Just got CTP2 - which mods and why

[Venger]

It looks the like Apolyton mod is a must, but I am intrigued and don't understand the goodmod and the cradle mod. I'd like to get the mods that give the best overall gameplay without intoducing new bugs.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

Venger

[Dale]

Venger:
All depends on what sort of gaming experience you're looking for.

Apolyton: Let's you play CTP2 the way it shoulda been from the box.

Cradle: An awesome mod which is almost a total rebuild of everything. This is where most of the work is being done.

Med pack: A medical pack to fix a lot of bugs in the outa the box version, plus a lot of new additions.

Agreesiveness levels:
Cradle: Hold onto ya hat, cuz you'll get your ass handed back to you on a silver platter. VERY warmonger!
Apolyton: The middle-range. Agressive AI when you piss them off, but allows more for the "other" victory conditions.
Med pack: The least aggressive of the 3 big mods.

Other mods:
The three above mods are complete seperate mods. Hence why you need modswapper to switch between the three. The other mods you'll read about (goods mod, citymod, diplomod, AI PW mod, AI commerce mod, etc) are add-ons for these mods. You'll find that nearly all are compatible with the 3 big mods, maybe with a little helping from yaself. The add-ons attack one specific part of the game where the big 3 change/fix the WHOLE game.

Hope this helps.




All:
BTW, it's good to see the CTP2 forums still ticking over. Expect a lot more traffic in here as Civ3'ers swap back. Myself, I'm over Civ3 too now. I'll float around here, but with the development of my own game won't MOD stuff for CTP2 anymore. But I'll around.

[Venger]

Dale -

I see your name on alot of CTP2 .slc files...well done...

Has anyone made any graphics mods, cause those graphics sorta blow...

What game are you developing?

Venger

[The Big Mc]

keep looking in I know a lot of people make slic code for scenarios I myself am one. some of this code could be integrated in to the full game if you are interested.this may include new barbarian unit types bank raids etc

[Dale]

Venger:
Thanks mate.
I'm working on a game called History of Empires. I've got a thread in Alt-Civs about it.

[The Big Mc]

ok if you ever start with ctp2 editor just drop us a pm and I will see what slic I can dig up for you