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SMAN's The World at War - Modern Terrain Improvements

The World at War (WAW) `Modern Terrain Improvements` companion mod adds many new terrain improvements -- to extend the use of terrain in order to better support the overall war effort.

The goal of this mod is to complement the main World at War mod. However, this mod can be played without the main WAW mod being enabled. If WAW is loaded, then some of the prerequisite technologies to build these improvements will change – becoming available in the Future War Era.


There are 16 new improvements – appearing from the late Renaissance to the Information/Future War eras.

Airfields: May be built in your own or unowned tiles.
1. Tactical Airstrip (Flight): Station 2 aircraft (Fighters/Bombers). Defensive strength 40.
2. Strategic Airfield (Radar): Station 5 aircraft. Defensive strength 40. +25% defense to other units.
3. Theater Airbase (Rocketry): Station 8 aircraft. Defensive strength 60. +33% defense to other units.

Defensive Improvements: Bunkers must be built in your own tiles; Trenches can be built anywhere.
1. Defensive Bunker (Ballistics): +75% defensive strength to units in the tile.
2. Coastal Fortification - Artillery Bunker (Radar): Ranged strength 60, range 3. +50% defensive strength to other units.
3. Air Defense Bunker (Radar): Strength 30, intercept range 3. +50% defensive strength to other units.
4. Defensive Trench (Dynamite): +25% defensive strength to other units in the tile.

Towers: May be built in your own or unowned tiles.
1. Watchtower (Gunpowder): Extends visibility to 3 tiles away from the tower. Defensive strength 15.
2. Guardtower (Rifling) : Extends visibility to 4 tiles away from the tower. Defensive strength 22. Adds +25% defensive strength to other units.
3. Listening Post (Ecology) : Extends visibility to 5 tiles away from the tower. Defensive strength 40. Adds +33% defensive strength to other units.

Future Improvements: Must be built in your own tiles – these are mostly improved versions of basic game improvements. The first tech listed in the normal game's tech. The second is the prereq tech if the World at War main mod is loaded.
1. Automated Mine (Particle Physics / Digital Revolution): Improved Mine.
2. BioDome (Nuclear Fusion / Biotechnology): Improved Farm.
3. Cyber Redoubt (Nuclear Fusion / Cybernetics): Improved Fort.
4. EcoCommune (Globalization): Improved Trading Post.
5. FusionNexus (Nanotechnogy / Atomic Manipulation): Even more improved Trading Post.
6. Industrial Complex (Satellites / Composite Materials) : Improved Lumber Mill.


The mod is fairly stable, crash-wise, but could probably use some `improvement` balance-wise. I have put a lot of effort into tweaking/testing, and the AI uses all of the units except for the 'Automated Mine' improvement. I have tried about everything I can think of to get it working, but so far no luck.

Please let me know if you see anything else broken!


Acknowledgements:
This mod owes a tremendous debt to Bouncymischa`s "Future Worlds" mod, in both ideas and artwork. The last Era in the main World at War mod is focused on bringing a "Future Worlds – Lite" capability into the broader WAW design, to harmonize the game systems in a way the compliments both Bouncymischa`s vision and mine. Other artwork came from Artisanix` "Loookout Towers" mod, and Hulfgar`s "Modpack" files.

The Airfield improvements would have been impossible without WHoward69 and LeeS collaboration/expertise at Civfanatics. The only reason these work at all is due to the "ridiculously patient" coaching they provided in helping get these improvements to work.