Hauling Ships Overland
Gives naval units (including Sea Combat Units and Great Admirals) a new "Haul Overland" button, allowing them to move to otherwise unreachable water tiles within a 2-tile radius of their current position — for a cost of just 10% of the unit’s production price in Gold. (Also adds a 3-tile hauling option at 30% gold cost, available only when all shortest paths between start and end contain no water tiles; if any such path includes water, the standard 2-tile haul applies.)
Have you ever been blocked by a narrow strip of land, unable to reposition your fleet because there’s no city to serve as a canal? Does a single tile of coast feel like an impassable cliff when your navy is exploring?
This mod aims to fix that frustration with a simple pay-to-move mechanic. It’s also a small experimental project to help me practice building custom UI components for future mods. I hope you enjoy it!
Compatible with existing saves, as it does not modify the database.
Mechanics inspired by "Qin’s Workers Can Accelerate Adjacent Wonders".
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At 25 likes, I’ll release an update enabling hauling over two land tiles (i.e., reaching water tiles within a 3-tile radius). The main challenge here is pathfinding logic.
Currently, the “unreachable” check doesn’t catch all edge cases — for example, short peninsulas where a path technically exists within the 2-tile range. Is this behavior acceptable? Should it be stricter?
Is 10% of unit cost in Gold a fair price? Too cheap? Too expensive?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
For now, I’ll focus on smaller updates and catching up on earlier promise-based content. More coming soon.
