Sailor Cat’s Watchtower Improvement

Introducing the watchtower improvement, which can be built by recon units, such as the scout, to help your civilization better explore and monitor.

Occupying units have +2 Sight and can see through woods and jungles. +1 Sight for units occupying adjacent Encampments and defensive improvements. Built by recon units, and may be built outside friendly territory.

The watchtower can be built on woods, rainforest, marsh, floodplains, and oasis without removing the feature visually or mechanically. It can be built on those features and all non-mountain land terrains.

The appearance of the watchtower will change according to its placement. There are 7 distinct variations, all of which are updated upon reaching the medieval and modern eras, for a total of 21 variations.

Perform a sight bomb with your recon unit to get a better idea of its surroundings. Keep an eye on unclaimed territory across the map, other civilizations’ territory, or what lies just beyond your own domain. Prevent barbarian camps from spawning.

With its toasty aroma and supple tannins, the watchtower improvement pairs well with the Starting Scout mod.

• Recon units have one (1) build charge, and building a watchtower doesn’t consume the unit.
• Unique units (such as the Incan Warak’aq), unique defensive improvements (such as Alcazar), and unique Encampments (such as Ikanda) are all supported.
• Several unit commands have been moved to command overflow[imgur.com] in order for this mod to work.
• Language support for all native Civilization VI languages.

Mechanically, most if not all unit-related mods should be supported out of the box. Visually, however, modders who add or modify recon units will need to check the DoNotDisplayCharges box in their Units.artdef entries. Should support modders’ Encampment replacements and defensive improvements without issue.

Version 2.0. DDL: GitHub Repository[github.com]. Please use the pinned discussion below for bug reports. If you do, I’ll like you more.

Deliverator, Digihuman, Flirkyn, JNR, Junky, Mikecro, Pixie, p0kiehl, SeelingCat, and Tony.

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