Coruption is killing me!

[DAAVEED]

I have been playing as the High Elves for 130 turns and have conqured a vast amount of land. However, I am losing 11000 a turn! Why? Because of coruption! So I wanted to ask if there is any way to combat coruption, or turn it off or something?


Thanks

[FOR GONDOR]

i think maybe you should put generals in that area and have a higher market trade like build more markets and roads and change the govoners

[Momus]

roads and farms do a lot more for econ than any other building - build them and don't keep generals in cities - only castles

that way they are a lot less likely to be corrupted - keep them in castles and armies

[DAAVEED]

but do you know how to alter the program files to take out coruption?

and there are very few castles and very many cities, so i wont have any where to put my generals?

[FOR GONDOR]

if you dont have any were to put your generals send them into war

[RandomAttack]

but do you know how to alter the program files to take out coruption?

and there are very few castles and very many cities, so i wont have any where to put my generals?

In answer to your question: Yes, it's easy to mod if you want.

In your data folder is the descr_settlement_mechanics.xml file. Open it and find the following entry:

<factor name="SIF_CORRUPTION">
<pip_modifier value="1.0"/>
</factor>

Just change the value to whatever you want. For example, changing it to "0.5" essentially reduces income corruption impact to 1/2 normal.

[Goth]

Good tip RandomAttack I never knew that.
Cheers

[TheXand]

In answer to your question: Yes, it's easy to mod if you want.

In your data folder is the descr_settlement_mechanics.xml file. Open it and find the following entry:

<factor name="SIF_CORRUPTION">
<pip_modifier value="1.0"/>
</factor>

Just change the value to whatever you want. For example, changing it to "0.5" essentially reduces income corruption impact to 1/2 normal.

I put mine to 0.3, the amount of money lost to corruption is just plain ridiculous.

[DAAVEED]

THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!

[jinjo]

move your capital to the middle of your faction
it will reduce corruption

[Altimis]

Centralize your capital will help

[Muffer Nl]

Build the city hall build line in cities. This reduces corruption. Brothels and taverns increase corruption do destroy those buildings.

[Kovas]

Build barracks in your cities, this also reduces corruption.

[damnmap]

>11000

good god... I had a problem, though nowhere near as bad, with my dale generals. Most of them had a combination of negative trade stats adding up to 20-40% losses. Even so it only made my settlements lose a few hundred as most of them rely on farming

[Stario]

Build the city hall build line in cities. This reduces corruption. Brothels and taverns increase corruption do destroy those buildings.

I was wondering about brothels, taverns and relationship with squalor/corruption. So is it a good idea not to build such buildings period?

To quote Carl Sagan A celibate clergy [insert population here] is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

[Incan]

same as post above me i was wondering whether or not brothels,tavern, thieves guild, etc create squalor and corruption

[Black Knight]

I have been playing as the High Elves for 130 turns and have conqured a vast amount of land. However, I am losing 11000 a turn! Why? Because of coruption! So I wanted to ask if there is any way to combat coruption, or turn it off or something?


Thanks

You will notice that the bulk of your corruption comes from the settlements to the west, like Mithlond - each with a 1000+ penalty on corruption (check the settlement details). Settlements near Imladris will get no corruption, so I guess this is just because of the distance to the capital. It would make sense, since the Elves have no Brothels of Inns. In most cases some generals also make things worse with negative traits (I think that the whole negative traits with elves thing should be worked out, there was corruption among elves - talk about Fëanor, Thingol and all that lot -, but weaker than in other races, and close to none during the end of the Third Age and the rule of Cirdan, Elrond, etc).

Well, the High Elves will have that problem as long as they keep those settlements to the west. Maybe they sould be part of a separate faction, ruled by Cirdan. One possible solution would be to exchange those territories with Eriador or the Dwarves, for others nearer your capital. I once did this to get Ost-in-Edil, which Eriador had conquered first; since I needed it because of the victory condictions and also because of the strategic value, I traded it with Lunelaith (which was quite useless). If you have good relations with the faction and throw in a bit of money, it should't be difficult.

[Outlawstar15a2]

I have been playing as the High Elves for 130 turns and have conqured a vast amount of land. However, I am losing 11000 a turn! Why? Because of coruption! So I wanted to ask if there is any way to combat coruption, or turn it off or something?


Thanks

Yes and Yes.

1.) To combat corruption move your capital to where it is in the center of your empire. You'll end up doing this several times during the course of your game. Build structures that increase law. Build structures that reduce squalor by improving health as their is a health sub component to corruption from what I've witnessed. Reduce squalor itself. In general just improve the quality of life in your settlements and increase law.

2.) To get rid of corruption altogether *wink wink* Insert the following into the capabilities field for each level of castle and town wall in the EDB file (export_descr_buildings.txt).

population_health_bonus bonus 8000
population_growth_bonus bonus 6000
law_bonus bonus 4800
happiness_bonus bonus 2400

"population_health_bonus bonus" Is a bonus that improves city wield health and reduces squalor. This basically eliminates plague and sickness in your settlements. "population_growth_bonus bonus" Is a bonus that increases growth rate so that your settlements develope faster. "law_bonus bonus" Is a bonus that increases law, this one will eliminate corruption. "happiness_bonus bonus" Is a bonus that increases the base happiness level for the settlement and in turn increases the loyalty of said settlement this basically makes rebellion and revolt impossible.

[alhoon]

population_health_bonus bonus 8000
population_growth_bonus bonus 6000
law_bonus bonus 4800
happiness_bonus bonus 2400

Good Lord! ! !

Law_bonus bonus 10 should be more than enough. 4800?!?!?!?
And those growth bonuses are so high that the game will hit the limit of growth in every settlement. More than growth bonus 10+health bonus 10 essentially goes to waste.


As a note, taverns etc don't increase corruption, they just have a chance to make your generals alcoholics or another bunch of negative traits.

[THEMANMAN]

Black Knight you have a good idea about spliting the faction apart but it would only result in a clone faction of the other, or KK and DEV's would have to create new skins for a new factions of elves. DaC splits the two regions so that they are seperate factions.