I just had a 12:53am idea for a mod:
Imagine that you could select your unit, right click, select Talk (or press T) and a popup like this would come up:
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What should the diplomacy setting be for LTXVIII?
0 = diplomacy is enabled.
4 = diplomacy is disabled.
Poll deadline: 2010-01-24
What should the diplomacy setting be for LTXVII?
What should the diplomacy setting be for LTXVI?
0 = diplomacy is enabled for everyone.
3 = diplomacy is restricted to teams. (current setting)
4 = diplomacy is disabled for everyone.
I think the default diplchance=80% is very high. It makes it much easier to revolt cities than conquering them militarily (at least until Democracy).
What should the diplomacy setting be for LTXIII?
0 = default; diplomacy is enabled for everyone.
3 = diplomacy is restricted to teams.
4 = diplomacy is disabled for everyone.
Thanks to Book we have offline diplomacy in LTeX.
Obviously, it means that I reintroduced diplomacy=1 there. Also, I set contactturns=5 to let players make meeting without embassy.
diplomacy setting
It seems LT11 is about to end. I will declare victory now :-)
I have a few basic questions regarding the rules. Do all of the wonders affect gameplay (I know Apollo and Manhattan definitely do)?