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Zelda 2 for Unciv! A fully coherent integration of the classic NES game into the 4X gameplay of Unciv! Actively being developed, very frequently updated!

Z2 : Zelda 2 for Unciv

Looking for some NES nostalgia? With a Civ V twist? You’ve come to the right place.

I’m a huge fan of the original Zelda 2, up to and including no-lives-lost vanila game completion. I also have a less than 7 minute completion speedrun time which you may find entertaining. ;)

Z2 achievements:

1. For the first time in Unciv history, bridge tiles can be placed. This is accomplished with Hybrid Tile Tech, invented here, and now mentioned in Unciv's code.
2. Thanks to hybrid tiles, three specific Zelda 2 gameplay elements have been preserved: raft crossing, boot water walking, and the bridge to Maze Island.
3. Unciv modder/mappers are going to have a field day tearing apart Z2! Have at it! Share what you learned, this is a huge opportunity!

Feedback: Issues (dev-related) and Discussions (game-related) at the top of the page.

Before and After:

Take a closer look at the above and you'll see the hidden water paths using Force (a TerrainFeature) via customized ocean Hybrid tiles that makes the special features of the Hyrule overworld map possible!

Version notes

Player notes

Z2 is essentially in beta. While in active development, expect anything could change!

Modder notes

Feel free to review/reuse the json’s. There's tons of commentary, especially towards learning what Unciv can/can't do.

Unciv Z2 discord

z2's Issues

List array grammar

Per Unique types documentation:

... accept multiple values in the format: {A} {B} {C} etc, ...

Z2/jsons/UnitPromotions.json

Line 258 in ece72b6

"[+33]% Strength <vs [{Sword} {Gunpowder} {Mounted}] units>",

The displayed output of the list should show comma separated items:

Bug: GDR MK-II not respecting unique

Z2/jsons/Units.json

Line 532 in f5e268f

"Only available <if [Nuclear Plant] is constructed> <in this city>", // needs special materials handling

The MK-II becomes available regardless if the city has a nuclear power plant.

Pillaged doesn't translate

Z2/jsons/translations/English.properties

Line 15 in f5e268f

Pillaged! = Ransacked!

Z2/jsons/translations/English.properties

Line 16 in f5e268f

Pillaged = Ruined

Thrust promotions activating not triggering

The Thrust promotion is granted automatically. It should wait to be triggered under the condition shown.

Priceless comment by yairm210 =) I'll take that as a compliment!

Translation not acknowledged in attack screen

Z2/jsons/translations/English.properties

Line 4 in b5925d5

River = Lava flow

River = Lava flow
river = lava flow

Solving the lonely road problem

Roads that are unfinished or have no adjacencies can eat up resources or otherwise be detrimental. Adding a road icon to the top of the tile could solve that.

Mockup:

Other incomplete improvements could be shown in the same way, then clustered when say an isolated road exists and an incomplete improvement awaits.

Unciv feature: recovery

Using negative values for providing recovery HP instead of damage could be simply addressed by changing the notification:
"Swordsman has recovered 10 HP"

No extra uniques needed.

Removing extra tile defaults to hexarealm tile

Not-quite-a-bug. More of an artifact.

When removing Z2 desert3.png, which was just a duplicate of Z2 desert.png, any use of ruleset Z2 including built in Zelda 2 map, 1 out of 3 desert tiles are using hexarealm desert.

This was not correctable by:

• selecting Desert terrain and replacing the wrong sprite tiles
• selecting different terrain, replacing, re-replacing with Desert
• wiping out all occurrences of Desert, save the map, reload Unciv
• deleting the built-in map Zelda 2, and moving Unciv64/maps/ elsewhere, reloading with no Z2 map files present
• faking a tileset layer via jsons/TileSets/HexaRealm.json ("Desert3": ["Desert2"],)
• specifying a blank fallback tileset instead of commenting the fallback line
• creating a new map with no Z2 map presence
• starting with vanilla unciv as a different ruleset, swapping to Z2
• swapping rulesets and/or mods

No iteration of Desert3 in any json sans the fallback test.

Temporary solution - re-add Desert3.png to the Tileset.

Question is how in funk is Unciv retaining any reference to Desert3, unless, and most probable, the existence of core HexaRealm Desert3.png is implicit until superseded by the mod Tileset.

unciv: android/Images.Tilesets/TileSets/HexaRealm/Tiles/Desert3.png

So, if that's true, is there an exclusion attribute for sprites we're not trying to use? Thought maybe the fallback hack above might do the trick if that was possible.

Turning it up to ELEVEN - the TO-DO thread

• Create promotion icons
• Alias Unciv resources - > Z2 items (temp til recreated as native)
• Differentiate Forage vs Farm
• Evo Slog mud
• Lancer upgrade path sucks, is chaotic
• Formation promotion will Evo to say armored units
• Fix sword unit and Villager Fight enemies!
• Cavern resource allowances
• City center canBeBuiltOn - core gameplay mechanic
• Prehistoric Villager sprite
• Z2-specific sprites shown in civopedia
• Fix remove boulder icon

Unit resource reqs displayed incorrectly

Z2/jsons/Units.json

Line 532 in 77809be

"requiredResource": "Uranium", // civopedia is confused: reqRes(1) + Consumes(2) = 3U? Must decipher correct usage.

"requiredResource": "Uranium", 
		"uniques": [
			"Consumes [2] [Uranium]",

Z2/jsons/Units.json

Lines 447 to 448 in 77809be

	"Consumes [3] [Uranium]",
	"Consumes [1] [Aluminum]",

Food doesn't preface with food icon

Shouldn't "Food" have a prefacing icon also?

Self promotion?

Self promotion?

Civopedia unit requirements text color

Tech, era, or other dependency requirements for units, buildings, other, should be in red text, just as the resource requirement is.

Mod dev notes

Road:
Sprite is (interpreted) to be rendered resized 2:3 ratio, horizontal, duplicated back-to-back, ex:
etirps|sprite left|right sprite
Below you see the hard left edge is designed to be reattached 180° to itself, while the right edge is the inward tile edge.

Pointing inward to hex face is the sprite right edge. Left sprite edge corresponds to tile edge. The left clone sprite is not mirrored, it is rotated 180°.

The above is the raw sprite. Below is how that sprite is rendered with three examples:

Same for Railroad:

Z2 bug and glitch master thread

As development of Z2 progresses, rather than rain reports into Unciv issues, most will be tracked here first for any of several possible reasons:

• Consolidation
• Summarization
• Simmering - some issues may only need time to either work themselves out, or find a solution that doesn't require Unciv dev intervention
• Analysis
• Unreasonable or unsupported modding
• Queued feature requests

This thread will serve to organize how Z2 reporting is approached.

Issues that can be directly attributed to Unciv or requests seeking dev input will otherwise be routed to Unciv issues. Routine feature requests should route to Unciv #3242.