Age of Tribes World map new official thread

Ted Self

@thedog Well I have the 1888 map loaded and I must say there is a stiff learning curve early on, but it is intriguing.

TheDog

@ted-self
Hopefully 1888A has enough documentation to guide you. It does have a lot built in.

Ted Self

@thedog Well I was playing as autocrats and I got attacked in nusantara from sino?

TheDog

@ted-self
I think this happened, the infantry moved by rail as below

Industry - have Invisible rail links to move land units up to 2 territories
Industry-Hvy - have Invisible rail links to move land units up to 3 territories

So check the documentation in the help or pdf or unit tool tips

Ted Self

@thedog Well dang, I'm as surprised as a yankee at first bull run!

Ted Self

@ted-self Hi, well I'm going to like it better if I can get it to start with these instead of total random, is there a quick way to do it?

TheDog

@ted-self
Yes,
comment out the 8 territories in RandomHighPU line 460 with

Uncomment the 8 lines at 8818 so Germania belongs to the Autocrats

Change the 8 random flags from 5 to 4 at line 8836, as 8 have been assigned above

@ted-self I know you can code but I had to test it, so xml attached, replace your current one with this.

1888a_steam_and_steel.xml

It does not crash, please test, hopefully it works.

TheDog

@Ted-Self
Doh, forgot to add 8 Flags to the 'Fixed' territories, see line 8845+

fixed flag xml
1888a_steam_and_steel.xml

Ted Self

@thedog I have it loaded, I like it! It should be the official alternate version. Thanks!

Ted Self

@ted-self ok, I just got around to starting to play and I see the capitols start with nothing?

TheDog

@ted-self
I will leave you to fix that, for your variant.

Ted Self

@thedog There are quite a lot of geography lessons in this game. Vespia for instance!

TheDog

@ted-self
Yes, fictional names can be hard to find, just in case you did not know about
View> Find Territory or use Ctrl+F

Ted Self

@thedog I'm pretty rusty at this, can you give me a couple of helpful hints about how to get the capitols started with the correct units?

TheDog

@ted-self
Attached an xml with added Industry-Hvy & Trench for each of the capitals
see lines 8845+ for the code
1888a_steam_and_steel.xml

TheDog

@Ted-Self
Any thoughts or comments on 1888A S&S ?

Ted Self

@thedog Yes, I have been playing it, it took a couple of short games to learn the rules and then I set up the game with the established capitols. I have been playing a few turns a day for a week or two now. At first of course as the autocrats I had to have total war with the communist. I pushed them out of Europe and then had to consider who to war with next. All things considered it is a fascinating game. The German and Russian capitols are a bit close to each other which will force the same start next game. A new version might be made that moves the tech to WW2 levels and beyond. Players should maybe get a full turn to correct the situation when the alert comes up about an alliance about to attain enough victory cities. As I said, a fascinating game and I have very few complaints, and there are lots of ways I can think of to take the tech, units and politics and transfer them to various maps depicting different wars. Good work I would say and also thanks for the kind help you provided. I am 70 years old and not much gets me excited anymore, lol.

TheDog

@ted-self
Im glad you like the map and it has got you all excited even at your age.

It was exasperating and fun to design the map.

If you want another steep learning curve map that will challenge your grey cells then try 1941 Global Command Decision
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3326/1941-global-command-decision-official-thread