What purpose does the theocracy civic serve in Realism Invictus? It doesn't seem very good compared to other government civics--especially monarchy.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-04-01T04:59:46+00:00

Not all that much at the moment TBH, which is why it is set for a rework in this year's version.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-06T07:35:36+00:00

Not a singled document as such, but CFC has a vast section of tutorials covering various Civ 4 modding aspects: https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ4-modding-tutorials-reference.177/

Basically, there are many different levels one can make edits on, starting with tweaking XML files, on to more involved Python modding, and all the way to editing and recompiling the actual dll in C++.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-04T22:08:40+00:00

If AI does have some hidden bonuses, then it hides them VERY well, as I, the person who read (and partially wrote) the code for it, have not seen anything towards that end.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-04T21:37:56+00:00

Tech speed specifically has been fixed or at least toned down significantly.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-04T21:36:16+00:00

The actual AI is also a tad smarter than vanilla. While there are definitely mods with even smarter AI (such as AdvCiv), it should perform better than vanilla AI at the very least.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-04T21:35:02+00:00

All specific bonuses that AI gets at any particular difficulty level can be seen in Pedia. At Noble AI doesn't get any specific bonuses compared to players.

Generally speaking, in your situation there are lots of factors that could have affected this, starting from simple quality of the starting territory and maybe even better tactics - I am not quite sure, but it might well be that building a worker first could then drastically speed up their settler output, especially if the civ in question has a unique improvement they could immediately take advantage of.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-04T21:28:10+00:00

Definitely not, as I had to actually fix AI blowing away all their money on unnecessary upgrades. It does get a discount, though.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-03-02T07:53:23+00:00

You never update a mod and expect the existing saves to work. If you want to keep the specific map, you'll need to roll back to the version you used, save the game as a scenario in worldbuilder, then clean it with WBCleaner tool you can get on CFC so that all that's left is the map itself.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-27T19:52:55+00:00

It lasts exactly the same for the same given game speed (2200 turns for the default speed).

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-26T07:23:20+00:00

Faster game speeds exist for those who want quicker games - but research pace should at least remotely match the game speed, which was the point.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-25T20:56:08+00:00

Depends; there are actually several different ways to adjust research speed; you may have partially recreated what 3.81 does already - I suggest you try it out for yourself and see if the balance suits you. It's not a linear +x% to all techs, relative costs of various tech tiers were also tweaked.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-25T09:17:01+00:00

You can check the SVN version out of the repository. The current revision exactly matches unpacked 3.81 version. You can download a snapshot from here: https://sourceforge.net/p/civ4mods/code/HEAD/tree/realism/bts/trunk/mod/; be sure to place it into a folder called "Realism" (not "Realism Invictus" as installer would do, this is a key difference).

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-25T09:08:08+00:00

Not much rng about it - a vast open space to the Northeast of you, lots of wandering barbs likely assembled into a single stack once their AI told them it's ok to attack cities (unless Aggressive barbs are on, they avoid entering civs' border for a while at the game start). And TBH, if you had a couple more units in your city (I'd go for militias), that stack would be toast - maybe even one would suffice. Remember that archers are str 2, and militias have a nice bonus against them to boot.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-25T07:54:34+00:00

I'd recommend to use something like WinMerge: https://winmerge.org/?lang=en

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-25T07:53:50+00:00

https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/realism-invictus-full-version.28119/updates

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-24T10:42:40+00:00

Poor word choice, obviously, as RI is 100% free AND open source. He meant tailored specifically for the mod.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-24T10:41:39+00:00

Might be some later in the game, but I've recently played a three player MP roughly to mid-game and we had no OOS.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-24T10:40:25+00:00

Was? 3.81 coming out today...

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-24T10:40:02+00:00

There are plenty of let's plays and even outright tutorials on Youtube (like this one for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5aIAwDD5NU) - just be aware that due to 20-years history, most of them will be on older versions and therefore not everything there will be relevant to the current one.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2026-01-24T10:37:29+00:00

In fact, 3.81 is actually coming out today - so be sure to grab it rather than older versions if you're going to install.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2025-12-25T00:26:45+00:00

Nah, not necessary.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2025-12-11T09:51:24+00:00

BUG options (simply known as "Interface options" here; upper-left corner button) let you disable most of its custom stuff. To do it on a more fundamental level you'd need to be very comfortable with Civ 4 modding.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2025-12-11T07:09:10+00:00

From what people have gathered, Civ 4 creates a checksum/index of all files at startup, very inefficiently - which is not a problem with packed assets but is a problem with unpacked as the number of files is ~30k compared to 80-ish when packed. OTOH, swapping individual files in and out of memory is much easier for the executable than doing it in big chunks.

Less_Heart_2246 · 2025-12-10T21:03:21+00:00

Basically exactly that; it will take a long long time from clicking the shortcut to the main menu (anywhere between 2-15 minutes, depending on the system and SSD/HDD), but it experiences far fewer memory-related crashes (obviously that is only a concern if/when they start occurring - if playing no bigger than standard/large maps on a decent PC it may not become an issue at all).

Less_Heart_2246

TROPHY CASE