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Modpacks » N3O Patch 1.4a Added Pack (May 16)
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N3O Patch 1.4a Added Pack (May 16)
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| murdilator |
Posted on 01/21/24 @ 05:29 AM (updated 05/16/24)
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AoE3+TWC+TAD |
Original File Post:
https://aoe3.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=4258
This is a later release than the N3O Patch 1.3z3Ra Added Pack.
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To Play new civs on Single player download these Homecities:
https://aoe3.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=4255
To Get Malta, Black's Mercenaries, United States, Pirates, The Circle, Native Americans, East India Company, Italians, Swedish online:
https://www.moddb.com/games/age-of-empires-iii-the-asian-dynasties/downloads/age-of-empires-iii-special-civs-for-eso
Remember on N3O Patch you will need to copy in the N3O version of homecitySPCAct1, homecitySPCAct2, homecitySPCAct3, homecitypirate, homecitythecircle, homecitynativeamerican, homecitySPCCompany, homecityitalians, homecityswedish from the Goes to Program Files --> data folder after you install these.
If you just want single player Malta, Black's Mercenaries, United States, Pirates, The Circle, Native Americans, East India Company, Italians, Swedish then install this patch and install Level 131 Homecities mentioned above.
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- All features from N3O Patch 1.3z3Ra Added Pack
- Updated Readme included for installing Native Settlements
- Included New Natives and Mercenary Encampments for Special New Maps
- Full Changelog included with download
- Custom Maps that work for this patch are in files section
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Update May 16, 2024:
Klaxon Ultra AI:
- Added Handling for Daimyo Shipments and Japanese AI has them in it's deck
- Increased Handling priority for Shogun Card Shipment so AI will send it earlier
- Japanese AI can now train units with Daimyos: Ashigarus and Naginata Riders
- Japanese AI can now train units with Shoguns: Yamabushi and Shinobi
- Japanese AI will now try to maintain all 4 Daimyos and Shoguns.
Also Sounds:
- Livestock Pen Wagons, Naval Hospital Wagons, Native Embassy Travois have correct sounds for new civs.
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Update May 13, 2024:
- Klaxon N3O AI replaced by Klaxon Ultra N3O AI
- This AI does the following: All features from Klaxon AI plus:
- AI is now able to maintain Disciples for Chinese, War Dogs for Spanish, White Tigers for India, and other Pets from War Chief Units if enabled through the card. I borrowed two small code from EsteGringo's Enhanced AI mod for Definitive Edition to get started.
- AI is now able also to maintain Carib Ambush Warriors, Nootka War Chiefs, Pet Cougars from Tupi Lore
- Asian AIs now can upgrade all of their Monastery Monk Upgrades
- AIs will upgrade more of the Native Settlement Tech Upgrades
- Corrected AI code for researching from Asian Trading Posts; instead of ypTradingPostAsian, they research from Trading Posts for Asian Native Techs.
- The ypTradingPostAsian, as MandosRex told me, is a dummy building; AI teching at Asian Natives should work correctly now.
Also a gameplay fix:
- Guardian Fluyts, Guardian War Junks, Guardian Fuchuans have correct penalty vs Ironclads (0.20x)
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Update March 28, 2024:
- Wokou Blind Monks have 15 ranged damage (16)
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Update March 18, 2024:
- Added African Commodities as Natives for Special African Maps
- Idea from Wars of Liberty; these look like a Tupi Native Settlement
- I've included art icons for the African Native Sites from Wars of Liberty
- African Commodities train food/wood/coin/XP crates or Cows
- Training these Crates costs 25 of a resource; either Food/Wood/Coin
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Update March 8, 2024:
- Mahouts and Mansabdar Mahouts 0.4x vs Heavy Infantry (0.5x) to match with 2.5x vs Infantry
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Update February 24, 2024:
Added six more African Land Treasures:
3 Outlaw Riflemen guarding 250 Food
3 Outlaw Riflemen guarding 250 Coin
3 Outlaw Pistoleros guarding 225 Food
3 Outlaw Pistoleros guarding 225 Coin
3 Outlaw Riders guarding 300 Food
3 Outlaw Riders guarding 300 Coin
These appear on Africa-type maps; but not on Madagascar.
I've added these here to give more treasures with men instead of just treasures
with animal guardians, to give more diversity on African Maps.
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Update again February 21, 2024:
- Swedish Civilization: Removed 10% Shipment Penalty
- Copy in New Civs.xml file to get this working
Update February 21, 2024:
- Thuggees and Repentant Thuggees take 6 population slots (5 population)
- Added New Cards for N3O Patch 1.4a Added Pack:
- European Cards: 3 Fishing Boats, 5 Fishing Boats, 8 Fishing Boats, 12 Fishing Boats, 12 Settlers, 7 Coureurs, 4 Settler Wagons +3 Uhlans, 4 Caravels, 2 Frigates, 2 Bank Wagons;
- Native American Cards: 5 Fishing Boats, 8 Fishing Boats, 12 Fishing Boats, 12 Villagers, TEAM 8 Villagers, 5 Warrior Priests, 8 Warrior Priests, 4 Medicine Men, 6 Medicine Men, 8 Medicine Men
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Update February 16, 2024:
- Fixed sound for Colonial Militia (Revolution unit) so that it has sounds for East India Company, Italians, Swedish
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Update February 11, 2024:
- Wokou Horsemen and Repentant Wokou Horsemen have 15 ranged damage (16)
- Wokou Blind Monks have 16 ranged damage (18)
- Wokou Ronin have 45 siege damage (35), 25 cover siege damage (15)
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Update February 9, 2024:
- Naval Trade Routes can be upgraded on Non-Asian Maps and without WaterTradeRoute map type using Stagecoach and Iron Horse Technologies
- The WaterTradeRoute map type allows the special naval trade route upgrade instead of Stagecoach and Iron Horse
- Chinese Water Trade Route can be upgraded with Trade Cart and Iron Horse Technologies
- This prevents AI from upgrading Stagecoach on a map where Naval Routes are supposed to be upgraded instead of this
- The Trade Route Types searoute, searoutedutch, searouteottoman now govern trade routes for non-Asian Maps by being able to upgrade the trade ships by default. It also allows special land routes to be upgraded as well with Stagecoach and Iron Horse technologies (though with the different effect of different trade route units).
- Be sure to copy in the new art files in terrain folder for trade routes.
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Update February 1, 2024:
- Added 6 New Natives: Cossacks, Tartars, Swiss, Highlanders, Fusiliers, Hackapell Encampments
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Update January 29, 2024:
- Added TEAM Musketeer/Grenadier Hitpoints to Black's Mercenaries Homecity
- Moved Schooners Card from Colonial Age to Discovery Age in Black's Mercenaries Homecity
- TEAM Musketeer/Grenadier Hitpoints starts pre-researched in Black's Mercenaries Homecity
- Mahouts 2.5x vs Infantry (2.0x), 0.50x vs Heavy Infantry (0.75x; 0.50x was original).
- Mansabdar Mahouts get the same change
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Update January 20, 2024:
- Saloon Pirates and Repentant Pirates have 40 siege damage (24), 20 cover siege damage (12)
- Pirates from Native Settlement also affected
- Royal Buccaneers Technology is available to British, French, Dutch, Pirates (British, Pirates)
- Fixed Sound for some of the new wagons/ship units from N3O Patch for the new civs
Update January 16, 2024:
- Native Mercenary Iron Troops now benefit from Infantry Breastplate like other archer units
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New Ship Mercenary Units:
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- Islander War Canoe: War Canoe with 5 Build Limit, enabled on Oceania and Australia Maps
- Mercenary Privateer: Privateer with 3 Build Limit, enabled on Britain and African Maps
- Mercenary Galley: Galley with 3 Build Limit, enabled on Middle East, Aegean and Bosphorus Maps
- Polar Icebreaker: Galleon with 2 Build Limit, does not train units, high damage (75), enabled on Nordic and Steppe Maps
- Crusader Frigate: Frigate with 2 Build Limit, higher cost (550 wood, 650 coin), high damage (120), enabled on Europe and Mediterranean Maps
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New Natives and Mercenary Encampments:
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- Added Mercenary Encampments which are Native Sites where you can train Mercenaries with a build limit
- Manchu, Ming, Jat, Resistance, Ronin, Yojimbo, Papal Knights, Mamelukes, Corsairs, Albanians
- Native Mercenaries are identical to those available at the Saloon, but do not cost population space
- Native Mercenaries have their coin cost split 50/50 between food and coin.
- Native Mercenaries don't have any upgrades at the Native Post; they just train units.
- Native Mercenaries count as Mercenaries and not Native Warriors
- Added Aborigine Natives for Oceania Maps: can train 4 unit types at the trading post
- Aborigines can be upgraded like other Native Warriors from Trading Post, Capitol, Town Center.
- Added Hessians, French Royalists and Pirate Cove
- French Royalists and Pirate Cove Units can be upgraded like other native Warriors from Trading Post, Capitol, Town Center
- Added Cossacks and Tartars, Swiss, Highlanders, Fusiliers, Hackapells
- Cossack and Tartar Units can be upgraded like Native Warriors from Trading Post, Capitol, Town Center
- New African Commodities (idea from Wars of Liberty) train food/wood/coin/XP crates or Cows
- I have borrowed the icons for the African Native Sites from Wars of Liberty to make them exciting
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New Native Units and Mercenary Encampment Units:
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- Manchu: Manchu with build limit of 9
- Ming: Iron Troop with build limit of 9
- Jat: Jat Lancer with a build limit of 6
- Resistance: Arsonist with a build limit of 8
- Ronin: Ronin with a build limit of 6
- Yojimbo: Yojimbo with a build limit of 6
- Papal Knights: Elmeti with a build limit of 6
- Mamelukes: Mameluke with a build limit of 6
- Corsairs: Barbary Corsair with a build limit of 9
- Albanians: Stradiot with a build limit of 8
- Aboriginal Spearman: Holcan Spearman with a build limit of 5
- Aboriginal Archer: Tupi Archer with a build limit of 5
- Aboriginal Kawas Thrower: Bolas Warrior with a build limit of 5
- Aboriginal Warrior: Ironwood Clubman with a build limit of 5
- Hessians: Jaeger with a build limit of 10
- French Royalists: Cuirassier with a build limit of 8
- Pirates: Pirate with a build limit of 15
- Cossacks: Cossack with a build limit of 15
- Tartars: Cavalry Archer with a build limit of 12
- Swiss: Swiss Pikeman with a build limit of 12
- Highlanders: Highlander with a build limit of 9
- Fusiliers: Fusilier with a build limit of 8
- Hackapells: Hackapell with a build limit of 8
African Commodities:
- Cattle: Cow with build limit of 10
- Cocoa: Food Crate with build limit of 5
- Coffee: Food Crate with build limit of 5
- Diamonds: XP Crate with build limit of 5
- Ebony: Wood Crate with a build limit of 5
- Figurines: Coin Crate with a build limit of 5
- Gems: XP Crate with build limit of 5
- Gold: Coin Crate with build limit of 5
- Incense: Coin Crate with build limit of 5
- Ivory: Coin Crate with a build limit of 5
- Literature: XP Crate with a build limit of 5
- Manioc: Food Crate with build limit of 5
- Oil: Coin Crate with build limit of 5
- Palmoil: Coin Crate with build limit of 5
- Rubber: Coin Crate with a build limit of 5
- Salt: Food Crate with a build limit of 5
- Silk: Coin Crate with build limit of 5
- Slaves: XP Crate with a build limit of 5
- Treasures: XP Crate with a build limit of 5
- Vanilla: Food Crate with a build limit of 5
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Place contents of N3O Patch FP 1.4a into:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin
The DataPY.bar file goes into Age of Empires III - bin
The Contents of the Data folder goes into Age of Empires III - bin - data
Backup of these is included in case you want to uninstall.
Place contents of Custom Mercenaries File + Water Trade Route into:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin - data
This will give you 8 Mercenaries at the Saloon + New Map Specific Technologies + Water Trade Routes
Place contents of Build anywhere during Treaty into:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin - data
This allows free placement of buildings during treaty period
Place contents of Goes to Program Files, data folder into data:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin - data
It will give you text descriptions for the new technologies and new units.
It will also add New Treasures to the game for New Custom Maps.
This additionally gives updated Homecity Cards and New Map Types and New Politicians + Trade Route types
It also gives abilities to some of the new ship units, and tactics folder gives new functions for units.
And lastly it gives the new civs.xml file that governs new civilizations and starting units.
Place contents of Goes to Program Files, art folder into art:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin - art
These give the art files for the new units involved and art for new trade routes.
Place contents of Goes to Program Files, Sound folder into Sound:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin - Sound
This will add Sound for the new units and buildings in this Added Pack.
Place contents of Goes to Program Files, groupings folder (in RM3 folder) into groupings in RM3:
This will add the new native villages and mercenary encampments to the game.
Place Contents of AI3, AI 14 - N3O Klaxon (The New AI) folder into:
Program Files (86x) - Steam - steamapps - common - Age of Empires III - bin - AI3
This install the Custom New AI that uses the content in this Added Pack.
Then you're finished installing this Added Pack!
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Recommended AIs to try with the N3O Added Pack:
Freestyle AI + Klaxon AI + Gold Edition AI for N3O Patch:
https://aoe3.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=4245 |
| Author | Comments & Reviews ( All | Comments Only | Reviews Only ) |
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murdilator
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Posted on 04/06/24 @ 08:28 AM
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What has been fixed in DE? And what should be fixed in the future of DE Development?
First to say, DE offers a lot of good changes and updates to an already great game. I will say the first improvement I think is great is the option to have higher starting resources, and also to have this combined with treaty for short games. Another noticeable addition is the greatly improved AI. In the original game, the AI built only 1 Barracks, 1 Stable, 1 Artillery Foundery, 1 Saloon, and artillery and mercenaries. DE allows the AI to build complex militaries and better bases, so I think this is great. New changes to game balance are great with changes to Cuirassiers and Oprichniks and buffs to weak units like Strelets. I like also the new Native Settlements, with 5 African Natives and 8 European Royal Houses. In comparison with the game earlier, there were only 36 maps and 9 large maps if you counted those in, so I think new maps and new native allies are a fun addition to the game. I recall that before this updated version, if you were to play a game online, then there was no single player AI to practice against, and the game culture focused on breaking down an opponent's base very quickly and often without pause breaks during the game. Treaty included here in this culture, I like the option of shorter games even with medium resources. So a lot of praise here for the developer team for creating new options and new expansion packs.
There are some other matters to address, such as lategame strength of civilizations such as Aztecs or Mexicans. That can be fixed though custom maps with triggers by things like negative HP for Soldados, or buffs to weak Aztec units. Triggers on maps can even be implemented per faction, say for Mexican Soldados -50 HP, but Spanish Soldados -0 HP. This was the approach I used in custom map modes for Legacy to create an auto-rebalance at the start of every match. But, however, I see that the future lies in the new content and not in custom maps entirely. DE balance is a different set of things than Legacy balance, partly because most of the original issues have been resolved. So that leaves future AI development and new game modes such as including military units at the start with your starting Town Center, or game modes with extra economic units (like Empire Wars) at the start of the game. |
murdilator
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Posted on 04/06/24 @ 11:07 AM
I'm writing about myself, and I'm happy to be healthy now after recovering from a fatigue sickness.
Good Gaming everyone! |
murdilator
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Posted on 04/08/24 @ 02:34 AM |
murdilator
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Posted on 04/10/24 @ 10:33 AM
It wasn't like this if you played a Comp Stomp,
or if you played on Single Player,
or if you played LAN,
or if you played a Comp Stomp Online.
But it was like this if you played ranked multiplayer!
People wouldn't allow you to play Handicapped,
people wouldn't allow you to play for XP,
people wouldn't allow you to pick your map,
they would instead enter in your game
and ask you to change the map or they won't play.
If you legitimately won, then players wouldn't say gg,
if you won and they lost and were upset,
then they would drophack, meaning that they
would force the drop screen so that you had to leave
the game so that they would get points for winning.
Then if you picked a civ that you hadn't played,
then the others would say, 'NO OP', as if they could
destine your civ picking options, from what they
would say and what you should pick based on what they said.
Then during the game, middle of the game, they would
try to alter the rules agreement, so that they could
win more easily, or lure you off your guard.
Then if one unit got beat by your units, they would say,
'NO GAY', or 'THAT'S OP', meaning that it wasn't allowed.
To sum up the Wild West in short terms, people would not
allow common toilet breaks, or unless you were playing a LAN game,
they would not allow Dinner Breaks. Every break was a thing
to be exploited, all so that you could get more points.
And furthermore, the devs and mods (developers and moderators)
said that they could not change this, despite the fact
of holding monopolistic control over the knowledge of how to change this.
So that let Scenario Designers come up first of all,
then Mod Designers come second of all,
and AI Designers come third of all.
Fourth of all came map designers,
and I was the first one to combine extra units with an extra resource start.
I was the second one to come up with unit balance changes built into a map mode.
I was the first Modder to merge these all together.
I was the first Modder to remove Treaty Build Radius,
and the first to expand the Mercenaries available for all factions.
I was the first Modder to redo Campaigns, and also
I was the first Modder to make Custom Campaigns with Homecity Files Specific to them.
With my Bonus Expansion Pack, I found out how to get Mods working online.
I found out that to copy and paste them in, was all that was required
for them to work online. I found to copy and paste the backup
was all that was needed to install and uninstall the Mod manually.
But if I was to criticize the game culture, it would be inactive Moderators.
To do nothing is the approve of a bad game culture; to do a little,
even if it is just something, is a great change of game culture.
The Mods (Moderators) did nothing. They also said they could do nothing.
Then they changed it in favor of Rush Player Elites who did not
care for others or consider other players' playstyle or way of having fun.
They wanted it all. The above game culture was heightened by the fact
that no person was allowed to preach about discrimination,
although that was precisely what actually happened.
80% of the Community Members were ostracized by 20% of Mods and Elite Gamers.
And that's when I started with N3O Fan Patch. It was a strain,
and a very taxing effort on my part, but I am proud to be worthy
of calling myself a self-learned Modder and AI Designer.
It makes me happy to know that I contributed to foiling a plot on game control.
Also I am delighted that many non-ranked players REALLY ENJOYED my work
in all these fields, especially later in map design.
I think that I have really redone Age of Empires Culture,
and especially for the better for most gamers.
I think also that unless I did what I did here,
the game culture would still have been sickened,
by the same greed of power and control imposed by the heathen rush players.
Talk about having fun! 'It's not fun unless you get to abuse somebody all the time'.
Sounds like a massive bully aristocracy to me! And no voice for anyone else...[Edited on 04/10/24 @ 10:36 AM]
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murdilator
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Posted on 04/13/24 @ 07:09 AM |
murdilator
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Posted on 04/20/24 @ 04:36 AM
Why do Rifle Infantry get a Negative Bonus against Heavy Cavalry? I understand why they get it against Light Infantry, but when this was decided, it was a group of Expert Pros that 'decided' that this would be accomplished, and they got the say to change this, because 'they had played more' and that 'they knew the game better'. If all they do is play 15 minute games so that every rush game can be made into a mesh where their strategy can get to win all the time, what is the point of them actually creating a balance patch like Fan Patch 1.1a, or Fan Patch 1.2? I understand why Rifle Infantry would get a penalty against Elephants, because they can tank more damage. For Horse Units, its a different story. Before this time you could actually win the game by booming, building up, and winning with just Musketeers and Skirmishers and some Cannons, and Cavalry was considered and option. With the penalty vs Heavy Cavalry, this was even increased in Definitive Edition, such that the original purpose of having a good game is lost and that the rush players can get their way 24/7. Micro, move back and forth, pivot villagers in and out of Town Centers, burning down people's trading posts, and also, fish boom. But neither booming, nor turtling are allowed in this game mode. It isn't even profitable to turtle, unless you have a fishing economy or a water deck with Outpost Wagons or such. To think that in the hands of such as these, came the balance changes which affected all game modes, including Deathmatch and Treaty. And now on DE you can't even host a ranked game in Supremacy with being able to choose your map; the only thing you get is a ranked ladder where people who play 24/7 get their way all the time, claiming that this is the right way to think, without responsibility towards others, and without respect to other people's game modes. And also cussing and swearing. When has it been allowed to cuss the other team out if they don't play it your way? Is Custom AI the only way that people can get a good game, and not a civil code for online play? Is this fair? And then if you protest on the forums, you get answers like 'if was unfortunate that we had to remove your post', because it is view as 'competition'. Even if you were to improve their product this is what you get. And to think about this, this is crazy. You contribute to help a dysfunctional game culture, and what you get is boyish men here up on the top!
I didn't change this Rifle Infantry mechanic for the Fan Patch, but I did test it with custom Tech Upgrades in years past. I even tested 4.5 ROF for Musket/Rifle Infantry Units, with +25% more ranged attack, and 14 Range for Musketeers. But what I found out was that since it was iconic in the game, it was too much to go beyond it for a Fan Patch Mod. Anyways, thanks for reading! |
murdilator
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Posted on 05/13/24 @ 06:11 AM |
murdilator
File Author |
Posted on 05/18/24 @ 07:38 AM
I understood then that there was a conspiracy with the Fan Patches, that the supremacy players only wanted an elite player base to decide the enjoyment of AOE3 as a game for a million other gamers. I decided to go into coding, and try my skill at making my own Fan Patch basing it on Age Sanctuary Fan Patch 1.2, and then posting a small modified Protoy and Techtreey on the same site. After reactions like, 'You a common player making a balance patch', and other negative things said, I decided to keep it away from Experts and then proposed a Fan Patch for the N3O Clan, where I would initially use the Fan Patch Launcher, and then later now I use manual install with backup. The original N3O Fan Patch wasn't fully compatible online, but I later solved this problem in the recent years. I also decided to keep the N3O Fan Patch balance fair by listening to ordinary players and not listening to pro gamers. This gave me some pressure to live with so in that time in around 2013 I also got a fatigue sickness that prevented me from completing the N3O Fan Patch.
I have more knowledge now to override the Fan Patch DataPY file for Random Maps, so as to get no errors online. Thus I used custom maps now to expand what the N3O Fan Patch can do, rather than using changed original maps. Also I cracked the code for new civilizations, and new minor civilizations as well as new land and water treasures. Also the AI has become more complete. Before it could play 11 civs well, Chinese and India alright, but couldn't play Japan because I didn't understand BiasInf and BiasCav would affect the AI's ability to train units. Also I did not understand that the AI behaves differently for training units on Post-Imperial games in comparison to games starting in Discovery or Colonial Age. I was able to use my AI from Horsemaster up to Freestyle and Klaxon to copy in earlier N3O AI coding, from Observatory Techs to new Market Techs and custom units to make a successfully updated AI project for N3O Fan Patch.
Then I started undoing many of the changes that I deemed were unnecessary after being able to test online with Custom Map Modes with built-in rebalance and extra unit starts and extra resources. With these I started rethinking the balance, and making newer N3O Fan Patch versions that were up to date for these game modes. I also rebalanced things that I had made earlier decisions on in 2013-2014 that I realized were not good, and also warship turn rate, warship speed, unit turn rate, and so on. With Alt-Right Click (attack-move) I was able to correctly use better management of military forces in-game, without having to use balance to adjust the outcome of battles in the first place. Now N3O Fan Patch uses up-to-date AI, an AI that can play every original civilization, and uses more of the custom upgrades and being able to maintain specialty units, like Disciples and War Dogs. But most importantly, it gives a good game every time! I borrowed many ideas from Bonus Expansion Pack, and recently I have made them more compatible to switch on and to switch off N3O Patch 1.4a and Bonus Expansion Pack.
Originally I just wanted to make a small patch, but the ridicule and pressure from other gamers wanting their way or no compromise made me stick with it, in order to demonstrate that all gamers deserve a chance to be listened to, and not just the specially elite![Edited on 05/18/24 @ 07:51 AM]
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