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Originally Posted by sbrylski
Well, I screwed up.
I left out a key component of the mod that wasn't quite right yet, thinking I would add it back in when it was needed. I had tweaked mods mid-game in the past with no problems, so I didn't think twice about it. Turns out, I'm not able to add an object back into a mod and still open the saved game files. I can only alter objects. So I can't continue with this game, which really sucks.
Though, I will try again. And I've learned a few things from this first attempt:
1.) I need to move faster. I was too detailed in the pre-baseball history and it really dragged my speed down. Each evening I was able to spend on this was either writing or playing, not both. I need to get more done in each sit-down.
2.) I made a mod tweak. In the original plans, each arm of the "baseball corporation" represented a major league team. However, that wasn't quite analogous to the game mechanics - at first I just did the best I could to make it fit. In the new mod, each arm of the corporation represents a baseball academy. Because its (usually) more beneficial to put a branch of the corporation in a foreign city in Civ IV, I think its more analogous. I added a new building, "ballpark grandstand", which will be the prerequisite for Industrial Era professional teams.
So... I'll boot up a new thread and go much faster through the new history. I'm thinking a timeline format with more like 10 pictures instead of 50.
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Even if it's not complete, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing the mod you made? Or if not that, maybe you can just expound on what you did? Ever since I saw this thread of yours I've wanted to try something similar and recently when I finally sat down and tried, I came into some roadblocks.
For example, I thought I'd just make baseball into a corporation, but it doesn't seem to work unless you attach some resources that it can use to produce say culture or whatever. Is there a way to make it where it doesn't have to use resources? I'd really rather not just attach random resources just to get it to work and then have it "compete" with other corps.
I also considered making it out of a religion, but there are some issues with that as well like if you don't want it to auto-spread to other cities. You also have the problem of unwanted bonuses from other religion parts of the game.
I'm curious why you decided to make it into both a religion and a corporation. I suppose you wanted it to be available throughout the entire game, but then why not just make it a religion and leave it at that?
I also read where one guy (Jsomething) intended on making sports an entire separate entity like religions and corporations with its own screen, etc, but I have no idea where to even start to do something that complex. I'd rather keep it pretty simple, but more than just adding a building.