5.2.2 40 iron {Swordsman}
Immortal 4.2.1 20 (-1 hp) iron {Gallic Swordsman}
Legion 4.2.1 30 (+3 hp) iron {Immortal}
Spearman 2.2.1 20 {Pikeman}
Hoplite 2.3.1 20 {Spearman}
Impi 2.2.2 20 {Hoplite}
Numideon Mercenary 3.4.1 30 (free upkeep) {Impi}
Chariot 3.1.2 30 (wheeled, zoc) horses {Mounted Warrior}
War Chariot 5.1.2 30 (wheeled, zoc) horses {Chariot}
Horseman 4.1.2 40 (zoc) horses {War Elephant}
Mounted Warrior 6.1.2 40 (zoc) horses {Horseman}

Middle Age Land Units
Longbowman 7.2.1 40 {Rifleman}
Bezerk 10.3.1 60 (Amphibious, +1 hp) {Longbowman}
Medieval Infantry 8.5.1 50 iron {Rifleman}
Pikeman 5.5.1 30/1 {Musketeer}
Musketman 11.11.1 60/1 saltpeter {Rifleman}
Musketeer 13.13.1 60/1 (+1 hp) saltpeter {Musketman}
Knight 8.4.2 60 (zoc) iron, horses {Siphai}
Ansar Warrior 10.4.2 60 (blitz, +1 hp, zoc) iron, horses {Knight}
Keshik 9.2.2 50 (imc: mountains, hills, zoc) horses {Ansar Warrior}
Rider 8.4.3 60 (zoc) iron, horses {Keshik}
Samurai 8.6.2 60 (zoc) iron {Rider}
War Elephant 14.10.1 80 (zoc) {Samurai}
Cavalry 14.6.3 80 (zoc) horses, saltpeter {Panzer}
Cossack 14.9.3 80 (zoc) horses, saltpeter {Cavalry}
Siphai 18.6.3 80 (+1 hp, zoc) horses, saltpeter {Cossack}

Industrial Era Land Units
Guerrilla 2.1.3 12/1/4 10/2 (invisible, hidden nationality, lethal land bombardment, -4 hp, free upkeep, imc:all) Communism
Marine 30.15.2 120/1 (amphibious, zoc) rubber
Paratrooper 25.20.2 120/1 (10 air drop range, zoc) rubber
Rifleman 15.15.2 80/1 {Infantry}
Infantry 20.20.2 100/1 rubber
Tank 38.18.3 140/1 (wheeled, blitz, zoc, cannot airlift) iron, oil {Modern Armor}
Panzer 38.18.4 140/1 (wheeled, blitz, zoc, cannot airlift, +1 hp, imc:forest) iron, oil {Tank}

Modern Land Units
*Special Forces 40.20.4 150 (amphibious, invisible, see invisible, 10 air drop range, blitz, -5 hp, imc:all) Computers
Mech Infantry 30.40.4 140/1 (wheeled, blitz, zoc, cannot airlift) iron, oil, rubber
Modern Armor 60.20.4 160/1 (wheeled, blitz, zoc, cannot airlift) iron, oil, aluminum

Seige
Catapult 0.1.1 8/1/4 40 (wheeled) iron {Cannon}
Cannon 0.1.1 18/1/6 80 (wheeled) iron, saltpeter {Artillary}
Artillary 0.1.2 25/2/8 120 (helicopter transportable) iron
Radar Artillary 0.1.3 30/2/6 160 (wheeled, blitz, cannot airlift) aluminum, oil

Missile
Cruise Missile 0.0.1 60 40/5/3 (leathal land, leathal sea, can load into Aegis Cruisers and nuclear subs) aluminum
Tactical Nuke 0.0.1 180 10 aluminum, uranium
ICBM 0.0.1 250 aluminum, uranium

Ancient Naval Units
Galley 2.2.4 30|2 (sink in sea, sink in ocean) {Sloop}

Middle Age Naval Units
*Sloop 5.3.5 50 (sink in ocean, imc: sea) {Man-o-War} Astronomy
Caravel 2.3.4 60|3 (-2 hp, imc: sea, ocean) {Galleon}
Galleon 2.3.5 80|4 (-2 hp, imc: sea, ocean) {Transport}
Frigate 12.9.2 12/1/1 100 (all terrain as roads, blitz) {Ironclad}
Man-o-War 16.12.2 12/1/1 100 (all terrain as roads, blitz)
Privateer 8.2.7 40 (hidden nationality, imc: sea, ocean) Navigation

Industrial Era Naval Units
Ironclad 20.16.3 20/1/1 120 (all terrain as roads, blitz) iron, coal Steel {Battleship}
Transport 2.5.8 100 (-2 hp, imc: sea, ocean) oil
Battleship 48.38.3 30/2/3 240 (all terrain as roads, blitz) iron, coal, oil
Destroyer 16.26.4 16/1/1 120 (all terrain as roads, blitz) oil {Aegis Cruiser}
Submarine 16.6.3 120 (all terrain as roads, blitz, invisible, detect invisible)
Aircraft Carrier 2.8.3 200|5 (all terrain as roads, blitz, radar) iron, rubber Advanced Flight

Modern Naval Units
Nuclear Sub 16.20.3 180|3 (all terrain as roads, blitz, invisible, detect invisible)
Aegis Cruiser 25.35.4 25/1/1 160|2 (all terrain as roads, blitz, radar, detect invisible, *transport cruise missiles) aluminum, oil

Industrial Era Air Units
Fighter 5.5.2 25/6/2 120 (blitz, lethal sea bombard) oil {F-15}
Bomber 0.2.1 20/12/8 150 (*foot soldier) oil, rubber {Jet Bomber}
Helicopter 0.2.3 0/0/6 100 oil, rubber

Modern Air Units
Jet Fighter 20.20.3 35/8/3 180 (blitz, radar, lethal sea bombard) aluminum, oil
F-15 30.30.3 35/8/3 180 (blitz, radar, lethal sea bombard, precision strike) aluminum, oil {Jet Fighter}
*Jet Bomber 0.6.2 30/16/8 220 (blitz, radar, *foot soldier) aluminum, oil Rocketry
Stealth Fighter 0.0.2 32/14/6 200 (blitz, stealth, radar, precision strike, *foot soldier) aluminum, oil, uranium
Stealth Bomber 0.0.1 80/120/10 450 (blitz, stealth, radar, precision strike, *foot soldier) aluminum, oil, uranium

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Changes to Combat Experience
Conscript 4hp 25% retreat
Regular 6hp 50% retreat
Veteran 9hp 60% retreat
Elite 12hp 75% retreat
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Changes to Terrain
*All terrain defensive bonuses set to 0% except in jungles, forest, hills, and mountains which are unchanged
*Jungle changed to 1.1.0
*Mountains changed to 0.2.0
*Tundra changed to 0.1.0
*Jungle move cost changed to 4
*Mountain’s move cost changed to 4
*Sea’s move cost changed to 2
*Ocean’s move cost changed to 3
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General Settings Changes
*Chance of Rioting is now 50%
*Citizen value in shields is now 25
*Turn Penalty for Each Hurry Sacrifice is now 20
*Turn Penalty for Each Drafted Citizen is now 30
*Future Tech Cost now 500
*Minimum Research Time now 1 turn
*Maximum Research Time now 48 turns
*Cities Needed to Support an Army now 2
*Chance to Intercept Enemy Air Missions now 75%
*Chance to Intercept Enemy Stealth Missions now 4%
*Fortification Defense Bonus now 50%
*Citizen Defensive Bonus now 12
*Building Defensive Bonus now 12
*Basic Barbarian is now a Swordsman
*Advanced Barbarian is now a Knight
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Changes to Citizens
*Scientist now provides 3 research and comes with Education
*Tax Collector now provides 3 taxes and comes with Currency
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Changes to Difficulty Level

Bonus versus Barbarians removed at Regent and above
All difficulty levels except for chieftain have one less default happy citizen (note: emperor and deity now start at 0 happy citizens)
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Changes to Diplomats and Spies
*Build an Embassy cost 15
*Investigate City cost 5
*Steal Technology cost 8
*Steal World Map cost 1
*Plant Spy cost 45
*Steal Plans cost 5
*Initiate Propaganda cost 60
*Sabotage Production cost 8
*Expose Enemy Mole cost 60
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Changes to World Sizes
*Tiny
Optimal Cities 12
Tech Rate 75
*Small
Optimal cities 14
Tech Rate 115
*Standard
Optimal cities 20
Tech Rate 150
*Large
Optimal cities 28
Tech Rate 215
*Huge
Optimal cities 36
Tech Rate 280
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Changes to Governments

Anarchy
0 police
1/1/1 2 support
0 draft
tile penalty
no building upkeep
high war weariness
1 worker rate
0 assimilation
catastrophic corruption
conscript spies
immune to build embassy

Despotism
3 police
3/3/3 1 support
2 draft
tile penalty
no war weariness
1 worker rate
forced labor
0 assimilation
rampant corruption
regular spies

Monarchy
2 police
2/3/4 2 support
2 draft
low war weariness
2 worker rate
paid labor
1 assimilation
nuisance corruption
regular spies

Communism
3 police
2/3/4 1 support
3 draft
tile penalty
no building upkeep
no war weariness
3 worker rate
paid labor
3 assimilation
communal corruption
elite spies
immune to investigate city

Republic
0 police
1/1/1 2 support +15 free units
1 draft
high war weariness
trade bonus
2 worker rate
paid labor
2 assimilation
problematic corruption
regular spies

Democracy
0 police
1/2/3 2 support
1 draft
high war weariness
trade bonus
3 worker rate
paid labor
4 assimilation
minimal corruption
regular spies
immune to propaganda

Fascism
4 police
1/3/5 3 support +10 free units
3 draft
no war weariness
trade bonus
2 worker rate
forced labor
0 assimilation
nuisance corruption
regular spies
immune to tech steal

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Changes to Culture

In awe of
Culture Ratio 3:1
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 60%
Initial Resistance Chance: 20%
Continued Resistance Chance: 15%

Admirers of
Culture Ratio 2:1
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 50%
Initial Resistance Chance: 35%
Continued Resistance Chance: 30%

Impressed with
Culture Ratio 5:4
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 40%
Initial Resistance Chance: 50%
Continued Resistance Chance: 45%

On par with
Culture Ratio 4:5
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 30%
Initial Resistance Chance: 60%
Continued Resistance Chance: 55%

Unimpressed by
Culture Ratio 1:2
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 20%
Initial Resistance Chance: 70%
Continued Resistance Chance: 65%

Dismissive of
Culture Ratio 1:3
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 10%
Initial Resistance Chance: 85%
Continued Resistance Chance: 80%

Disdainful of
Culture Ratio 1:10
Chance of Successful Propaganda: 1%
Initial Resistance Chance: 100%
Continued Resistance Chance: 95%
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Changes to Improvements and Wonders

Improvements
Capital
Palace 100/1/0 Center of Empire, +1 Happy

Happiness
Temple 60/1/1 +1 Happy (Religious)
Coliseum 120/2/2 +2 Happy
Cathedral 160/2/2 +3 Happy [Temple] (Religious)

Economic
Marketplace 100/0/1 +50% Tax Output, Increases Luxury Trade (Commercial)
Bank 150/0/3 +50% Tax Output [Marketplace] (Commercial)
*Stock Exchange 220/0/4 +50% Tax Output [Bank] (Commercial) The Corporation

Trade
Harbor 80/0/1 Allows Water Trade, Increases Food in Water (Commercial, Coastal)
Air Port 160/0/2 Allows Air Trade, +50% Luxury Output 1 Pollution {Oil} (Commercial)

Military
Walls 20/0/0 +50% Defense, 12 Bombard Defense (Militaristic)
Coastal Fortress 40/0/1 16 Naval Power, 12 Naval Bombard Defense {Iron, Saltpeter} (Militaristic, Coastal)
Barracks 80/0/2 Veteran Ground Units (Militaristic) Warrior Code
*Naval Base 120/0/3 Veteran Sea Units [Harbor] (Militaristic, Coastal) Astronomy
*Airforce Installation 160/0/4 Veteran Air Units {Oil} (Militaristic) Flight
SAM Missile Battery 100/0/2

Production
*Mill 160/0/2 +25% Production, Must be Near a River; Engineering
Factory 240/0/4 +50% Production, 2 Pollution {Iron}
Manufacturing Plant 320/0/5 +50% Production, 1 Pollution [Factory] {Aluminum}
Coal Plant 160/0/4 +50% Production, 3 Pollution [Factory] {Coal}
Hydro Plant 240/0/4 +50% Production, Must be Near a River [Factory] {Iron}
Solar Plant 320/0/4 +50% Production [Factory] {Rubber}
Nuclear Plant 240/0/4 +100% Production, 1 Pollution, Must be Near Water, Can Explode or Meltdown [Factory] {Uranium}
Offshore Platform 240/0/3 Increases Shields in Water, 2 Pollution (Coastal)

Research
Library 80/1/1 +50% Research Output (Scientific) Writing
University 200/3/3 +50% Research Output [Library] (Scientific)
Research Lab 240/0/4 +50% Research Output [University] (Scientific)

Corruption
Courthouse 80/1/1 Reduces Corruption
*Newspaper 120/1/2 Reduces Corruption, Resistant to Propaganda [Library] Printing Press
Police Station 180/1/2 Reduces Corruption, Reduces War Weariness [Courthouse]

Growth
Granary 60/0/1 Doubles City Growth Rate
Aqueduct 100/0/1 Allows City Size Level 2
Hospital 160/0/2 Allows City Size Level 3

Pollution
Mass Transit 200/0/3 Removes Population Pollution {Rubber}
Recycling Center 200/0/3 Removes Building Pollution

Cultural
*Amphitheater 80/3/1 Literature
*Opera 160/8/2 [Amphitheater] Music Theory
*Museum 240/14/4 [Theater] Atomic Theory
**Obelisk 0/1/0 cannot be built only appears through the Pyramids
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Wonders
Happiness
Hanging Gardens 300/0/4 3 happy, 1 happy in all cities expires with Steam Power {Ind}
Oracle 300/0/4 [2x Temple] Doubles happiness of temples expires with Theology {Rel}
Sistine Chapel 600/0/6 [2x Cathedral] Doubles happiness of Cathedrals {Rel}
JS Bach's Cathedral 600/0/6 [2x Cathedral] 2 happy, 2 happy in all cities expires with Genetics {Rel, Con}
Cure for Cancer 1000/0/8 [2x Research Lab] 6 happy, 2 happy in all cities {Sci}

Economic
Colossus 200/0/2 +1 trade in all trade producing squares expires with Mass Production {Ex, Com, Coastal)
Wall Street 300/0/1 [5x Banks] Treasury Earns 5% {Com}

Trade
Great Lighthouse 300/0/2 [2x Harbor] Safe Sea Travel, +1 Ship Movement expires with Magnetism {Exp, Com, Coa}
Magellan's Voyage [2x Harbor] 400/0/3 +1 Ship Movement expires with Nuclear Power {Exp, Com, Coa}
Smith's Trading Company 600/0/4 Pays Maintenance for trade Installations {Com}

Military
Great Wall 200/0/2 Doubles combat vs. Barbs, Doubles City Defense expires with Metallurgy {Mil, Ind}
Sun Tzu's Art of War 600/0/3 Barracks in every city on the continent expires with Motorized Transport{Mil}
Leonardo's Workshop 600/0/3 Halves upgrade cost {Mil}
Universal Suffrage 900/0/4 Reduces war weariness in all cities {Mil}
Manhattan Project 800/0/2 [2x University] Allows all civs to build Nukes {Mil, Sci, Ind} Uranium
Heroic Epic 200/0/4 Increased chance of leaders, Requires a victorious army expires with Military Tradition {Mil, Rel} (note: The Heroic Epic is now a great wonder)
Military Academy 400/0/1 Build armies without leaders {Mil} (note: victorious army requirement removed)
Pentagon 400/0/1 Build larger armies, requires 4 armies, requires a victorious army {Mil}
Strategic Missile Defense 800/0/1 [5x SAM batteries] Decreased chance of missile attacks {Mil, Sci}
Intelligence Agency 400/0/1 Allows spy missions {Mil, Sci}
Battlefield Medicine 500/0/1 [5x Hospital] Healing in enemy territory {Mil}

Production
Hoover Dam 1200/0/3 gain hydro plant in every city on continent, must be near a river {Ind}
Iron Works 400/0/1 +100% production, 4 pollution, requires coal and iron in city radius {Ind}

Research
Great Library 400/0/4 [2x Library] Gain any advances owned by two civs expires with Education {Sci}
Copernicus's Observatory 400/0/4 doubles research output expires with Space Flight {Exp, Sci}
Newton's University 500/0/5 [2x University] doubles research output {Sci}
Theory of Evolution 600/0/6 +2 free advances {Sci}
SETI Program 1200/0/8 [3x University] doubles research output {Sci, Exp}
Apollo Program 500/0/3 build spaceship parts {Sci, Ind} Aluminum

Corruption
Forbidden Palace 150/0/1 reduces corruption {Exp, Rel}

Growth
Longevity 1200/0/8 [2x research Lab] city growth causes +2 pop {Sci, Exp}

Pollution
N/A

Cultural
Pyramids 200/0/4 gives an obelisk in each city on the continent expires with Monotheism {Ind, Rel}
Shakespeare's Theater 400/0/16 [2x Theater] 2 happy, +50% Luxury Output
United Nations 1200/0/15 Allows diplomatic victory {Exp, Com}
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Space Ship Parts
SS Thrusters 600 Aluminum
SS Engine 1200 Aluminum, Uranium
SS Docking Bay 300 Oil, Rubber
SS Cockpit 600 Aluminum
SS Fuel Cells 300 Uranium, Rubber
SS Life Support System 600 Aluminum
SS Stasis Chamber 600 Aluminum
SS Storage/Supply 300 Oil, Rubber
SS Planetary Party Lounge 300 Oil, Rubber
SS Exterior Casing 1200 Aluminum, Uranium
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Changes to Resources

*All strategic resources set to have a disappearance rate of 900
*Oil can now be in plains
*Game can now be in jungle
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Changes to Technology

*Moved Map Trading from Map Making to Navigation
*Moved Communication trading from Writing to Magnetism
*Moved Mutual Protection Pacts from Nationalism to Espionage
*Moved appearance of Aluminum to Mass Production
*Moved appearance of Uranium to Atomic Theory
*Advanced Flight is now a required tech
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