Vintage Civ: Difference between revisions

''There is a lot of game mechanics that were changed for the sake of the genre, that I wont go into full detail about now. As a town, city, community, as you learn things, I encourage you to share what you find. -Vintage Civ Team''<ref>SouthernBloc (May 26 2022)https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/979445284205633607</ref>''</blockquote>It was announced on April 9, 2022 by SouthernBloc that an early version of the 2.0 server has been launched publicly, to last for 24 hours, later said to be on for about 2 weeks. <ref name=":0">SouthernBloc (April 9 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/962497576593150032 so for the next 24 hours, I am going to unwhitelist the test server so I can see any potential issues performance wise from the mod list currently. Keep in mind this is a beta test, and there might be problems. IP: 147.135.65.45:27500]</ref> The servers listed in this subsectionbelow were publicy released with the intention of finding bugs and balancing issues that can be found in the early release of new content being added. These test servers contains highly anticipated features not seen before in the Vintage Civ server such as [[Bastion|bastions]], combat tag, pack animals, more enemies, new land generation, and a variety of new building blocks and other smaller mechanics.<ref>SouthernBloc (March 20 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/955202166270857276 20MAR22 Test Server Changelog -More Animals 1.2.1 added -addeds more farmable birds that are region specific -Shackle Gear updated -added integration with combat tag -CivLock added -locking chests to groups is now a thing -Pack Animals 1.0.1 updated -Caribou, Camels, and Elephants are now tameable, and are pack animals -CivBow 1.0.0 added -All bows have an increased damage bonus. -WhyFlags and children mods added -Allows for creating of flags -Custom flags coming soon TBD -Copper Locks -Anti-Cheat Improvements ''and much more'' @here]</ref><ref>SouthernBloc (March 13 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/952696010172399656 Changelog for 03/13/2022 @here Main Server -Ciders and the such have a much more extended shelf life, but longer brewing time. -Resin should generate more frequently. To those who asked about make planted trees generate resin, trees are hardcoded to not produce a block other than lock. -QPTECH removed. -Xskills removed. A backup of the map was made. XSkills was saved. Test Server -Bastions added -Pack animals added -1st map iteration of oceans/continents/sea life -Changes made to Trees -Changes made to Rocks -Changes made to rebalance tools -Combat Tag added -Copper locks readded -Lock output buffed to 3 instead of 1 -20 more animals added]</ref>

On April 17 2022, SouthernBloc held a Discord call discussing the details surrounding 2.0 of Vintage Civ and the future of the server(s) with a handful of other important members such as developers and contributors. In the same call he showcased the trailer for 2.0, planning for release on May 27 2022.<ref>SouthernBloc (April 17 2022)[https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/965364653121224715 @everyone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J12nGdJtZDc]

[https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/965364653121224715 Happy Easter Everyone. Thank you for all the support over the past few months. Its been rough. But it couldn't have been done without everyone. Thank you. -VintageCiv Dev Team]</ref> In the call SouthernBloc stated that moving towns or structures from the 1.0 map to the 2.0 map will not be done, as he says it gives an unfair starting advantage to some players <ref>SouthernBloc (April 17 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/965145521188667443 Copy pasting the towns is unheard of, not to mention can be seen as unfair treatment by new players.]</ref> and that in the release of 2.0 the blocks and materials used in the old 1.0 structures would be deleted as they are from mods that wont be in 2.0.<ref>SouthernBloc (April 17 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/965144942206943292 Issue with moving towns is because we aren’t going to run with 30 out of house mods, so a lot of the stuff used to build those towns will be deleted]</ref>[[File:2022.png|thumb|The center of the unnamed 2.0 alpha town as of April 23]]

It was announced on April 9, 2022 by SouthernBloc that an early version of the 2.0 server has been launched publicly, to last for 24 hours, later said to be on for about 2 weeks (Which did not last 2 weeks). <ref name=":0" /> The beta test server as of April 17th has players spawn at 0,0 in the very north-western corner of the world in the water. The closest landmass to the spawn point is a small island which contained a single homestead with a small overgrown farm to the south of it. The beta world has a small size of exactly 5000 blocks north to south and has every quadrant being absent except the +,+ quadrant, which the entire map is in. There has been a few small camps set up by players that have crossed the oceans and landmasses far from spawn, though thenone servercome hasclose notto hadthe assize much popularity asof the 1.0 betatowns. three months earlier.

After existing for 9 days, the 2.0 beta world was wiped for a new one that was supposed to last til launch day of the actual 2.0 world <ref>SouthernBloc (April 18 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/965749316306214962 this one will most likely last till launch day. I wanted to see variation in the water generation]</ref>. WithThe thisserver theran IPon forversion the Beta was replaced1.16.5 withand the newsize worlddimensions beingfor the 2.0 Alpha. The new Alpha world has randomspawn on,were similiar-2500 to other2500 civeast serversto inwest theand genre. According-2500 to SouthernBloc2500 thisnorth willto applysouth formaking the actualworld 2.05000 serverx that5000 will launch in May <ref>Miloski (April 18 2022) [https://discordblocks.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/965749642916683846 thats going to also apply til actual 2.0?]

On April 23 2022 SouthernBloc launched yet another completely new server referred to as simply the "Test" server. Instead of the previous two 2.0 test iterations, it is connected to from the default server IP being play.vintageciv.com and has dirt gravity turned on, changing the way players build and traverse. With the terrain generation being done for the most part and the world map much bigger than the previous two 2.0 iterations, Southern states this server will last til the 2.0 launch day <ref>SouthernBloc (April 23 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/937503678477262908/967570091162099752 @here The Test Server is now launched on the main IP, play.vintageciv.com. This will last until launch day, but the map gen tweaks are done for the most part. The 1.0 server will relaunch on the test box, but we need to test how it works on the main box. I stress that you take some time and play with the mechanics, so come launch day we have the final tweaks ready. Have a good weekend all!]</ref>. It was noticed the day after the server launched that naturally grown wild crops are unusually rare <ref>SouthernBloc (April 24 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/967917541429219370 wild crops are terrible to try and find ngl]</ref>, along with the fact that the equator is also unusually large, makes finding and growing crops much harder.

Starting off with a small dirt hut player Nessie built, it quickly gained a handful total of residents after the location started being spread around the Discord due to the hot climate and justmostly because it was one of the only public settlements at the time. The settlement's roster comprised of Fey, Miloski, SouthernBloc, Cratin, and Nessie. With a small farm being built to the side of the now-wooden and stone brick house the new civilization was growing. The island settled on was distinctly shaped like an elephants head, making it known as Elephant Island or of similar titles based off the islands appearance on a map. <ref>SouthernBloc (April 23 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/967633858306654268 Elephant Republic]</ref><ref>SouthernBloc (April 232022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/967634121679585360 socialist republic of elephas]</ref><ref>[[File:Elephant.png|thumb|The elephant looking island that the unnamed settlement lived on for almost a day. ]]

The 5 player group set sail in hopes of finding an appropriate area for farming and forestry after discovering Elephant Island is inadequate to grow most crops. It took a while for all the group members to eventually meet up and start building due to various mishaps along the journey, but in the end the loot stored at Elephant island was transferred to this new location.

The server officially launched on Friday of May 27 2022. With randomspawn on in a certain radius around 0,0 to prevent server overload, the many who already joined has started small towns and groups with other players. With the regionvanilla aroundclasses 0possessing new and improved specialization/balancing features,0 beingtowns theare spawnencouraged areato look for newat players,least thereone hasof beenevery severalclass countsto ofbe murderable andto thieverycraft aroundeverything thosethey partsmay need, encouraginge.g peoplethe toclothier movetrait awayis fromexclusive 0to the tailor class,0 meaning tailored gambeson can only be crafted by tailors. On May 30 an attempt at establishing a international union of peace and trade between the nations of Vintage Civ has been made in the form of a Discord server made by [[Polskizoldak]] <ref>Polskizoldak (May 30 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/968985098567438356/980889544557756506 Dear players of Vintage Civ 2.0! As all of us know, cooperation can bring significant profits. Because of that, we, leaders of towns decided to form a Global Peace&Trade League, which objective is to bring peace, prosperity and happiness to the cities from around the server of Vintage Civilisation by cooperating and solving problems together! https://discord.gg/f2qaUytubv]</ref>.

</ref>and Makometer <ref name=":1" />. As said by Luke, Dythanos just about got their revenge with the killing of CaptainOats, Forks, and PlagueDoctor557 on May 31 <ref>Luke (May 31 2022) [https://discord.com/channels/927062370352762941/931291079939096596/981421051634384906 @Dythanos got our revenge]</ref>