AU: A MOD for the curiculum

[Tiberius]

I've downloaded it 5 minutes ago. It worked.

[FrustratedPoet]

I had loads of problems with downloading zips from the directory yesterday. It seemed to be a database-wide problem and not linked to a few specific files.

[Gen.Dragolen]

Originally posted by alexman
I replaced the file - if it still doesn't work, it's probably not my fault!

alexman,

Thanks for checking. Thought my ISP's caching proxy servers needed to be rebooted or something, which usually requires some eternally long and boring waits on hold while they check...

It would seem that Apolyton has some decisions to make about this site. Guess it's time for some fresh blood so MarkG and DanQ can do some PtW testing. Hate to see something this good go more commercial but maybe it's time to up the advertising rates so they can get some more cpu time and bandwidth. After all they have the traffic.

Otherwise their great empire will be remembered only in our bloody dreams of conquest as is Ozymandias' empire on the sands.


D.

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

-Shelly

[Gen.Dragolen]

Oh yeah, I just checked this morning and the download is working again.


D.

[FrustratedPoet]

That poem's great!

[IthacaMike]

Originally posted by alexman
Chariots and War Chariots are a special case because they are both at the beginning of an upgrade chain. Horsemen and WC both upgrade to Knights, that's why the Egyptians can build them both.

Sir Ralph, are you sure about mounted warriors? I would have sworn that the Iroquois can't build them after Chivalry unless they have no iron.

I've seen it too. I think that you can build your UU even when it is outdated if you have not had your Golden Age yet.

Mike G

[alexman]

Originally posted by IthacaMike
...if you have not had your Golden Age yet.

If this is true, then we will have some very upset Persians (assuming they had their GA in the Ancient Age)with the current version of the AU mod.

[lockstep]

Something I learned from the recent chat at Civfanatics: The Medieval Infantry has Feudalism as a prereq and upgrades to the Guerilla. IMO, there won't be a need to tinker with this feature in a PtW AU mod.

[lockstep]

I noticed a small error in the 1.04 readme: In the 'Changes to AI build-often list' section, the Iroquois 'Off. land units' should be 'added', not 'original', and 'Explore' should be 'removed'.

[player1]

Lockstep,
Do you know what is preq. of Guerrila?

[lockstep]

From the Civfanatics chat:

[17:29] <@Chieftess> (Hygro) once again whats the info about guerrillas? You fraxians won't answer...
[17:29] <+Mike_Breitkreutz_FIRAXIS> Hygro: What about guerillas?
[17:29] <+FXS_Sombrero> Hygro: they are great units. All you need to know
[17:30] <+FXS_Speed_Bump> Hygro: somebody else did...6-6-1
[17:30] <+Mike_Breitkreutz_FIRAXIS> 6.6.1, Replaceable Parts required, cost 90. Most other units upgrade to them

EDIT: IMO, Mike's last sentence is a hint that Longbowmen will also upgrade to Guerillas.

[Chemical Ollie]

Iv'e noticed a bug: When you build nuclear plants and hydro plants, they sometimes disappear after you have built them and you have to do it all over again. This continues infefinitely, but only for certain cities. I noted it in AU 106. Is this bug specific for AU or have you seen it in other games?

[Theseus]

Speaking of bugs... I can;t upgrade Legionaries to the new Longbowmen. Is there something I don;t understand?

[alexman]

Originally posted by Theseus
Speaking of bugs... I can;t upgrade Legionaries to the new Longbowmen. Is there something I don;t understand?

What you don't understand is that I am an idiot and I don't learn from my mistakes. I forgot to add the "upgrade unit" flag again... sorry!

Olaf, I can't imagine why this mod would have the effect you are observing, but I have never seen it in other games either.

[Theseus]

So, no upgrading Legions to the new LBs?

No problem... I would have been using it for the 0-Bombard more than anything.

Interesting situation, btw... given the situation in AU 107, I mostly prefer the 3 defense of Legions anyway. Do hps play any role in bombardment? I've got a bunch of original reg Warriors upgraded to Legions, and it seemed to me that they'd make great stack accomplices just for the 0-bombard, if upgraded to LBs.