Hey Mike! Editor Suggestions

[FrantzX]

For units, there are three drop down boxes allowing for three resources to be nessicary to build that unit. I suggest that there should be a box just like the one for choosing unit abilities. That way, people who make more detailed mods could make it that a unit required any amount of resources.

Instead of corruption by government being a choice of 6 levels and communstic, their should be two sets of sliders, one for production, and another for trade. Each set of sliders would have one for normal corruption and one for communstic, each going from 0% to 100%. This would allow for a larger range of governments.

[Jon Shafer]

Can you actually come up with an example of when you might want to have a unit that requires more than 3 types of resources? I mean, sure, Modern Armor uses Iron, Aluminum, Rubber, Oil, etc. but it's not really necessary to require all of the things it uses.

[FrantzX]

For detailed mods that take place over a few years, like a WW2 mod, or a Crusades mod/scenario.

[Jon Shafer]

Hmmm, I'm not sure if I see what you're getting at. What are some specific examples within those scenarios that you would need more than 3 resources?

[Captain]

How about optional building requirements for units?

examples:
airport for aircraft
factory for armour
special wonders enable certain units

Separate flags for replacement.
Thus Social Services Wonder replaced by Free Market Wonder.
Media Control Wonder replaced by Civil Liberties Wonder.
But Social Services Wonder NOT replaced by Civil Liberties.

[Spiffor]

FrantzX :
While I wouldn't be fond of seeing units with 6 requirements, I'm a diehard fan of the editor, and I'd love to see its possiblities expanded. So I agree with you.
About the sliders : that's a very good idea ! Willem had once the idea to make communal corruption a separate flag, in order to have several levels of communal corruption, but your idea is better, as it allows this in a more precise way.


But what I'd really like to see in the eitor is the ability to cumulate flags. Erm, to be clear : when I check the "double wealth efficiency" flag in several techs, wealth efficiency will only be doubled once, never more. Also, I heard that it's impossible to have armies bigger than 4 units, even when you design Pentagon clones.
The ability to cumulate flags could bring interesting mods IMHO.

[Harlan]

What I'd really like to see along these lines is the "resource required to be within city limits" flag that was made for the Iron Works small wonder, be available for Great Wonders, Buildings, Units, etc as well.

And a flag that could limit the building of something by culture grouping or even individual civ. Maybe I want only the Chinese able to build the Great Wall, esp. in a scenario.

And make Bonus Resources just as editable as Luxury and Strategic ones. Then one could determine just how frequent a certain bonus resource occurs. Then bonus resources could also be prereqs for things.

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Trip
Hmmm, I'm not sure if I see what you're getting at. What are some specific examples within those scenarios that you would need more than 3 resources?

Might be interesting for a fantasy scenario that uses different resources. Like you have to gather the seven different whats-its in order to summon (build...) the Black Dragon.

[Gramphos]

This would probably make it harder to be able to add more strategic resources in the future (if they fix the 8 limit), so I vote no.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Gramphos
This would probably make it harder to be able to add more strategic resources in the future (if they fix the 8 limit), so I vote no.

hi ,

but do you agree that there should be more resources , Gramphos , ...?

have a nice day

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by panag


hi ,

but do you agree that there should be more resources , Gramphos , ...?

have a nice day

I think that you should be able to create more resorurces, but I see no need for more to be required for a unit. And I think sush a change would involve changheing to mush code. Of courcer you could make it a list of longs with the first long telling the number of resources required, and then X longs for them. But it would require more programming then it tastes.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Gramphos

I think that you should be able to create more resorurces, but I see no need for more to be required for a unit. And I think sush a change would involve changheing to mush code. Of courcer you could make it a list of longs with the first long telling the number of resources required, and then X longs for them. But it would require more programming then it tastes.

hi ,


hmmm , yes and no , there should be more units , ....
we shall have to wait for PTW , then we can see all the units at ones , .....

have a nice night

[Captain]

Originally posted by Harlan
What I'd really like to see along these lines is the "resource required to be within city limits" flag that was made for the Iron Works small wonder, be available for Great Wonders, Buildings, Units, etc as well.

And make Bonus Resources just as editable as Luxury and Strategic ones. Then one could determine just how frequent a certain bonus resource occurs. Then bonus resources could also be prereqs for things.

Yes! I second this motion.

[Panag]

hi ,

maybe we should have the ability for wonders ; can only be build by this civ , ....

have a nice day

[Sava]

Civ-specific wonders are somewhat of a good idea. China built the Great Wall, but another civ in history could have done it. It was originally lots of smaller walls that were connected to prevent invading Mongols from being able to escape.