{"id":1344,"date":"2022-01-24T11:54:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:30:21","slug":"modding-mondays-episode-4-crime-punishment-with-the-security-mod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/modding-mondays-episode-4-crime-punishment-with-the-security-mod\/","title":{"rendered":"Modding Mondays Episode 4: Crime & Punishment with the Security mod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone and welcome to this fourth episode of our Modding Mondays series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, we\u2019ll share the discovery of Batyuski\u2019s Security mod<\/a>. This prolific creator has been credited for over 60 mods and shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What exactly is the Security mod, anyway? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The main idea behind the Security mod is to add a new layer of realism to our city builder while beefing up its challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing, Foundation’s vanilla experience (i.e. without mods) does not offer crime in any form or fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batyuski took this opportunity to add a whole new dynamic to the game: players are now able to protect their village from outlaws and punish them accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>I have a huge list of mod ideas and spend a lot of time thinking about ways to make Foundation more true to medieval life while also keeping it fun. Castles and security played a central role in medieval towns and I always wanted to make a mod to replicate both the visuals and the functionality of a castle, and to introduce some mild challenges to the game in the form of outlaws.

-Batyushki<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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How do you protect your village?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When playing with the Security mod, you will have access to new buildings once you reach a population of 20 villagers. The most important one is undoubtedly the Constable’s Keep, which includes a prison part where outlaws will eventually be housed before being released a week later, jobless and with the Newcomer rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mod also adds guard towers. Guards assigned to them will patrol the surrounding streets: a powerful deterrent to crime! You are free to change their route with special arrows placed on your territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each keep, tower, wall, barrier or guard adds to the overall sense of security in your village. It is therefore important to place them in strategic locations to prevent the crime rate from increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At any time, you can check the security level of a given building by clicking on it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n