In a nutshell, this gives all European civs access to the Gatling Gun unit without needing to revolt.
I found that since TAD’s release with all the quirky new Asian civs and strategies, the European civs were feeling a bit bland. And since I never revolt because it seems too risky, I thought I could liven them up by enabling the revolution-only Gatling Gun. Besides that, the Gatling gun can also be improved by more technologies and is more effective against light infantry and cavalry. However, it is still weak against artillery, ships, and buildings and is best countered by artillery.
True to the mod’s name, this version of the mod features a universal installer that will work regardless of what version or existing mods you have!
Changes
- Gatling Guns can be built in Industrial Age at the Artillery Foundry by any European civ (except Portugal)
- Gatling Gun portrait art was replaced with custom art (was the Organ Gun)
- Gatling Gun AI prioritizes human targets over buildings now
- Gatling Guns are now upgradable in Imperial Age with the Organ Gun “Imperial Rebaulds” tech
- Gatling Guns can be upgraded with Gunpowder Unit upgrades
- Gatling Guns are now affected by the Engineering School card
- Gatling Guns have more realistic damage bonuses
- Cavalry from 0.5 to 1.0
- Light Infantry from 0.5 to 1.5
- Villagers from 1.0 to 1.5
- Buildings from 0.5 to 0.25
Screenshots
Download
Also on Age of Empires 3 Heaven
See readme for installation instructions.
Changelog
8/16/13:
- updated installer
- support for Windows 7
- made sure installer adds a slash to the end of install path
- added an uninstall feature
- source included
- better portrait art
- tested with TAD 1.03
- updated the TAD manual installation to 1.03
- updated the TWC manual installation to 1.06
5/30/08:
- made a universal installer program
- works with every version of TWC and TAD, modded or no
- can select to mod all civs or just European ones (default)
- fixed a manual installation bug with the tactics directory
- updated the TAD manual installation to 1.01a
- added a TWC manual installation for 1.04
- removed base damage increase
- added a name for the upgraded Gatling Gun
2/25/08:
- fixed the only known issue with Gatling Gun AI prioritizing building targets
- added Gatling Guns to the Engineering School card