View Full Version : [MOD] Colonists of the New World


veBear
Dec 20, 2008, 06:03 PM
This is my first mod and includes four extra civilizations to play. The final version is not yet finished but will soon be released. Anyway, i hope you like the mod.
Here's the link:
Colonies of the New World Download Database (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11642)
Here's the direct link to Atomic Gamer:
Colonies of the New World Atomic Gamer (http://atomicgamer.com/file.php?id=74331)
Here's a non finished ver 4.0 beta:
CNW 4.0 beta (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=12144)

Pictures:

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Henry VIII, the new English King only in this MOD
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/NewEnglishKing0000.jpg

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Johan Printz of Sweden
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/JohanPrintz0000.jpg

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Baranov of Russia, Russian MOD by NeverMind
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/Baranov0000.jpg

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The different Map Types included in the game
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/Maptypes0000.jpg


Detailed list of new features:
New Civs:
New Portugal/Nova Portugal (All credit to jaldeen's New Portugal mod)
Trait:
-- Maritime
--- Naval units start with Navigation 1 and Navigation 2
--- -25% travel time to Europe
Leaders:
- Mem de Sa
-- Militaristic
--- Free promotion; Grenadier 1
- Dom Pedro II
-- Educator
--- +100% Education

New Denmark/Nye Danmark (basic XML by liambane, LH's by Ekmek)
Trait:
-- Influentical
--- Natives are more tolerant regarding territorial encroachment
--- +50% native conversion rate from Missions (to represent the danish colonies friendly contact with the Greenland natives)
Leaders:
- Jens Munk (Jackson LH by ekmek with new background, thanks to Liambane for basic XML)
-- Explorer
--- Ships start with Navigation 1 and Navigation 2 promotion
--- +100% from first native contact
- Hans Egede (Stonewall Jackson LH by ekmek with new background)
-- Tolerant
--- -25% crosses needed for immigration

New Sweden/Nya Sverige (basic XML by Petabyte, King and Risingh LH's by charle88, Printz LH by The Capo)
-- Trader
--- Half price on buing land from natives
--- Natives more friendly (25%)
- Johan Risingh (uses Gustav Adolph by The Capo)
-- Industrius
--- +25% Hammers in all settlements
- Johan Printz (uses Generic French General by charle88)
-- Militaristic
--- Free promotion of Grenadier I for Mounted and Gunpowder Units

New Russia/Novaya Rossiya (All credit to NeverMind's Russia Mod)
-- Expansive
--- +50% Time between Tax Increases, +50% Travel Time to Europe
- Ermak
-- Aggressive
--- +33% vs. Natives, Weakens (-1) Relations with the Natives
- Aleksandr Baranov
-- Protective
--- Free Stockade in every Settlement

Other Features:
New Englis king LH, Henry VIII by Wyz sub10 and ekmek
Three new map types:
- FaireWeather (Creates big continents; by cephalo)
- hemispherical_islands (Creates small continents/big islands/small islands; by Ledat)
- CaribbeanStyleTemplate (More worldbuilder-modable caribbean map; by Arcys)
- New Europe Screen by koma13
- More Civilizations and Natives in one map for a more exiting game

Will be included in next version:
- New Scotland by HG CassiusA with all LH's by charle88
- New Courland by me and all LH's by charle88
- Many new animated LH's by charle88
- New flag for New Portugal, King of France, King of England, King of Netherlands, King of Spain, King of Russia, King of Sweden, King of Denmark and King of Portugal
- New buttons for New Spain, New England, New Denmark, New Sweden, King of Sweden, King of Russia, King of Denmark, King of England, King of France, King of Netherlands, King of Portugal and King of Spain
- At least three new UU's (for the colonies)
- Mayan natives
- Two different native unit looks, one for Maya, Aztec, Tupi and Inca and one (the default) for the rest

Future Ideas:
Planning to add the Revolution Change Flag system by Dale
Abondon Colonies Option by NeverMind
Add more new units
Add the Col2: More Buildings mod by zuul

If you got other suggestions, please post them here.


Special thanks to:
- Liambane for basic Denmark civ
- MOLEANDER for music
- NeverMind for basic Russia civ
- jaldeen for basic Portugal civ
- Petabyte for basic Sweden civ
- All the people who supported this mod
- Me, veBear, and charle88, the authors of this mod

HOW TO INSTALL:
Put the MOD in "My Documents > My Games > Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization > Mods

Feel free to use this mod

veBear

veBear
Dec 25, 2008, 11:06 AM
Sneek a peeks for the next version:


The King and Colony flags, the Kings got Regulars, the Colonies have the Veteran Soliders
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/All_Colonies.jpg

Some Help for you to see where the different colonies are, this shows their location.
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/All_Colonies_Location.jpg

The flag of the Danish King, have you noticed the small, yellow lion holding an axe at the upper right part? That's the lion from the Norwegian Coat of Arms. This is the flag i am most happy with.
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr217/veBear/Civ%20Fanatics/danish_king.jpg

Jimbrock
Dec 25, 2008, 01:54 PM
Will your upcoming mod have any other features except for these 3 new civs?

JB

veBear
Dec 26, 2008, 03:23 AM
later, yes.
Here are a list of new changes that will be included in newer versions:
- Special units for eatch colonist civilization (conquistador for spain, carrack for portugal etc.)
- New flag graphics
- Loads of new military units
- Tetch tree made by Melinko... (only maybe)

That is what is planned at the time. We will se how the rest goes.

veBear
Dec 27, 2008, 05:49 PM
Extreamly Updated this time!!

Zuul
Dec 28, 2008, 02:04 AM
Planning to add the Triangle Trade mod by Dom Pedro II

I think that will be hard as he have not released the code.

veBear
Dec 28, 2008, 03:52 AM
I know, but i guess i can add my civs into his MOD only by copying some XML from my work to his, as i then do not need to disturb his work. Will ask him for permission first thought :)

Happy new year:)

veBear
Dec 28, 2008, 09:19 AM
Post Deleted

Ginger_Ale
Dec 30, 2008, 08:22 AM
Moved to the Mods & Files subforum.

veBear
Dec 30, 2008, 12:17 PM
Thanks Ginger

veBear
Jan 23, 2009, 09:53 PM
Uploaded version 1.3
The new version includes both Sweden and Russia :king:

Enjoy

veBear
Feb 09, 2009, 10:31 AM
Just wondering, could someone translate these sentences into kind of russian with Latin letters:
- Russian Colonies
- New Russia

Hope someone can help me working this out (i don't know a word russian)

veBear
Feb 20, 2009, 04:22 PM
Never Mind, NeverMind did it for me, so now also russia will have a more accurate name.

veBear
Feb 21, 2009, 09:35 AM
Added "Sneek a Peeks" in the second post, where you can look how the next mod will be :goodjob:

Hope you enjoy my mod:king:

azjol94
Feb 24, 2009, 07:52 AM
how to get it ingame? just replace the already existing folders or put it in mods? sorry for being noobish:blush:

veBear
Feb 24, 2009, 01:31 PM
Put it in the MODS folder in - My Documents > My games > Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization

azjol94
Feb 25, 2009, 07:03 AM
ok thank you;)

MOELANDER
Mar 02, 2009, 03:56 AM
Nice mod!
Will you change the diplomatic music for the leaderheads? Cause If you will and need music feel free to ask, I have a lot of music from different countries.

Oh, and when is the next release :D ?

veBear
Mar 04, 2009, 07:20 AM
Nice mod!
Will you change the diplomatic music for the leaderheads? Cause If you will and need music feel free to ask, I have a lot of music from different countries.
Im sure I could use some of your music :)
Just PM me if you got some music for the countries mentioned under and i'l send you my email :)
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Poland/Lithaunia
- Scotland

Oh, and when is the next release :D ?
The next realease will be as soon as charle88 has finished his new LH's and i've added them to the new civs, so i cant say for sure. But if you want i could make some easy add on, prewiue civilizations you can download :)(those won't have any animated LH's or pedia-text)

donbot
Mar 15, 2009, 11:09 AM
This mod looks great and I have downloaded it. But how do I run it? I cant find a MOD folder

veBear
Mar 15, 2009, 12:27 PM
Thx for the feedback :goodjob: Here's where to put the mod:
Put it in "My Documents > My Games > Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization > Mods

PiMan
Mar 15, 2009, 04:37 PM
You create one yourself.
In the game folder in Program Files (or wherever else the game is installed), create the Mod folder.
The default path is 'C:/Program Files/2K Games/Firaxis Games/Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization/Mods'

EDIT: Or you can put it where the mod creator says to put it. Both should work fine for this mod (but not all mods).

veBear
Apr 06, 2009, 11:36 AM
over 1000 downloads on ver. 1.3 now.
Soon going to update the mod to versian 1.3.1 (this will not include any more civs, as charle ain't finished with the LH's and i ain't finished with all the XML i should do).

veBear
Apr 11, 2009, 02:06 PM
Uploading a ver 4.0 beta now.
It will include two unused, sneek a peek kings, a new LH for Hans Egede, some new (unique) units, a new Native (mayans), the Abondon Colony and 2 Plots City Radius Modcomp by NeverMind + More

Just as version 3 this mod works for the new Patch as well. BUT, there is an audio-bug i can't solve. I can't get the music to play after i added the Danish Colony Leaders Sound. I've checked the XML a couple of times, but there are no mistakes there as i can see. If you solve this bug, please PM me so i can solve it.

i_diavolorosso
Apr 12, 2009, 07:24 AM
Download the mod, and load it
But i got a multiple error when i load it.After i hit all the ok button that appear, the game loaded.I choose country, but i can't choose game speed and difficulty:confused:.Then i played the game

Dang!!!It crashed:lol:

Note:In the civ db it said that the size is about 190mb.But in atomic it said the size about 80mb.Is it the problem??:sad:

veBear
Apr 12, 2009, 09:11 AM
Strange...
Can you copy what the error messages sais? If you do so it would be much more easy for me to see what the problem is and then solve it... Just PM them to me.

If the ver 4.0 beta didn't work, then you can try downladt ver 3.0, which is still out there :)

i_diavolorosso
Apr 13, 2009, 03:11 AM
Strange...
Can you copy what the error messages sais? If you do so it would be much more easy for me to see what the problem is and then solve it... Just PM them to me.

If the ver 4.0 beta didn't work, then you can try downladt ver 3.0, which is still out there :)
XML Load error

LoadXML call failed for GameInfo/CIV4GameSpeedInfo.xml


LoadXML call failed for GameInfo/CIV4EuropeInfo.xml


LoadXML call failed for GameInfo/CIV4HandicapInfo.xml

And then,

XML error

Tag: HANDICAP_EXPLORER in info class was incorrect.Current XML file is: xml/GameInfo/CIV4ForceControlInfos.xml

Tag: GAMESPEED_NORMAL in info class was incorrect.Current XML file is: xml/GameInfo/CIV4ForceControlInfos.xml

That's all.I used dale's non installer patch

veBear
Apr 13, 2009, 12:34 PM
That's strange, as i didn't use those xml files when creating the mod. Try to copy the files you got mentioned into the respective folder in the CNW mod folder and see if it works. Also, if you installed the ver 4.0 beta, try to remove it and download ver 3.0 istead, as it work's better. If it dont work then, PM Dale and see if he got any other solutions (I dont have anymore solutions myself).

i_diavolorosso
Apr 14, 2009, 02:23 AM
That's strange, as i didn't use those xml files when creating the mod. Try to copy the files you got mentioned into the respective folder in the CNW mod folder and see if it works. Also, if you installed the ver 4.0 beta, try to remove it and download ver 3.0 istead, as it work's better. If it dont work then, PM Dale and see if he got any other solutions (I dont have anymore solutions myself).
Ok
I'll wait for your next version;)

forlorn.hopes
Jun 04, 2009, 06:48 AM
lol: hey: mod sounds great: but i cant get it to work: ive saved the download in that MODS folder: except when i get ingame i cant find the portuguese!!!

please help!!:D

veBear
Jun 05, 2009, 08:49 AM
Well... currently the whole game has stopped working for me... and that's why i haven't been able to update it to the patch yet... But i'l try to reinstall and fix the problem soon

forlorn.hopes
Jun 06, 2009, 03:18 AM
ahh: but how do u install it properly so u do get the portuguese: i can load the mod, but i cant find them !!

veBear
Jun 09, 2009, 02:41 PM
ahh: but how do u install it properly so u do get the portuguese: i can load the mod, but i cant find them !!

Well... i happens to be that i cant find the CD and i need it to test the updated version... So i just wondered, if i did the modifications, would you like to test them in game?

forlorn.hopes
Jun 10, 2009, 01:26 AM
lol sorry prob cant, internets capped like crazy... so i cant download nothing really...

veBear
Jun 10, 2009, 03:54 AM
lol sorry prob cant, internets capped like crazy... so i cant download nothing really...

I understand, but i could send it to you by email, but only if you want

mago barca
Jul 03, 2009, 03:34 AM
it might have somethinhg to do with the patch because i was playing the mare nostrum game i had the same errors untill i loaded the game with the patch hope it helps

what version did you make it on

anyway things in the patch that could of caused it full list (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11915)
CIV4GameSpeedInfo.xml 100 turns on Normal speed
CIV4EuropeInfo.xml Added the ability to sail from Europe to the west edge of the map
GameInfo/CIV4HandicapInfo.xml AI gets some free money depending on difficulty level

veBear
Aug 13, 2009, 05:05 AM
Project laid down.

Supreme Shogun
Oct 03, 2009, 09:50 AM
Status update?

veBear
Oct 03, 2009, 04:25 PM
Project laid down.

As said before, Project Laid Down