How will terrain effect battles?

[Jusbaummer]

Northern civs like Russia should have advantage when fighting in tundra against Zulus or so...

In Sid's Colonization Indians had advantage when attacking Europeans in forests or mountains, like colonists had when fighting against mother country (mean:independence war).
Civ III should have that far more advanced...

[Grumbold]

To the best of my knowledge Civ 3 is using the traditional approach of automatic defence modifiers depenent only on terrain type. There are no 'native' bonuses. Apolyton did discuss the potential merits of having terrain preferences and special units depending on the makeup of your home terrain but it has not happened.

[Fidel]

yeah, it would be nigh impossible...with all random generation etc, and given the resistance to UU would probably be slaughtered at forums anyway....

[Skanky Burns]

Besides, invaders get a movement penalty when they move through your territory - they dont get any bonus from roads or railways.

[Grumbold]

I got the impression that the people like me who don't like fixed UU's becasue they are nonsensical were the ones more in favour of allowing civilizations to 'grow' their own bonuses depending on where they lived and how they acted. It was the 'keep it simple' and 'Civ is a game, not history sim' camps who were less in favour of this approach.

[Dry]

Re: How will terrain effect battles?

Originally posted by Jusbaummer
In Sid's Colonization Indians had advantage when attacking Europeans in forests or mountains, like colonists had when fighting against mother country (mean:independence war).
Civ III should have that far more advanced...

This could be simulated:
if the attacker is a partisan within its country border or within 3 turns after its creation, then the defender bonus becomes a malus.

[Jason Beaudoin]

I don't like the idea of allowing certain civs to be better at attacking or defending in certain climates because there would be too many variables to calculate when going to war. Already, with the introduction of culture, it's going to be difficult to wage war as it is.

Besides, on a historical side, armies usually adapt to climate eventually. Even if an army had an advantage at first, at one point, the other side would overcome climatic obstacles.

[Rasbelin]

Wouldn't that be quite detailed? I mean, isn't their
enough detailed things in Civ III already?
I can hardly think many new additions to the game
now, perhaps in the expansion...

[Urban Ranger]

Why would we have such minor details when major factors like supplies aren't in the game?

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by LaRusso
yeah, it would be nigh impossible...with all random generation etc, and given the resistance to UU would probably be slaughtered at forums anyway....

Locutus added it to CtP2 using SLIC, you'd think Firaxis could hard-code it. Or let us add it with a scripting language Grrr

[Asesino_Virtual]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Why would we have such minor details when major factors like supplies aren't in the game?

What du mean with "supplies" ?

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Asesino_Virtual
What du mean with "supplies" ?

I guess he meant stockpiling resources.

[Crouchback]

Originally posted by Gramphos
I guess he meant stockpiling resources.

No I think Ranger means feeding troops, who have never heard of Napoleon in Civ 3. And I plan to try putting mountain troops in by using the Editor, with reduced movement/attack penalties on mountains and improved defence stats. All possible without a scripting language I'm hoping Wombat.

David

[Gramphos]

Let's admit it; We hardcore Civ players want each turn to be one day.

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Crouchback
And I plan to try putting mountain troops in by using the Editor, with reduced movement/attack penalties on mountains and improved defence stats. All possible without a scripting language I'm hoping Wombat.

Depends how many flags Civ3 includes. Civ2 had too few for my liking, and with more flags it might be possible, but with a scripting language, then not only could you customise what the rules apply to, you can make new rules. Much better.