road mod

[thistleknot]

can slic be used to set variable road divisors based on terrain type.

example
hill, divisor .75, mountain 1, plains .5

obviously minimum movement increases would have to be maintai ed.

but this would mainly affect units above 2 move.

[Martin Gühmann]

can slic be used to set variable road divisors based on terrain type.

example
hill, divisor .75, mountain 1, plains .5

obviously minimum movement increases would have to be maintai ed.

but this would mainly affect units above 2 move.

Why do you want to use slic at all? If all you have to do is to modify the the tileimp.txt:

TILEIMP_ROAD {
   Icon ICON_TILEIMP_ROAD
   Tooltip TOOLTIP_TILEIMP_SELECT_ROAD1_BUTTON
   Statusbar STATUSBAR_TILEIMP_SELECT_ROAD1_BUTTON
   Sound SOUND_ID_ROAD_1
   Level 1
   Class:Road

   ConstructionTiles 1
   ConstructionTiles 1
   ConstructionTiles 1

   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_BEACH
   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_DEEP
   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_RIFT
   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_SHALLOW
   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_SHELF
   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_TRENCH
   CantBuildOn TERRAIN_WATER_VOLCANO

   Excludes:Road
   Excludes:OceanRoad

   TerrainEffect {
      Terrain TERRAIN_DESERT
      Terrain TERRAIN_GRASSLAND
      Terrain TERRAIN_PLAINS
      Terrain TERRAIN_SPECIAL1
      Terrain TERRAIN_SPECIAL2

      MoveCost 33
      Freight 70
      EnableAdvance ADVANCE_TRADE
      ProductionCost 60
      ProductionTime 2
      TilesetIndex 200
   }

   TerrainEffect {
      Terrain TERRAIN_BROWN_HILL
      Terrain TERRAIN_FOREST
      Terrain TERRAIN_HILL
      Terrain TERRAIN_JUNGLE
      Terrain TERRAIN_WHITE_HILL

      MoveCost 33
      Freight 70
      EnableAdvance ADVANCE_TRADE
      ProductionCost 200
      ProductionTime 2
      TilesetIndex 200
   }

   TerrainEffect {
      Terrain TERRAIN_SWAMP
      Terrain TERRAIN_TUNDRA

      MoveCost 33
      Freight 70
      EnableAdvance ADVANCE_TRADE
      ProductionCost 300
      ProductionTime 2
      TilesetIndex 200
   }

   TerrainEffect {
      Terrain TERRAIN_BROWN_MOUNTAIN
      Terrain TERRAIN_MOUNTAIN
      Terrain TERRAIN_WHITE_MOUNTAIN

      MoveCost 33
      Freight 70
      EnableAdvance ADVANCE_TRADE
      ProductionCost 400
      ProductionTime 4
      TilesetIndex 200
   }

All you have to do is to give to each terrain effect group different MoveCosts. Note that internally the game uses 100 to denote one unit's movepoint and 33 is then a third of a movepoint.

-Martin

[thistleknot]

I don't know anything about this game other than playing it and doing small mod's.

I downloaded the directory structure you contributed, and it doesn't have this file you mentioned...

I thought it was because it was a carry over from the ctp1 days, so I checked for ctp1 directory references... looks like less of a modding community for that game.

Anyways, thanks for the tip. I honestly thought it was hard coded in the game and slice would be required to compare terrain type with if there was a road there, and then check the unit's movement and do a bunch of hard calculations.

I like this easier shortcut.