[BtS] Rise of Mankind

zappara · Aug 17, 2007

Rise of Mankind

Download Rise of Mankind 1.03 for Beyond the Sword

Kalimakhus Extra Stuff for Rise of Mankind 1.0.x
(Dale's ranged bombardment)

Rise of Mankind is a mod that is a conversion of my first mod, Epic, that was made for Warlords expansion. Rise of Mankind is made for Beyond the Sword expansion but it will also require Warlords expansion since I've used graphics from Warlords in my mod - so be sure to have both expansions before you try this mod. Mod supports only English language.

Features

* 235 Techs in tech tree
* 262 Units
* 168 Buildings
* 82 Wonders
* 31 National wonders
* 21 New civic options
* 13 New resources
* 11 New Improvements for terrain/resources
* 4 New Projects
* 2 New Civic categories
* 4 New Citizen types
* 2 New Map sizes: Giant (54% bigger than Huge), Gigantic (50% bigger than Giant ie. 134% bigger than Huge)
* 2 New Game speed modes: Blitz 215 turns, Snail 3000 turns
* 1 New Civilization: Hittites
* Ethnically Diverse Units
* Ethnic Diverse Citystyles
* Modified Civics
* Modified Religions (each religion is more unique)
* New promotions (for air units too)
* New unit categories, modern units are superior to ancient units
* New unit flags for Civilizations
* Sevopedia
* Upgradeable buildings
* Many other gameplay changes

Installation Instructions

1. Locate your Civilization 4 installation folder from your hard drive.
2. There go to subfolder named Beyond the Sword and under Beyond the Sword go to subfolder Mods.
3. Unzip the mod to this Mods folder. Zip file contains the needed folder structure for the mod files so make sure your archiver program is set to unzip files with the folders.
4. Start your Civ 4: Beyond the Sword normally and from start menu click "Load a mod". Choose Rise of Mankind mod from list and click ok.
5. When game has reloaded itself with the mod, you can start playing.

For more detailed information about the mod, see the readme file inside the zip file and see also version history.

Mods combined

BtS: Next War
BtS: Charlemagne (just the new units)
Ethnic Arstyles for BtS
Ethnically Diverse units
Better Espionage Screen for Civilization 4 BTS
The Lost Wonders of Civilization v1.3
Greenmod 2.10
Caravan mod
Modern Warfare
Civics'n'Stuff
Improved Leaders & Civics
Nautil's air units mod
Sevopedia 2.3.1
Specialist Stacker
BtSFlagMod

Mods that I have used as a guide when making my own mod

RAR 1.04 for Civilization 3
Sevomod
Visa
Eusubius World Religion - Revival mod
SD-Religion
Total Realism 2.1

Credits

Kal-El + others - RAR mod for CIV3
White Rabbit - for Ethnically Diverse Units
Snafusmith - for Modern Warfare Units
Master Lexx - for Greenmod
Nautil - for air units mod
Sevo, Vovan, Progor, Gaurav, Fitchn - for sevopedia mod
TR Team - for Total Realism mod
Keldath, Mrgenie, TAFirehawk, Rockinroger - for Visa mod
Eusebius - for Eusubius World Religion mod
Mentat99 - for Improved Leaders & Civics
Sharick - Future Tank model
Rufus T. Firefly - for Civ3 icon graphics
Snipperrabbit!,Yodapower, Storm Grunt, Sniraxis, Frenchman, Chamaedrys, ohcrapitsnico - new button graphics
GeoModder - Ethnic Diverse Citystyles mod
Theo - Better espionage screen
TheLopez - Specialist Stacker
Thorn, Bad Ronald - BtSFlagMod
GarretSidzaka - unit graphics
asioasioasio - unit graphics
Grave - unit graphics
GeneralMatt - unit graphics
woodelf, winddelay - Alhambra graphics
EricCrystal - tech, quote, strategy texts

All the various authors who made the new fantastic graphics

Plus all the other respective authors who have helped in mods mentioned above.

Things to do

- ranged bombardment: missiles, better artillery
- buildings that need electricity (power) as requirement for any production, including science, health, food, hammer, culture, happiness, commerce
- more events
- more religions: Hellenism (Zeus, Athene etc), Zoroastrianism, Protestantism, Roman religion (Jupiter, Mars etc.), Mesoamerican religion (Jaguar and other animal gods), Viking religion (Valhalla), Egyptian religion... religions that are older than current major religions but vanished due to religious propaganda.
- more corporations
- add religion specific crusader units
- civic specific buildings
- Zone of control like in Civ3
- Civilization specific flavor unit lists (huge task)
- 1 new civic categories once I get properly working civic screen (python) that can show 8 categories correctly
- Balancing modern time and near future unit strengths and abilities
- 1 or 2 new UU units for each civilization
- Python: add Alerts mod
- Add all strategy and pedia texts for all new objects (huge task)

Changes will be made based on your feedback so please let me know if you find any bugs. There are also things that I haven't had time to add to the mod. For example there's plenty of flavor unit graphics that haven't been enabled yet. Religions, Corporations and Events will be changed later as well.

zappara · Aug 17, 2007

Version History

Version 1.0.3

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Version 1.0.2

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Version 1.0.1

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Version 1.0

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Version 0.9.4

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Version 0.9.3
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zappara · Aug 17, 2007

Version 0.9.2

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Version 0.9.1

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Version 0.9

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Version 0.8

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Known issues and bugs

Missing UI problem

This problem happens in Civ 4 Complete Edition, on some Vista computers and on operating systems with non-english alphabet. If you are experiencing this bug ie. unit buttons are not shown in-game please download and unzip CvPath.zip from this post to folder "..\Mods\Rise of Mankind\Assets\Python\INIParser\" and overwrite the old CvPath.py file when it asks for it.

zappara · Aug 17, 2007

Rise of Mankind v2.0

See Rise of Mankind 2 thread or Visit Rise of Mankind - forum section for more discussions about future versions.

venuism · Aug 17, 2007

Sounds awesome! downloading now, good job!

woodelf · Aug 17, 2007

Look impressive! :thumbsup:

keldath · Aug 17, 2007

wow, very imppressive pack!!!!

Lachlan · Aug 17, 2007

I have a question : i have Civ 4 and BTS it's ok...

And Warlords is included in BTS CD/DVD no ?

Gaius Octavius · Aug 17, 2007

Very nice! I feel overwhelmed just looking at it!

I hope you used the better graphics for the Mausoleum in the Lost Wonders mod.

I haven't had time to update that yet. On the question of civic-specific buildings, I believe Zebra 9 has a modcomp that will let you set that. (It might be units, but it could be adapted easily enough.)

Strat_84 · Aug 17, 2007

When you write that only English is supported, does that mean that the mod is in English only, or that the game and expansions must be in English for that mod to work ?

I've downloaded the mod, and put it on my French installation of Civ4, but with the mod loaded i cannot see any text in the menu ...

Gaius Octavius · Aug 17, 2007

I believe he means there are no tags for other languages in the XML files, only English. That's why you aren't seeing any text.

Kalimakhus · Aug 17, 2007

Very ambitious pack, may be the most ambitious for BTS so far. I can't wait to try it.

By the way, is your mod includes a modified DLL? I am asking because Solver's unofficial patch is becoming quite essential for playing BTS or any mod based on it (Unless the mod changes the game play entirely). So are you considering merging it in?

I also see that you included ranged bombardment on your to do list. Are you planning to include Dale's mod for that matter or you have your own implementation?

Kalimakhus · Aug 17, 2007

I guess if the tags for other languages are there even if they include copies of the English ones they would work for localized version. If this is true it would be a simple fix though a little time consuming.

zappara · Aug 17, 2007

Gaius Octavius said:
Very nice! I feel overwhelmed just looking at it!

I hope you used the better graphics for the Mausoleum in the Lost Wonders mod. I haven't had time to update that yet. On the question of civic-specific buildings, I believe Zebra 9 has a modcomp that will let you set that. (It might be units, but it could be adapted easily enough.)

Hmm.. wasn't Mausoleum included in BtS as well? I think I used art files from it. I'll have to check it later at home. There's probably lots of new material that I could use, just haven't had time to check what people have made recently. Lately most of my freetime has gone with this mod project and now that I got first release, I can again start searching for new materials to be included so any tips are appreciated.

Strat_84 said:
When you write that only English is supported, does that mean that the mod is in English only, or that the game and expansions must be in English for that mod to work ?

I've downloaded the mod, and put it on my French installation of Civ4, but with the mod loaded i cannot see any text in the menu ...

English only, meaning that if you try the mod in any other language you won't see most of the text elements for most objects added by the mod (ie. usually empty or just . for text). You'd have to change to English language from game options. If that isn't available, then only choice is to wait mod to be translated. I haven't studied french so I can't do that translation. Expansions or the game doesn't need to be English but there must be English language option available .

zappara · Aug 17, 2007

Kalimakhus said:
Very ambitious pack, may be the most ambitious for BTS so far. I can't wait to try it.

By the way, is your mod includes a modified DLL? I am asking because Solver's unofficial patch is becoming quite essential for playing BTS or any mod based on it (Unless the mod changes the game play entirely). So are you considering merging it in?

I also see that you included ranged bombardment on your to do list. Are you planning to include Dale's mod for that matter or you have your own implementation?

Currently there's no new DLL in the mod yet. Originally I was going to combine CCCP for BtS which would have DLL but since it hasn't been released yet, I'm open to suggestions - I'm no programmer so I would have to use DLL that someone else has made. In best case I'd like to get DLL that has plenty of new features that I could use. There are few things that would require new DLL: ranged bombardment, flying tag and civic screen that can display 8 categories with 9 options in each. But for now I can go without those features and just try to balance the mod as much as possible and I also play it myself now a lot - reason why I created in the first place was to get mod for myself that I like to play.

rapiduser · Aug 17, 2007

the download is very slow...

I uploaded this to Rapidshare

http://rapidshare.com/files/49608317/RiseOfMankind0.8.zip

Strat_84 · Aug 17, 2007

zappara said:
English only, meaning that if you try the mod in any other language you won't see most of the text elements for most objects added by the mod (ie. usually empty or just . for text). You'd have to change to English language from game options. If that isn't available, then only choice is to wait mod to be translated. I haven't studied french so I can't do that translation. Expansions or the game doesn't need to be English but there must be English language option available .

Oooh nice, thanks. I hadn't noticed there was an option to change the language ingame. I was thinking about reinstalling everything in English :lol:

keldath · Aug 17, 2007

hey,
theres a 8 catagory screen over 10 options each in the dl data base.

i like the cool units you addedd from the future mods in bts

Lachlan · Aug 17, 2007

Good news ! Its ok with cd of Vanilla Civ 4 + DVD of vanilla BTS :mischief:

Its not surprising...

Kalimakhus · Aug 17, 2007

I gave it a rather quick trial. Seems quite nice. I've noticed that you stretched the game's time and had an early start. I liked that a lot. I also like the new buildings I encountered so far. I hope some techs that are empty now get fleshed with buildings or units.

A minor bug is that the on map city bar seems missed-up as it shows incorrect icons. Resources and so are fine. I looked into the Game Font file but I can't see what is wrong with it.

About the DLL, I was thinking of merging Solver's patch with Dale's bombardment and maybe other SDK modifications. I am just waiting for Solver's patch to become somewhat final. For now it is almost updated daily.

If you have other things you like to include in the DLL just tell me and I will do it gladly. I already like your mod a lot and I think it is a very promising one.

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