Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => Modding => Topic started by: Impaler on November 09, 2012, 10:18:31 PM

Title: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Impaler on November 09, 2012, 10:18:31 PM

Busters Uncle has been encouraging me to contribute some of my accumulated modding.  I've done a lot of little tweaks of my own and incorporated those of other people as well.  Some of you may remember my 'Reactor' structures that have negative maintenance or my "brutal" -1 across the board starting Social Engineering redesign.  I'm going to post my whole Alphax.txt in spoilers here and detail some of the reasons for each change.

My overall philosophy is to make for a somewhat slower game (on large maps) particularly the late game which just flies by for most of us builders who can hit 2-3 turns per tech and big ticket facilities just as fast.  When possible I do things that I think will make AI more competitive but it's not my main focus and I don't go out of my way to do it.  I prefer the original SMAC factions but I mod them slightly to balance them and accentuate them, I make the traditionally 'evil' factions slightly less overtly polemic.

A series of edits will add one section at a time to this original post.

FUNDAMENTAL RULES

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; FUNDAMENTAL RULES
;   You will find that many of the items on this list have been
;   finely balanced: small changes can have drastic effects on
;   gameplay.
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#RULES
4,       ; Movement rate along roads
2,       ; Nutrient intake requirement for citizens
4,2      ; Numerator & Denominator for artillery fire damage
2,       ; Max artillery range (larger will break multiplayer)
8,       ; Max airdrop range w/o orbital insertion
12,      ; Nutrient cost multiplier
12,      ; Minerals cost multiplier
35,      ; Technology discovery rate as a percentage of standard
2,       ; Limits mineral increase for mine without road in square
0,       ; Nutrient effect in mine square (0 or -1)
3,       ; Minimum base size to support specialists
3,       ; Drones induced by Genejack factory
7,       ; Population limit w/o hab complex
21,      ; Population limit w/o hab dome
50,      ; Extra percentage cost of prototype LAND unit
50,      ; Extra percentage cost of prototype SEA unit
50,      ; Extra percentage cost of prototype AIR unit
3,2,     ; Psi combat offense-to-defense ratio (LAND unit defending)
3,2,     ; Psi combat offense-to-defense ratio (SEA unit defending)
3,2,     ; Psi combat offense-to-defense ratio (AIR unit defending)
50,      ; Players' starting energy reserves
50,      ; Combat % -> intrinsic base defense
0,       ; Combat % -> attacking along road
0,       ; Combat % -> for attacking from higher elevation
0,       ; Combat penalty % -> attacking from lower elevation
25,      ; Combat % -> Mobile unit in open ground
25,      ; Combat % -> Defend vs. mobile in rough
50,      ; Combat % -> Infantry vs. Base
50,      ; Combat penalty % -> attack after airdrop
25,      ; Combat % -> Fanatic attack bonus
0,       ; Combat % -> Land based guns vs. ship artillery bonus
0,       ; Combat % -> Artillery bonus per level of altitude
50,      ; Combat % -> Trance bonus defending vs. psi
50,      ; Combat % -> Empath Song bonus attacking vs. psi
50,      ; Combat penalty % -> Air superiority unit vs. ground unit
100,     ; Combat % -> Air superiority unit vs. air unit
25,      ; Combat penalty % -> Non-combat unit defending vs. combat unit
50,      ; Combat % -> Comm Jammer unit defending vs. mobile unit
50,      ; Combat % -> Bonus vs. ships caught in port
100,     ; Combat % -> AAA bonus vs. air units
25,      ; Combat % -> Defend in range of friendly Sensor
25,      ; Combat % -> Psi attack bonus/penalty per +PLANET
50,      ; Retool percent penalty for production change
2,       ; Retool strictness (0 = Always Free, 1 = Free in Category, 2 = Free if Project, 3 = Never Free)
0,       ; Retool exemption (first X minerals not affected by penalty)
4,       ; Minimum # of turns between councils
5,       ; Minerals for harvesting forest
8,       ; Territory: max distance from base
20,      ; Turns to corner Global Energy Market
CentPsi, ; Technology to improve fungus squares
CentPsi, ; Technology to ease fungus movement
CentEmp, ; Technology to build roads in fungus
Neural,  ; Technology to allow 2 special abilities for a unit
Gene,    ; Technology to allow 3 nutrients in a square
IndExt,  ; Technology to allow 3 minerals in a square
Fossil,  ; Technology to allow 3 energy in a square
Gravity, ; Technology to allow orbital insertion w/o Space Elevator
EcoEng2, ; Technology for +1 mining platform bonus
PlaEcon, ; Technology for economic victory
1,       ; If non-zero, probe teams can steal technologies
0,       ; If non-zero, humans can always contact each other in net games
0,       ; If non-zero, humans can always contact each other in hotseat/email games
50,      ; Maximum % damage inflicted by arty versus units in base/bunker
100,     ; Maximum % damage inflicted by arty versus units in open
100,     ; Maximum % damage inflicted by arty versus units at sea
1, 1     ; Numerator/Denominator for frequency of global warming (1,2 would be "half" normal warming).
2100     ; Normal starting year
3000     ; Normal ending year for lowest 3 difficulty levels
3500     ; Normal ending year for highest 3 difficulty levels
1        ; If non-zero, obliterating a base counts as an atrocity
10       ; Size of base for subspace generator
6        ; Number of subspace generators needed

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Road Movement 3 -> 4:  I like large maps and feel 3 is a bit to slow to get factions into contact in reasonable time

Numerator & Denominator for artillery 3,2 -> 4,2:  Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl

Nutrient & Mineral cost multiplier 10 -> 12:  Significantly slows down the game pace while also reducing the effect of each increment of growth and industry social engineering allowing these to be more balance with other SE effects.

Technology discovery rate 100 -> 35:  Another significant slowdown, keeps late techs to around 5 turns max

Limits mineral increase for mine without road 1 -> 2:  Not sure if their are actually works due to bugs.

Nutrient effect in mine square -1 -> 0:  Mines need love as they are under utilized by humans and over utilized by AI's which will no longer be cutting their own throats.

Minimum base size to support specialists 5 -> 3:  Specialists are fun, why not have more?

Drones induced by Genejack factory 1 -> 3: Balance, this facility is way too good for 1 drone to balance it.

Population limit w/o hab dome 14 -> 21: With a slower game the time between complex building and dome building requires more room for more population.

Psi combat (Air and Sea) 1, 1 -> 3, 2: Consistency with Land values.

Players' starting energy reserves 10 -> 50: These starting credits help counter balance the generally slower game from creating an excessively slow early game by rushing stuff.

Combat % -> intrinsic base defense 25 -> 50: Stronger base defense which again slows down the game, some of my own 'builder' instincts may be unfair to the 'concur' players and factions.

Combat % -> Defend vs. mobile in rough 0 -> 25: Try to create some terrain based strategy, unfortunately any unit >1 movement counts as mobile even if its infantry and I'd like to control this.

Combat % -> Infantry vs. Base 25 -> 50:  Balances the intrinsic base defense increase when using infantry making them the preferred base attackers by far.

Combat % -> Land based guns vs. ship artillery bonus 50 -> 0: Navel gun fire should be more useful, not handicapped.

Combat % -> Artillery bonus per level of altitude 25 -> 0: Seemingly a nice idea, but very hard to use in practice, also effects land/sea artillery.

Combat penalty % -> Non-combat unit defending vs. combat unit 50 -> 25: Non combats are already really weak, no need to make them supper weak.

Combat % -> Bonus vs. ships caught in port 100 -> 50:  Again a nice idea 'pearl harbor' etc, but navel doesn't need the liability.

Combat % -> Psi attack bonus/penalty per +PLANET 10 -> 25: Mind worm rape is fun and currently being the ecocidal rapist is currently SO rewarding the planet penalty should be higher.

Retool exemption 10 -> 0: This one is more to enforce discipline on my self, it may be harmful to the AI though.

Minimum # of turns between councils 20 -> 4:  I like councils and frankly the AI's rarely pester you with them unnecessarily, they only challenge on votes that they can actually win (before the bribing that is).

Technology to allow 3 minerals in a square EcoEng -> IndExt:  Part of my technology redesign IndExt (Industrial Extraction) is an inserted tech that spreads out some of the uber powerful industrial goodies.

Technology to allow 3 energy in a square EnvEcon -> Fossil:  Moving around of goodies again, also I find Fossil as a more logical energy lifter because of the great energy density and the inherent utility etc etc.

If non-zero, humans can always contact each other (both types) 1 -> 0:  Enforces standard Democracy game protocol, not relevant in my single player games of course.

Maximum % damage inflicted by arty versus units in open 99 -> 100:  Again artillery is fun, not destroying a unit with it is lame.

Normal ending year for lowest 3 difficulty levels 2600 -> 3000:  Longer game due!

Normal ending year for highest 3 difficulty levels 2500 -> 3500: Same.

TERRAFORMING IMPROVEMENTS

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; TERRAFORMING IMPROVEMENTS
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; Name, Preq, Sea Name, Sea Preq, Rate, Order, Letter, Keystroke
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; Rate      = # of turns to build
; Order     = Description of unit orders
; Letter    = Order letter
; Keystroke = Keystroke description (changing text does not change
;             the actual key mappings in the game)
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#TERRAIN
Farm,             Ecology, Kelp Farm,        CentMB,   4,  Cultivate $STR0, f, F
Soil Enricher,    EcoEng2, Shrimp Nets,      Hydro,    8,  Construct $STR0, f, F
Mine,             Indust,  Mining Platform,  Hydro,    6,  Sink $STR0,      M, M
Solar Array,      Physic,  Tidal Harness,    CEcon,    4,  Construct $STR0, S, S
Forest,           Disable, ...,              Disable,  4,  Plant $STR0,     F, Shift+F
Road,             None,    Road,             Disable,  1,  Build $STR0,     R, R
Mag Tube,         Magnets, Mag Tube,         Disable,  3,  Build $STR0,     R, R
Bunker,           MilAlg,  Minefield,        Hydro,    5,  Construct $STR0, K, K
Airbase,          DocAir,  Airbase,          Disable,  7,  Construct $STR0, ., .
Sensor Array,     InfNet,  Sonar Buoy,       Hydro,    4,  Construct $STR0, O, O
Fungus,           CentAw,  Sea Fungus,       CentAw,   6,  Remove $STR0,    F, F
Fungus,           CentGen, Sea Fungus,       CentGen,  8,  Plant $STR0,     F, Ctrl+F
Condenser,        EcoEng,  Upweller,         EcoEng,   12, Construct $STR0, N, N
Echelon Mirror,   Super,   Echelon Mirror,   Disable,  12, Construct $STR0, E, Shift+E
Thermal Borehole, IndAuto, Thermal Borehole, Disable,  24, Construct $STR0, B, Shift+B
Aquifer,          EcoEng,  Aquifer,          Disable,  18, Drill to $STR0,  Q, Q
Crustal Inflation,         MatComp, Sea Floor Inflation,  MatComp,  16, Inflate,    ], ]]
Crustal Deflation,         MatComp, Sea Floor Deflation,  MatComp,  16, Deflate,  [, [[
Level Terrain,    None,    Level Terrain,    Disable,  6,  Terraform LEVEL, _, _
Monolith,         Disable, Monolith,         Disable,  8,  Place Monolith,  ?, ?, (this is here for map editor)

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Farm, None -> Ecology:  Farms now require Ecology, this would seem redundant but Formers now have no prerequisite and each faction will start with a former.  This means Gaians are the only ones that can build farms immediately, they were after all the ships gardeners.

Kelp Farm, None -> CentMB:  CentMB (Centauri Marine Biology) is another new tech that follows directly after Centauri Ecology, this is part of a general pattern of making marine improvements appear later in the tech tree.

Soil Enricher (marine), Disabled -> Hydro:  Enables even higher food production in ocean tiles late game.

Mine, None -> Indust:  Like the farm this puts the right to make immediate mines in the hands of Morgan which I think is perfectly reasonable for a Mining mogul to know how to do.

Mining Platform, None -> Hydro / turns 6 -> 8:  Again mid to late game appearance of sophisticated marine terraforming.

Solar Collector, None -> Physic:  Consistent with the earlier changes, all the basic 3 improvements now require tech.

Forest, None -> EnvEcon:  A significant change, forests go up in the tech tree and paired with treefarms, which means you can't mass forest to prep for the treefarm.

Road (no change): Just wanted to point out that this is the ONLY terraforming option universally available to all factions immediately at start of game.

Bunker (marine) -> Minefield, Disable -> Hydro:  Gives us another fun thing to build in the water, doesn't look very good though.

Airbase / turns 7 -> 10:  Longer to build, air-power is incredible so this seems reasonable to me.

Sensor Array, None -> InfNet:  logical, I mean how do you use a sensor without a network, lets University build these right from the get go giving them a bit of defense.

Sensor Array (marine) -> Sonar Buoy, Disable -> Hydro:  A little name change can go a long way to making this sound good, again doesn't look good.

Fungus (remove), None -> CentAw:  This is very significant, without the ability to break fungus at the start of the game the players bases will almost always be close to fungus and interaction with worms will remain high everywhere.  The new tech Centauri Awareness is in the early-mid position in the tech tree.

Sea Fungus (remove), None -> CentAw:  See the above

Fungus (plant), EcoEng -> CentGen / turns 6-> 8:  Commensurate with moving fungus removal later the ability to plant it moves later too.

Sea Fungus (plant), EconEng -> CentGen / turns 6-> 8:  See the above

Condenser (marine) -> Upweller / Disable -> EcoEng:  Yet more food production in the oceans.

Echelon Mirror, EcoEng -> Super:  With other new goodies on EcoEng this major improvement gets moved to another tech that can logically accommodate it.

Thermal Borehole, EcoEng -> IndAuto:  Same as above, distribute terraforming goodies.

Raise Land -> Crustal-Seafloor Inflation / EnvEcon -> MatComp / turns 12 -> 16:  Moved this well into the late game, the ability to raise the ground by a kilometer over an area the size of Texas (a good approximation of a tiles size) it a super futuristic tech in my opinion thus the rename as well and the longer build time too.

Lower Land -> Crustal-Seafloor Deflation/ EnvEcon -> MatComp / turns 12 -> 16:  See Above

Level Terrain (turns) 8 -> 6:  A rather simple operation, doesn't need to be that slow.

RESOURCE INFORMATION

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; RESOURCE INFORMATION
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; Resource production (nutrient, minerals, energy, <unused>) for
; special squares. In normal squares, these values are determined
; by the temperature, rainfall, rockiness, etc. of the square.
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; "Bonus Square" value for particular category is added to other
; production in a square.
;
; "Improved Land" means farm, mine, solar
; "Improved Sea"  means kelp, platform, harness
;
#RESOURCEINFO
Ocean Square,     2, 0, 0, 0,
Base Square,       2, 2, 4, 0,
Bonus Square,     3, 3, 3, 0, * Mineral +1 if mine present
Forest Square,     1, 1, 1, 0,
Recycling Tanks,   2, 1, 1, 0,
Improved Land,    2, *, *, 0, "*" columns are ignored entirely
Improved Sea,      2, 1, 3, 0, * Mineral +1 with Advanced Ecological Engineering
Monolith,               2, 2, 2, 0,
Borehole Square,  0, 6, 6, 0,

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Ocean square (nutrient) 1 -> 2:  As I've slowed down kelp farm a bit and all the advanced ocean terraforming this keeps a coastal location from being food deficient in the early game.  I also just find it illogical for the ocean to be food poor given what we see on Earth.

Base Square (minerals) 1 -> 2 / (energy) 1- > 4:  The mineral boost is rather modest and completely offset by the forest nerf that's further down the page.  But the Energy boost is very large, this is only partially offset by the SE energy penalties that dominate the early game.  The increased base energy is designed to push up the early tech rate and energy availability so that the overall slowdown (35% tech rate) doesn't cripple that portion of the game.  The main danger is that Infinite City sprawl is strongly encouraged, but I've decided that's the lesser evil.

Bonus (all) 2 -> 3:  More delicious bonuses!  Before restriction lifting this doesn't really do anything so it's more a mid game boost then an early game one.

Forest (minerals) 2 -> 1:  The forest has long been recognized as Over powered for humans and under utilized by AI, this powerfully nerfs the forests strongest point, the high mineral content which lets you churn out facilities and units.  Now the forest is really only desirable when you have poor terrain and/or TreeFarms.  I might have even overdone it here but I've never really like the forest conceptually within the Sci-Fi setting (Are we really making Hover Tanks out of wood?).

Recycling Tanks (nutrients) 1 -> 2: A general relaxing of nutrient limits to keep population growing in the early game, I've also felt a 1/1/1 Tank wouldn't be competitive anymore given the better base square.

Improved Land (nutrients) 1 -> 2: This means the nutrient bonus from Farm is now +2, while seemingly large this doesn't do much early game (pre restriction lift) other then make Arid and Moist land equivalent once farmed.  Mid game it will mean more food towards specialists and I don't find it makes things too easy.

SPECIALISTS

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#CITIZENS
Technician,       Technicians,         None,    MindMac, 2, 0, 0, 0000000
Doctor,           Doctors,             None,    CentMed, 0, 2, 0, 0000000
Scientist,        Scientists,          None,    Fusion,  0, 0, 2, 0000000
Cyborg,           Cyborgs,             MindMac,  AlphCen,2, 0, 1, 0000000
Empath,           Empathi,             CentMed, AlphCen, 1, 2, 0, 0000000
Mentat,           Mentats,             Fusion,  AlphCen, 0, 1, 2, 0000000
Transcend,        Transcendi,          AlphCen, Disable, 2, 2, 2, 0000000
Drone,            Drones,
Worker,           Workers,
Talent,           Talents,

SOCIAL ENGINEERING

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#SOCIO
ECONOMY, EFFIC, SUPPORT, TALENT, MORALE, POLICE, GROWTH, PLANET, PROBE, INDUSTRY, RESEARCH
ECONOMY, EFFIC, SUPPORT, TALENT, MORALE, POLICE, GROWTH, PLANET, PROBE, INDUSTRY, RESEARCH
Politics, Economics, Values, Future Society
Frontier,        None,    -POLICE,    -SUPPORT,  -MORALE,    +RESEARCH
Police State,    DocLoy,  ++POLICE,   ++SUPPORT, --EFFIC,    +PROBE
Democratic,      EthCalc, +EFFIC,     ++GROWTH,  ----POLICE, +RESEARCH
Fundamentalist,  Brain,   ++MORALE,   ++PROBE,   --RESEARCH, +POLICE
Simple,          None,    -ECONOMY,   -EFFIC,    -INDUSTRY,  +RESEARCH
Free Market,     IndEcon, ++ECONOMY,  --PLANET,  ---SUPPORT, +GROWTH
Planned,         PlaNets, ++GROWTH,   +INDUSTRY, --ECONOMY,  +SUPPORT
Green,           EnvEcon, ++PLANET,   ++EFFIC,   ---GROWTH,  +SUPPORT
Survival,        None,    -MORALE,    -GROWTH,   -PROBE,     +RESEARCH
Power,           MilAlg,  ++MORALE,   ++SUPPORT, --INDUSTRY, +PROBE
Knowledge,       Cyber,   ++RESEARCH, +EFFIC,    --PROBE,    +PLANET
Wealth,          IndExt,  +INDUSTRY,  +ECONOMY,  --MORALE,   +EFFIC
None,            None,    -PLANET,    -GROWTH,   -ECONOMY,   +RESEARCH
Cybernetic,      DigSent, ++EFFIC,    ++ECONOMY, ++RESEARCH, ---GROWTH
Eudaimonic,      Eudaim,  ++GROWTH,   ++PLANET,  +INDUSTRY,  ---MORALE
Thought Control, WillPow, ++POLICE,   ++MORALE,  ++PROBE,    ---SUPPORT

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Impaler on November 12, 2012, 11:09:00 AM

TECHNOLOGY

Overall my tech tree redesign is rather conservative, some checks get changes in name to bring them up to date with more modern expectations (example Quantum Computers).  A few new techs are inserted to spread out some of the key goodies of the builder game, crawlers, advanced terraforming etc etc.  One area that's largely stripped out are the resonance/Progenitor techs, these have completely renamed as I've never liked throwing Aliens into what is essentially as story of human ideology.  The total number of techs is comparable to SMACX.  Also a number of the preference values have been tweeked to be more accurate, Doc Air Power is now a Power tech (seriously its the most powerful tech in the game).

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#TECHNOLOGY
Biogenetics,                Biogen,  0, 3, 2, 2, None,    None,    000100000
Industrial Base,            Indust,  2, 1, 3, 2, None,    None,    000000100
Information Networks,       InfNet,  0, 3, 2, 1, None,    None,    000000000
Applied Physics,            Physic,  4, 2, 1, 1, Mobile,  Indust,  000000000
Social Psych,               Psych,   0, 1, 3, 2, None,    None,    000000000
Doctrine: Mobility,         Mobile,  3, 0, 0, 2, None,    None,    000000000
Centauri Ecology,           Ecology, 0, 1, 2, 4, None,    None,    100000000
Superconductor,             Super,   3, 2, 4, 0, OptComp, Indust,  000000000
Nonlinear Mathematics,      Chaos,   4, 3, 0, 0, Physic,  InfNet,  000000000
Industrial Alchemy,         IndRobo, 3, 2, 0, 2, IndAuto, Fusion,  000000100
Fusion Power,               Fusion,  3, 4, 3, 1, Subat,   Super,   000000000
Silksteel Alloys,           Alloys,  3, 0, 4, 2, Subat,   AdapDoc, 000000000
Advanced Particle Theory,   Subat,   2, 3, 2, 0, Chemist, Poly,    000000000
High Energy Chemistry,      Chemist, 3, 1, 2, 0, Indust,  Physic,  000000000
Frictionless Surfaces,      Surface, 1, 3, 2, 0, Unified, IndRob,  000000000
Nanometallurgy,             Metal,   1, 1, 0, 3, ProbMec, Hydro,   000000000
Superstring Theory,         String,  3, 2, 0, 1, Chaos,   Cyber,   000000000
Adv. Military Algorithms,   MilAlg,  4, 1, 1, 2, AdapDoc, OptComp, 000000000
Monopole Magnets,           Magnets, 3, 1, 5, 0, String,  Alloys,  000000000
Matter Compression,         MatComp, 3, 1, 2, 0, Metal,   NanoMin, 000000000
Unified Field Theory,       Unified, 5, 3, 0, 1, Magnets, Fusion,  000000000
Graviton Theory,            Gravity, 4, 1, 0, 3, QuanMac, SingMec, 000000000
Polymorphic Software,       Poly,    3, 3, 1, 0, Mobile,  InfNet,  000000010
Applied Gravitonics,        AGrav,   3, 1, 0, 4, Gravity, DigSent, 000000000
Quantum Computers,          Analog,  1, 3, 1, 0, Algor,   ProbMec, 000000000
Quantum Power,              Quantum, 3, 4, 3, 0, Surface, NewMiss, 000000000
Singularity Mechanics,      SingMec, 1, 4, 3, 0, Quantum, HAL9000, 000000000
Controlled Singularity,     ConSing, 4, 1, 2, 0, SingMec, AGrav,   000000000
Temporal Mechanics,         TempMec, 0, 1, 3, 2, Eudaim,  Matter,  001000000
Probability Mechanics,      ProbMec, 1, 1, 3, 2, DocSec,  Algor,   000000000
Pre-Sentient Algorithms,    Algor,   2, 4, 3, 2, MilAlg,  Cyber,   000000010
Super Tensile Solids,       Solids,  1, 0, 5, 2, MatComp, OrbCon,  000000000
Faction Wide Networking,    PlaNets, 0, 4, 3, 1, InfNet,  Poly,    000000000
Digital Sentience,          DigSent, 0, 4, 3, 2, IndRob,  Analog,  000000010
Self-Aware Machines,        HAL9000, 0, 4, 3, 3, NewMiss, DigSent, 000000010
Doctrine: Initiative,       DocInit, 3, 0, 1, 4, DocFlex, IndExt,  000000000
Doctrine: Flexibility,      DocFlex, 2, 0, 1, 4, Mobile,  Ecology, 000000000
Intellectual Integrity,     Integ,   0, 2, 3, 4, EthCalc, DocLoy,  000000000
Synthetic Fossil Fuels,     Fossil,  1, 0, 4, 4, Chemist, Gene,    000000000
Doctrine: Air Power,        DocAir,  5, 2, 1, 1, Fossil,  MilAlg,  000000000
Photon/Wave Mechanics,      DocSec,  3, 2, 2, 0, Fusion,  Alloys,  000000000
Mind/Machine Interface,     MindMac, 4, 2, 2, 1, DocAir,  Neural,  000000010
Nanominiaturization,        NanoMin, 1, 0, 4, 3, Magnets, SupLube, 000000000
Doctrine: Loyalty,          DocLoy,  3, 0, 2, 2, none,    none,    000000000
Ethical Calculus,           EthCalc, 0, 2, 3, 3, Psych,   Biogen,  000000000
Industrial Economics,       IndEcon, 0, 2, 5, 2, Indust,  DocFlex, 000000100
Industrial Automation,      IndAuto, 0, 2, 4, 3, IndExt,  Super,   000000100
Centauri Meditation,        CentMed, 0, 1, 2, 4, EcoEng,  CentEmp, 001000000
Secrets of the Human Brain, Brain,   1, 5, 0, 3, Psych,   Biogen,  000000001
Gene Splicing,              Gene,    0, 2, 4, 3, Biogen,  EthCalc, 000100000
Bio-Engineering,            BioEng,  0, 2, 4, 3, Gene,    Neural,  000100000
Biomachinery,               BioMac,  3, 1, 4, 4, HomoSup, Viral,   000100000
Neural Grafting,            Neural,  3, 2, 1, 1, Brain,   IndExt,  000000000
Cyberethics,                Cyber,   1, 4, 3, 0, PlaNets, Integ,   000000000
Eudaimonia,                 Eudaim,  0, 1, 3, 4, SentEco, WillPow, 000000000
The Will to Power,          WillPow, 0, 3, 1, 4, HomoSup, CentPsi, 000000000
Threshold of Transcendence, Thresh,  4, 4, 4, 4, AlphCen, TempMec, 010000100
Matter Transmission,        Matter,  1, 0, 3, 2, NanEdit, AlphCen, 010000000
Centauri Empathy,           CentEmp, 3, 2, 0, 5, CentAW,  Integ,   100000000
Environmental Economics,    EnvEcon, 0, 2, 4, 3, IndEcon, EcoEng,  000000100
Ecological Engineering,     EcoEng,  0, 0, 3, 4, CentAW,  Gene,    000000000
Planetary Economics,        PlaEcon, 0, 1, 4, 3, CEcon,   Integ,   000000100
Adv. Ecological Engineering,EcoEng2, 0, 1, 4, 2, PlaEcon, EnvEcon, 000000000
Centauri Psi,               CentPsi, 2, 1, 1, 5, CentGen, EcoEng2, 100000000
Secrets of Alpha Centauri,  AlphCen, 0, 4, 2, 3, CentPsi, SentEco, 001001001
Secrets of Civalization,    Civ,     1, 4, 1, 0, PlaEcon, MindMac, 000000001
Advanced Spaceflight,       Space,   4, 2, 2, 1, Orbital, SupLube, 000000000
Homo Superior,              HomoSup, 3, 2, 1, 4, MindMac, Civ,     000000000
Organic Superlubricant,     SupLube, 3, 1, 4, 0, Hydro,   Fossil,  000000000
Quantum Machinery,          QuanMac, 3, 1, 4, 0, Quantum, Metal,   000000000
Orbital Construction,       OrbCon,  1, 1, 5, 1, Space,   NanoMin, 000000000
Matter Editation,           NanEdit, 1, 2, 3, 1, HAL9000, Solids,  000100000
Optical Computers,          OptComp, 2, 4, 1, 0, Physic,  Poly,    000000000
Industrial Nanorobotics,    IndRob,  3, 1, 5, 1, NanoMin, IndRobo, 000000100
Centauri Genetics,          CentGen, 2, 2, 0, 5, CentMed, Viral,   010000000
Sentient Econometrics,      SentEco, 1, 2, 4, 3, Civ,     DigSent, 000000100
Retroviral Engineering,     Viral,   4, 2, 2, 1, BioEng,  IndAuto, 000110000
Sub-Orbital Spaceflight,    Orbital, 3, 4, 1, 3, DocAir,  Algor,   000000000
Centauri Marine Biology,    CentMB,  0, 2, 3, 4, Ecology, DocFlex, 000000000
Centauri Awareness,         CentAw,  0, 2, 4, 4, Ecology, Brain,   001000000
Doctrine: Adaptation,       AdapDoc, 5, 2, 0, 0, Chaos,   DocLoy,  000000000
Coperative Economics,       CEcon,   0, 1, 5, 2, CentMB,  IndEcon, 000000100
Industrial Extraction,      IndExt,  2, 0, 4, 1, IndEcon, PlaNets, 000000000
Open,                       Void,    3, 2, 0, 2, Disable, Disable, 000000000
Secrets of the Monoliths,   Disable, 0, 5, 4, 2, Disable, Disable, 000000001
N-Space Compression,        NewMiss, 4, 0, 2, 0, Unified, Space,   000000000
Open,                       Nothing, 3, 2, 0, 2, Disable, Disable, 000000000
Adv. Hydro-Mechanics,       Hydro,   1, 1, 3, 1, DocInit, CEcon,   000000000
Transcendent Thought,       TranT,   2, 2, 2, 2, Thresh,  ConSing, 000000000

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Industrial Base: added Commerce bonus:  All industrial techs now give commerce bonus

Applied Physics: (prerequisite)None & None -> Mobile & Industrial Base:  No-longer a starting tech (switched places with Doc Loyalty), wanted Laser weapons to require research for all factions.

Applied Relativity: renamed "Industrial Alchemy" -> (prerequisite) Industrial Automation & Fusion:  An essentially new tech that allows industrial goodies to be distributed better.

Fusion Power: (prerequisite)Adv Military Algorithms -> Adv Subatomic Theory:  Both a bit of logic (knowing about atoms has got to be more relevant then Military Algorithms), also reduces the ability to combine Air Power and Fusion that would otherwise be easy with Algorithms being an Air prerequisites.

Silksteel Alloys: (prerequisite) Industrial Automation -> Adaptive Doctrine: 

Nanometallurgy: (prerequisite) Doctrine Initiative -> Advanced Hydromechanics:  Hydro is a follow on to Doc Init that serves as a late game navel tech, this makes for makes for more even and balanced 'legs' in which the two prerequisites are more equal in height in the tree.

Unified Field Theory: (prerequisite) Applied Relativity -> Fusion: 

Graviton Theory: (prerequisite) Mind-machine Interface -> Singularity Mechanics: 

Polymorphic Software: (prerequisite) Industrial Base -> Doctrine Mobile:  switched to prevent Industrial base from leading to an excessive number of other techs.

Quantum Computers (new), (prerequisite) Pre-Sentient Algorithms & Probability Mechanics: 

Quantum Power: (prerequisite) Planetary Economics -> N-Space Compression:  What dose economics have to do with Quantum mechanics?  Just plain logic dictated change here.

Singularity Mechanics: (prerequisite) Secrets of Creation -> Quantum Power:

PROPOSALS

Some proposals require new techs, Supreme Leader goes up to Will to Power to make for a longer game, Salvage Unity Core down to Fusion to keep the 500 Credits relevant (later would be insignificant).  Shades go up to Photon/Wave to make global warming more relevant and harder to brush aside.

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#PROPOSALS
Elect Planetary Governor,          None,    New Governor Appointed
Unite Behind Me As Supreme Leader, WillPow, Diplomatic Victory; Game Ends
Salvage Unity Fusion Core,         Fusion, +500 Energy Credits Every Faction
Global Trade Pact,                 PlaEcon, Commerce Rates Doubled
Repeal Global Trade Pact,          PlaEcon, Commerce Rates Halved
Launch Solar Shade,                DocSec,   Global Cooling; Sea Levels Drop
Increase Solar Shade,              DocSec,   Global Cooling; Sea Levels Drop
Melt Polar Caps,                   EcoEng2, Global Warming; Sea Levels Rise
Repeal U.N. Charter,               MilAlg,  Atrocity Prohibitions Lifted
Reinstate U.N. Charter,            MilAlg,  Atrocity Prohibitions Return
...,                               Disable, ...

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Impaler on November 12, 2012, 11:09:16 AM

FACILITIES

One of the handiest changes I've made to facilities is to include more information about the facilities effects in the description as well as the Maintenance cost.  I've also made LARGE increases in maintenance costs almost across the board, a base loaded with facilities can now consume lots of credits, it's much harder to devote all your energy into research or to create huge sums of Credits.  The Headquarters is an exception, it produces 3 Credits per turn to give a modest early game boost.

Lastly I have created 4 'Reactors' which are  otherwise blank facilities (all the facility effects are hard-coded to their slot) but I've given them negative maintenance costs which basically means they make money for you.   The initial reactor is available immediately and each of the others open up with the 3 Reactor techs, their are no facility prerequisites to build them either and you can eventually put 1 of each in every base.  They all have the same mineral cost to credit ratio of 3:2, At the base 12 row size I use this means its 18 minerals per energy credit production.  Compared to stockpile energy which is 2:1 you need 36 turns of free credits to reach equivalence, after that the Reactor is accumulating a continual profit.  My play-testing indicates this is a reasonable cost but I'm still looking for more feedback on it. 

Note that you would need to combine both the high maintenance costs and the reactors as both will be needed to keep balance, in essence the Reactors allow you to offload the cost of facilities from one base to another as each Credit of increased maintenance on a facility is adding 1.5 rows to its cost in reactor infrastructure.

Unfortunately I don't see the A.I. build any Reactors and this means they are wasting a lot of potential.

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#FACILITIES
Headquarters,                  5, -3, None,    Disable,  No Inefficincy/ +1 Energy/ No Subversion (Generates +3 Energy Credits)
Children's Creche,             5, 1, EthCalc, Disable,  +2 Growth/ +2 Effic/ +1 Morale (Maintence 1 Energy Credit)
Recycling Tanks,               3, 0, Biogen,  EcoEng2,  Bonus Resources (No Maintence cost)
Perimeter Defense,             5, 1, None,    Disable,  Defense +100% (Maintence 1 Energy Credit)
Tachyon Field,                12, 5, ProbMec, Disable,  All Defense +100% (Maintence 5 Energy Credit)
Recreation Commons,            4, 1, Psych,   SentEco,  -2 Drones (Maintence 1 Energy Credit)
Energy Bank,                   8, 2, IndEcon, QuanMac,  +50% Economy Bonus (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Network Node,                  8, 2, InfNet,  HAL9000,  +50% Labs Bonus (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Biology Lab,                   4, 1, Ecology, Disable,  +2 Research/ +1 LifeCycle (Maintence 1 Energy Credit)
Skunkworks,                    6, 1, Subat,   Disable,  No Retool Penalty (Maintence 1 Energy Credit)
Hologram Theatre,              6, 2, PlaNets, Disable,  -2 Drones/ +50% Psych (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Paradise Garden,              12, 5, SentEco, Disable,  +2 Talents (Maintence 5 Energy Credit)
Tree Farm,                     8, 3, EnvEcon, Disable,  +50% Econ/ +50% Psych/ Ecology Bonus (Maintence 3 Energy Credit)
Hybrid Forest,                24, 6, PlaEcon, Disable,  +50% Econ/ +50% Psych/ Ecology Bonus (Maintence 6 Energy Credit)
Fusion Lab,                   12, 4, Fusion,  Disable,  +50% Econ/ +50% Labs Bonus (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Quantum Lab,                  24, 8, Quantum, Disable,  +50% Econ/ +50% Labs Bonus (Maintence 8 Energy Credit)
Research Hospital,            12, 3, Gene,    Disable,  +50% Labs/ +50% Psych Bonus (Maintence 3 Energy Credit)
Nanohospital,                 24, 6, HomoSup, Disable,  +50% Labs/ +50% Psych Bonus (Maintence 6 Energy Credit)
Robotic Assembly Plant,       16, 6, IndRobo, Disable,  +50% Minerals Bonus (Maintence 6 Energy Credit)
Nanoreplicator,               32, 12, NanEdit, Disable,  +50% Minerals Bonus (Maintence 12 Energy Credit)
Quantum Converter,            40, 16, QuanMac, Disable,  +50% Minerals Bonus (Maintence 16 Energy Credit)
Genejack Factory,             10, 4, Viral,   Disable,  +50% Minerals/ +3 Drones (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Punishment Sphere,             9, 3, MilAlg,  Disable,  No Drones/-50% Tech (Maintence 3 Energy Credit)
Hab Complex,                   8, 4, IndExt,  Disable,  Population Limit 21 (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Habitation Dome,              16, 7, Solids,  Disable,  Population Limit Removed (Maintence 7 Energy Credit)
Pressure Dome,                 8, 3, Metal,   Disable,  Submersion/Resource Bonus (Maintence 3 Energy Credit)
Command Center,                4, 2, Mobile,  Disable,  +2 Morale Land (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Naval Yard,                    6, 3, DocInit, Disable,  +2 Morale Sea/ Sea Def +100% (Maintence 3 Energy Credit)
Aerospace Complex,             8, 4, DocAir,  Disable,  +2 Morale Air/ Air Def +100% (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Bioenhancement Center,        10, 5, Neural,  Disable,  +2 Morale ALL (Maintence 5 Energy Credit)
Centauri Preserve,            10, 1, CentMed, Disable,  Ecology Bonus (Maintence 1 Energy Credit)
Temple of Planet,             20, 3, AlphCen, Disable,  Ecology Bonus (Maintence 3 Energy Credit)
Psi Gate,                     10, 5, Matter,  Disable,  Teleport (Maintence 5 Energy Credit)
Covert Ops Center,            10, 4, Algor,   Disable,  +2 Probe rating (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Security Station,              5, 2, DocLoy,  Disable,  +2 Police Rating/ Morale/ +1 LifeCycle (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Aquafarm,                      8, 2, CentMB,  Disable,  +1 Nutrients from KelpFarms (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Subsea Trunkline,             12, 4, Hydro,   Disable,  +1 Minerals from MiningPlatforms (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Thermocline Transducer,        8, 2, IndExt,  Disable,  +1 Energy from TidalHarness (Maintence 2 Energy Credit)
Flechette Defense System,     12, 5, NewMiss, Disable,  Missile Defense (Maintence 5 Energy Credit)
Subspace Generator,           60, 5, Disable, Disable,  Alien Victory (Maintence 5 Energy Credit)
Geosynchronous Survey Pod,    16, 4, NewMiss, Disable,  Increase sight radius/ +25% Combat bonus (Maintence 4 Energy Credit)
Fission Reactor,               6, -4, None,   Disable,  (Generates +4 Energy Credits)
Fusion Reactor,               12, -8, Fusion, Disable,  (Generates +8 Energy Credits)
Quantum Reactor,              18, -12, Quantum, Disable,  (Generates +12 Energy Credits)
Singularity Reactor,          24, -16, SingMec, Disable,  (Generates +16 Energy Credits)

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Headquarters (maintenance) 0 -> -3:  Now gives 3 Credits per turn, starts every faction with a modest income to ease the early game.

Recycling Tank (cost) 4 -> 3:  I've been muddling over this for a while, Tanks are such an essential facility.

Perimeter Defense (maintenance) 0 -> 1, (prerequisite tech) DocLoy -> None :  Given the very primitive nature of something like defenses it's hard to see how this requires tech, also the benefits are significant enough to require some maintenance.

Tachyon Field (maintenance) 2 -> 5:  By the late game high costs to pay for strong defense is quite justified.

Energy Bank (maintenance) 1 -> 2:  A strong facility that can easily justify this cost, Bases need to have >= 6 energy towards Economy to make the Bank give a net payoff.

Network Node (maintenance) 1 -> 2:  Same logic as above.

Biology Lab (cost) 6 -> 4, (prerequisite tech) CentEmp -> Ecology:  I find this facility is too weak at its current cost and location in the tech tree, I rarely build unless I've run entirely out of other choices.  A flat output of 2 research (if memory serves this is not multiplied by other facilities) at the cost of 1 credit means their is really very little net benefit.  I now give this facility free in all Gaian bases as I think it's a perfect fit for them stylistically.

Hologram Theatre (maintenance) 3 -> 2:  My only maintenance decrease, when we play at high difficulty levels the Drones can just be too extreme and you basically need ever drone reducing facility you can manage and 3 credits is just a lot to pay for it in this early stage of the game.

Paradise Garden (maintenance) 4 -> 5:  Conversely by late game a high cost is easily payed for the very advance drone reduction facilities.

Tree Farm (cost) 12 -> 8:  Considering my major mineral nerf to forests the TreeFarm would have been useless at it's old cost, at 2/3 of that it can still be a viable choice particularly for its other benefits.

Hybrid Forest (maintenance) 4 -> 6:  Again by the late game the affordability of powerful facilities is greater, the Econ/Pych bonuses are virtually worth this kind of cost.

Fusion Lab (maintenance) 3 -> 4: The 'lab' type facilities with both Econ and Tech bonus are some of the best, I'd even consider a strait price increase too.

Quantum Lab (maintenance) 4 -> 8:  Bases will usually be past Hab Domes by this stage and these Labs can be create huge research gains, while fully paying for their own maintenance should be a bit harder so they cost something.

Nanohospital (maintenance) 4 -> 6:  Hospitals don't boost Econ so they really cost what they say they do, this change keeps the same cost/maintenance ratio we see in Research Hospital.

Robotic Assembly Plant (cost) 20 -> 16, (maintenance) 4 -> 6:  The first facility in the Factory series that gives us mineral multiplication, I felt it was overly hard to install though.  Likewise it costs more to maintain so building it should be done a bit more selectively.

Nanoreplicator (maintenance) 6 -> 12:  Progressive increase in maintenance as we go up the tech tree.

Quantum Converter (cost) 20 -> 40, (maintenance) 5 -> 16:  This facility always seemed ridiculously under priced to me considering its late position in the tech tree.  This kind of late game mineral output should come at high cost.

Genejack Factory (maintenance) 2 -> 4:  Part of nerfing a facility which is considerably cheaper then Robotic Assembly, it still costs less to maintain but now causes 3 drones so you really need to have a good drone control method if your going to go this route and get the big benefit of a low cost mineral multiplier.

Punishment Sphere (cost) 10 -> 9, (maintenance) 2 -> 3:  A beloved facility by our more sadistic players, still seemed a bit expensive considering it's just a plastic bubble and it's built in negatives are steep enough to discourage many of us.  Bumped slightly in maintenance cost as part of the overall increase.

Hab Complex (maintenance) 2 -> 4:  Another 'tax' on the players expansion, if your building large bases they need to be producing plenty of EC to pay for things like this.

Habitation Dome (maintenance) 4 -> 7:  Late game expansion tax again.

SECRET PROJECTS

Overall changes to projects consist of moving powerful projects up in the tech tree and increasing their cost.

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The Human Eugenics Project,   20, 0, Biogen,  Disable,  +1 Talent Each Base,            -1, 0, 0, 1, 1,
The Command Nexus,            20, 0, DocLoy,  Disable,  Command Center Each Base,        1, 2, 0,-1, 0,
The Weather Paradigm,         20, 0, CentAW, Disable,   Terraform Rate +50%,             0, 0, 0, 2, 1,
The Merchant Exchange,        20, 0, Indust,  Disable,  +1 Energy Each Square Here,      0, 0, 1, 2, 0,
The Empath Guild,             20, 0, CentEmp, Disable,  Commlink For Every Faction; Full Infiltration     -2, 0, 0, 0, 0,
The Citizens' Defense Force,  30, 0, Integ,   Disable,  Perimeter Defense Each Base,     0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
The Virtual World,            30, 0, OptComp, Disable,  Network Nodes Act as Hologram Theathers,       0, 0, 2, 0, 0,
The Planetary Transit System, 30, 0, EcoEng,  Disable,  Minimum Base Size 3,       0, 0, 0, 1, 2,
The Xenoempathy Dome,         30, 0, CentMed, Disable,  Fungus Movement Bonus,           0,-1, 0, 0, 2,
The Neural Amplifier,         30, 0, Neural,  Disable,  Psi Defense +50%,                0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
The Maritime Control Center,  30, 0, DocInit, Disable,  Naval Movement +2; Naval Bases,  1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
The Planetary Datalinks,      30, 0, Cyber,   Disable,  Gain Any Tech Known To 3 Other Factions,      0, 0, 1, 0, 0,
The Supercollider,            30, 0, String,  Disable,  Labs +100% At This Base,         0, 0, 2, 0, 0,
The Ascetic Virtues,          30, 0, PlaEcon, Disable,  +2 Polupation limit; +1 POLICE,   0, 0, 0, 1, 2,
The Longevity Vaccine,        30, 0, BioEng,  Disable,  Fewer Drones or More Profits,    0, 0, 0, 2, 1,
The Hunter-Seeker Algorithm,  30, 0, Algor,   Disable,  Immunity to Probe Teams,         0, 0, 2, 0, 0,
The Pholus Mutagen,           40, 0, CentGen, Disable,  Ecology Bonus; +1 Lifecycle Bonus,  0, 0, 0, 1, 1,
The Cyborg Factory,           40, 0, MindMac, Disable,  Bioenhancment Center Every Base,       1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
The Theory of Everything,     40, 0, Unified, Disable,  Labs +100% At This Base,         0, 0, 2, 0, 0,
The Dream Twister,            40, 0, WillPow, Disable,  Psi Attack +50%,                 0, 1, 0, 0, 1,
The Universal Translator,     40, 0, HomoSup, Disable,  Two Free Techs: unlimited Artifact linking at this Base,                  0, 1, 2, 0, 0,
The Network Backbone,         40, 0, DigSent, Disable,  +1 Lab Per Commerce/Net Node,    0, 0, 1, 0, 0,
The Nano Factory,             40, 0, IndRob,  Disable,  Repair Units; Low Upgrade Costs, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0,
The Living Refinery,          40, 0, SupLube, Disable,  +2 SUPPORT Social Enginering,             0, 1, 0, 1, 0,
The Cloning Vats,             50, 0, BioMac,  Disable,  Population Boom At All Bases,    0, 0, 0, 1, 2,
The Self-Aware Colony,        50, 0, HAL9000, Disable,  Maintenance Halved; 1 Extra Police,0, 1, 0, 2, 0,
Clinical Immortality,         50, 0, NanEdit, Disable,  Extra Talent Every Base,         0, 0, 1, 1, 0,
The Space Elevator,           50, 0, Solids,  Disable,  Energy +100%; Orbital Construction Cost Halved,0, 0, 2, 2, 0,
The Singularity Inductor,     60, 0, ConSing, Disable,  Quantum Converter Every Base,    0, 1, 1, 1, 0,
The Mass Industrial Complex,  60, 0, IndRobo,  Disable,  +50% Minerals Every Base,          0, 1, 1, 1, 0,
The Telepathic Matrix,        60, 0, Eudaim,  Disable,  No More Drone Riots; +2 PROBE,   0, 1, 0, 0, 1,
The Voice of Planet,          60, 0, Thresh,  Disable,  Begins Ascent To Transcendence,  0,-2, 2, 2, 1,
The Ascent to Transcendence, 200, 0, Thresh,  Disable,  End of Singular Sentience Era,   0, 0, 2, 2, 2,
The Manifold Harmonics,       50, 0, AlphCen, Disable,  Bonus Resources In Fungus and Monoliths,      -1, 0, 1, 2, 2,
The Nethack Terminus,         40, 0, HAL9000, Disable,  Stronger Probe Teams,            0, 1, 2, 1, 1,
The Cloudbase Academy,        30, 0, Space,   Disable,  Faster/Stronger Air Units,       1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
The Planetary Energy Grid,    30, 0, CEcon,   Disable,  Energy Bank At Every Base,      -1, 0, 1, 2, 1,

CITIZENS

Energy Credit and Research output of specialists is reduced, while Psych remains easy to get, also some flavor changes are made to names that are just my personal taste.  All basic specialists require no tech (your a bunch of space colonists, specialization is ubiquitous, why do you need tech to do that?), they all produce 2 units of a single type.  The next tier all produce 3 total but it's split 2/1 between two types of output.  Transcendi give 2/2/2 and thus make everyone else obsolete.

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#CITIZENS
Technician,       Technicians,         None,    MindMac, 2, 0, 0, 0000000
Doctor,           Doctors,             None,    CentMed, 0, 2, 0, 0000000
Scientist,        Scientists,          None,    Fusion,  0, 0, 2, 0000000
Cyborg,           Cyborgs,             MindMac,  AlphCen,2, 0, 1, 0000000
Empath,           Empathi,             CentMed, AlphCen, 1, 2, 0, 0000000
Mentat,           Mentats,             Fusion,  AlphCen, 0, 1, 2, 0000000
Transcend,        Transcendi,          AlphCen, Disable, 2, 2, 2, 0000000
Drone,            Drones,
Worker,           Workers,
Talent,           Talents,

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Kilkakon on November 12, 2012, 01:02:15 PM

I've taken the liberty of using one or two of your suggestions in my LE mod (sea sensors, high arty fraction, no human contact). I hope that's okay. :) Tempting to turn up the mind rape but PSI is pretty strong in LE as it is... Doom Butterflies... :|

I like how you explain your reasoning! Definitely improves the game in my opinion.

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Impaler on November 12, 2012, 11:09:09 PM

Certainly everything posted is public and I encourage people to use any and all modification and particularly to provide feedback on how they went.  I've used lots of other peoples modifications as well, I'll take a look at your own mod as well.

Personally I like having the mind rape because I find the narrative interludes don't live up to the in-game experience, if I haven't lost a base (as in destroyed not just lose pop) to a worm attack at some point in a game then I feel I'm getting off too easily.  Now mind you I don't play with Abundant native life setting, large numbers of weak worms would be a source of excessive Energy Credits so I go with normal volumes of high strength worms.

BTW, did you note the -1 PLANET rating that everyone starts with from None Future Society, that's going to apply the large 25% PSI combat effect to everyone accept the Gaians at the start of the game.

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Buster's Uncle on November 13, 2012, 12:16:54 AM

Quote from: BUncle on November 10, 2012, 03:01:27 PM

This is great stuff, Impaler. ;b; 

Would you like me to kill the original of this comment to leave you the first three posts?

Quote from: Impaler on November 12, 2012, 11:09:09 PM

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Yes, Please, its good to have them contiguous.

Okydoke - done.  I really hate all this editing stuff, BTW; hard to keep track. ;)

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Kilkakon on November 13, 2012, 06:02:15 AM

Ahh sure... I will post my alphax.txt in my thread then and see what you think Impaler. :)
EDIT: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=1236.msg13300#msg13300 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=1236.msg13300#msg13300)

-25% will definitely strengthen early worm attacks until Empath Song, that's for sure.

Do you think Locusts of Chiron are strong enough?

Title: Re: Impaler's Alpha modding
Post by: Kilkakon on November 15, 2012, 01:31:42 PM

Also, just so you know, I did some testing, and it turns out sensors don't give a defensive bonus to naval units when they are built on water. They will still give their bonus to land units, if any, within 2 squares, as well as LOS, so they have some use, but yeah, thought I'd mention.