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by SMACX2
Sun Oct 25, 2015 10:00 am
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Unit upkeep independent of homecities
Replies: 11
Views: 11549

Re: Unit upkeep independent of homecities

Added some more information on civ 3/4 behavior in the first post.

Some additional ruleset tags for defining a "free unit support cap" like in civ 3/4 would be necessary to circumvent the homecity mechanism.
by SMACX2
Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:17 pm
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Unit upkeep independent of homecities
Replies: 11
Views: 11549

Re: Unit upkeep independent of homecities

Lachu wrote:We can connect this to policies, decreasing city production by small amount, we will increase global free unit support.
How does this work in detail? What do you mean with 'policies'?
by SMACX2
Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:14 pm
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Unit upkeep independent of homecities
Replies: 11
Views: 11549

Re: Unit upkeep independent of homecities

Is there free upkeep per city if gold upkeep is enabled? You can enable it in the ruleset. The mechanism is then the same as for shields. "[effect_upkeep_free_units_monarchy] type = "Unit_Upkeep_Free_Per_City" value = 3 ..." For example monarchy allows each city to support the f...
by SMACX2
Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:09 pm
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Unit upkeep independent of homecities
Replies: 11
Views: 11549

Re: Unit upkeep independent of homecities

You can change to a national upkeep by changing the upkeep from shields to gold. See the "Shield2Gold" unit type flag and the "Shield2Gold_Factor" effect. Have a look at the experimental ruleset if you need an example. I think "Shield2Gold_Factor" and "Shield2Gold...
by SMACX2
Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:36 pm
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Unit upkeep independent of homecities
Replies: 11
Views: 11549

Re: Unit upkeep independent of homecities

I could change the upkeep from shield to gold by this for each unit: "uk_shield = 0" "uk_gold = 1" But then government have no impact on the upkeep cost anymore. If I try to get government dependence of the gold upkeep with the following: "[effect_upkeep_free_units_monarchy]...
by SMACX2
Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:01 pm
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Unit upkeep independent of homecities
Replies: 11
Views: 11549

Unit upkeep independent of homecities

In Civ 3 /Civ 4 unit upkeep is not handled with the 'homecity' mechanism but somehow calculated globally. I do not remember the exact formula, but it was dependent on government, city number etc. This has the benefit that the player does not need to micromanage the homecity for each unit, which can ...