How to make stuff appear on map :)

**Monkwarrior** · 01-19-2005, 01:08

That's great!!
So, is it an alternative for the more-than-one-settlement idea?
At least the aspect in the campaign map is that.

One question: Has this change any consequence in the battle maps?
Can any link be stablished between this new stuff and the map of a settlement? In this way the battles would take place in the streets, although without effect on the region owner.

In any case this finding gives more variety to the campaign map.
Thanks!

**SwordsMaster** · 01-19-2005, 01:55

Thought about that, but that would mean, a "standard" city map is needed. Take into account that the city won´t be upgraded nor it will produce anything, so the buildings that would appear on the map are just for the show.

I.e. If it is possible to place buildings without any repercussions on other aspects of the game, thats great, otherwise we are back at the beginning.

**eadingas** · 01-19-2005, 09:19

Whole cities - I don't think so. But there are battlefield generation scripts based on climate and ground type, so if somebody would take a look at them - I'm not THAT good of a modder, these codes make my wee head hurt :) - he could probably get to appear more farms or houses etc. on the battlefield where these objects are.

BTW, the other tip means the walls are now burnable :) So if you don't want that, leave the 'stone_inflammable' entries unchanged :)

**Dead Moroz** · 01-19-2005, 09:24

Eadingas, I'm afraid it's very simplified point of view. You'll have to edit many files related to battle map to have no any problems (glitches, ctd) with new climate in battle.

Btw, another trick for campaign map (maybe it's well known, but I just noticed it yesterday

): you can have multiple copies of the same wonder on map.

**dclare4** · 01-20-2005, 10:01

"you can have multiple copies of the same wonder on map."

Really? Hey cool, didn't know that hehe! Does it work for all wonders? Whats the effect though for lets say the Pyramids w/c give the owning player 40% loyalty of Egyptians? What if you have like three Pyramids? How do they divide that I wonder?

Neat find!
Clare

**eadingas** · 01-20-2005, 10:17

Originally Posted by Dead Moroz

Eadingas, I'm afraid it's very simplified point of view. You'll have to edit many files related to battle map to have no any problems (glitches, ctd) with new climate in battle.

I don't see why. For all purposes, if you _copy_ an existing climate, it will behave just like that climate, except having a different symbol on the campaign map. So if you copy a temperate climate, and then put those symbols where temperate climate was, nothing will change.
The battlefield generation is in second section of climate definition, and we're not changing anything there.

Btw, another trick for campaign map (maybe it's well known, but I just noticed it yesterday

): you can have multiple copies of the same wonder on map.

Neat. I too wonder about the effects of that...

**Myrddraal** · 03-18-2005, 20:19

Question: How did you get the new climate to work?

**eadingas** · 03-18-2005, 22:36

Depends on what you mean "work". It appears on the map, but I don't think it has any other effect on game rather than esthetic.
I suppose it doesn't "work", really. Since I posted it (note the date :) I found it was much harder to create a real, working climate than expected. An editor of climates of some sort would be handy, that would edit all those files that are needed for climate to really work...
(I think if you don't edit all these files, the climate just defaults to 'default' - there appears something called default climate in the files - where nothing's changed)