AOE3 Secret Societies 0.81 beta file

Age 3 DE "The Secret Societies" Current changes
[NY = Not yet done]

*****ALL*****

IRREGULARS, SENTRIES, MILITIA AND WARRIORS

(+) Irregulars and Sentries counts as Villagers for Eastern Medicine upgrade and others.
(+) Same is true for native Warriors (for example, from Alarm dance), which are upgraded as Villagers.
(+) They can also garrison inside Villages. (Garrisoned Irregulars and Sentries do not lose health, and shoot as a villager would, if the building's ranged action is enabled.)
(+) Irregulars and sentries are healable (though they will not stop also losing health if they were.)

HEROES
(*) Regent (for Regicide) now counts as Hero (this includes for Hero upgrades but also for taking Hero bonus damage)

UI
(*) All ranges for Hand attacks are automatically displayed.

POPULATION
(+) All population cap default upgraded to 220 (chinese 240). This is due to a lot of formerly "free" units (ships, healers, etc.) now costing population cap instead of being self-capped. Total army sizes will remain about the same.
(*) Regular House cost now just 75 wood, but HP reduced.

HEALERS
(+*) Added starting healers for every civ. Start rebalanced.

TOWN CENTER
(-) Town center costs 550 wood (from 500).
(+) Town Center now gives 15 population (from 10).
(*) Bounty adjusted.

TRADING POST
(*) Can receive shipments.

SIEGING

Torch units:
(-) -1 siege range [to 5]
(+) +10% siege damage
(NY*) Change torch sprite, reuse old anim preferable.

Fire Arrow units:
(+) +3 siege range [to 9]
(-) Added minimum range
(-) -10% siege damage

Cavalry:
(+) +1 siege range

*****EUROPEANS*****

SECRET SOCIETIES & INFLUENCE
(+) European Explorer (including Ottoman) can build Secret Society Lodge.
(+) Choose an alliance amongst Secret Societies.

(+) Secret Societies Lodge enabled

(+) Influence gathering enabled
(+) Influence display enabled

(-) Cattle doesn't generate influence for Europeans
(+) Explorer autogathers influence
(+) Capitol autogathers influence
(+) Lodge autogathers influence or XP

[+ Export gathering enabled, but doesn't display]

FORT
(-) Fort slightly more expensive.
(+) Fort now provides 20 pop space.

GUNPOWDER DEPOT
(+) Enabled gunpowder depot for all european civs, built from Explorer
(-) Cost increased by 25 wood and gold except for Maltese
(*) Build bounty adjusted
(+) Added destroy bounty
(+) Auto gathers Influence slowly

CHURCH & CAPITOL
(*) Inquisitor replaces Spy in Church. Age II
(*) Church available from Discovery Age (But not Inquisitor). This allows to trickle XP.

(+) Outlaw Missionary introduced. Costs 150 gold, available from first age. Double hand attack compared to Spanish one, but heals half. Doesn't cost pop.
(*) Maps (European) which enabled Inquisitor now mostly enable the new Outlaw Missionary instead.

(*) Gas lighting upgrades from Town Center, not Church; Age II.

(*) Capitol buildable in Commerce age. Cost slightly changed (225 wood, 75 gold).
(*) Spies trainable in Capitol.
(*) Spy cost down to 100 (from 125) to compensate Capitol-sunken price. Trains 35% faster. [NY: Add ranged attack/version/upgrade. Restore cost? Change icon of melee one? Add Capitol "Spy alarm" like town center one?]
(*) Bastion researchable in Capitol, not Church.

ARSENAL & ARTILLERY
(*) Arsenal costs 200 Wood, 50 Gold (From 250 wood)
(+) Arsenal can train Organ guns [if enabled]; Age III.
(+) Arsenal can train Nitro petard [if enabled]; Age IV.
(+) Arsenal can train Gatling guns [if enabled]; Age IV.

(+) Organ Gun enabled in Age III
(-) Organ Gun more expensive for non-portugal civs (150 wood instead of 100)

(+) Gatling guns enabled in Age IV.
(-) Gatling guns more expensive for non-revolution civs (350 gold instead of 300).
(+) Gatling Guns better vs cavalry.
(+) Gatling guns slightly more expensive, but slightly more Area of Effect.

(+) Nitro petard enabled in Age IV.
(*) Nitro petard costs 100 food, 200 gold, 3 pop.
(*) Can be built only from Arsenal.

OUTLAWS

***OTTOMANS*** (Turks)
(*) Starts with Imam (Start rebalanced.)

Abus Gunner:
(*) Abus Gunner removed from Artillery Foundry, added to Barracks.
(*) Ranged building damage reduced but range increased.
(+) Cost slightly reduced.
(+) Population cost reduced to 1 from 2.
(+) Ranged resistance increased (to 25%, same as patch).
(-) HP reduced (from 130 to 125).
(-) Ranged damage diminished by 10%.
(-) Train time increased to 46 from 42.

Spahi:
(+) Spahi enabled from stables.

***RUSSIANS***
(*) Starts with an Agent and crates of 100 coins. Removed food. (Start rebalanced.)

***MALTESE***
(*) Starts the game with crates of 100 XP. (Start rebalanced.)

*****COLONIALS*****

***UNITED STATES***
(+) Starts with a Surgeon.
(-) No longer starts with XP crate.

*****ASIANS*****

(*) Wonder age advancement food cost now distributed between Food and Wood.
(NY*) Added age indicator to built Wonders, which aids to show their varying power according to age constructed.
(+) All wonders now base 6000 HP (instead of 5000)

(*) Default castle base projectile changed. Damage upgraded 7.5% to compensate slower travel.

EXPORT
(+) base Export gather rate from Asian villagers upgraded by 23%.
(*) Export collection from Villagers is dependent on how efficiently they gather resources. (by base, this is like half or 65% for most food sources, but should be able to increase to over 100%)

MONASTERY
(-) Monastery costs 75 gold.
(+) Monks can build Monastery.
(+) Monastery gives 5 pop.
(+) Build limit increased to 5.

CASTLE
(-) Castle costs +50 wood (300 from 250).
(+) Extra castle HP (3500 from 3000).
(+) Castle gives 5 population space.
(*) Adjusted bounty and buildtime.

ARTILLERY

Fire Arrow:
(+) Fire Arrow enabled for Chinese, to offset greater European artillery variety.
(*) Base stats have been adjusted and given a Disciplined upgrade, since now available in Age 2 (gunpowder invented in sinosphere, archaic).

Hand Mortar:
(+) Hand Mortar enabled for Japanese, to offset greater european artillery variety.
(*) Base stats have been adjusted and given a Disciplined upgrade, since now available in Age 2 (gunpowder invented in sinosphere, archaic).

(-) More expensive.
(-) Costs 2 pop (two guys to carry it, after all).
(-) Now damages allies.
(-) Reduced building and ship multiplier.
(+) Extra HP.
(+) More base damage.
(+) More explosion range.
(+) Multiplier vs villagers and infantry, due to fire.

OUTLAWS

***CHINESE***

COMBAT UNITS

Qiang Pikeman:
(-) Removed HP and DMG bonus from Old Han Army reforms.
(+) Instead gains a special flame attack, and armor increase.

Steppe Rider:
(-) Now normally costs 2 pop.
(-) Armies more expensive.
(+) Extra HP, armor.
(-) Less sight.
(*) Mongolian Scourge card reduces pop cost back to 1.

(-) Removed HP and DMG bonus from Old Han Army reforms.
(+) Instead gains a special flame attack, and armor increase.

Keshik:
(-) Now normally costs 2 pop.
(-) Armies more expensive.
(+) Extra HP, sight.
(*) Mongolian Scourge card reduces pop cost back to 1.

(-) Removed HP and DMG bonus from Old Han Army reforms.
(+) Instead gains a special fire arrow attack.

ChuKoNu:
(-) Removed HP and DMG bonus from Old Han Army reforms.
(+) Instead gains a special fire arrow attack.

Mongolian Scout:
(+) Mongolian Scourge card gives bonus vs Villagers.
(+) Mongolian Scourge card gives bonus vs Buildings.

VILLAGES

(+) Villages can self-upgrade to shoot when garrisoned and call irregulars and sentries (150 wood).
(+) Village can train Peasant Army: 2 irregulars, 2 sentries for 120 food and 40 wood.
(*) Village upgrades changed to food and gold instead of wood (building them already costs wood). Also upgrades attack when garrisoned and village cap.
(*) Village shoots an archaic projectile instead of having a firearm. Modern firearms were rare in China in this period.

(-) Cattle at villages fattens 10% slower compared to other fattening buildings.
(NY) Can garrison irregulars and sentries.

(+) Irregulars and Sentries are affected by Villager upgrades.
(+) Irregulars and Sentries may garrison Villages.

Shipments
(*) Village shooting and irregulars not losing HP card ages switched.
(+) Village-sending shipments also bring a few irregular and sentries.
(*) Village defense card now brings 3 irregulars and 3 sentries.

DISCIPLES AND MONK
(+) Monk (Shaolin Master) can heal by default.
(+) Wonder now doubles Monk healing rate.
(+) Disciples can help build Wonders, though they still can't place them (use villager).

(+-) White Pagoda increases disciple cap by same amount to disciple shipments.
(+) White Pagoda can build disciples, ransom monk/s.

(-) Disciples cost population.
(+) Disciples cost 75 food (from 80).
(+)[UNW] Disciples can slowly heal units after monastery upgrade.
(-) Monastery disciples upgrade cost more.

(+) Disciples shipment now cost pop, so they come with +1/+2 disciple cap upgrade, and +1 buildable monastery cap each.
(+) Second monk shipment comes with +5 disciple cap.

(RESEARCH) Why is Monk aura for disciples not working? In theory I didn't change anything to affect that. May be a general modding bug.

WONDERS

Summer Palace:
(+) Work rate now increases depending on Age built. (1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00)
(+) Enabled missing two Castle armies to auto-train. (Mongolian Army and Black Flag Army)
(+) Enabled unit upgrades from Summer Palace.

Taoist Academy (ex Confucian Academy):
(+) Work rate now increases depending on Age built. (1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00)
(+) Can train Flying Crows also for money (same speed and only one at a time).
(+) Gave Enhanced Rocketry upgrade.
(+) Gave fire troops upgrade in age V if you have the Honored versions of the troops

ARTILLERY

Flying Crow:
(-) Now damages allies.
(-) Time 250 (from 240).
(-) "Costs" 200 wood (from 100, coincides with score).
(-) Added all-too-evident minimum range.
(+) Extra HP (to 235).
(+) Plus 2 base max range
(+) Increased damage cap (from 390 to 420)
(+) Extra Flying Crows can now be recruited (one at a time and very slowly) from Academy and Castle, starting age IV
(*) Impact effect improved.
(*) Impacting Crows will now bounce, dealing a little damage where they land.

Flamethrower:
(+) Flamethrower 3 pop from 4 (approximates better the cost).
(*) Less specialized vs infantry, better against cavalry (adjusted multipliers).

Castle:
(-) No longer trains both non-artillery armies (Mongolian Army and Black Flag Army).
(+) Now trains Alchemical Rocketeers.

CARDS:
(+) Ex "Old Han Army" enables fire attacks instead of giving flat bonuses.

(+) Added "Four Gentlemen" card. Ships one of each crate including the new Export crate. First age, can be used only once.

(+) Monastery card also enables ranged action but only discounts monastery techs by 25%, and is repeatable in Age V.
(+) Enabled 8 Disciples shipment in Age II. Also gives + disciple buildilimit (since normally it is 5).

(*-) Since the Hand Mortar is now significantly stronger and more expensive, the Hand Mortar amounts from HC cards have been reduced.
(+) Added "HandMortar0" which gives 4 Hand Mortar in Age II (previously unavailable at this age)

***JAPANESE***

TECHNOLOGY
(*) Church technologies now cost Export instead of other resources.
(*) Arsenal technologies now cost Export instead of other resources.
(+) Arsenal can train Organ Guns and Gatling Guns for Export.
(NY+) Arsenal can upgrade Organ Guns and Gatling Guns for Export.

MONKS
(+) Monks start with healing enabled.
(+) Reiki now doubles monk healing rate.
(-) Base Japanese hero monk healing rate reduced by 33% (4 from 6) - Still higher at 8 than single Chinese monk.

(+) Enabled training Blind Monks from Monastery, with a build limit.

ARTILLERY
(+) Enabled Hand Mortar for Japanese, to offset greater European artillery variety. Also its upgrades.

(+) Added Firebomb alchemist to castle. Acts approximately like a japanese Grenadier/Hoop Thrower.

CONSULATE
(-) Enabling of "church upgrades" moved to "Consulate Church" export thingy. Necessary because lighting upgrades were appearing in Town Center by default.

CARDS:
(+) Monastery card also enables ranged action but only discounts monastery techs by 25%.

***INDIANS***

SHIPS & PORT
(*) Caravels at port switched to the somewhat less baffling Galleys (Home City cards are still Caravels but they share upgrades so it doesn't matter much)

Buildings
(+) Enabled Asian Mercenary tower
(+) African-style outlaw tower enabled
(+) As Wonders also cost Wood now, Indian construction discounts will apply.

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Currently bugged:

* Consulate doesn't generate Export even though it has the corresponding Tactics, Action and ¿Tech?.
* Explorer/Grandmaster are not auto-generating Influence.
-> Needs action in anim.xml

Fixed bugs:
x* Disciples aren't healing even tho they have the proto, ability, the tactics, the animation and so forth to do it : )
-> Needed the "CanAutoHeal" flag in proto xml

x* European fattened Cattle still generates Influence.
-> Action disabled