Tan Interface for Civ4

Upset that the blue interface included in Civ4 doesn't feel Civ-like? Want to change it back to something more traditional? The HUD can't be modded to incorporate images, but we can change its color to tan. This graphics mod replaces all of the blue in the HUD with tan.

Screenshots:

Main map interface
City screen
The Civics Screen
Trading with Mansa Musa

Note that this will replace the original HUD. There is no known way to incorporate this through a mod.

How to install this graphics mod:

1. First, back up this file*:

[Civ4 Folder]/Warlords/Resource/Themes/Civ4/Civ4Theme_Common.thm

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2. Download this file for Vanilla Civ4 (1.52) or this file for Warlords (2.08).
3. Unzip the download. Move the file that was inside the zip, "Civ4Theme_Common.thm," into this directory*, overwriting the existing file:

[Civ4 Folder]/Warlords/Resource/Themes/Civ4/

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4. Restart Civ4, and enjoy the tan interface!

If you find any bugs, please report them here.

Thanks to Rayanth for his excellent guide on modifying the HUD, and his invaulable live help. Without him, this mod surely would not have been possible.

Version history:

Version 0.5 BETA posted November 5th, 2005.
Version 1.0 posted November 7th, 2005.
Version 1.1 (for Vanilla 1.52) posted March 4th, 2006.
Version 1.2 (for Warlords 2.08) posted January 8, 2007.

Old files:

Version 1.0

*Note: Vanilla users should ignore the gray text and put this in the default directory, while Warlords users should put their file in the Warlords directory.

Note that Step 2 is actually setting the color, and all of the changes after that are making the in-game screens use the new color. change the RGB values (and leave the final value at 217) if you want another color, in step 2.

The reason I did it this way was because changing just the RGB values for .BG will affect ALL Screens - including main loading screen, and many other things that, in my tests, I did not want to change. The above method creates a new entry that only gameplay screens use.

yay! now i can make the interface green.

That is pretty cool!

Very nice Gogf

Very well done. I think anyone can agree with you, your mod looks better. I think Sid Meir should hire some of u guys. Seriously!

Awesome!tnx

Oddly enough, afer implementing this little feature, I got this file appearing in my CIV4 folder. "ThemeParseLog.txt" which contains the following info below.

Is it normal to get this?


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[Nov 06, 2005 - 18:51:26] Messages while processing 'Resource/Themes/Civ4.thm'

Error : File - ('Civ4Theme_Custom.thm', Ln:4910, Col:47) Could not load bitmap 'Civ4/HUD/city_titlearrows.tga'
Error : File - ('Civ4Theme_Custom.thm', Ln:4918, Col:47) Could not load bitmap 'Civ4/HUD/city_titlearrows.tga'
Error : File - ('Civ4Theme_Custom.thm', Ln:4926, Col:47) Could not load bitmap 'Civ4/HUD/city_titlearrows.tga'
Error : File - ('Civ4Theme_Custom.thm', Ln:4983, Col:47) Could not load bitmap 'Civ4/HUD/city_titlearrows.tga'
Error : File - ('Civ4Theme_Custom.thm', Ln:4991, Col:47) Could not load bitmap 'Civ4/HUD/city_titlearrows.tga'
Error : File - ('Civ4Theme_Custom.thm', Ln:4999, Col:47) Could not load bitmap 'Civ4/HUD/city_titlearrows.tga'

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edit: Sorry, I think the above file has nothing to do with ur mod. It seems to appear even after a re-installation of the game, without your mod. So never mind! But on a side note, does anyone have a clue what those above errors are? I could only guess and be wrong.

Nice work, screenies look great!

I'll stick with the regular interface though, I like it as it is.

brento, your log file should have been appearing before you made any of these changes -- it's a bug in the THeme that shipped with the game, that is easily rectified --

COPY /Resource/Civ4/Custom/city_titlearrows.tga

place the copy in /Resource/Civ4/HUD

problem fixed.

(this doesn't actually seem to affect the game at all, the city title arrows show up regardless)

Looks good

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone !

Does anyone else want to upload the edited files here?

No need! The new version, 1.0, has been posted ! Version 1.0 completely skins the entire game to tan, replacing any remaining blue areas.

Version 1.0 also allows the direct downloading of a file, rather than having to actually hack the file yourself.

Thanks Gogf. Nice job with that.
*downloads*

Thanks CR !

Two new screenshots:

The Civics Screen
Trading with Mansa Musa

Err... can somebody post the 3 previous files that we had to modify before?
I accidentally erased the backups and don´t want to reinstall the entire game just for those files

Downloading now. Thanks Gogf.

uhm... thanks people...

The files were:

Civ4Theme_Common.thm (205)
Civ4Theme_HUD.thm (170, 207,244, 281, 318, 355)
Civ4Theme_Custom.thm (1129, 1163, 1197,1985, 2047, 2082, 2110)

Just change "HudBG" to "BG" in the second and third files on the lines listed and you'll be set. Having the additional line of text in your first one won't have any effect on the game if it isn't referenced anywhere, but you can remove it if you wish.