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RtR 6.0.1.2 Download thread

Thanks given to SevenSpirits and Charriu in absentia.

RtR_6.00.1.2

The below was taken from the 6.0.0.1 thread, and repeated here for ease of access. This thread is posted to include the download link for the mod for PB83, and answer any mod releated questions, and to raise bug reports.

After a long hiatus, there is an update available for the RtR mod (version RtR 6.0.0.1) is a mod for Civ IV:BtS. Its goal is to fill a possible niche regarding hyper random games played on low yield, unchecked, maps with random leaders and civs (as exemplified by PB64 and PB69). Most changes are already included in RtR 5.1.1.0 (which lends the entirety of the trait system and the majority of civ balance) and CtH 4.0 (which this mod has been built on top of). There are additional changes which originate within ToW (the workboat change which is now integral to all FB mods and the tech scaling cost).

The maps that this mod is considered for use with are:
  • Fractal
  • Highlands
  • Global Highlands
  • Lakes
  • Terra
  • Tilted Axis
  • Big and Small
  • Hemispheres
  • Tectonics

RtR 6.0.0.1 does not make any changes to the map generation process, so whilst the goal is for the mod to function without map checking, the reality is that maps will need to be generated by a map checker and the starts balanced (as the map generator remains happy to give a player 18 forests and a plain cow, and another three seafood and a wet corn).
Whilst I am happy to answer any questions, I hoipe that the below will function as an initial FAQ.

FAQ

  1. Why are you doing this when CtH exists?

    Answer: In a word, choice. If RB wishes to continue pursuing hyper random games, this mod is offered as a tool to smooth out some of the janky, tall poppy elements, and to remove some of the potential T0 unwinnable positions from occuring. That said, I do intend to open signups for a new hyper random game with the same or similar settings to PB69 ASAP.


  2. What changes beyond CtH are you proposing?

    Answer: From RtR (and originally from ToW):
    • Traits and civs,
    • The additional changes to the game which are part of trait civ balancing (barracks culture, drydock and colosseum XP), which I believe have always been acknowledged as well implemented.
    • Sword/archer and mace/crossbow city attack/unit defence (which are, IMO, part of the above).
    • Deterministic barbarian combat (no player should lose a unit on defence to a barb, removing a large element of bad luck and anger from the game).
    • A few extra tweaks to resolve issues around turn splits and very late game (fort and town access to resources, but cannot be air bombed. They can be pillaged by land units as normal, Internet affecting space race, removal of some oil dependency).
    • Renaissasnce era naval changes
    • Tech cost scaling from ToW, the Known Tech bonus changes from PB18 (which resolves the old Hunting/AH pasture complaint, and removes all of the changes to tech costs).
    • The Writing/Alphabet/Paper Map trading/OB/Tech trading swap (but this can easily be reverted and the no map trading option exists).
    • Folding Communism and Democracy from leaf techs to main line techs for SS (which brings Emancipation into play and hence resolves the cottage pillage problem which exacerbates the tech pace problem in low yield random maps)).
    • Late era changes to shrines and tech costs (which have no effect in ancient era games).
  3. Wait, really? How is this different from previous versions of RtR then?

    Answer: This is esswentially a roll back from previous RtR versions which included a significant number of experimental changes. There is no slavery nerf slowing the game down, no weird civic changes, no changes to peace treaties or tile improvements or resource availability different to CtH, no unexpected "Pastures at Hunting", no changes to bulb pathing by changes due to tech prerequisite changes, Corps are still present. RtR 6.0.0.1 should play far closer to CtH than to RtR with the exception that the ancient era tech will play out quicker due to tech cost scaling reducing beaker costs (Standard/Emperor ancient era tech costs would be 1155 in RtR 6.0.0.1 and 1336 in CtH, Huge/Emperor would be 1199 in RtR 6.0.0.1, 1548 in CtH 4.0 but everything else will match. For context, HBR is ~265 on Standard/Emperor, ~300 beakers on Huge/Emperor maps.

    Regarding the "pastures at Hunting" removal, regardless of map size, on difficulties of Emperor and below it is possible for all civs to research one of Hunting or Agri and AH by eot11 so it is not needed.


  4. Did you just randomly put this together with no input from anyone else.

    Answer: Charriu was approached and gave his blessing to ths use of the CtH in this manner, and he was the first person (other than myself) to see the proposed change log. The deterministic barb combat implementation was done by Charriu (and I suspect may be the majority of work needed for a completely deterministic combat mod which has been talked about for over a decade).


  5. Have you snuck in any new changes somewhere?

    Answer: Yes, there are a few changes which have not been implmented elsewhere. They are labelled in the full change log as new, but I will list them again here. All challenges as to why accepted and open for discussion:

    [spoiler]
    • Forts, Villages and Towns cannot be air bombed. They can still be pillaged and improved over. This is a reduced change from some of the extremes that RtR went to, but this change resolves the issues of strategic resources being disconnected at the end of every turn in a late game war and removes a potentially uncounterable situation where the first player to flight can wreck an opponents tech rate with impunity. The fort already provided access to the resource underneath it, and the village/town accessing resources is not new.

    • Babylon: slight change around the UB, does benefit from trait production bonus and more health given the changes to ancient era tech costs.

    • Byzantium: Return to a strength 11 knight but with a city attack malus.

    • Inca: (please forgive me for this) removed the culture because it has always been difficult to balance and reimplemented as city maintenance bonus and fresh water source.

    • India: Nerfed UU to strength 7 pike.

    • Drydock: Increased XP from +5 to +6: removes the balance issue around CHM accessing triple promo boats, now everyone can access them at cost of using Vassalage and Theocracy, whereas CHM only needs one (and hence gains access to drafting or Bureau). See PB37 for the challenge around defending at the promotion disadvantage).

    • Deterministic barb combat. Self explanatory, and is a game option.

    • Privateer: Requires Optics, Gunpowder and Paper. Short reasoning is that Mil Trad is too deep, and Optics and Gunpowder alone is too cheap but there are alternatives worth discussing: Optics and Printing Press (weird but no one pushes to PP so it does not stress the tech tree), or Optics and Nationalism (but places a lot onto Nationalism and distorts the tech path). Personally I would suggest Optics and PP is the smarter choice though.

    • Ship of the Line: back at 3 move from 5 (honestly I thought the 5 was a typo/holdover from the experimental changes previously in place? 5 move collateral which is faster than all other boats is a one right choice).

    • Democracy and Communism mandatory prerequisites for Radio. Folds Emancipation back into the tech tree from a leaf to a trunk tech which is necessary given the problems around cottages.

    • Engineering requires Metal Casting, not Machinery. Opens up pikes and castles by reducing the total cost of the path by around 900 beakers but forces the divergent tech path from knights at an earlier point.

    I acknowledge that the changes regarding Engineering, Democracy and Communism are new, but I think should be considered in the context that low yield maps may not have the option for planting cottages in the early game due to lack of food so there needs to be the opportunity to grow them mid to late game, and that for the same reason tech differences may make the knight rush extremely challenging to manage.

    The civ changes are just minor rebalancing, which I think are not drastic. Likewise the drydock change is relatively minor.


  • Note that all the changes here are additions to what you already find in BtS unless otherwise stated as NEW

    RtR Change log 6.1.0.2

    Tile yields and improvements: (same as CtH 4.0)

    Jungle: does not grow on resources

    Lumbermill:
    Available at Metal Casting instead of Replacable Parts
    +1 commerce with Machinery
    +1 commerce with Electricity
    Buildtime decreased to 5 turns from 8
    Always gets +1 commerce next to a river no matter which river tile

    Workshop:
    +1 base hammer
    remove +1 hammer from chemistry

    Fort:
    Cannot be destroyed by air bomb (New - resolve turn splits with air power problem)

    Village, Town:
    Cannot be destroyed by air bomb (New - resolve turn splits with air power problem)
    Provide access and tile yields to copper, horse, iron, coal, oil, aluminium, uranium (New - resolve turn splits with air power problem)

    Game mechanics: (same as CtH 4.0 unless stated)

    Toroidal maps: City maintenance is the same as cylindrical maps.

    Fail-gold: No fail-gold awarded if you complete the wonder somewhere else yourself.

    Spreading religions: Spreading never fails in your own cities.

    Apostolic Palace Resolutions: Removed the following resolutions:
    Declare War
    Force Peace
    Religious victory
    Assign City

    Circumnavigation:
    Can be achieved by everybody
    Optics is additionally required, but code will only trigger the turn after Optics is researched
    Harbor receives +50% additional trade yield instead of +1 movement

    Drafting: Rifleman cost 2 pop instead of 1.

    Global warming: Removed

    Espionage: Active missions removed

    Culture required to achieve legendary border pop on Quick Speed changed from 25000 to 33000. (as per RtR 5.1.1.0)


    Traits: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0)

    Financial: +1 commerce on all non-river tiles that have 2+ commerce. +100% production of Bank. +35% production of Library, Market.

    Expansive: +2 health per city. +35% production of Worker, Work Boat. +100% production of Market, Aqueduct, Grocer, Harbor.

    Creative: +2 culture per city. +100% production of Theatre. +35% production of Library, Observatory.

    Charismatic: +2 happiness. +1 happiness from Broadcast Tower. -25% XP needed for promotions. +100% production of Colosseum, +35% production of Library.

    Protective: Free Drill 1, Drill 3 promotion for archery and gunpowder units. +100 production of Granary, Walls.

    Imperialistic: +50% production of Settlers. +100% Great General points. +100% production of Custom Houses. -10% city maintenance [Numerical bonus not shown in interface. Bonus is multiplicative with other maintenance modifiers. Final displayed city maintenance value is correct and includes this bonus.]

    Aggressive: Free C1 promo for melee and gunpowder units. -25% city maintenance [Numerical Bonus not shown in interface. Bonus is multiplicative with other maintenance modifiers. Final displayed city maintenance value is correct and includes this bonus.] +100% production of Barracks, Stable, Drydock.

    Philosophical: +150% Great Person production, +100% production of University.

    Industrious: +50% wonder production. Does not apply to Pyramids. +100% production of Forge. +35% production of Bank, University. -15% civic maintenance.

    Organized, Spiritual: No change from BtS


    Civs: (same as RtR 5.1.1.0 unless otherwise stated)

    Civ: start tech 1/start tech 2. UB: building replacement: name. Effects changed from standard building (in RtR). UU: unit replacement. Name. Effects changed from standard unit (compared to BTS 3.19).

    America: Agriculture/Fishing. UB: Barracks replacement: Armoury. +1XP to Gunpowder, +1XP to Mounted, +1XP to Armour, +2XP to Melee. UU: Musket replacement. Minuteman. Starts with Guerrilla 1 and Woodsman 1.

    Arabia: Mysticism/Agriculture. UB: Library replacement: Madrassa. 2 Priest slots, 4 culture, cost 70. UU: Knight replacement: Camel Archer. starts with March. Does not require Horse.

    Aztecs: Hunting/Mysticism. UB: Courthouse replacement: Sacrificial Alter. 50% anger duration after sacrificing population, +2 priest slots, +1 happy requires Monotheism, cost 90. UU: Sword replacement. Jaguar Warrior. Starts with Woodsman 2.

    Babylon: Agriculture/The Wheel. UB:  Granary replacement: Garden. Requires Agriculture, +2 health. UU: Archer replacement. Bowman. +50% against melee, no free strike, starts with Drill 1 and 2. (New)

    Byzantium: Fishing/Mysticism. UB: Barracks replacement. Hippodrome. +1 happy from iron, horse. UU: Knight replacement. Cataphract. Strength 11. -15% city attack. (New)

    Carthage: Fishing/Mining. UB: Harbour replacement: Cothon. +1 trade route. UU: Horse Archer replacement. Numidian Cavalry. +35% against melee, -35% against spearmen.

    Celts: Hunting/Mysticism. UB: Wall replacement: Dun. Free Guerrilla 2 promotion to units built in this city, no trait production modifier. UU: Sword replacement. Gallic Warrior. Starts with Guerilla 2.

    China: Agriculture/Mining. UB: Theatre replacement: Pavilion. Available at Aesthetics. UU: Crossbow replacement. Chokonu. Causes Collateral Damage (max 60%), +2 free strikes. Requires Machinery (Does not require Construction)

    Dutch: Fishing/Agriculture. UB: Customs House replacement: Dike. +1 commerce from river tiles, +1 trade route. Cost 120. UU: Galleon replacement. East Indiaman. Strength 6.

    Egypt: The Wheel/Agriculture. UB: Monument replacement: Obelisk. +2 Priest slots. UU: Chariot replacement. War Chariot. Strength 5. -25% against archers. Flank attack against Catapults (3 units, max 100%).

    England: Fishing/Mining. UB: Bank replacement: Stock Exchange. +15% science. UU: Rifle replacement. Redcoat. +25% against gunpowder units, starts with Amphibious.

    Ethiopia: Hunting/Mining. UB: Monument replacement. 1 Merchant slot; gives sentry to units built in this city. UU: Musket replacement. Oromo warrior. Starts with Drill 2 and Drill 4.

    France: Agriculture/The Wheel. UB: Observatory replacement: Salon. +1 free specialist. UU: Musket replacement. Musketeer. +1 movement point.

    Germany: Hunting/Mining. UB: Forge replacement: Werkstatt. -25% city maintenance. UU: Grenadier replacement. Strosstrupp. Strength 14.

    Greece: Hunting/Fishing. UB: Colosseum replacement: Odeon. +1XP to all land units in addition to base Colosseum XP. UU: Axe replacement. Phalanx. +100% defence against chariots.

    Holy Roman Empire: Hunting/Mysticism. UB: Courthouse replacement: Rathaus. -75% city maintenance. UU: Longbow replacement. Landskneckt. +50% against Mounted units.

    Inca: Agriculture/Mysticism. UB: Granary replacement: Terrace, city acts as source of fresh water, -15% city maintenance. UU: Warrior replacement: Quechua. +100% against archery units. (New)

    India: Mysticism/Mining. UB: Granary replacement: Harrapan Granary, +1 happy, +1 health.  UU: Pike replacement. Urukku Pikeman. Strength 7. (New)

    Japan: Fishing/The Wheel. UB: Harbour replacement. Nanban Harbour. +2XP for land units. UU: Maceman replacement. Samurai. Requires only Machinery (Does not require Civil Service) Starts with Drill 2.

    Khmer: Mining/Hunting. UB: Aqueduct replacement: Baray. +1 food, +1 culture, +1 Artist slot. Cost 80. UU: War Elephant replacement. Ballistaphant (I don't know the actual name). Targets mounted first outside of cities. Can construct baray.

    Korea: Agriculture/Mining. UB: University replacement. Seowan: +40% research, cost 150. UU: Catapult replacement. Hwacha. +50% against Melee units. Can kill.

    Mali: The Wheel/Mining. UB: Forge replacement: Mint. +10% gold, +10% beakers. UU: Archer replacement. Skirmisher. Strength 4, -40% against archers.

    Maya: Mysticism/Mining. UB: Colosseum replacement: Ball Court. +4 Happiness. UU: Spear replacement. Holkan. Strength 5.

    Mongolia: Hunting/The Wheel. UB: Stables replacement: Ger. +1 culture, +4XP to mounted units, requires Archery, +100% production with horse, no trait production modifier. UU: Horse Archer replacement. Keshik. +1 free strike. Ignores terrain movement costs.

    Native America: Hunting/Agriculture. UB: Monument replacement: Totem Pole. +3XP to Archery units, +1XP to Gunpowder units. Requires Archery, Obsoletes at Assembly Line. UU: scout replacement. Tracker. Starts with Woodsman 3, can create Totem Pole. Upgrades to Explorer and Musketman

    Ottomans: The Wheel/Agriculture. UB: Aqueduct replacement: Hammam. +2 happy, cost 80. UU: Musket replacement. Janissary. +25% against mounted, archery, melee units.

    Persia: Hunting/Agriculture. UB: Market replacement: Satrap Court. -25% city maintenance. UU: Chariot replacement. Immortal. +15% withdraw. 1 Free strike. Starts with March.

    Portugal: Fishing/Mining. UB: Customs house replacement: Feitoria. Water tiles +1 commerce, cost 120. UU: Caravel replacement. Carrack. 4 movement, 2 transport capacity.

    Rome: Fishing/Mining. UB: Market replacement: Forum. +35% GPP. UU: Sword replacement. Preatorian. Strength 7, cost 40 hammers.

    Russia: Hunting/Mining. UB: University replacement: Research Institute. Cost 120 hammers. Free Scientist. UU: Cavalry replacement. Cossack. +50% against Mounted units.

    Spain: Mysticism/Fishing. UB: Castle Replacement. Citadel. -20% city maintenance. +2 culture. No espionage bonus. +2XP to siege units. Does not obsolete. Does not require Walls. UU: Cuirassier replacement. Conquestador. +50% against melee units. Can build Citadel.

    Sumeria: The Wheel/Agriculture. UB: Courthouse replacement: Ziggarut. Available at Writing. Cost 90. UU: axe replacement. Vulture. Strength 6. 25% bonus against melee. 5% bonus against axemen.

    Vikings: Hunting/Fishing. UB: Lighthouse replacement: Trading Post. +25% production of naval units. UU: Maceman replacement: Berserker. Starts with Amphibious.

    Zulu: Agriculture/Hunting. UB: Barracks replacement: Ikhanda: -20% city maintenance. +100% production with iron. No production modifier from trait. UU: Spear replacement: Impi: -40% against archers, 2 moves (New)


    Leaders: (Same as CtH 4.0/RtR 5.1.1.0)

    New leader LieuYe - ORG/PRO
    New leader San Martin - CHM/CRE
    New leader Nebuchadnezzar - IND/PHI


    Civics: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0 unless stated)

    Government civics

    Hereditary Rule: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Low cost

    Representation: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Medium cost.

    Police State: Available at Military Science. +25% production of Military Units. -50% War Weariness. Medium cost

    Universal Suffrage: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Medium cost


    Legal Civics:

    Vassalage: Provides free support for military units (only affects  Pacifism unit cost). Requires Feudalism. Medium cost.

    Bureaucracy: Effect unchanged from base BtS. High cost.

    Nationhood: Effect unchanged from base BtS. No cost.

    Free Speech: +1 commerce from villages, +3 commerce from towns, +100% Culture, Low cost, requires Liberalism.


    Labor Civics:

    Slavery: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Medium cost.

    Serfdom: Requires Monarchy instead of Feudalism. +50% worker speed. +1 commerce on Farms, +1 hammer on Watermills and Windmills. Low cost.

    Caste System: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Medium upkeep.

    Emancipation: +100% Improvement Upgrade Rate Modifier. +2 hammers from specialists. iAnarchyLength = 0 (does not cause anarchy to revolt to this civic). Requires Democracy. (Unhappiness effect removed). Low cost.


    Economy Civics:

    Mercantilism: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Medium cost.

    Free Market: No longer provides -25% Corporate Costs. Now provides +25% Trade Route Yield. Medium Cost.

    State Property: Effect unchanged from base BtS. Medium cost.

    Environmentalism: +6 health, +2 health from public transport. +2 gold per specialist, +1 hammer from lumber mill. +3 hammers, +2 commerce from forest preserves. No effect on corporations. Requires Biology. Medium cost.


    Religious Civics: unchanged.


    Buildings: (Same as CtH 4.0 unless stated)

    Aqueduct: Cost decreased to 80 from 100

    Barracks: +1 culture, +3XP to land units. Cost 60 hammers. (RtR 5.1.1.0)

    Castle: Obsoletes at Corporation instead of Economics

    Colosseum: +1 happy, +1 happy per 20% culture slider, +1XP to melee, archery, mounted and siege units. Requires Construction. Cost 80 hammers, Bonus XP applies to all Colosseum UB. -25% war weariness. (New)

    Customs House: Cost decreased to 120 from 180.

    Dry dock: +6XP to naval units. (nw)

    Jails: now -50% War Weariness. (RtR 5.1.1.0)


    National Wonders, Projects: (Same as CtH 4.0)

    Wonder Resource Modifiers: All wonders that had +100% production with a specific resource now only have +50% production with that resource.

    Rushmore: Now -50% WW, (from -25%).

    Red Cross: 200h.

    West Point: 550h, +5XP. Now requires a lvl 5 unit (17XP/13XP for Charismatic).


    World Wonders, Projects: (Same as CtH 4.0 unless stated)

    Wonder Resource Modifiers: All wonders that had +100% production with a specific resource now only have +50% production with that resource.

    Great Lighthouse: Now +1 trade route instead of +2 trade routes, enabled at Masonry, but needs lighthouse and Sailing (no functional change in the tech requirements but makes F6 look less cluttered). Obsoletes at Paper.

    Mausoleum of Maussollos: Obsoletes at Nationalism

    Pyramids: Industrious: No trait production bonus whilst building Pyramids.

    SoZ: Obsolete at Gunpowder.

    The Internet: No longer a project. Now a wonder. 2k cost, +15% beakers in every city, +2 scientist gpp, double production speed with copper. (RtR 5.1.1.0)

    Religious Shrines: Buddhist, Hindu and Jewish Shrines can only be built in Ancient start games. Confucian shrine can only be built in Classical and Ancient start games. Taoist, Muslim and Christian shrines can only be built in Medieval, Classical, and Ancient start games. (RtR 5.1.1.0)


    Barbarians: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0 unless stated)

    Never attack your stack if it includes a settler and a unit that is giving military happiness.

    Never raze a city even on autoraze. On recapturing such a city you too do not trigger an autoraze.

    All difficulty levels adjusted: Human barbarian units are created from turn 40, barb cities can be created beginning from turn 50

    Barbs now never attack your unit stack if the stack includes a settler and a unit that is giving military happiness (CtH 4.0)

    Barbs never raze a city even autoraze. On recapturing a city you too do not autoraze it. (CtH 4.0)

    Barbarians: Barbarian Animals: Wolf: unchanged.

    Lion: Strength 1, 1 move. +100% against Melee.

    Panther: Strength 1, 2 move, starts with woodsman 2 promotion.

    Bear: Strength 1, 1 move, +200% against Melee.

    Scout: +200% against barbarian animals. Require no tech. Every player starts with a scout instead of a warrior.

    All difficulty levels adjusted: Human barbarian units are created from turn 40, barb cities can be created beginning from turn 50

    New Game option: Barbarian deterministic combat: Combat initiated by barbarian units attacking player units is now deterministic: the most likely outcome will always occur. eg if a barbarian warrior attacks an unpromoted player archer which is on flat land, the highest odds outcome is the barb warrior hits twice (for 16hp per hit), and the archer lives at 68hp. If the attacking and defending units are identical (ie barb warrior attacks player warrior on flatland, defending unit lives with minimum hp (in this case, 20hp). (New)


    Base unit changes: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0 unless stated)

    Scouts: Require no tech. Every player starts with a scout instead of a warrior. +200% against barbarian animals.

    Swordsman (and all replacements): +50% city attack

    Archer (and all replacements): +30% defense against Swordsmen.

    War Elephants: Strength 7, +50% against mounted units. Requires Ivory or iron. (New)

    Trebuchet: Now requires Machinery, instead of Engineering.

    Crossbowman: +25% defense against macemen.

    Maceman: +25% attack against cities.

    Explorer: Gains Flanking. (CtH 4.0)

    Airship: Cannot see submarines

    SAM Infantry: 75% interception chance (up form 40%)

    Marine: Requires Assembly Line, Fascism, Rifling.

    Paratrooper: Requires Assembly Line, Fascism, Flight. Can attack tiles without combat units after paradrop.

    Mobile Artillery: Can now load guided Missiles and Tac Nukes (as Submarines and Missile Cruisers do). No longer require oil.

    ICBM: Cost increased to 1500, does not create fallout on strategic resources. (CtH 4.0)

    Tactical Nukes: Cost increased to 750 from 250. Blast radius reduced to impact tile. Does not create fallout on strategic resources. (CtH 4.0)

    Guided Missiles: Can bombard units, tiles and cultural defence, cause collateral damage to 2 units, cannot be intercepted. Full list of changes (underline means original stat, for comparison):

        iCost: 60h
        iBombRate: 16
        iAirCombatLimit: 75
        iAirCombat: 40
        iCollateralDamage: 100
        iCollateralDamageLimit: 50%
        iCollateralDamageMaxUnits: 1
        iAirRange: 4


    Unit mechanics: (Same as CtH 4.0)

    Flanking: Flanking strength (used to calculate damage from flanking strikes) or all units reduced by 50%.
    Upgrade: Units do not lose XP when upgrading
    Coastal blockade: blockaded cities can still work blocked tiles
    Air units Can bombard road networks


    Naval mechanic changes: (Same as CtH 4.0)

    Circumnavigation: Can be achieved by everybody
    Optics is additionally required, but code will only trigger the turn after Optics is researched
    Harbor receives +50% additional trade yield instead of +1 movement

    Coastal Blockade now has a range of 1 square around the blockader, instead of 3 squares.


    Naval unit changes: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0) unless stated.

    Refrigeration: Remove +1 sea movement (CtH 4.0)

    Work Boat: No tech requirement (still require Fishing to work water tiles).

    Caravel: Base movement 3. Strength 4, -30% against galleys and triremes, 1 capacity (can transport any units). Cost 60 hammers, requires Optics. Remove ability to enter cultural borders.

    Carrack: Base movement 3. Strength 4, -30% against galleys and triremes, 2 capacity. Remove ability to enter cultural borders. Cost 60 hammers, requires Optics.

    Galleon: Requires Paper and Astronomy (CtH 4.0)

    East Indiaman: Base movement 4. Lower to 3 capacity, remove ability to enter culture without OB.

    Privateer: Base movement 4. Sentry. +65% attack against Ships of the Line. Requires Optics, Paper and Gunpowder, Upgrades to Transport (not Destroyer). (Removed ability [to attack without war declaration] and [hidden nationality].)

    Ship of the Line: Base movement 3. iCollateraldamage = 75, iCollateraldamagelimit = 70 (ie 30% hp max damage from collateral), iCollateralDamageLimit = 5. Cost 120 hammers. (New)


    Technology: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0 unless stated)

    Adjusted tech cost is now calculated by ((log(cost of tech) / log (40) - 1) * (1.2X + 0.3), where X=iResearchPercent in CIV4WorldInfo.XML, and then modified by difficulty level. For further information, please see thespreadsheet for a saveable version of tech cost calculator (Thanks to Sevenspirits for the initial version of this spreadsheet and this mechanic, spreadsheet included in mod folder for reference)

    Known tech bonus no longer scales with total player number. Scales depending on the tech era of the most advanced player in the game:

    Ancient: No bonus
    Classical: +2% per met player with tech, max +60% (no further bonus after 30 players)
    Medieval: +4% per met player with tech, max +60% (no further bonus after 15 players)
    Renaissance: +6% per met player with tech, max +60% (no further bonus after 10 players)
    Industrial: +8% per met player with tech, max +80% (no further bonus after 10 players)
    Modern: +8% per met player with tech, max +80% (no further bonus after 10 players)
    Future: +8% per met player with tech, max +80% (no further bonus after 10 players)

    Techs: Fishing, Agriculture, The Wheel, Hunting, Mysticism and Mining: base cost changed to 45.

    Writing: Enables Map trading, no longer enables OB.

    Alphabet: No longer enables tech trading, allows Open Borders,  cost 250 (cost reduction CtH 4.0). Founds Hinduism

    Compass: Founds Judaism

    Drama: Founds Buddhism (the religions changes were implemented as the mod is primarily used for Classical era games).

    Engineering: Mandatory prerequisite: Metal Casting. Does not require Machinery. (New)

    Paper: Enables Tech trading.

    Democracy: Base tech cost reduced from 2800 to 2100. (New)

    Utopia (Communism): Base tech cost reduced from 2800 to 2100. (New)

    Radio: Mandatory techs Required Electricity, Democray, Utopia (New)


    All medieval and earlier techs are untradeable:

    The untradeable techs are as follows: Fishing, The Wheel, Agriculture, Hunting, Mysticism, Mining, Sailing, Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Archery, Meditation, Polytheism, Masonry, Horseback Riding, Priesthood, Monotheism, Bronze Working, Writing, Metal Casting, Iron Working, Aesthetics, Mathematics, Alphabet, Monarchy, Compass, Literature, Calendar, Construction, Currency, Machinery, Drama, Engineering, Code of Laws, Feudalism, Optics, Music, Philosophy, Civil Service, Theology, Divine Right, Paper, Guilds, Banking


    Late Era start games: (Same as RtR 5.1.1.0)

    Era starts: (Changes from base BtS, found in CIV4EraInfos.xml)

    Classical: 2 settlers, 100% tech cost
    Medi: 80% tech cost
    Ren: 70% tech cost
    Industrial: 40% tech cost
    Modern: 30% tech cost
    Future: No changes

    Religions and missionaries are now spread equally amongst players, so that everybody starts with at least the same number of cities with religion.


    Espionage: (Same as CtH 4.0)

    Active missions removed.


    Events: (same as CtH 4.0)

    The following events have been removed from the game:

    Negative Events:
    1. Forest Fire
    5. Washed out
    10 Careless apprentice
    11. Famine
    12. Slave revolt
    15. Farm Bandits
    18. Fugitive
    19. Pestilence
    21. Faux Pas
    22. Joyous Wedding
    23. Wedding Feud
    24. Left at the Altar
    26. Tornado
    29. Looters
    30. Brothers in need
    31. Hurricane
    32. Cyclone
    33. Tsunami
    34. Monsoon
    35. Blizzard
    36. Volcano
    37. Dust Bowl
    42. Clunker Coal
    43. Sour crude
    50. Mining accident
    52. Setbacks
    54. Great depression
    55. Bermuda triangle
    70. Influenza
    71. Solo Flight
    77. Ancient Olympics
    78. Modern Olympics
    80. Earth day
    92. Cigarette Smoker
    93. Heroic Gesture
    94. Great Mediator
    99. The Huns
    100. The Vandals
    101. the Goths
    102. The Philistines
    103. The Vedic Aryans
    104. Holy ritual
    132. Spoiled grain
    135. Industrial fire
    155. Slave revolt warning
    160. Defecting agent
    161. Jail
    162. Spy discovered
    163. Nuclear protests
    165. Broken Dam
    169. Toxcatl
    170. Dissident Priest
    172. Rogue station
    174. Impeachment

    Remove (Too good):
    9. Hymns and sculptures
    20. Marathon
    28. Bards tale
    64. Federal reserve
    139. Partisans
    167. Golden Buddha

    Quests (Too good):
    13. Blessed sea
    121. Harbomaster
    125. Sports league
    149. Guns Butter
    151. Overwhelm
    152. Corporate expansion
    153. Hostile takeover


    Miscellaneous: (same as CtH 4.0 unless stated)

    Hut techs: Can only gain techs from the first three rows of the tech screen:

    Fishing, Sailing, Wheel, Pottery, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Hunting, Archery, Mysticism, Masonry, Priesthood, Mining, Bronze Working, Writing. (RtR 5.1.1.0)

    Toroidal maps: Now return city maintenance as if the map were Cylindrical.

    Circumnavigation requires 55% water on the map, otherwise it is disabled. (Might be CtH 4.0, definitily in RtR 5.1.1.0)

    Work boats no longer count as military units for upkeep. They're also no longer considered a military unit so a War Academy will not speed their production.

    Maximum player number increased to 52


    BUG integration: (Same as CtH 4.0) Link to further details here
    BUG fully integrated
    New BUG feature "Grid for graphs"
    New BUG feature improved Active advisor screen
    New BUG feature show last tick beakers in tooltip
    New BUG feature show KTB on tech
    Combat log is generated outside the game


    Included additional bug fixes: (Same as CtH 4.0)

    Combat log now only writes combats in which you participate
    City names can no longer include % in their name. This caused a crash
    Fix decay not being reset when decaying to 0 production
    Fix decay not counting up, if something is finished this turn
    Fix war declaration by third party triggers teleportation of players already in a war

    The No Espionage game option now works properly:

        GSpy points are converted into Great Merchant points.
        Espionage no longer gets converted into culture.
        Cultural expansion now happens at normal values.
        Spies cannot be built.
        Graphs are always visible on contact.

    Trade route turn order bug.

    Foreign trade route cities lost permanently when your city using those routes is destroyed (fix is taken from BTS unofficial patch).

    Build culture double production.

    Build wealth/research/culture + production automation double production.

    Proposed trades including cities, where the cities no longer exist to be trades, are not cancelled (note: I consider this a bug because proposed trades are already cancelled if a player lacks the requisite e.g. resources/gold. could be considered not a bug).

    Production decay counter on a type of build (e.g. axeman) is not reset after completing one if the next item in the queue is of the same type (fix is taken from BTS unofficial patch).

    Feature growth/disappearance rates, and bonus discovery (mine pop) rates, do not scale with game speed.

    Diplomacy Pausing: Diplomacy windows do not occur on game login whilst the game is paused.

    Production decay now happens before production in turn order preventing exploit to never decay something

    Fix teleporation on first war party caused by war declaration of third party

    Autosaves: Autosaves are generated at login and log out; log out saves are saved to a folder specified within the global defines XML file. Default location is C:\temp.

    Additional alterations have been made to enable hosting of games on the pitboss server belonging to Zulan. These changes are detailed here


    Added bugfixes from Unoffical Patch https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/u...19.324024/: (same as CtH 4.0)

    CvCity::init - Building a city on floodplains no longer removes floodplains, they'll still be there if city is destroyed (from Mongoose SDK)
    CvCity::getProductionModifier (three versions of this function) - Changed to allow mods to create negative production modifiers (thanks NotSoGood)
    CvCity::setBuildingHealthChange - Fixed several copy/paste and logic bugs affecting bonus building health from events, especially after city conquest (thanks Emperor Fool)
    CvCity::setBuildingHappyChange - Fixed several logic bugs affecting bonus building health from events, especially after city conquest
    CvCity - Added function getNumActiveWorldWonders()
    CvCity::PopOrder - Fixed issue introduced by prior attempt to fix handling of buildings with player limits. Building classes which set iMaxPlayerInstances should now work correctly regardless of what iExtraPlayerInstances is set to. (thanks ztjal)
    CvCityAI::AI_yieldValue - Fixed issue causing city governor and AI to heavily weight food when building gold or any other form of commerce. Produced unexpected and poor results for human player, did not help AI either.
    CvCityAI::AI_doHurry - Fixed several bugs where AI would incorrectly think it was getting a great deal on a pop/gold rush when it was actually doing the other kind of rush. (thanks Pep)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_isFinancialTrouble, CvCityAI::AI_updateBestBuild, and CvPlayerAI::AI_getMinFoundValue - Fixed bug in calculating expenses when AI has negative gold per turn
    CvCityAI::AI_cityThreat - Fixed bug when AI is running crush strategy, wrong int was divided
    CvCityAI::AI_neededDefenders - Improved efficiency and minor tweaks
    CvCityAI::AI_chooseProduction - Fixed bug reducing AI production of workers, and a similar issue for barb players producing too many
    CvDLLButtonPopup::launchFreeColonyPopup - Removed cities whose liberation player you are at war with from popup.
    CvPlayer and CvDLLWidgetData - Fixed bug where you could acquire unlimited free techs from Oracle or Liberalism (thanks Emperor Fool)
    isPotentialEnemy in CvGameCoreUtils - Fixed bug leading to AI launching invasions when unable to declare war, troops eventually got bounced when war was declared
    CvGameTextMgr::setBuildingHelp - Fixed issue in mods with display of exposing spies text for buildings which lower espionage defense (thanks Afforess)
    CvGameTextMgr (many places) - Fixed issues where unhappiness and unhealthiness from civics or buildings would incorrectly show up as -(unhappy face) instead of +(unhappy face) in several circumstances. (Thanks EmporerFool, Grave, Afforess)
    CvGameTextMgr - Game will now properly display info for buildings which generate unhappiness in an area or globally, or produce state religion unhappiness (should these ever come up in mods)
    CvPlayer::canFound - Changed handling of founding on water tiles so that Python callback has final say if it is turned on
    CvPlayer::removeBuildingClass - Fixed issue with removing buildings when building class was maxed out for some mods (thanks EF)
    CvPlayer::canTradeItem - You can now ask AI members of your own team to change religion or civics (thanks denev)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_civicValue - Fixed crash bug in multi-player simultaneous turns games created by necessary re-timing of AI_doSplit (thanks to TheOnlyDJCat for debugging help)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_conquerCity - Fixed bug where cityAcquiredAndKept event reported wrong player in some circumstances (thanks Maniac)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_targetGold - Fixed bug causing AI to not bother with budgeting for expenses for first 40 turns of scenarios and advanced start games
    CvPlayerAI::AI_foundValue - Added missing division for iClaimThrehsold (thanks denev)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_unitValue - Stealth boats do not make good escorts since they often don't defend, so AI is now very unlikely to use them as escorts for transports.
    CvPlayerAI::AI_getHealthWeight - Fixed bug for mods where civics with negative iExtraHealth were evaluated incorrectly (thanks phungus420)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_getHappinessWeight - Fixed bug for mods where civics with negative happiness effects from troops, largest cities, or war weariness were evaluated incorrectly
    CvPlayerAI::AI_bestPlotEspionage - relevant weights are 0, +- 50, +- 100, so comparison for Agg AI should be < 51 instead of < 50
    CvPlayerAI::AI_changePeacetimeTradeValue and CvPlayerAI::AI_changePeacetimeGrantValue - AIs you haven't met yet will no longer get angry at you for trading with their worst enemy (thanks Sephi)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_doDiplo - Fixed issue where team is sneak attack ready but hasn't declared war, AI would still demand tribute. If other team accepted, it blocked war declaration for 10 turns but AI still launched invasion and was then bounced when it could eventually declare.
    CvPlayerAI::AI_getStrategyHash - Fixed incorrect counting of destroyers as mobile anti-air
    CvPlayerAI::AI_getTotalFloatingDefendersNeeded - Fixed poor decision by AI if it has captured one or two cities on someone else's continent, it would minimally defend its new cities
    CvPlayerAI::AI_getStrategyHash - Fixed several bugs where player ID was used where team ID was intended
    CvPlayerAI::AI_targetCityValue - Fixed issues with valuation of cities with inactive world wonders, multi-holy-cities
    CvPlayerAI::AI_commerceWeight - Improved valuation of generating culture in human player cities when culture bar is > 50% (ie, player probably going for cultural victory)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_bestTech - Fixed potential rare crash bug in mods where units with no transport capacity can upgrade to units with transport capacity (thanks Afforess)
    CvPlayerAI::AI_missionaryValue - Fixed copy and past bug causing overvaluation of missionaries for AIs going for cultural victory early in the game.
    CvPlayerAI::AI_unitValue - Fixed potential crash bug in looking up AI_unitValue for UNITAI_MISSIONARY units without passing a valid CvArea*
    CvSelectionGroup::continueMission - Fixed issue causing units with multiple orders to forget their later orders under certain circumstances. (thanks Pep)
    CvTeam::doTurn - Added barbarian passive tech fix from Mongoose SDK
    CvTeam::shareCounters - Fixed bug causing inappropriate overflow research and effectively free techs when forming a Permanent Alliance
    CvTeam::addTeam - Fixed bug where, if civs A and B join in a permanent alliance, they get the max of A and B's espionage points against C but C just keeps its point against A and loses its points to B if that's higher
    CvTeam::shareCounters - Fixed bug in permanent alliances when No Tech Brokering is turned on, where a civ would often become unable to trade a tech they had researched after entering a permanent alliance.
    CvTeamAI::AI_doWar - use bFinancesProLimitedWar for limited war calc instead of max war version
    CvTeamAI::AI_calculateAreaAIType - Fixed incorrect index usage (thanks cephalo)
    CvUnit::convert - Fixed potential issue in mods where units with transport capacity might upgrade to units without (from Mongoose SDK)
    CvUnit::shouldLoadOnMove - Fixed issue with all terrain land units moving onto water tiles with transports in them (from Mongoose SDK)
    CvUnit::canMoveInto - Removed strange behavior where setting a unit to be unable to enter a terrain type would be overridden by features (forrest, fallout) (thanks TC01)
    CvUnit::isIntruding - Kept 3.17 unofficial patch feature that vassal spies are never caught in master's territory
    CvUnit::canAirDefend - Land units which are on transports can no longer defend against air attacks (from Mongoose SDK)
    CvUnit::collateralCombat - Kept 3.17 unofficial patch feature which allows mods to enables barrage promotions for collateral damage units
    CvUnit::canSpread - Moved Python cannot spread callback to end of function where it belongs, will speed up those mods which use this callback a little
    CvUnit::canRangeStrikeAt - Added check for whether target plot is visible (thanks God-Emperor)
    CvUnitAI::AI_spreadReligionAirlift and CvUnitAI::AI_spreadCorporationAirlift - AI will no longer airlift multiple of the same kind of missionary or executive to the same target spread city on the same turn
    CvUnitAI::AI_paradrop - fixed bug with valuation of terrain bonuses causing paradrops to avoid bonuses in some circumstances when intention is clearly to encourage landing on bonuses and pillaging
    CvUnitAI::AI_settleMove - fixed bug when settler cannot reach a city site in an area (blocked by mountains, other player). Caused settler to wait infinitely in city instead of loading into transport.
    CvUnitAI::AI_assaultSeaMove - Fixed bug where unit type was used when unit AI type was intended
    CvUnitAI::AI_specialSeaTransportMissionary - Fixed minor bug in valuation for executives


    Knowledgebase For Modders

    All of these are additions for balancing the game

    GlobalDefines.xml

    CIRCUMNAVIGATE_MIN_WATER_PERCENT = The Circumnavigation bonus is only active if the map has more then X per cent of water tiles
    TECH_COST_CIV_COUNT_HARD_CAP = Upper limit civs giving known tech bonus. 0 is disabled
    TECH_COST_CIV_COUNT_HARD_CAP_LOWER = Lower limit civs giving known tech bonus. 0 is disabled
    TECH_COST_MODIFIER_PER_ERA_MULTIPLIER = Use highest era (possibly capped) and multiply with the fraction of contacts knowing the tech, TECH_COST_TOTAL_KNOWN_TEAM_MODIFIER, and TECH_COST_MODIFIER_PER_ERA_MULTIPLIER
    TECH_COST_MAXIMUM_ERA_CAP = Use highest era (possibly capped) and multiply with the fraction of contacts knowing the tech, TECH_COST_TOTAL_KNOWN_TEAM_MODIFIER, and TECH_COST_MODIFIER_PER_ERA_MULTIPLIER
    TECH_COST_TOTAL_MODIFIER_EARLY_CAP = Use highest era (possibly capped) and multiply with the fraction of contacts knowing the tech, TECH_COST_TOTAL_KNOWN_TEAM_MODIFIER, and TECH_COST_MODIFIER_PER_ERA_MULTIPLIER
    TECH_COST_TOTAL_MODIFIER_ADVANCED_CAP = Use highest era (possibly capped) and multiply with the fraction of contacts knowing the tech, TECH_COST_TOTAL_KNOWN_TEAM_MODIFIER, and TECH_COST_MODIFIER_PER_ERA_MULTIPLIER
    SLAVERY_NERF_ENABLED = Whips generate now 30/20/20/.. hammers for the 1/2/3/.. whip
    CIRCUM_FOR_EVERYBODY = Every player receives the circumnavigation bonus
    ENABLE_EXECUTIVE_SPAWNS_FOR_STRAGGLERS = An corp executive is spawn for players discovering this late after the HQ was settled, might be broken
    ENABLE_FINANCIAL_RIVERSIDE_PENALTY = Financial bonus does not apply on river tiles
    ENABLE_TREAT_TOROIDAL_MAINTENANCE_AS_CYLINDRICAL = Toroidal maps have the same maintenance cost as cylindrical
    ENABLE_NO_ESPIONAGE_FIX = Does what it says
    OWN_CITY_FAIL_GOLD_MULTIPLIER = You no longer generate fail gold for multiple same national wonders etc.
    ENABLE_PITBOSS_PAUSE_FIX = Does what it says
    PEACE_TREATY_NEGOTIATIONS = Works with the disabled "Immediate peace treaty negotiations" game option. Defines when peace treaty negotiations can start
    TECH_COST_SCALING_ALGORITHM = Enable the tech cost scaling from SevenSpirits Tides of War mod
    ENABLE_ALWAYS_SUCCESSFUL_DOMESTIC_RELIGION_SPREAD = Missionaries always succed spreading religions to your own cities
    ENABLE_RIVER_SIDE_YIELD_ALSO_ON_CORNER = River bonus (Lumbermill and Forest Preserve) also applies to the corner tiles
    ENABLE_NON_WORKABLE_TILES_DUE_TO_COASTAL_BLOCKADE = If a tile is blocked by a coastal blockade the adjacent cities can no longer work this tile
    CIRCUMNAVIGATE_FREE_TRADE_ROUTE = Gives +X Trade routes on circumnavigation
    ENABLE_INFLATION_TECH_ALTERNATIVE = Inflation still occurs with increasing turn numbers, but in addition if (All techs you discovered / All available techs) * Maximum turn numbers is higher then the current turn, inflation takes the calculated turn from techs as a base for the calculation.


    CIV4BuildingInfos.xml

    DirectProductionTraits = This gives a straight hammer reduction to the building. e.G. a Granary with value 10 would cost 10 hammers less.


    CIV4TraitInfos.xml

    iCityUpkeepModifier = The upkeep per city is reduced by a per cent value
    ExtraYieldLandThresholds = works just like ExtraYieldThresholds, but only on land tiles
    ExtraYieldWaterThresholds = works just like ExtraYieldThresholds, but only on water tiles
    iTradeRouteModifiers = gives a per cent bonus to trade route income similar to the harbor


    CIV4TechInfos.xml

    FreeUnitEverybodyClass = Gives everybody, who discovers the tech a free unit


    CIV4ImprovementInfos.xml

    bPermanent = was changed so that it no longer controls if an improvement can be pillaged, everything else still applies
    bNotPillage = now this controls if an improvement can be pillaged   


    CIV4BonusInfos.xml

    bNukeImmune = makes the tile on which this bonus resides immune to fallout, so improvements on it won't be destroyed by nukes


    CIV4UnitInfos.xml

    DirectProductionTraits = This gives a straight hammer reduction to the unit. e.G. a Worker with value 10 would cost 10 hammers less.

    Observer mode

    Observer mode is functional but disabled due to bandwidth issues. Requires pitboss logging enabled, and for the host to  run the observer program. Observer mode is then accessible at a preset web address. Only available in Pitboss, additional server side applications required for functionality, available from the following links.

    Pitboss Observer: https://github.com/novice-rb/observer
    Pitboss Portal: https://github.com/novice-rb/pitboss-portal

    And thanks to Charriu in implementing the Game options and sorting out the DLL for this version of the mod smile
  • Current games (All): RtR: PB80 Civ 6: PBEM23

    Ended games (Selection): BTS games: PB1, PB3, PBEM2, PBEM4, PBEM5B, PBEM50. RB mod games: PB5, PB15, PB27, PB37, PB42, PB46, PB71. FFH games: PBEMVII, PBEMXII. Civ 6:  PBEM22 Games ded lurked: PB18
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