💀 Settlers: Fallen Empire - Official Thread

TheDog

Settlers: Fallen Empire - Official Thread

What is different, it has 5 starting Towns and lots more units over turns 1-5 per faction.
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For now Download from Google Drive v2020.04
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eS1gIRyMDA23DKlP71AFYmvJiXSBZZAZ/view?usp=sharing

In your downloads folder copy the settlers_fallen_empire.zip to the usual place, typically;
C:\Users%USERNAME%\triplea\downloadedMaps

Select the map Settlers: Fallen Empire to play.

For the first couple of games don't use the Celestials, Dragonkin or Demons.

Please critique.

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ps. You might have to unzip the file to make it work.
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Change Log v2020.04

Unit Density increased dramaticially over turns 1-5
Dice are now d6 was d8
Economic Victory now 450 PU was 200 PU
Starting PU is graded 35-70PU
Flags have been reduced in size to 24x24, to increase the main map area
Land Territory that was 0 PU now generate 1 PU
Water Territory that was 0 PU now generate 1 PU
Troopship, Demonship and Sea-Serpent cannot enter River terrain
Starting Towns increased to 5 was 3
Town & City give +1 move to 1 move units, think of this as being well supplied
Towns generate 2pu per turn, was 1, Cities generate 3pu per turn was 1
added <territoryOwner territory="Longpath" owner="none"/>

Map Fixes

The inner Sea is linked to the bigger sea via The Thalassopolis Canal
Fixed The Bridge of Titans Canal
Fixed Crocodile Ford Canal
Changed to River - Fairy Lake, Bay of Lakeward, Mornstar Lake, West Ghostlake, East Ghostlake, Bay of Langrad to stop big ships being placed in lakes
Silverhall is now a Cave was Plains

Schulz

@thedog Would you consider randomizing starting setups a bit as well if it is possible for more different playing experiences?

TheDog

@schulz
Fantasy & SciFi settings are well suited to random starting setups and for me, no two games play the same, I'm still playing my games, even played this week.

Ideally you need a made up map/world so players dont have any preconceived ideas, but alternative timelines would work for any period including 20th century warfare.

The randomness of the whole map makes you look at each of your territories and evaluate it against its neighbours for its survivability later in the game.
Sometimes as a player you choose to just hold/delay a small area of the map to frustrate your enemies whilst you concentrate elsewhere.

A very big advantage on this style of map is you don't have to balance the placement and number of units to make it fair to all sides, so you as a designer save loads of time.

You will also notice that over half the units are shared across most factions, this helps with unit balancing.

Unpublished I have the same unit set and playable;
Settlers: Greyhawk Wars
Settlers: War of the Lance

I'm currently working on a future wars version with Jump Infantry, Hovercraft, Stealth planes, Cruise Missiles etc with random setup using the Fallen Empire map.

Schultz what are you considering?

Schulz

@TheDog I would suggest having random but still relatively balanced starting setups for any map. It is easier for bigger maps since they are better at to tolerate bad dices, mistakes or unbalancedness.

I'am not even sure if it is possible but it would be great way having each playthrough very unique with this way.

Making this feature as optional might be another good idea.

TheDog

@schulz
One way to do this is by having a second xml file with

randomStartDelegate and associated code
List all the low value PUs eg 0-3 PU, so the random delegate does not pick them, assign them to a player with no AI, this bit is boring and time consuming, but vital.
Detail the randomly placed units, especially Factories for the game start
Depending on the era of the game, the AI needs help to buy some unit types like upgrades to cities and fortification so they should have predetermined purchases.

TheDog

Download latest version 2020.04

Change Log

Unit Density increased dramaticially over turns 1-5
Dice are now d6 was d8
Economic Victory now 450 PU was 200 PU
Starting PU is graded 35-70PU
Flags have been reduced in size to 24x24, to increase the main map area
Land Territory that was 0 PU now generate 1 PU
Water Territory that was 0 PU now generate 1 PU
Troopship, Demonship and Sea-Serpent cannot enter River terrain
Starting Towns increased to 5 was 3
Town & City give +1 move to 1 move units, think of this as being well supplied
Towns generate 2pu per turn, was 1, Cities generate 3pu per turn was 1
added <territoryOwner territory="Longpath" owner="none"/>

Map Fixes

The inner Sea is linked to the bigger sea via The Thalassopolis Canal
Fixed The Bridge of Titans Canal
Fixed Crocodile Ford Canal
Changed to River - Fairy Lake, Bay of Lakeward, Mornstar Lake, West Ghostlake, East Ghostlake, Bay of Langrad to stop big ships being placed in lakes
Silverhall is now a Cave was Plains

Download from Google Drive v2020.04
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eS1gIRyMDA23DKlP71AFYmvJiXSBZZAZ/view?usp=sharing

See post 1 for more details and how to install.
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/2467/settlers-fallen-empire-official-thread