New player 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
• Join the global chat group: /nljg ! !
• 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:
  • /fm to open a graphical overview of all factories and recipes
  • /nl to open a graphical overview of your Namelayer groups (used for chat and reinforcements)
  • /ja while standing inside the field of a Snitch to take a quick look through the logs of that snitch
  • /rein to see the available reinforcements and their strengths