I begun to change several Civ3 gfx, first I changed the splash screens that appear when your civ enters a new age, because I did not like it that all four pics show exactly the same background...;) Below there is a previewpic.

Download the four altered screens here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=2039248&postcount=23
(a post later in this thread since the files are not accessible at the original location anymore. thx to pounder for reposting them :))

Installation

1 - BACKUP all four pics in the folder Civ3\Art\EraSplash

2 - Unzip the downloaded files into that folder...thats all

NOTE: I tested all pics except the newest (for the modern age) because I had no savegame available that was close enough to a change from the industrial to the modern age. I´ll test it and include the "modern" gfx as soon as I saw it in my current game...;)

I´ll also rework some other gfx in the future and post them here...opinions anyone? :)

Added a link to download the fourth (modern) screen to the post above...:)

Nice work BeBro. :cool: I expect to see some more graphics mod from you in the future... Your graphics skill is pretty good. :)

Wow. That's awfully purdy. :D Wish there were some way to have those kinds of sky in Civ 3.... maybe they'll have a fully 3D Civ 4 in future, eh? ;D

Originally posted by leonel
Wow. That's awfully purdy. :D Wish there were some way to have those kinds of sky in Civ 3.... maybe they'll have a fully 3D Civ 4 in future, eh? ;D

I really hope not.. 3D has ruined enough games :(

hey bebro, great job on the splashes. I have a favor to ask of you though....Can you make star wars ones for my mod? You will recieve credit for it in the credits, if you can do this thanks :D

Hi tpasmall, have you special pics in mind which I should turn into some era gfx? Can you attach them here, or can I download them somewhere? Or should I simply take some starwars pic I like? From Episode One, or from the other movies?

Four such new era pics should be no problem...;)

sweet, i know of some good pictures, though i cant remember where i found them, when i do, though, ill post them up ;)

Ok i got both planet pictures and city pictures. I dont know which of the two will look better compiled, so that choice is up to you :D
Here are the city pictures.

and here are the planet pictures

Ah, there are two problems. The pictures are a bit small (have you bigger versios of them?). The normal size of the era pics in Civ3 is 680x480 pixels. I can resize smaller pics, however, if they too small, they will not look good after resizing...

Also, I have some trouble opening the *ace files (finally I was able to open them, but only after some tries).

However, I there are a lot of StarWars pics on the net, e.g here for all movies - http://theforce.net/multimedia/ - perhaps you could specify some of them, then I start working on it?

dont worry about it, i just figured out how to do them myself :)

Originally posted by dominox


I really hope not.. 3D has ruined enough games :(

So has colour and sound.

hmm, I don´t seem to get the links to the splashes to work properly ... (e.g the links are dead) ... :crazyeye:

does anyone know where I get get these beautiful screens for my Civ3??

thanks ...

Oh, sorry for the dead links, now I edited the correct new link into the first post. Enjoy! :)

Very impressive addon there - something to d/l today and add this evening! I hope that we see a lot more of your work, as it is 24 carat.

I downloaded the era splashes and installed them a couple of days ago ... and forgot about having done that, until yesterday when I played a game and reached a new era ..... WOW!!

The era screens are trully amazing!! NICE WORK!!! :goodjob:

Just getting around to all the mods and adding em to my website. I really like yours. Too bad I didnt find it earlier.

Anyway, I added it to my website with a preview that you may be able to use:

http://63.121.178.219/gidustin/civ3/Mods/NewEraScreens3.gif

(1.61MB Image)

GIDustin

SWEET! These are incredible!! I've been searching through the graphic threads and find this buried between things. Awesome! Everyone should have this.

SWEET! These are incredible!! I've been searching through the graphic threads and find this buried between things. Awesome! Everyone should have this.

... only if the link worked.

Argh- heart attack- September 2nd, 2002- He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the link in the castle of Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggh...

Unfortunately I have to admit that these pics did not survive one of my re-installations. So since now the Civ3 site at gamigo (where they are supposed to be) seems to be closed they are lost , if not one of the posters who was able to dl them before the site went down can re-post them here (would be nice) :( ;)

Here you go.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/bebro_era_1&2.zip

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/bebro_era_3&4.zip

Thank you :)

Any preview where you can see the difference to the original ones?

Any preview where you can see the difference to the original ones?

What about post #1?

If you look at the preview on the first post, the picture in the top left corner is an old splash, the other three are new (the only preview missing is the modern splash).

The most noticable difference is the sky. The firaxis versions all have the same sky,
like the top left picture.

here is a preview of the modern era

What about post #2?
There's no screenie there. :hmm:


If you look at the preview on the first post, the picture in the top left corner is an old splash, the other three are new (the only preview missing is the modern splash).

The most noticable difference is the sky. The firaxis versions all have the same sky,
like the top left picture.
Ah, thanks, I was a bit confused on how it was, now it is clear. :)

Thanks for clarifying. :)

Ok, I edited the link to Pounder's (re-)post in the first post here so that people can easily find the files :)