Age Overhaul

Have you felt it weird that the Age Abilities that you purchase in an age magically disappear when a new Age begins, even if you _just_ purchased an ability? Well, fret no more! Now your Age Abilities can carry over between ages, for as long as you want them to!

Age Overhaul focuses on making Age Abilities available for all nations (if configured for such) and allowing players (and AI nations!) the ability to carry over previously purchased Age Abilities from one age to the next.

– Unlocks country-specific Age Abilities for purchase by all countries
– Ability to carry over Age Abilities from one age to the next using Golden Splendor
– Full configuration of all features
– Safe to drop in to games mid-way

Golden Splendor is the currency that is used to carry over Age Abilities from one age to the next. It is generated every time you purchase an Age Ability in a particular age. At the end of the Age, a menu will appear that will allow you to repurchase Age Abilities that you had previously owned in the last Age. Unlike regular Splendor, Golden Splendor carries through different Ages, allowing you to stockpile Golden Splendor.

Configuration options for the mod allow you to:
– Change how much Golden Splendor is generated when you purchase a new Age Ability.
– Change how much Golden Splendor it costs to purchase a previously owned Age Ability in future Ages.
– Modify a multiplier that will make older Age Abilities progressively more expensive as time goes on (e.g. Age of Discovery bonuses can be progressively harder to maintain the longer things last).
– Enable or Disable carrying over Age Abilities
– Settings for enabling/disabling decisions for converting Golden Splendor to Splendor and vice-versa
– Settings for changing whether Country-Specific Age Abilities (i.e. The Guns of Urban) can be unlocked by other nations

With Default Settings

-Player purchases the The Guns of Urban ability, generating 800 Golden Splendor, but is unable to purchase any other abilities this age.

– Player has 800 Golden Splendor upon entering into the Age. When the menu to repurchase abilities pops up, they repurchase the The Guns of Urban ability, using all their Golden Splendor.
– During the Age, the player purchases the Powerful Tradeships and Religious Wars abilities, generating a total of 1600 Golden Splendor.

– Player has 1600 Golden Splendor upon entering into the Age. Since they had repurchased the The Guns of Urban in the last Age, it and Powerful Tradeships and Religious Wars are all available to purchase. They repurchase The Guns of Urban and Religious Wars for the next age, using all their 1600 Golden Splendor.
– During the Age, the player purchases the Administrative Efficiency and Absolute Government abilities, generating a total of 1600 Golden Splendor.

– Player has 1600 Golden Splendor upon entering into the Age. Since they had repurchased the The Guns of Urban and Religious Wars in the last Age, they and Administrative Efficiency and Absolute Government are all available to purchase, while Powerful Tradeships is not available to purchase since it was not active in the Age of Absolutism. They repurchase The Guns of Urban and Religious Wars for the next age, using all their 1600 Golden Splendor.
– etc.

– Golden Splendor Generation: 800 GS per Age Ability
– Golden Splendor Cost: 800 GS per Age Ability
– Golden Splendor Multiplier: 1x
– Country-Specific Bonuses: Vanilla (only specific countries can unlock the country-specific Age Abilities)
– Golden Splendor -> Splendor Decision: Enabled
– Splendor -> Golden Splendor Decision: Enabled
– Carrying over Age Abilities: Enabled

– Bug fixes!
– Balancing
– Better handling of how the AI chooses abilities to carry over
– Additional ways to generate Splendor
– Additional ways to spend Golden Splendor (boost your monarch points possibly? etc.)
– Patches so the mod can work with other mods that touch Age Abilities (ex.: Ages and Splendor Expanded). Alternatively merging with at least one mod adding those things!

Feel free to use this mod in any modpack, or to create compatibility patches for this and other mods. If you want to incorporate this mod into your mod, contact one of the creators to let us know.

Not Achievement Compatible

This mod is fully compatible with any mod that does not change Age Abilities. Any mod that does touch Age Abilities (ex.: Ages and Splendor Expanded) are not compatible with this mod at this time.

1.0.0 – Initial Release
Click here for a detailed version history[raw.githubusercontent.com]

Source code for the mod is available on GitHub[github.com]

Unequal Nations – Random Buffs/Nerfs for Unique Playthroughs
Age Overhaul – Unlocks Country-Specific Age Abilities for everyone and allows carrying over Age Abilities to new ages