What Civ3 really should look like

Matrix · Mar 30, 2003

Before

After

Akka · Mar 30, 2003

Wow

Is this some incredible mod, or a fake ? ^^

AceDragon · Mar 30, 2003

Akka, the 'after' shot is the game that started it all, the original Civilization

jack merchant · Mar 30, 2003

Cool ! So that's how Civ1 looked like in colour

How did you get the Civ1 screenshot, Matrix ?

Akka · Mar 30, 2003

Originally posted by AceDragon
Akka, the 'after' shot is the game that started it all, the original Civilization

Not really, there was no cultural borders in Civ1

And the maps looks like the same on the minimap.

It's either an incredible mod, or an incredible fake ^^

WillJ · Mar 30, 2003

Darn, after seeing the after picture, I was hoping that as I scrolled down there would be a link to a mod-download.

It would be pretty cool if there were a mod that made Civ3 look like Civ, but I don't think I would like it after ten seconds. Too ugly and blocky. How were people able to stand that? :cringe:

Also, I thought that the original Civilization looked quite a bit different than that (different colors).... Although I never owned the original, so I have no idea.

Gula · Mar 30, 2003

the mines look so cool =)

Yoda Power · Mar 30, 2003

Matrix is this the civ1 mod you have been talking about making?

btw the rivers are placed in civ3 style to.

Akka · Mar 30, 2003

Originally posted by Yoda Power
btw the rivers are placed in civ3 style to.

Good remark ! Did not noticed

Originally posted by WillJ
Darn, after seeing the after picture, I was hoping that as I scrolled down there would be a link to a mod-download.

It would be pretty cool if there were a mod that made Civ3 look like Civ, but I don't think I would like it after ten seconds. Too ugly and blocky. How were people able to stand that? Also, I thought that the original Civilization looked quite a bit different than that (different colors).... Although I never owned the original, so I have no idea.

It was EXACTLY like that, except for the cultural borders, the fact that the ground under your rule was not showing on the minimap, and that the rivers were a type of terrain on their own.

And it's not ugly at all ! It's a nice graphical style right from our fond memories :love:

AceDragon · Mar 30, 2003

Actually at the time, Civ 1 didnt have that bad graphics. Sure, now its really really old. I mean think about it, I was playin it on a '286. :eek:

Civ, We have come a long way baby! :love:

Akka · Mar 30, 2003

Another difference I just noticed : there is "fog of war", which did not existed in Civ1 ^^

Strider · Mar 30, 2003

Hmm... and Matrix has yet to tell us wether this is a fake... or if there is a mod you can download to make the game this way.

kryszcztov · Mar 30, 2003

Yeah, pretty cool ! :goodjob:

Even if this is NOT Civ1...
This reminds me of my Civ debut on my old Atari ST nine years ago ! What an amount of time !!! :eek:

Btw, another thing I've noticed : grasslands and plains could not be mined IIRC. At least in Civ2, but I'm pretty sure in Civ1 too...

Grille · Mar 30, 2003

You are right, mining plains/grassland didn't work in civ1. You could press 'm', but turned it to forest then.
Also, IIRC, there was no jungle, just swamp.

Matrix · Mar 30, 2003

Haha! It's fun to see you all guessing about this picture.

It tempts me not to tell you how I did it... :rolleyes:

But ok. I just did a very lot of editing. It took me quite a long time making the Civ1 screen; the Civ3 screen is just a game I'm playing on the moment.

I honestly love the Civ1 lay-out. WillJ's remark about not understanding "how people could stand that" astonishes me. And I have wondered and dreamt about what Civ3 would look like in Civ1 style.

So I just did so myself.

Another reason is my girlfriend's computer is not good enough for Civ3 and I prefer Civ1 over Civ2, so I often play Civ1 there. And then it susprises me how much fun that game still is! It's different than Civ3 and much more simple, but still so much fun! And I believe one of the most important aspects of the attraction of Civ1 is it's lay-out.

By the way, I don't think I'll finish the Civ1 mod. The fact that all the squares of Civ3 are diagonal makes it actually impossible to do it right. :undecide:

Matrix · Mar 30, 2003

Originally posted by Grille
Also, IIRC, there was no jungle, just swamp.

There is jungle and swamp. Both are identical except for the looks, just like in Civ2. :rolleyes:

Grille · Mar 30, 2003

My mind got swampy by time :wallbash:

aaglo · Mar 31, 2003

I think I'm in love

Sirp · Mar 31, 2003

I don't think you'd want it to look exactly like Civilization I - you'd want it to look like Civilization I but with better graphics due to increased resolution and colours.

But, having it from a straight-down view really is much better than this isometric nonsense. It's much easier to plan your moves.

Of course, better again would be to have hexagons! Then the city radius wouldn't have to look like a heavily bolded X, and would instead be a proper radius.

-Sirp.

D' Artagnan · Mar 31, 2003

Haa, nostalgia !

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