[eWIP] Military Outpost

http://andreharden.com/MilitaryOutpostMod.zip
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This is a Military Outpost, which looks and functions like a regular outpost. It has a ZOC of 2 and will send local resources to your nearest 'real' city. It's different because:

- You need to have at least 2 Cities for each Military Outpost you construct.

- It is built (via a spell) by a Champion with Path of the Governor.

- It makes your other cities grow slightly more slowly (it counts against your faction prestige growth bonus).

- You can garrison troops inside it. These troops heal more quickly, gain 1 xp per turn, and receive a slight defensive bonus.

- It spawns 1 Defender when attacked.

- It cannot be effectively cast/built within the tile limit of another City (default 8). ie. It will empty the tile, but will not create the outpost.

Caveat: This outpost is a limited type of city. I expect that spells or effects that effect 'all cities' will effect this outpost.

This will not work with my Ability and City Spec Mod. I will post an add on to that mod in that mod's thread.

Download here. It goes in your mods folder.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

- It is built (via a spell) by a Champion with Path of the Governor.

Nice Touch

- It cannot be effectively cast/built within the tile limit of another City (default 8). ie. It will empty the tile, but will not create the outpost.

If this is on purpose it seems unecessary.

 

TY, will try out

 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

The spacing is not on purpose, it just won't place it if its placement breaks the city distance rules. But you can place it in a desert or in other food deficient tiles which wouldn't otherwise support a city.

I'm also not sure why local resources don't attach to this as if it was a city, as the game otherwise seems to think of the outpost as a city. I assume it's because the city has no production, but I'm not sure.

Also, I would have liked to put a range limitation on the spell, but oddly, adding a range line to the spell makes the game crash when you try to activate the Military Outpost. Weird.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

That is strange, but also fortunately fortuitous.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

outpost resources go to the city the outpost belongs to, right? or does it belong to the outpost itself?

 

i am also planning do work with different outpost types, so any advice you can offer from your own work would be invaluable.