Getting Started Guide

This page is a work in progress.

Collect info from guides:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LzYYy8xjeUFNYKRBfzu9oLh6asoJqscSM2LzxKF7wyQ/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceYNmfp_8VaTEKLbAOVO5O0nKGu2gfAAqN-luM9urGg/edit https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6hpxld/psa_security_tips_for_new_friends/

Link to resources:

Biome growth sheet

Discovering Civ-style Minecraft

 * TODO Short general overview of the mechanics, playerbase, and play styles
 * Main subreddit r/CivClassics
 * Server rules
 * This is not vanilla and you're in for a long learning curve

Starting off

 * Start your journey in an existing nation because:
 * You can find people to teach you the civ mechanics
 * You get to use all the expensive infrastructure
 * Making contacts is very important, not just politically
 * It's more fun to play with like-minded people
 * List of Nations taking in new players
 * To get around, use boat or rail. here's a map to find boat routes: Web map
 * Respect existing nations: don't grief/raid them, they will get you back since they know the mechanics and their transport, production, and military infrastructures are more advanced than you might expect
 * Install basic mods
 * Minimap: set waypoints for your hidden things and other people's places, find travel routes
 * Gammabright: see in the dark
 * Civradar: see not just mobs and players but also items, minecarts, boats, and hear a sound when someone comes nearby
 * Spend your time mining diamonds and buy the stuff you need, it's cheaper this way since established players can produce things way cheaper than you on your own

Building up

 * Install advanced mods:
 * Skynet: know when someone logs on/off
 * ReplayMod: keep always running to have undeniable proof for surprises, or just go back in time/space
 * SnitchMaster: visualize Snitches' detection fields, manage large Snitch groups
 * Macromod: hotkeys, automation, botting
 * Set up your own Exp production, obby farm
 * Learn building secure structures

Oldfriend coming back

 * Install the mods
 * Get updated on the game mechanics
 * Use the new GUIs:
 * to open a graphical overview of all factories and recipes
 * to open a graphical overview of your Namelayer groups (used for chat and reinforcements)
 * while standing inside the field of a Snitch to take a quick look through the logs of that snitch
 * to see the available reinforcements and their strengths