I always hated the sails on the firgate and galleon (both civ3 and 4). Thankfully the textures are easy to change to make quick fixes in Civ4.

I made a new files in the Assets\Art\units\ for both. You can do the same (it will change their graphics everywhere) or a make a mod to add them.

Note: There are no noticable civ colors (not a fan of those either). See the screenshot.

Attached are new textures for the frigate and galleon along with a screenshot of both.

Thanks to all those who posted on how to make .DDS files!!

-Snafusmith

Ok, so where do you find the DDS files to you can try my hand at some of this?

Easy... you just get the Civ4 PakBuild and unpak the Art0.FPK file (look under the utility programs page). Everything you could ever want about the graphics seams to be in there (and more some).

-Snafusmith

That Galleon looks similar to the Dutch Fluyt I found for my Civ III Dawn of Humanity mod. If they Dutch are added in the expansion (or by a modder), then if they use your galleon, they can use the fluyt for the Dutch as a flavour unit.

Out of curiosity, why are the staysails and the jibs on the right ship (I assume the frigate) greenish? I also notice greenish edges on the left ship as well.

Arturus: it'd be pretty easy to convert the galleon into a fluyt, all you really need to do is make it rounder and possibly have a lateen rigged mizzen.

Nice, I made my own change of the galleon, so there are no more the colored sides on the sails. Look for GreenMod.