Out of Africa - Four Civs: Maasai, Malagasy, Nguni, Nubian

Out of Africa

ver. 1.10 - May 14, 2006

- compatible with patch 1.61.

ver. 1.00 - January 28, 2006

Welcome to Wyz_sub10's "Out of Africa" mod. This mod includes four new civs, primarily from East Africa - the Malagasy, Maasai, Nguni and Nubians.

Malagasy Empire
This empire constitutes modern-day Madagascar and considers the former Merina kingdom and Sakalava chiefdoms.

Starting Tech: Sailing
Capital: Antananarivo
Cities: Toamasina, Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa...
Leader 1: Andrianampoinimerina (EXPANSIVE/ORGANIZED - NATIONHOOD)
Leader 2: Radama I (INDUSTRIOUS/FINANCIAL - FREE MARK.)
Unique Unit: Menalamba (replaces spearman)

Leader Pics: yes
Flag and Icon: yes
Complete Pedia: yes
UU Re-Skin: yes
UU button pic: yes

Maasai Empire
This is the civilization of the Maasai (or Masai). Perhaps the most well-known of the East African cultures, occupying modern-day Kenya and Tanzania.

Starting Tech: Animal Husbandry
Capital: Kisongo
Cities: Kajaido, Narok, Arusha...
Leader 1: Mbatian (SPIRITUAL/ORGANIZED - EMANCIPATION)
Leader 2: Lenana (PHILOSOPHICAL/SPIRITUAL - REPRESENTATION)
Unique Unit: Moran (replaces warrior)

Leader Pics: yes
Flag and Icon: yes
Complete Pedia: yes
UU Re-Skin: yes
UU button pic: yes

Nguni Empire
The Nguni were a broad group of people who migrated from central Africa to settle across the southern area. They include the Zulu and Xhosa. (**see note below)

Starting Techs: Hunting, The Wheel
Capital: Great Zimbabwe
Cities: Ulundi, Ethekwini, Tshwane...
Leader 1: Shaka (AGGRESSIVE/EXPANSIVE - HERED. RULE)
Leader 2: Cetshwayo (AGGRESSIVE/ORGANIZED - HERED. RULE)
Leader 3: Nelson Mandela (PHILOSOPHICAL/SPIRITUAL - UNIV. SUFF.)
(**see note below)
Unique Unit: Impi (replaces warrior)

Leader Pics: yes
Flag and Icon: yes (thanks Mattastic)
Complete Pedia: yes
UU Re-Skin: yes (tanks Jecrell)
UU button pic: yes

Nubian Empire
This empire thrived in what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The history of this civilization is complex, frought with war and conquest. It considers the former kingdoms of Kerma. Meroe and Kush, and several ancient cultures like the Badarians.

Starting Techs: The Wheel, Agriculture
Capital: Kerma
Cities: Napata, Meroe, Khartoum...
Leader 1: Taharqa (AGGRESSIVE/INDUSTRIOUS - HERED. RULE)
Leader 2: Alara (INDUSTRIOUS/CREATIVE - NATIONHOOD)
Unique Unit: Medjay Militia (replaces archer)

Leader Pics: yes
Flag and Icon: yes
Complete Pedia: yes
UU Re-Skin: yes
UU button pic: yes

**NOTES: Nguni Empire

Many of you will note the similarities between this and CivArmy's Zulu civ. I was fortunate enough to work with CivArmy on his mod, supplying the city names and biographic entries. As per his standards, he included only 1 leader (Shaka) along with a 3D leaderhead. Jecrell later wored with him and cahnged the name back to Zulu from Nguni.

I wanted to release my version for a number of reasons - one was to preserve the Nguni name for historical reasons. Given the city list and the bios, I felt that the Nguni - as a broader, more dynamic people - should be represented together. I also wanted to expand the leader list to include two important figures in the history of the people - Cetshwayo and Nelson Mandela. No doubt many people will take exception to the inclusion of Mandela here. Mandela is of Xhosian decent, making him a representation of the "other side" of the Nguni. Additionally, while he was preseident of RSA, his impact - historically and socially - was far more relevant to the Nguni population of the region - a people who suffered under decades of apartheid. As with anything, it's a judgement call. Some will support it, others won't. To disable Mandela as a choice, open "Civ4CivilizationInfo.xml", find 'Nguni -->Leader-->'LEADER_MANDELA' and change 'bLeaderAvailability' from 1 to 0.

For more info, email me at wyz@canadatrack.com

Out of Africa 1.1

Screenshot note: The Nguni flag is actually brown with yellow trim. I took this cap before I made the correction.

looks good but id of thought that the zulus would have there own civ

This looks like a very great mod! Excellent work!

I like how the UUs are darkskinned to resemble the Africans they represent. However, it will look kind of funny with each civ having 1 "black" unit with the rest being various shades of "white." I know it would be alot of work, but it would be cool if you could reskin the existing game units available to all to keep it consistant!

Either way, I'de like to try this mod out

Wow! The UU's look awsome! I guess there are alot of members out there with hidden talents. Good Job!

Wei-Yan said:

looks good but id of thought that the zulus would have there own civ

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If you disable Mandela as a leader and change the name to Zulu, there won't be too much different. The cities won't *all* line up to Zulu cities, but most will.

Great job Wyz_sub10! This must have taken a lot of work and effort - very nicely done!

The Q-Meister said:

Great job Wyz_sub10! This must have taken a lot of work and effort - very nicely done!

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Thank you.

I think the most involving part of doing civs like these is getting the right information for leaders, units, etc. Some histories are far better documented than others.

Man as a Nubian, Wyz sub10 I cant thank you enough! you are a good person! gr8 matter of fact! man I love u! thanks a lot finally a person that knows the value of the Nubian people...thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Nubian Prince said:

Man as a Nubian, Wyz sub10 I cant thank you enough! you are a good person! gr8 matter of fact! man I love u! thanks a lot finally a person that knows the value of the Nubian people...thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey, you're very welcome! I'm glad you like it. If you have any corrections or comments on this civ, I'd love to hear them.

Nubian Prince said:

Man as a Nubian, Wyz sub10 I cant thank you enough! you are a good person! gr8 matter of fact! man I love u! thanks a lot finally a person that knows the value of the Nubian people...thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey Guys it is good to meet other Nubian's within this forum. I am usually over at TAM; sometimes I am scrolling through CivArmy's posts. Pi-Ankhi used to be a big contributer over at TAM, but we lost contact with him about 3 years ago. We had started a project tentavely named "TAM: Ancient Africa" for Civ III. Thamis over at TAM was doing some preliminary coding, while Pi-Ankhi and myself were providing the civ's and the history. We had sub-divided the continent into North, South, East and West Africa; we also included traditional Asiatic civs such as Israel, Babylon, the Hittites, the Nabateans (e.g. Arabs), etc. Unfortunately it was located within another forum and I do not know at present whether any of our posts still exist. Hopefully within the near future this type of project could be resurrected! As two of the top ten Khemetian (Egyptian) Pharoahs in terms of their impact upon civilization; we thought it was out duty to revive the Glory that was Africa.

Impressive, ill give it a go when yemen and somalia come out.

Keep up the good work

Yemen is finished, but is not combined in this pack. Somalia is on hold while I finish something else.

Updated for 1.61 compatibility.

Very nice work.