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Version 1.2 Released


Changelog Version 1.2
- Unitname Canon/Artillery changed to Machinegun
- New flags for England and France
- New units for the european troops (France, Germany and England)

Changelog Version 1.1
- New unit buttons
- Real city names
- New City-Management buttons

This is my first CivCol Mod called Ein Platz an der Sonne (a place in the sun).
It starts in 1881 when the german Empire wants to get "a place in the sun".

I added a scenario whit an african Map (Afrika)
You can chose Britain, France or Germanyto play

I made several new Units and have taken some Units from the Forum and from Civilization 4.

Screenshots:

http://img15.myimg.de/Civ4ScreenShot003955af0_thumb.jpg (http://www.myimg.de/?img=Civ4ScreenShot003955af0.jpg) http://img15.myimg.de/Civ4ScreenShot00388bf76_thumb.jpg (http://www.myimg.de/?img=Civ4ScreenShot00388bf76.jpg) http://img15.myimg.de/Civ4ScreenShot00366909a_thumb.jpg (http://www.myimg.de/?img=Civ4ScreenShot00366909a.jpg)

Special thanx to
asioasioasio and Chuggi for the Unit Equipment
GeneralMatt and Xenomorph for the BRANDENBURG
Total Realism and Xenomorph for the Scharnhorst
GeneralMatt, The_Coyote, Wolfshanze, Xenomorph for the Blue Ocean Ironclad Pack
unknown, Xenomorph for the Modified Paddle Steamer
Bakuel for the King's African Rifles

I hope i haven't forgotten anyone






Download Link:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=12477

Sounds cool, a modern colonization mod.

I'm downloading this. I've always liked being Imperial Germany.

What's up with the title? 'Ein Platz an der Sonne' translates to 'A place at the sun'. Unter makes more sense (like Unter den Linden, a rather famous streetname in Berlin). Otherwise: :goodjob:

I took the name, beacause:

A place in the sun :cool: was a phrase coined by Reichskanzler Bernhard von Bülow on December 6, 1897 in a speech to the German Reichstag, to refer to Germany's colonial empire.[1]

We are ready to accommodate the interests of other Great Powers in East Asia, in the secure foresight, that our own interests will gain recognition in return. In one word: we don't want to put anyobdy in the shade, but we too demand our place in the sun, In East Asia, just as in West India, we will strive - following the traditions of German politics - to enforce our rights and interests without unnecessary antagonism, but also without unnecessary weakness.

—Bernhard von Bülow /wiki


It think this fits great to the Era :)

Can you give me featback if the downloadlink is ok?

Because the file is greater than 10 MB i've to take an external link :sad:

Can you give me featback if the downloadlink is ok?

Because the file is greater than 10 MB i've to take an external link :sad:

When I press "Download a file" button I have such message:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.


Could you, please, upload your file on rapidshare (.com or .de) or any other server from where we could download it without troubles. Thank you in advance.

ok, its done i have taken Rapidshare.com
you can download it from there now ;)

ok, its done i have taken Rapidshare.com
you can download it from there now ;)

Thank you for new link. Now all is OK.:)

P.S. Aber warum die Sonne ist "Silber"?

because i just began with the gold version (It will be great, new units, Leaderheads Movies etc...) but it will take some time until it will be ready. So everyone allready can play the Mod :)

and perhaps i'll get some featback, what i have to change or what could be better in this Mod

Hey, this looks pretty interesting. I tried downloading it, but the rapidshare page told me that it could only be downloaded ten times. Is there another link or something? Thanks.

Can you give me featback if the downloadlink is ok?

Because the file is greater than 10 MB i've to take an external link :sad:

DLed OK. (I know where the quote comes from, I was referring to the translation into German: in the sun = unter - or in - die Sonne, not an die Sonne. a place at the sun is nonsense.);)

I'm using MediaFire for hosting now - it's quick. You can host files up to 100MB.

What's up with the title? 'Ein Platz an der Sonne' translates to 'A place at the sun'. Unter makes more sense (like Unter den Linden, a rather famous streetname in Berlin). Otherwise: :goodjob:

„Mit einem Worte: wir wollen niemand in den Schatten stellen, aber wir verlangen auch unseren Platz an der Sonne.“ place in the sun. Does not refer to a physical location inside the Sun but rather a place where the sun (small s) shines and the state would have a chance to bask in the warmth of colonial riches. Poor fool didn't pay attention to what being an empire was doing to Britain just about then.

I'm using MediaFire for hosting now - it's quick. You can host files up to 100MB.

Agreed
The rapidshare link can't be downloaded too.It say that the file located in the premium section:lol:

„Mit einem Worte: wir wollen niemand in den Schatten stellen, aber wir verlangen auch unseren Platz an der Sonne.“ place in the sun. Does not refer to a physical location inside the Sun but rather a place where the sun (small s) shines and the state would have a chance to bask in the warmth of colonial riches. Poor fool didn't pay attention to what being an empire was doing to Britain just about then.

I stand corrected.;) (I still find it an odd use of an, though; never heard of it. But then, I've been away from Germany for quite a while now.)

DLed OK. (I know where the quote comes from, I was referring to the translation into German: in the sun = unter - or in - die Sonne, not an die Sonne. a place at the sun is nonsense.);)

„Mit einem Worte: wir wollen niemand in den Schatten stellen, aber wir verlangen auch unseren Platz an der Sonne.“ place in the sun. Does not refer to a physical location inside the Sun but rather a place where the sun (small s) shines and the state would have a chance to bask in the warmth of colonial riches. Poor fool didn't pay attention to what being an empire was doing to Britain just about then

Ja, so ist das gemeint... but i was amazed too when I saw the translation the first time. First I wanted to take "at the sun" too :D


I'm using MediaFire for hosting now - it's quick. You can host files up to 100MB.

Thank you, I am using it now. It realy seams to be good :)

@ i_diavolorosso

I have change the link to MediaFire. You can try the download link now, hope it works :crazyeye:

Downloaded it, and i must say that i impressed.I just hope that you'll change the city name list to avoid an event below happened:mischief:.Then maybe you should make some button, and maybe write some stuff in the pedia for the next version:goodjob:

Cool Pic :D Ups, I ' ve totally forgotten to do the Citynames :crazyeye: but that is the next tghing i want to do

mod sounds cool.

just looking at the screens though and found some historical inaccuracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun

the machine gun wasn't invented until 1884. i'm a history major (for what that's worth) and i seem to recall that ww1 was the first extensive use of the machine gun. ww1 was of course the end of imperial germany until hitler.

im stoked you're modding though.

edit: it says the american government sold some early versions of the gattling gun to foreign nations, so loophole i guess

Thank you, I am using it now. It realy seams to be good :)

As I needed a new server, I use Mediafire as well for MOO2Civ.;)

mod sounds cool.

just looking at the screens though and found some historical inaccuracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun

the machine gun wasn't invented until 1884. i'm a history major (for what that's worth) and i seem to recall that ww1 was the first extensive use of the machine gun. ww1 was of course the end of imperial germany until hitler.

im stoked you're modding though.

edit: it says the american government sold some early versions of the gattling gun to foreign nations, so loophole i guess

Yes I know, you are right but the mod is still far from finish. When it will be ready it will run until 1914 or later that means I 'll give the kings-troops the european uniforms of early WW1. Be seen through the period I think it is ok that I use the MG08.

But thank you very much for your comments, so I can make the Mod better :)

As I needed a new server, I use Mediafire as well for MOO2Civ.;)

Until now I only was using Load.to. The server was really good a long time ago, but today you can forget Load.to :eek: Fortunately we have found a new good server now :)

Do you have any ideas what citiy names should be taken for the French, British and German cities. There are some historical (Esat London, Groß Friedrichsburg or Pointe Noire) i can take, but i think that is not enough. Thinking I'll take some fictive Names like New Berlin or New Paris. Do you have any suggestions :confused:


Edit:

I'll take the citie names and province names which the 3 European Countries owned in 1914, think that would be the best....

I got this Message from Brideshead:

May 31, 2009 at 06:51 PM I really like this -particularly the requirement to get horses/guns to start building.

One question; I've tried to buy a couple of boats in Europe but it won't let me send them back to the New World -is that deliberate or a bug?


It is a bug, I dont know why because i have taken the modified Dll from

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=320051.

The other vanilla scenarios are working with the modiefied Dll :confused:, anyone knows the problem?
It isnt really cool when you can't send your ships to Africa again :cry:

Sorry, forgot my cite on the quote As the rest of the speech may be of interest here it is as a link, http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/docpage.cfm?docpage_id=1371
Note:You enter on page two, where the quote is from.

Do you have any ideas what citiy names should be taken for the French, British and German cities. There are some historical (Esat London, Groß Friedrichsburg or Pointe Noire) i can take, but i think that is not enough. Thinking I'll take some fictive Names like New Berlin or New Paris. Do you have any suggestions :confused:


Edit:

I'll take the citie names and province names which the 3 European Countries owned in 1914, think that would be the best....

Hmmm, the problem stems from the fact that the average city count in any Stadt probably was greater than all of the cities in Equatorial Africa prior to WWII. they're going to have to be fictional so call them whatever you like.

Sorry, forgot my cite on the quote As the rest of the speech may be of interest here it is as a link, http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/docpage.cfm?docpage_id=1371
Note:You enter on page two, where the quote is from.

Ok, thank you, perhaps I can use that for the intro ;)

V 1.1
released
- some new unit buttons for the playable Civilization.
- added real city names for all Civilizations.
- some new City-Management buttons for the playable Units

Didn't Portugal have colonies in Africa by 1881?

Didn't Portugal have colonies in Africa by 1881?

Yes. Mainly Angola and Mozambique, but also some minor colonies.

I want to make Portugal next, but creating the units will take some time :sad:

Edit:

I searched the WWW for some Portuguesean Uniform Pics of the Era but didnt find anything. Perhaps someone can help me find some Uniform pics??....

Also I believe Belgium had a colony in the Congo during the 1880's. I've found this website with pictures of historical sketches and paintings. I've also found drawings of Belgium military uniforms from 1880-1895 in the website.

Belgium infantry in 1882 (Civic guard)
218052
218055

Belgium Cavalry 1880 (2nd Regiment)
218051

Belgium Grenadiers 1883
218054
Grenadiers with the General
218057

Belgium General and Officers 1895
218056

Line Infantry 1888
218058
218061
218050

Belgium army 1883
218060


EDIT: added more pictures

Thank you, I'll use the pics to make an "Belgian-Army" :)

Vesion 1.2 released

- Unitname Canon/Artillery changed to Machinegun
- New flags for England and France
- New units for the european troops (France, Germany and England)


http://img17.myimg.de/Civ4ScreenShot0050ac4a6_thumb.jpg (http://www.myimg.de/?img=Civ4ScreenShot0050ac4a6.jpg)

I was playing Ein Platz in der Sonne Version and got a weird bug, I don't think it had anything to do with your mod, but I thought I'd share it with you since I found it funny.

The AI obviously isn't prevented from starting wars in the first 20 turns, because on turn 18 Khedive of Egypt asked me to help eradicate the Germans. I thought it was a great opportunity to snuff them out in the earliest part of the game, but no...

By turn 31, the English had respawned 12 times (I kept sinking them with a privateer) and my diplomacy had taken a hit. Suddenly England was both the enemy and the friend of Egypt, as well as being the "friend" for every culture that had never met them.

Firaxis dropped the ball on this patch with regard to the 20 turns no war thing...

I was playing Ein Platz in der Sonne Version and got a weird bug, I don't think it had anything to do with your mod, but I thought I'd share it with you since I found it funny.

The AI obviously isn't prevented from starting wars in the first 20 turns, because on turn 18 Khedive of Egypt asked me to help eradicate the Germans. I thought it was a great opportunity to snuff them out in the earliest part of the game, but no...

By turn 31, the English had respawned 12 times (I kept sinking them with a privateer) and my diplomacy had taken a hit. Suddenly England was both the enemy and the friend of Egypt, as well as being the "friend" for every culture that had never met them.

Firaxis dropped the ball on this patch with regard to the 20 turns no war thing...


oh, that is really interesting.

Maybe I've to program the Egypts still a little bit. Unfortunately for now I havent much time, but I think in autumn I'll make a new version of Ein Platz an der Sonne with some cool new features :)

I don't know how interested you would be, but given that this is kind of a "Colonization of Africa" mod, you might be. Anyway, I recently converted the Oasis mapscript (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=332482) from Civ 4 to Col (renaming it "NorthAfrica"). It simulates basically the North African coast, the Sahara, and a "lowlands" region with jungle and marsh.

It seems like it might fit this mod's theme for your next release in the fall.

I don't know how interested you would be, but given that this is kind of a "Colonization of Africa" mod, you might be. Anyway, I recently converted the Oasis mapscript (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=332482) from Civ 4 to Col (renaming it "NorthAfrica"). It simulates basically the North African coast, the Sahara, and a "lowlands" region with jungle and marsh.

It seems like it might fit this mod's theme for your next release in the fall.


That sounds great. I'll try to use it for the next Ein Platz an der Sonne, tahnk you :)

Please Were is the download link?
I know you said its at rapid share. but where?

Please Were is the download link?
I know you said its at rapid share. but where?

I have uploaded it for you: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1732902/Colonization/Ein%20Platz%20an%20der%20Sonne%20Silber%201.2.rar

Oh my gosh! thank you so much!:thanx: