Building chains
RESOURCE COLLETION
FALLEN GIANTS takes place in a post-WW1 world, and the resource available to exploit very much reflect this - oil is now a resource that can be harvested from Oil Wells (or Oil Derricks).
In lieu of Influence (as opposed to more antique settings explored by New World Empires) Knowledge is now the main resource you need to accumulate in order to research new technologies and upgrades, although unlike previous chapters, it is not really required in creating units, aside from command units (Officers) and agents (Spies, Terrorists).
Oil Well  | Logging Camp  | Farm  | Mine  | University  |
- The [Inca] can amass Wealth from mining operations, wile the [Egyptians] generate Wealth from Farms. Note that the latter can also build two extra Farms per Settlement as opposed to other factions.
- The [Iroquois] gather Food from Logging Camps.
- [French] Logging Camps can accommodate 2 more Workers compared to other factions.
PRODUCTION
No RTS game or mod is complete without an ability to create units to do your bidding, and Fallen Giants is no different.
Production structures are primarily involved with this task. Although a few of them can function like enhancements and some also host valuable upgrades and abilities, their most valuable function is still the conversion of resources gathered from economic structures into peasants, warriors, and other assistants.
Town | City | Major City | Drill Square | Armoury | Arsenal | Airstrip |
Hovel | Merc Camp | Warrior Hall | Anchorage | Foundry | Airship Hangar | |
Some notes about Production structures:
- In this mod, armoured vehicles must be constructed at an Arsenal, and Supply Vehicles recruited from the Armoury instead.
- The Arsenal will have two pieces of artillery, and three IFVs (either an armoured car or a truck, and a medium and heavy tank).
- Supplementary IFVs such as tankettes must be recruited from a Foundry.
- Technologically advanced factions (France and Britain, particularly) have access to Airship Hangars (for building Airships) but not Hovels or Warrior Halls.
- Hovels and Warrior Halls are typically built by highly underdeveloped nations (eg Afghanistan, Tibet - Mongolia and most Russian factions can build only Hovels).
DEFENCE
Humans have always felt the need to build defensive structures, stemming from the fundamental human desire for safety and security in a world that can often be dangerous or unpredictable - and the world of Fallen Giants, set on earth in the turbulent years spanning 1919-1922 CE would be no different.
Point defence structures help establish and maintain control over specific territories, but also serve as visible symbols of power and a bulwark against potential aggressors. Thus for you, there are a plethora of different point defence structures that can be built to suit your different needs.
- For quick and dirty solutions, choose a Blockhouse, Krepost or Sangar.
- For defence against aerial attacks, build an Anti-Aircraft Array.
- For controlling vast swathes of territory to achieve map control build a Fortress or its improved equivalent, a Citadel.
- For a middling budget that still provides shelter for your units, build a Stockade.
- Finally, use Observation Posts at strategic points to expand LOS.
Blockhouse | Stockade | Fortress | Citadel | Krepost  | Sangar  | Observation Post | AA Array |
| (Russia, Mongols, USSR & Ukrainians only) | (Afghanistan, British Empire, Tibet & Persia only) |
Note that none of these buildings are capable of spotting hidden units: you must have Scouts, Biplanes, Airships, a National Assembly or a Decryption Station Wonder to do this.
Unlike Alexander or Swords of the Prophets, the point defence system used in Fallen Giants is in fact a variation of that used in The Southeastern Dragon, as well as Rise of the Moderns. However there the similarities end:
- In Fallen Giants, the Citadel has a weak anti-aircraft attack inferior to that of an AA Array (except when fighting Airships).
- Cannon Towers, Bastions and Castles are absent in this chapter.
- Anti-Aircraft Arrays can be built only in large settlements (viz, Cities not Towns).
- Stockades are some of the most useful buildings for the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and Ukrainians - these represent the old stanitsa of Imperial days, and are where Cossack infantry (Plastuny for Ukraine and Mensheviks only) and cavalry can be recruited.
We expect that another mod - The Raj of Steam and Steel - to use this system of fortifications.
ENHANCEMENTS
Infrastructure is the backbone of modern society, providing the essential services and systems that enable us to live productive and fulfilling lives.
To this end, Enhancements are special buildings that primarilly handle providing buffs and conducting research, such as at the Town Centre which can enhance your faction further. Only one instance of each building may be erected per city.
| Sanctuary/ Party Ctr | National Assembly | Market | Granary | Sawmill | Refinery | Town Centre |
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Note the following rules in operation for this mod:
- Like the AA Array, Industrial Enhancements (Granaries, Sawmills, Foundries, Refineries) require a large settlement (viz, a City - created when a Town has five or more different buildings built within its Economic Radius).
- Unlike vanilla Rise of Nations, a Refinery requires Metal and Knowledge as a base cost, and Wealth as its ramp.
Notes
Depending on which mod you are using, these buildings will have different cost systems.
- For those associated with Fallen Giants, consult New World Empires Wiki.
- For those associated with The Raj of Steam and Steel, consult Warbirth Wiki.
See also
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