Vendetta - Under construction!

[rmsharpe]

Done.

[Nilat]

Whats that?

[rmsharpe]

Hex edited scenario file, prevents global warming from happening.

[curtsibling]

Thanks!

Now I have a real problem!

My MGE 'game.txt' file is broken!
I think I may have overwritten it with a regular CIV2 game.txt file.

This means my scenario creation has ground to a halt like the German 6th army at Stalingrad!

Worse, I have lent my copy of MGE to my civ2-playing buddy.

I want to fix this quibble tonight.

Can anyone post or PM me a game.txt file to repair this madness?

[Paul Hanson]

Look over there!

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

No! It's Paul, with a copy of the MGE game.txt file!

[curtsibling]

Thanks, Paul!

[curtsibling]

UPDATE!

New zip for you all to try.
Features rmsharpe's excellent changes to the global warming, to make it not happen.
Instead I have changed the global warming message to one about war discontent.

A few other tweaks and sensible changes in this one, enjoy!!!

You are best overwriting all and starting a new game to get the full benefits.

I plan to release the full-blown scenario on Monday, with new title art etc.

I wish also to implement the agent idea, bout one qustion I must know the answer to:
Can a tech be made unstealable?

Because I am using academia's tech system now, and I am worried you may us your agent to
accidently grab the tech that invalidates all your units...

Example:

The UFA has 'anti-Reich propaganda' and this prevents the UFA from building reich weapons, even if they get the tech.

But what if the UFA steals 'anti-UFA propaganda' that invalidates all UFA weapons, then they are in a pickle!

How would I prevent this? Any ideas, folks?

[tanelorn]

The good news:
I think that double removed techs (prerequisites no,no) can't be stolen. In Academia's Iron curtain they do not appear in the spy menu.

The not so good news:

Can the AI steal them? I don't really know.
The AI may be able to trade them during negotiations though, (spies or no spies around) setting their tech value very low might do the trick.

[academia]

I´m not sure about the AI...
Regarding human controlled spies, it´s impossible. I made some test in my iron curtain game and these "special" techs are unstealable

[academia]

Well... there´s a solution...
You must delete the "Steal Technology" option in the spyoptions menu located in the Game.txt file.

Spy Menu in my iron curtain scenario:
@SPYOPTIONS
Establish Embassy
Investigate City
Steal Technology
Industrial Sabotage
Poison Water Supply
Plant Nuclear Device

As you may notice, there´s no "revolt city" option here

Anyway, deleting the steal tech goes against the nature of the spy units it´s up to you

[tanelorn]

Deleting options from Game.txt only affects human players (menu options). The AI overrides it and acts like in a vanilla Civ game.

To make things even more disturbing, the Civ2 AI has been reported to be using any unit (even air units) to bribe units. This is extremely rare -it hasn't happened to me yet-, but it does happen.

[curtsibling]

I had it once happening in a vanilla CIV2 game.

An alpine trooper bribed my armour.

It has never happened in my scenarios, so maybe it only happens in games with spies present.

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by academia
Well... there´s a solution...
You must delete the "Steal Technology" option in the spyoptions menu located in the Game.txt file.

Spy Menu in my iron curtain scenario:
@SPYOPTIONS
Establish Embassy
Investigate City
Steal Technology
Industrial Sabotage
Poison Water Supply
Plant Nuclear Device

As you may notice, there´s no "revolt city" option here

Anyway, deleting the steal tech goes against the nature of the spy units it´s up to you

Yep, I know this option.
It might stop the human from doing it, but the AI continues to steal techs anyway.

It is only these techs I do not want stolen:

Anti-Reich Propaganda, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X1
Anti-PA Propaganda, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X2
Anti-Red Propaganda, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X3 95
Anti-AF Propaganda, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X4
Anti-PAC Propaganda, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X5
Anti-UFA Propaganda, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X6
National Arms Industry, 1, 0, no, no, 1, 1 ; X7 99

I wonder if having them as 'no,no' techs will restrict them from the enemy?

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by curtsibling
I wonder if having them as 'no,no' techs will restrict them from the enemy?

I think it will.

From Leon Marrick "Advanced Scenario Design":

To make it almost impossible for a computer player to gain a specific technology, and extremely difficult for a human takes 1 step in versions of the game later than 2.4.2:
set both prerequisites of that advance to "no". The tech cannot be traded or stolen

If it's correct, then your problem is solved!

[curtsibling]

Thanks, Cyrion!
I will test this!