max is gr8 wrote:This has been ready for ages
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max is gr8 wrote:But one thing
Shouldn't you have to own all territories along the trade route?
initially i thought of this but it is impossible with the current xml.
let's say we have terit A and terit B and you need a trade route between them to get the bonus.
in the current xml system it is not possible to define bonuses if 2 terits are linked. the only way to do this is manually add each possible trade route plus all + and - modifiers. i don't think anybody has the power to do this as it would mean probably a few hundred thousands lines of code. or probably even more.
a way to work around this xml limitation is by marking several routes on the map and those are the only ones that offer the bonus. the drawback is that A and B can be connected through several other routes and this just causes confusion and limits movement.
so i decided to just leave the source and the destination. in most cases you'll also have to take some other terits to get them. also don't think that if you must own A and B you should neglect the other non bonus terits. after all the number of terits you own also can bring quite a bonus especially on a map this size.
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