Savannah
Savannahs are among Earth’s most important biomes, covering about 20% of its land surface. Generally a subtropical semi-arid mix of open woodland and grassland, savannahs range from mere shrub fields to lush forests. Civilization does not represent a lot of variety in the more habitable terrains.
This mod aims to change that at least a little by adding Savannah as its own terrain feature to spawn on desert tiles, making them more useful and allowing a wider variety of resources to spawn there, creating a better transition between fertile plains and the rather inhospitable sand dunes. But beware of desertification! If you remove the feature for a quick boost of production material, you will quickly be left with just barren rock.
Does not require any expansion but is compatible with all DLC.
"High-Detail Clutter" must be activated in the graphics options for Savannah to look like it does in the pictures.
- Savannah can now appear on flat Desert terrain, providing +1 Food and +1 Production.
- Supports strategic view.
- Should work with any map script.
- Savannahs have their own custom resource allowance, mixing resources from desert and woods / rainforest. Supports all the major resource-adding mods out there. See below for full list.
- Custom model for Pastures built on resources in Savannah.
- Can have wildfires with the Gran Colombia & Maya DLC active (which adds forest fires as disasters).
- Bonus resources able to spawn on Savannah: Cattle, Deer, Sheep
- Strategic resources able to spawn on Savannah: Uranium
- Luxury resources able to spawn on Savannah: Coffee, Diamonds, Ivory, Spices Amber
- Modded resources able to spawn on Savannah: Gold, Obsidian, Aloe, Lapis, Lion, Tiger
I recommend using this mod together with Vegetation Diversity. With both mods active, Savannahs will blend into adjacent Woods and Rainforest seemlessly, adding even more flavor to vegetation. For improving Desert Hills more, check out Stone Rocks!
Compatibility with Sukritact’s Urban Identities: new Savannah region type and Silvopasture identity type.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.