Gem 1.14 (Civup 2.6) Beta

This open beta is a TEST work in progress for advanced users to play around with. Stability and balance of beta versions cannot be assured. In my free time away from job & family, I’m currently working on implementing the simpler parts of the Leaders plan in this beta test.

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AI

• Reduced the quantity of vanguard units AIs aim for in wartime.
• Minimum AI army composition changes to a new set of units after gunpowder units appear.

Armies

• -10% combat penalty when resources get pillaged (was 20%) (penalty mostly hurt AIs).
• +100% experience and -10% strength with Blitz (was 100, -25).
• +25% defense with Trenches and Guerrilla ranks 1, 2, 3 (was 15, 15, 20).
• Recon 2 allows use of enemy roads.
• Moved faster pillaging from Survivalist to Recon 2.
• Removed Survivalist.

Cities

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Barbarians

• Camps are defended by Chariot units less often.

Faith

• Merged the Missionary and Great Prophet (mostly redundant).
• Merged the offense and defense enhanced beliefs (too specialized individually).

Leaders

• Half maintenance for unique warriors (Aztec and Polynesian).
• Carthage starts with a Trireme.
• Carthaginian civilians can embark from the start of the game.
• Carthaginian Cothons (harbor) give 1 Tyrian Purple luxury resource (Phoenicians were earliest traders of this luxury).
• Byzantine Basilica (temple) gives instant faith and unlocks early.
• Ethiopia gets faster rate from each Alliance, and higher vs civs with more cities (peaceful tall).
• Ethiopian Stele (monument) gives from population (peaceful tall).
• German Panzers (tank) are stronger.
• Korean Hwach’a (trebuchet) are 10% weaker outside friendly territory (isolationist).
• Ottoman Janissaries (musketman) heal every turn, and gain a bonus near friendly military units (quickly replaced losses).
• Songhai ranged units move faster, and vanguard units see farther (mobility).
• Swedish Allotment gives +1 from Farms (military history).
• Swedish Folkskola (public school) gets extra and appears earlier (one of the earliest public systems).
• Swedish Carolean (musketman) heals after destroying enemies (known for their charges).

Policies

• Spoils of War: Killing units salvages gold, and +25% rewards from capturing Citystates.

Research

• Increased late tech costs 10%.
• Theology no longer requires Currency.
• Trade no longer requires Pottery.
• Moved Villages back to Trade (original location).
• Moved the freshwater village bonus to Optics (was Sailing).
• Shrines, Wealth, and Research have no tech prerequisite (early game options were restrictive).

Civup: Interface

• The game now autosaves every 15 minutes. You can control this in the Interface tab of Game Options (ctrl+o).
• City and national happiness now show on city view screens (by NoSkill and whoward69).
• The top bar now shows faith “stored/needed”, instead of “stored (turns remaining)”.
• The “declare war” button for citystates now indicates capturing a CS gives a reward equal to 40 turns of alliance.
• Added new versions of the Detect icon (eye).
• The Civup_Options file now contains options to disable speech for specific parts of the game:
  • Starting a game (default off).
  • Getting a wonder (default on).
  • Getting a tech (default on).

Civup: Mod Tools

• Added a “Pillage” flavor for units.

Misc

• City-health defense buildings should now correctly increase max city health in loaded games.
• Lines on building tooltips which change mid-game should show correctly now.
• Disabling gold gifts in the Civup_Options file is now independent of the “using CSD” option.
• Oral Tradition and Monument to the Gods pantheon effects should now match the tooltips.
• Buildings which increase river yields should show their ability correctly now (hydro plant, indus sanitation).
• The faith cost to purchase units with the Holy Warrior belief now reliably depends on unit production costs.
• Fixed bugs causing AIs to have more happiness than intended, and less of other yields than intended.
• Liturgical Drama should now correctly list the Theater as its connected building (not Amphitheater).
• Made changes to improve compatibility between this project and Gedemon’s Earth maps.
• Humans and AIs now use different technology_flavor tables, allowing more fine-tune control of AI tech choices.
• Corrected costs for Theatre, Smithy, and Workshop.
• Removed Air Repair (redundant with March).
• Fixed “good for” mistakes with Stone Works, Merchant Navy, Seaport, national wonders, and policies.
• Sistine Chapel should now work correctly.
• Mongol Khans can now start golden ages, like normal great generals.
• Buildings which give a city instant food/prod/culture/population should now work correctly.
• v.2 Smithy now has cost appropriate for its tech level.

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