Automated Builders + Archaeologists Reloaded (New Frontier Pass)
Updated for Gathering Storm and the New Frontier Pass. Automated builders and archeologists!
This mod builds upon [Fixed] Automated Builders + Archaeologists, which is itself based on Automated Builders + Archaeologists. Both mods are very useful but have not been updated for a long time.
I added support for Gathering Storm and the New Frontier Pass and fixed several bugs related to improvements. All builder improvements are automatically created except Great Walls, Ski Resorts (Gathering Storm) and Industries (Monopolies and Corporations). Builders do not clear radiation, avoid enemies or plant forests.
If the previous authors have any issue with my version, please contact me. I do not guarantee that this mod is bug-free and that it will work with future versions.
For end-game and large maps I recommended to use my builder lag fix mod: Builder / Military Engineer Lag Fix.
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Tired of wasting time scanning the map for artifacts? Playing a late game and have had your fill of micro-managing your dozen or more Builders? Builders and Archaeologists have a new action button that will turn on/off automation for all of their actions. Can be used with both new games and single player saved games.
Will it work with my other mod?
– It should load all resources from mods like Resourceful and should obey all rules from the database (including from mods). For example, if you have a mod that allows Farms on Tundra Builders should build those.
How about having Builders only do repairs?
– You can change the mod settings in game. Check out the discussion for details. Just slide the scores for every action (expect repair) all the way to the left to disable them.
Archaeologists: Notes eck at the beginning of each turn for something to do.
– They don’t care about nearby enemy units, but if they are captured they just spawn back in one of your cities.
– By default, archaeologists know where all the artifacts are on the map, even if you haven’t explored it. This can be changed in the mod settings (see discussion) so that they can only see plots you have revealed.
– Archaeologists will go towards the nearest artifact in terms of plot distance away from their location. If they can no longer enter the tile for that artifact (another civilian moves into it) then they will choose somewhere else to go.
– By default, Archaeologists will NOT excavate in other player’s territory. See mod settings discussion for how to change. If you switch it to true, they will check for open borders and excavate in other player’s territory.
– If excavating in other player’s territory is enabled in the settings, building Terracotta Army will let your archaeologists enter foreign lands without open borders. Haven’t tested this yet but I’ve implemented it so that it should work for automated Archaeologists.
– Archaeologists will NOT target any artifact that has an improvement over it. You have to manually remove that improvement with a Builder if you want to excavate there.
Builders: Notes
– Automated Builders will automatically move around and improve your tiles, obeying all relevant rules defined in the game database (including from any mods). If there is nothing to do, they will sleep and check for stuff to do at the beginning of each turn.
– Automated Builders will improve strategic or luxury resources anywhere, but otherwise will only build improvements within 3 tiles of your cities. If there is nothing to do, Builders will check every plot in your territory to see if any repairs are needed on roads or improvements you have manually built out there.
– Automated Builders will do stuff when your turn activates or when you press the Automate button. Sorry, right now I haven’t found a way to make them do stuff right before your turn ends.
– After all strategic/luxury resources are improved and everything else within 3 tiles of cities is improved, you can turn on a setting in the mod settings (see discussion) to enable Builders building farms within 4 tiles of your cities as long as it is adjacent to a farm in the 3 tile range for food adjacency bonus.
– Automated Builders have no care for their own safety. If you are worried, it’s best to link them with a military unit and then automate the Builder. Keep in mind, however, that a Builder in formation with a military unit means they cannot move to and improve a plot with another military unit.
– Harvesting resources is disabled by default. Even if it is enabled, Builders will by default try to improve the bonus resource if they can.
– Removing features is disabled by default unless removing a feature to improve a resource. Even if it is enabled, Builders will by default put an improvement over the feature if they can.
– Builders will never replace an improvement, unless they are removing an improvement to replace it with the correct improvement for a newly discovered resource.
– Any improvement that must be built on the frontier, such as China’s Great Wall, is not currently implemented. Automated Builders will not build these improvements.
– For now, automated Builders will not perform any actions on districts or wonder tiles, such as Aztec district completion or China’s Wonder completion.
Some notes on specific improvements
– To avoid Builders spamming unique improvements, there are hard caps on unique improvements of one type per city and empirewide. There is a global setting in General Options (default max 3 per city) but you can override specific limits for specfic unique improvements.
– Some default overrides include Collossal Head (max 1 per city), Fishery (max 5 per city), and City Park (max 2 per city).
– Mekewap, Kampung: These improvements require an adjacent resource. Builders will actually check for two adjacent resources to maximize bonuses, but if it is the only improvement available on the plot they will build with only one adjacent as required.
Mod Compatibility
– Automated Builders should improve resources added by other mods and build improvements added by other mods.
– Relevant data from other mods is loaded into this mod, so for example if you have a mod that allows farms on tundra then Builders should do that.
– This mod NO LONGER replaces the game’s UnitPanel.lua file, so it shouldn’t have any compatibility issues with any mod.
Special Thanks
– Gedemon for his spreadsheet of Lua objects and methods.
– Gedemon for his method for sharing data between UI contexts.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
