The file is: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Australia.zip

Civilization: Australia
Noun: Australians
Adjective: Australian
Colors: Green
Starts with: Mining and Agriculture
UU: Mounted Infantry (Cavalry, 1+ moviment and ignores terrain cost)


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/4569/australia015po.jpg


Title and leader 1: P.M. Barton
Leader 1 bonuses: Philosophical and Financial
Leader 1 favourite civic: Nationhood

Title and leader 2: P.M. Menzies
Leader 2 bonuses: Industrious and Philosophical
Leader 2 favourite civic: Representation


Cities:
Canberra
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
TO BE CONTINUED...


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/9371/australia024dv.jpg


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/6836/australia032vy.jpg


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/9422/australia049nh.jpg


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/1272/australia050ih.jpg


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/7642/australia063wg.jpg


http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/1610/australia079mm.jpg


http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6426/australia084cs.jpg

Is It V1.52 tested???:confused:

Is It V1.52 tested???:confused:

I didn't download this new path yet, but I believe it works fine ;)

Well done mate, looks good.
i particularly like the Akubra hat and the drizabone.


i was just thinking of doing one myself when i found your thread

one more...
do u have many more names for cities?
if u need some, give me a yell becoz i could give you dozens

i was just thinking of doing one myself when i found your thread


hi mate.

you can make one more. with natives australian for ex.

great job again...

my only critisize would be that the UU is overpowered...1 movement and 1 power is too much (musketeer only have 1+ movement)

in general, you like to give UU power and/or movement, why not giving them other bonus? (guerilla? city attack? first attack?...)

the second lader is here, PM Menzies under construction and waiting for your suggestions friends :D

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8214/menzies410x5123uf.jpg

I have to review the UU power of this civ and others ;) A power + a bonus looks like the best option :)

I vote for bob hawke being the other leader ;)

and maybe having a special building that replaces the colliseum.. ;)

change the flag too ;)

I suggest using the southern cross as the symbol for the flag thingy, or perhaps something nerdy like the flying kangaroo from Qantas Airlines.

also, maybe a special building can be the Opera House, which could act like a theatre in every city... food for thought.

Bob Hawke?? no way man, bring on Paul keating!!!!

If you are looking for additional leaders I have some suggestions for for you:
a. Lachlan Macquarie – Governor of New South Wales pre-federation and referred to as the Father of Modern Australia for his visionary work in expanding the settlement. I suggest traits of Expansive and Organised.
b. Gough Whitlam – A famous (infamous?) Labour/Socialist Prime Minister whose primary source of fame is as the only Prime Minister to be dismissed from Government by the Governor General. He was Prime Minister during the early 1970’s and oversaw some significant changes in Australian social policy. I suggest traits of Creative and Philosophical.
c. Bob Hawke – A notable Labour Prime Minister who started the early attempts at reforming the Australian economy. He was a bit of a rogue and a man of the people. I defer to Charcoal’s decision on his traits: Industrious and Organised.
d. John Howard – Our current Prime Minister and the second longest serving Prime Minister of our federated history. Again I defer to Charcoal’s decision on traits: Financial and Organised.

It really won’t matter who you put as a leader as the country is split down the middle politically. The first one (Macquarie) is neutral to most people. The last three will cause civil war regardless of who you pick so it might be best to pick one from either side of politics. :D

Please don't consider Paul Keating. I remember my father almost breaking down because we were close to loosing the house because of the "Recession we had to have" and the outrageously high interest rates. :mad:

I think two leaders r enought per civi now, in the future I can produce more ones ;)

I cab cange the flag too, I appreciate if anyone post the new flag or image reference :)

i like it but one sugestion. the UU should be something different like a digger or light horseman but light calvery is a very generick term that refers to light mounted forces in almost every country in history.

Really brilliant work, especially Menzies. I still love your backgrounds too :goodjob: !!

Really brilliant work, especially Menzies. I still love your backgrounds too :goodjob: !!

I'm glad u enjoyed the new artworks Rob :thanx: the page with the links of all them is http://www.geocities.com/Civ_Army_1994/civilization4.htm

And hear the voice that comes from your interior that say "mod to Civ IV, came to the dark side" :lol: :lol: :lol:

list of city names id u need them

Canberra

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin

Newcastle
Wollongong
Wagga Wagga
Port Macquarie
Albury
Broken Hill
Penrith
Katoomba
Gold Coast
Surfers Paradise
Noosa
Coolangatta
Townsville
Cairns
Bundaberg
Sunshine Coast
Alice Springs
Broome
Katherine
Port Hedland
Fremantle
Albany
Whyalla
Port Wakefiled
Port Augusta
Mount Gambier
Ballarat
Hay
Mildura
Geelong
Richmond
Sale
Victor Harbour
Wodonga
Dubbo
Orange
Bathurst
Norfolk Island
Launceston
Devonport
Caloundra
Bega
Queanbeyan

many more in my head to choose from.........

list of city names id u need them

Canberra

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
.
.
.
many more in my head to choose from.........


i can add your cities in the next version (which adds the 2nd leader), so, this is the currently one:

<City>Canberra</City>
<City>Sydney</City>
<City>Melbourne</City>
<City>Brisbane</City>
<City>Adelaide</City>
<City>Perth</City>
<City>Newcastle</City>
<City>Woollongong</City>
<City>Darwin</City>
<City>Hobart</City>
<City>Gold Coast</City>
<City>Cairns</City>
<City>Townsville</City>
<City>Albury</City>
<City>Alice Springs</City>
<City>Coffs Harbour</City>
<City>Gosford</City>
<City>Geelong</City>
<City>Dubbo</City>
<City>Mildura</City>
<City>Kalgoorlie</City>
<City>Toowoomba</City>
<City>Rockhampton</City>
<City>Mackay</City>
<City>Ballarat</City>
<City>Port Macquarie</City>
<City>Sunshine Coast</City>
<City>Tamworth</City>
<City>Bandaburg</City>

Yay an Australia Civ only problems are

1. the flag

2.Sunshine Coast, Coolangatta and surfers paridise are the same place

Dude, check your geography
Coolangatta is JUST on the boarder of NSW... north of that is Surfers Paradise, which is SOUTH of Brisbane..... SUNSHINE coast is North of Brisbane...

Animated head yet?

Animated head yet?

no :sad:


TEN CHARACTERS :LOL:

I'd like to see the ANZAC as the UU... Light cavalry does sound a bit generic.

Hey CivArmy, just for your information, you will need to correct the spelling of two of the cities: Woollongong (Correct spelling Wollongong) and Bandaburg (correct spelling Bundaberg). Good job with the mod :goodjob:

i think you have done an excellent job on the leaders heads, excellent choise of leaders and traits

now the UU, i also agree that it is "overpowered" .... cav already have 15 power so an extra one really doesnt have that much effect, the extra movement is always handy 2 to 3 .... but i think a closer link can be found for the aussi troop

so what representation of aussi should their be?
the first aussi soldiers were the pommi redcoats ... pass
then we had the boar war ... mounted infantry, excelled on the open plains and the hills of africa ... nice start
now ww1, birthplace of teh aussi soldier, gallipolli, our anzacs, now these guys are the same mounted infantry that were in the boar war (we are more organised this time with the AIF) ... they amphibious assulted the turks that were in the fortified hills, got beaten back and retreated 9 months later .... these same guys at beershiba, cav charged the turks and took the town after several thousand british heavy infantry failed to take, but im sure you all know the stories and to these men that the aussi UU should honour

http://www.lighthorse.org.au/historicbw.htm

http://www.lighthorse.org.au/historic.htm

now for the name .... ANZAC is a good one but i take it from the name that CivArmy was looking for a more generic term as such, how about mounted infantry (would be espically good cause you keep the same graphic) and by making them a gunpowder footslogger it will stop them getting smashed by riflemen (which are just around the corner)
so with all this in mind (and mebey some other things?) what bonus should the UU have?
while trolling and thinking about this i came up with an idea, make the UU still replace the cavelry unit with a "mounted infantry" which is a gunpowder unit rather than a mounted unit (i think this would have a signifigant effect) and also adding the xp upgrade of "march" .... now we have a unit that moves quick MP2 attacks hard AT15 but it isnt "mounted" so doesnt suffer teh ill effects of riflemen and can heal on the move (giving them that extra survivability and duribility that the aussi soldier has shown) ..... i dont think that this is to powerful (only 1 thing has been increased) but will be signifigent in the game

any thoughts?

First of all I'd like to apologize about post few times on CFC last days/weeks, it happened cos the hard work that I've done this period and doesn't have any expectative to off :sad: But I'll try post on CFC as possible I'll be able ;)

I'm posting this to introduce the new version of the Australian civ, the file is on post number 01, the same to the new preview and the news are:
- the 2nd leader was added, he has the powerful Philosophical and Industrial threads toghter (+ representation, a good civic + a good UU)
- the UU power was changed, the same to its name. Now it's called Mounted Infantry, continues reaplacing Cavalry and has 1+ moviment and ignores all terrains cost.
- I changed the city list
- I changed the flag

I think the that's all.

I hope u enjoy more one civ! :D

Now...Make a New Zealand civilization and I'll be happy :P

Or Maori, but if you did that perhaps you'd need an Aboriginal, or perhaps an all encompassing Polynesian Civilization :)

Now...Make a New Zealand civilization and I'll be happy :P

Or Maori, but if you did that perhaps you'd need an Aboriginal, or perhaps an all encompassing Polynesian Civilization :)

Polynesians and Australia were done and New Zealand will be in my next pack of LH leaded by P.M. Helen Clark and why not a "native Australia" civ? I just don't know the name of native tribe(s).

Polynesians and Australia were done and New Zealand will be in my next pack of LH leaded by P.M. Helen Clark and why not a "native Australia" civ? I just don't know the name of native tribe(s).

Hah, great. I'll wait and see what you come up with then.

I like it. I think the flag suits the game nicely, too. Perhaps the ANZAC would have been a better special unit (perhaps a normal infantry unit with an automatic guerilla or woodsman bonus?) but overall, great work. :goodjob:

If you are looking for additional leaders I have some suggestions for for you:
......
d. John Howard – Our current Prime Minister and the second longest serving Prime Minister of our federated history. Again I defer to Charcoal’s decision on traits: Financial and Organised.

With that said why not make another american leader G.W.Bush and PM of England Blair put the 3 of them into the picture and have the 3 stooges **rim shot**

honestly i couldent think of a worse PM in our history .. mate com'on we have much more respectable leaders than little john jnr
**evil grin**

With that said why not make another american leader G.W.Bush and PM of England Blair put the 3 of them into the picture and have the 3 stooges **rim shot**

honestly i couldent think of a worse PM in our history .. mate com'on we have much more respectable leaders than little john jnr
**evil grin**

Sigh...:rolleyes: I kind of expected a reply like that from someone. I just didn’t know if it would be from the Trotskyites (against Howard or Menzies) or from the neo-Cons (against Whitlam or Hawke etc). I don’t care for politics. I try and assess things on the basis of facts, not hype or personal feelings. Whether you like him or hate him or think he does a good or a bad job Howard’s mark on Australian history is irrefutable. However, if you read the full post from which you quoted you will note that I tried to put balance into the whole thing. Perhaps it is best not to have any living person listed as a great leader to avoid too much controversy. All this discussion however is moot as I am quite convinced that CivArmy has made his final determination on who he creates as great leaders and he shows no signs of changing his mind; a balanced decision IMO. ;)

someone said "Bush", well, I have his model to Civ3, with a little work I can improve it and export to your Civ4 :D he could lead the fantasy "Jesus Land" civ.

http://img17.echo.cx/img17/7748/usa024gi.jpg

That one looks cool, if you would use his leaderhead in a civ I think you get high ratings(well expect for GW Bush but that doesn't really matters I think)

How I love bickering Ideologies. While we're at it, how 'bout a Germany mod with Karl Marx and Hitler :nuke:

I've tried this mod, and am really enjoying it. Thanks!

But my flag only shows up white, not the southern cross. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know how to go about fixing it?

Nice - I was expecting the UU to be the Rats of Tobrook - +50% defense in all terrains. Maybe another selection for flag would be the boxing kangaroo. The other UU option is that all our boats have a winged keel and +1 movement.

I personally think that Barton is a bad choice as a leader. Deakin and Whitlam are much more celebrated leaders. Also another interesting choice for a special unit could be infantry that start with a bonus in forest and jungle (both movement and defence). This could reflect Australia's ability to perform well in its region around the middle of the 1900's. The Cavalry are a decent choice but I think they could be called "Light Horse" due to the use of this name in the past in Australia.

Very nice. I almost made an Australia civ myself, but then decided to do Switzerland instead.

I just read over a few more posts in this thread and I'm going to make some more comments.
Mounted infantry are a decent choice except for the fact that at the time they were most famous (and mounted) they were not Australian's but part of the British empire.

Also ... the Australian 'civilization' was technically a part of the British empire until the treaty of Westminster and later the fall of Singapore when we passed laws establishing our own independent foreign policy. So I say scratch any leaders before Curtin (who would also be an excellent choice to replace Barton).

Back to the UU, Australia built their own ships, fighter aircraft and even designed the worlds first 'tank' but never created significant enough units of them to be defined by them in battle. It was always our infantry that gained good reputations as often we didn't have the resources to equip our men as extravagantly as other nations (like the USSR, USA or UK) but still had a fair amount of fit, country men ready for service.

In WW1 our troops performed better then many in the trenchs, in WW2 we did an amazing job against the Japanese in Indonesia (but a pathetic job in Singapore). In Vietnam we were considered the only soldiers who could fight on the same terms as the Viet Cong and win. Our troops have proven great at fighting unconventionally and in thick cover, a must for any country that can't lay down some serious fire support (like the nations I mentioned before).

Going with the concept I mentioned before that Australia's independent foreign policy didn't evolve until 1941 ... its probably important to choose a unit that is relevant then. I'd suggest a modified Infantry or Marine unit that wasn't so 'wacky' as 'SEALS'. Something more along the lines of a unit that can operate well from tough terrain, even offensively and isn't so great at a conventional head on war.

UU should be Anzac or Lighthorse. Why a generic term like mounted infantry? Thats like calling Legionaire - armoured swordsman.
Leaders should be Monash and Bradman. PMs are all basically scumbags. If you have Menzies maybe his special power is being able to trade key resources to the enemy? (Howard's is to finance the enemy). Monash is the best general, and Bradman is the best cricket captain. (no - steve waugh is NOT!)
Game desperately needs a new building added - the MCG. Much better than a coliseum!

I was thinking more of the SAS... they are one of the worlds best Special Forces after all

All I can say is:

Hell yes.

This looks like a beauty of a mod.

Leaders should be Monash and Bradman

Monash, I can tell why, but Don Bradman? Yeah, he's was the best cricketer in the world, but what else has he done for Australia?

Demon Rob is right we Need the MCG

Perhaps the MCG could build a colloseum in every city on the continent and add +2 happy and +8 culture to the city it is build in?

However to be fair, there are bigger stadiums in the world so I'd say that there are better options for national icons. Sydney Opera House is a potent contender. +3 happy and +50% culture could be a good bonus for a building like that.

I have a query, I'm new to this but please let me know, I downloaded the Oz patch but how do I go from it being a file on my desktop to being able to use it?
secondly as an ex member of the 1st /15th Royal New South Wales Lancers I think that the use of the light horse is the best choice for the UU. I do agree with all other posts that the SAS are at the pinacle of the modern worlds assault infantry but I don't see how you could translate that to gameplay. Maybe an infantry with a bonus while in forrest and a bonus while in Desert.

But I see this as useless, I'm not sure how everyone elses game pans out, but for me whenever I have the tech to be prodcing infantry there is precious little jungle left. for a similar reason I rarely use the civic environmentlism.
Perhaps a good use for the SAS would be an ultra fast moving motorcyle infantry unit or even an infantry that ignored 50% of an enemy cities defensive bonus. But for what it's worth, I still stand by the lighthorse, the lighthorse were the last cavalry charge ever, and this will probably ring true throughout the history of the modern world.

Monash, I can tell why, but Don Bradman? Yeah, he's was the best cricketer in the world, but what else has he done for Australia?

My father and Grandfather used to tell me how they went into the city of Adelaide at night just so they could listen to him play on the radio. Back in those days radios were expensive and radio stores in the city left them on over night.
The cricket games from England started at about 7pm and there used to be about 50 people huddled around the store in the cold.

From what my Grandfather said, Bradman had a profound effect on the Australian sense of pride, something which can never be measured by scientific methods.

Hey, that's awesome stuff. I hope updates will improve it better. Great job.

This is a great civ, my only complaint is the UU should be changed to something more aussie - or at least the name should

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: How do you play australia as a civ? It is not showing up on mine.
Please help!!!:(

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: How do you play australia as a civ? It is not showing up on mine.
Please help!!!:(

- Move the created folder into c:/.../Civilization4/Mods
- Start the game
- Go to "Advanced Mod"
- Now go to "Load a Mod"
- Load the mod that u want

good game! :)

If you are looking for additional leaders I have some suggestions for for you:
a. Lachlan Macquarie – Governor of New South Wales pre-federation and referred to as the Father of Modern Australia for his visionary work in expanding the settlement. I suggest traits of Expansive and Organised.
b. Gough Whitlam – A famous (infamous?) Labour/Socialist Prime Minister whose primary source of fame is as the only Prime Minister to be dismissed from Government by the Governor General. He was Prime Minister during the early 1970’s and oversaw some significant changes in Australian social policy. I suggest traits of Creative and Philosophical.
c. Bob Hawke – A notable Labour Prime Minister who started the early attempts at reforming the Australian economy. He was a bit of a rogue and a man of the people. I defer to Charcoal’s decision on his traits: Industrious and Organised.
d. John Howard – Our current Prime Minister and the second longest serving Prime Minister of our federated history. Again I defer to Charcoal’s decision on traits: Financial and Organised.

It really won’t matter who you put as a leader as the country is split down the middle politically. The first one (Macquarie) is neutral to most people. The last three will cause civil war regardless of who you pick so it might be best to pick one from either side of politics. :D

Please don't consider Paul Keating. I remember my father almost breaking down because we were close to loosing the house because of the "Recession we had to have" and the outrageously high interest rates. :mad:

good suggestions... i would add John Curtin, Australia's WW2 leader as another alternative. Perhaps Industrious and Philosophical or Aggressive?

IMO, without doubt the two sides of Australian politics are best represented by Menzies and Whitlam, each is a legendary figure for their respective supporters. Barton is kind of generic. hehe

yay. great mod. i second (third?) the request for a change to the name of the UU to 'Light Horse'. Yes the UU could be something else like ANZAC infantry unit but that would be work; a name change would be enough to make it more recognisably australian to most aussies.

edit: The flag only shows up white for me too. :( how sad. is there a common problem that would cause this? can anyone tell me how to fix it?

I agree with bornfromanegg, Whitlam & Menzies are easily the best leaders for an Australian civ.

Sorry to bump this, but it looks sweet. I don't know how you make those 3D leader animations, but they are awesome. I've seen your other Civs and they look great too.

I'm illiterate and map-building/modding but I want to add this Civ to this world map: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=134245 Australia's content is empty right now. If someone could tell me how or do it and upload, that'd be great. ;)

This is Fantastic, sorry to bump the thread, but it deserves my thanks.

You did very very well!

Good job. As an Australian I don't have to play as England anymore when I feel the need for patriotism.

Include the Aberigonis as a type of barbarian civ or something like that for an Australia map.

Include the Aberigonis as a type of barbarian civ or something like that for an Australia map.

The who? Oh you mean the Aboriginies. Yes there have been plenty of suggestions for that one. It gets about 50/50 support.

I reckon you definatly need john curtin, australia's greatest leader so far, make him industrious and aggresive, having the MCG in there would be awesome as well, but it's a must have for the SASR. They are one of the best special force regiments in the world.

Hi Civ Army!!!! :)
Whenever I try and load one of your mods, the blue bar reaches Init XML (uncached) and then loads for ages, doesn't get anywhere, and then it reports a bunch of files missing. What's wrong?

Okay, on one of your mods I clicked OK on all the boxes that said some XML was missing, and I eventually got into the game. I have to say I'm a bit disappointed, though. Some of the options for units on the bottom menu have black backgrounds and fuzzy images, and the Khmer flag is white ... Is it my computer, or does this version need some fixes? (perhaps my Mac Leopard is responding oddly to the XML ...)

Thread necromancy, again!!

I hope to god it doesn't want Brains like the last one. We all know how THAT turned out.

Uhhh ... random?

I just realised that all my other downloaded mods are the same. Don't worry - nothing wrong with yours. :D

It must have been when I was messing about with the XML (hey, we all have a go when we're beginners ...).

does it work with the 3.13 patch .

If you look closely, the first post hasn't been edited since January 2006, so it certainly won't work with BtS.

The mod has been placed on other BtS mods, though.
Changing topics a bit, but does anyone have any ideas for a good 2nd UU for Australia?