This one is one weirdo unit.
An undead ship with the most strangest animations I've done.

And the files are quite large - I had to upload them in two separate zip's.

The sounds aren't anything special, but they'll do fine for me.

The flics & ini-file (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/BlackPearl.zip)

Sounds and civilopedia graphics (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/BPpcx_wav.zip)

Here is a demo of the animations. Default, victory, run, fidget, attackA (spirits), attackB (cannons) and death :lol:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/BlackPearlDemo.gif

And here are the civilopedia images (two to choose from)

IT'S DONE! FIRST POST! Very, very good Aaglo. Do you mind if I make an alternative civilopedia pick with my misty clouds?

No, you didn't make the first post. I did. :p

Go ahead and do what you like :)

Nice! :cool: Glad it's done and fast to.

Awesome! Ghost attack is great, just as I imagined it :D

Originally posted by aaglo
No, you didn't make the first post. I did. :p

Go ahead and do what you like :)

Lol, second post :p:lol:.

New Pedia Icons, and Sounds (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/BlackPearlPEDIA2.zip)

EDIT: It looks better in the file than the gif.

Preview:

Oh, and Aaglo, you have inspired me to actually make a mod I've been considering for a while, and use this as a hidden natioanlity ship.

:worship:

Thank you. Truly one of the best units ever made.

wow great job :)

Very good work, great unit
:thanx:

Wow, the Flying Dutchman! :goodjob:

That's pretty cool. The spirit effect looks great.

This is a frame of the death animation, in FLICster, with alpha blend on. Wouldn't this look a little odd in game? I'm talking about those odd light spots by the sails. Are these just lighter background colors? I mean, it is light pink, and then light gray. I haven't been able to test it in game yet, sorry, so I'm not sure how it would look, but is it supposed to be like this?

yes, it's supposed to look that way. It looks fine in the game, don't worry.

Kiitos! (I think that's right, my Finnish vocabulary is extremely limited ;) )

:thumbsup:

aaglo, this is Fantastic! :eek: ...Wonderful animated Effects! Marvelous and Unique Unit indeed. :goodjob:

Just as a suggestion, could you made death flc also as the ship just fade away? After all, it already sunk... and been destoried... now it's ghosty...

Looks cool. :cool: :thumbsup: How about making a brigg or briggantine now? :D

[dance]:band:[dance]

:thanx:

:goodjob: :worship:

Wasn't here for quite a long time - and now there are so many great new units :) Like this one :)

Looks absolutely great, esp. the "spirits attack" effects

Holy crap, this is great!!!:goodjob:

The Flying Dutchman!!!

Love it, great work! :thumbsup: :)

Supreme. I will use that for my civ called Nithia. They love the undead you know. This will make a great ghost ship, better than the last one which was just a faded out version of the Frigate. As usual aaglo. :thumbsup::thumbsup: Great work!

spectacular!

one of the coolest deaths and attacks I have ever seen!

WOW One of the best units ever:thanx:

Aaglo is the king! (or admiral or whatever) Just a Wow!

This is a must use. Been trying to start a mod and had need for a ship of this beauty. :goodjob:

Man Aaglo, you are really producing high quality units, another fine entry to my library. Thank you.

Verax

Absolutely fantastic!

Now, the only problem I've got is to device a way to include this into my mod... Is there a way to have it as one possible choice for barbarians or would it replace all the other ship variations that the barbarians use... I have very little (read: none at all) experience of modding barbarian units...

Originally posted by Wolfwood
Is there a way to have it as one possible choice for barbarians or would it replace all the other ship variations that the barbarians use...

Unfortunately, barbarians can have only one type of ship.

A way that barbarians could have different ships would be to give the enslve ability to htis ship as the buildable barb ship, then the enslaved ships become a pirate ship per say and if you have other barbarian ships they would all be given the enslave ability and to turn the ship into another barbarian ship. That is a theory that I haven't tested but it sounds like it should work to me unless I'm mistaken on how enslavement works. I was thinking of doing that in my personal mod one of these days.

Cool, I like that idea a whole lot! Hope it works, but I can't test it...yet...

Hi

It looks grea, but how do do actually put it in the game? and where precisely would it show up? (I.E. what civ/where on the tech tree etc)

Sorry to ask this, but I've never put a new unit into the game before, this one looks wicked tho

What we are doing in Bobby Lee's mod is that privateers enslave to them, and that is the only way to build them. They also have better stats than privateers.

Originally posted by Madgenius
Hi

It looks grea, but how do do actually put it in the game? and where precisely would it show up? (I.E. what civ/where on the tech tree etc)

Sorry to ask this, but I've never put a new unit into the game before, this one looks wicked tho

Colonel Kraken has made a good thread to help with adding units to C3C. I learned the hard way myself, by fixing whatever error it gave me till it worked inthe game, but that was frustrating and time consuming. This thread will be more helpful. If you don't have Conquests then just check the tutorials forum, and there plenty of older threads with Civ3 tutorials.
Here is the thread: Adding units to C3C (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71114)

Thanks I will check it out now

aaglo, this is a really neat unit! :goodjob: What do you recommend the tech be that brings it in and what stats should it have?

My geuss would be the same one that brings in Privateers. It is afterall a Ghost Pirate ship, right?

WOW :worship:

Is this unit an AI unit or one that the player makes?

Originally posted by supaguruzebidy
Is this unit an AI unit or one that the player makes?

It can be either, it's all up to you.

Truely Wonderful! im so glad you made this awsome unit!

aaglo Bravo!This is an exelent unit.Great art work,great move.

Drift, are you a Master of Magic fan? I miss that game, Age of Wonders just doesn't measure up.

If you make the Pearl a barbarian ship, will it roam the seas and attack what it comes across?

Originally posted by a4phantom
Drift, are you a Master of Magic fan?

Actually, not really. I just like the game and the basic idea behind it. I also feel that Master of Magic should be brought to today's standards in that same "almost like civ" style as the original was as. That's where I got the idea for a mod.

If you make the Pearl a barbarian ship, will it roam the seas and attack what it comes across?

Nope. This is a ship summoned by death mages. Seas are roamed by giant squids. :)

BTW, I nowadays have a thread of my own for the mod.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=78538

Perhaps some of u will find use of this image, i found somewhere (but i don't remember where !)

Wow, Aaglo, I don't know how you do it, but I'd say that you're good enough to go professional, with this quality and production rate:goodjob:

This unit would be perfect for a barbarian sea unit in my Final Fantasy mod...:hmm: Alright, that's it! Forget about this weekend, I'm starting on the FF mod RIGHT NOW!!:D

Thanks for the great units and providing the inspiration/motivation to get this mod underway:goodjob:

Drift,
Actually, I just recognized your icon! That was a great game, I wish it would be updated technically without major changes.

Good lord! This thing is awesome! Someone wanna make a Johnny Depp unit for it? hehe
yeah yeah I know, dead thread, but hey! I always have to give kudos for the things I love to see.

Would you die already?

@Bungus,
would you care to mind your manners a bit, please?

Ah its okay.. I deserved it, shouldn't have revived so many old threads. I'm not a frequent user of forums so I didn't know about the ettiquette of not bumping old threads. But people seem to get very pissed off about it.. I thought only moderators would do that. But lesson learned, I'll watch my bumping from now on :D

Very well then!
After hanging around here for a while, most members pay close attention to the unit forum cause, well, we like new units and frankly have nothing better to do. We get all excited when we see a new thread (or one we haven't seen in a while and have forgotten about), kinda like when you find a 5 dollar bill laying on the floor. Then, you pick it up, and realize that its same old one you put in your pocket for lunch, it just fell out. I hate that feeling; thats why I memorize the serial codes on every bill I carry on me, so I don't get let down thinking my couch can magicaly duplicate money when I find the same bill wedged in between the coushins. Otherwise, you're just setting yourself up for dissapointment.
That, and we don't need old threads cluttering up the top of forum making less old units hard to find. So for your punishment, you must start a new thread and write "I will not revive old threads" 2000 times. A day. (And no copy n pasting, either, wise guy)

Calm down Bungus... Easy man, easy... We don't wan't you to get a heartattack... ;)

Yeah! another Pown in my plan for world domination. Did i say that out loud?! I meant nice job.He He He