Plumbing???

[colossus]

I saw this advance in the Rules.txt file but it is not available in normal game.

Anyone know what it is?

[Ken Hinds]

It is a placeholder tech that you can use without having to use any of your extra techs at the bottom of the rules text file. You just have to activate it.

Ken

[carnide_]

Activate it?? How is that done?

[SandMonkey]

don't you have to change the prerequisites fomr "no, no" to real tech(s)? I don't have the time to check the rules.txt right now to tell you...

[Prometeus]

PLU is Plumbing tech. In their creative madness, Civ 2 authors ( and i mean the very first version ) left this tech free in order to personalize other techs. By giving "Plu, nil," as prerequisite, you'll be able to forbid other civilizations to research what i call a "tribal tech"...
Maybe this will explain you better... go to my Classic Civilization Home Page , then download Antigonos scenario ( both versions, if you have FW, because graphic files are placed into MGE modpack), then take a look at Rules.txt file. Antigonids and their opponents, thanks to this trick, are able to build a peculiar tribal unit:
Antigonids) Flamethrower
Seleucids) Elephants
Tolemaics) cheapest ships
Lisimacids) Thracian light infantry... and so on.
Not to be mentioned that, by acting this way, you can create historical figures also ( but i don't want to waste the surprise... ).
[This message has been edited by Prometeus (edited December 10, 2000).]

[jcarkey]

There are three User Defined Techs and if you take out plumbing then there are four. I added a couple for more advanced units. One of my techs is Advanced Rocketry for instance.

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[Mercantile]

Is this how you create the units like the blimp and such or am i off base here? I always thought adding a tech or two would be fun. You can add up to four can't you?

[WhiteKnight]

I like to activate Plumbing, then make it a prerequisite for Aquaduct.

Some other Techs I added to the user defined:

Agriculture
Ballooning
Biology
Cybernetics
Diplomacy
Hover Technology
Hygiene
Mythology
Solar Power


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