[C4:AC] Unit System Design

[Rubin]

Thank you, Blake and Chaos Theory!

The units seem to work correctly now.

I've attached a test mod where I've made "Combat I" require Mysticism. In the F6 screen you can see that the promotion info is directly linked to the technology, which I find odd.

I only changed the technology prerequisite in line 15. Did I do something wrong?

[Blake]

That's odd. In Warlords Pinch requires Gunpowder, there it displays normally. I'm going to guess that there's a bug in 1.61 with promotion tech pre-req, but because it wasn't used it didn't get fixed - it only got fixed with Warlords.
It should be easy enough to fix with Python or SDK.

[Blake]

I have working Psi combat now .

[Rubin]

The default Civ4 units seem referenced in the FormationInfos.xml file; hence I dare not delete the entries and references of the units when they are replaced by new SMAC/X units.

Instead I set the technology prerequisite to NONE and changed the cost to -1; leaving the cleaning up for later. This prevents producing the units and removes the unit icons from the technology tree.

Edit:

Originally posted by Blake
I have working Psi combat now .

Excellent!

[Kuciwalker]

Where did hovertanks go?

[murielwasser]

How does psi combat work? As a straight function of experience points held?

Can we have SPs/SEs/facilities that give specific promotions?

[ForesterSOF]

You mean like make a PSI Acadamy and when it is built then each unit built there gets a PSI factor just like Barracks work in CIV.

[Gavin Berchler]

I am using Blakes post above to creat the basis for the unit system design for the initial stages.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161320