Ethnic Units

[Hulfgar]

Hello all,

Mostly it is an override of existing units to give an ethnic style were it was possible.

Some new units have been added with their skins and some small changes made for some.

You can use it as a mod or just to extract the XML code of the units.
For some units I have written the xml for Artdefine but they are not used by the mod at this time.

Support english and french, german to come later this week.

Critics, ideas, and skins are welcome

You should find the mod on hub.

Hulfgar


Ver 3 :

Should be compatible with Thal's balance mod. (Tanks 55 combat, Panzer for Germany 65)

Added italian units for the Civilization ROME :

Battleship RM Littorio
Submarine Marcello
Carrier Aquila
Italian Infantry

Corrected a bug in Submarine xml (some <Unit_AITypes> were missing)
Corrected bug in modern_armor xml (combat was 50 , must be 80 !)

German Infantry changed in Wehrmacht
US Infantry changed in GI
British Infantry changed in Tommies

Ver 2 : bugged

Ver 1 : changed some unit skins and added some units

Unit : Country : Overrides : FreePromotions Resource required

Bismarck Germany Battleship see vanilla oil
Zeppelin Germany Carrier see vanilla oil
Uboat Germany Submarine see vanilla oil
German
Longswordsman Germany Longswordsman (none) iron
German
Rifleman Germany Rifleman see vanilla
Wehrmacht Germany Infantry see vanilla
FW-190 Germany fighter see vanilla oil
Leopard A2 Germany Modern armor see vanilla oil

Dunkerque France Battleship see vanilla oil
Joffre France Carrier see vanilla oil
Redoutable France Submarine see vanilla oil
Continental Inf. France Rifleman March and open terrain
French WW2 Inf. France Infantry see vanilla
Renault R35 France Tank see vanilla oil
Foreign Legion now overrides Marine and gains Amphibious

Iowa America Battleship see vanilla oil
Essex America Carrier see vanilla oil
Gato Class America Submarine see vanilla oil
Continental Inf. America Rifleman March and open terrain
G.I. America Infantry see vanilla
P51 Mustang America fighter see vanilla oil
M4 Sherman America Tank see vanilla oil
M1 Abrams America Modern armor see vanilla oil

HMS Hood England Battleship see vanilla oil
Ark Royal England Carrier see vanilla oil
T Class England Submarine see vanilla oil
Redcoat England Rifleman Second attack and foreign lands
Tommies England Infantry see vanilla
Spitfire England fighter see vanilla oil
Cromwell England Tank see vanilla oil

Gangut Russia Battleship see vanilla oil
Project72 Russia Carrier see vanilla oil
Shchuka class Russia Submarine see vanilla oil
Russian WW2 Inf. Russia Infantry see vanilla
Il-2 Russia fighter see vanilla oil
KV-1 Russia Tank see vanilla oil
T-90 Russia Modern armor see vanilla oil

Yamato Japan Battleship see vanilla oil
Zuikaku Japan Carrier see vanilla oil
I-15 Japan Submarine see vanilla oil
Japan WW2 Inf. Japan Infantry see vanilla
Type 97 Japan Tank see vanilla oil

Littorio Italia Battleship see vanilla oil
Aquila Italia Carrier see vanilla oil
Marcello Italia Submarine see vanilla oil
Italian WW2 Inf.Italia Infantry see vanilla
Fiat G55 Italia fighter see vanilla oil
M13-40 Italia Tank see vanilla oil

T-55 desert Egypt&Arabia Modern armor see vanilla oil
P38-T Arabia Tank see vanilla oil
7TP Egypt Tank see vanilla oil
Panzer IV Ottoman Tank see vanilla oil
MeBF109 Ottoman Fighter see vanilla oil

Chinese WW2 Inf. China Infantry see vanilla
Chinese WW2 Mar. China Marine see marine

Marine All NEW PROMOTIONS : CITY_ASSAULT / AMPHIBIOUS
Antitank Infantry All NEW PROMOTIONS : AMBUSH_1 / ANTI_TANK / CITY_PENALTY
Stuka All NEW (Dive Bomber) PROMOTIONS : WEAK_RANGED / AIR_RECON / AIR_TARGETING_1 oil
Knight Templar All NEW PROMOTIONS : SIEGE / FOREIGN_LANDS requires monastery


Credits to Kael, Danrell, Lonegamer, Jaythekiller, Deliverator, Nuvoloblu, Rabbit, Snafusmith, blazekid87, bernie14

Planned :

I-400 submarine carrier and Surcouf submarine cruiser
Building requirements for Industrial and above units
Housecarl for Barbarians and probably Spezialized Barbarians Units from Lord Shadow.

 

[Hulfgar]

I forgot the readme file in the mod, so it's here.

 

[LavaLama]

Does this work with other mods? Like Thal's Balance?

 

[Hulfgar]

I have to check it.

It will not be compatible with mods that modify the names of technologies required by those units.

It may do strange things with mods that keep the tech names but modify the tech tree.

If a balance mod modifies the base xml file of a unit (the one where the characteristics are defined) it will not work as planed in the balance for the units in my mod.

For example if your mod gives Combat 40 to Battleships those in my mod will stay by 60 (or 65 for Yamato).

But you can easily adapt the xml in my mod to paste it in a mod that your are using.

This is my main purpose : to provide players with the xml code so that they can use those unit skins or new units whithout having to write everything from scrap.

Next version will have the italians ships and infantry for the Rome Civilization (I forgot them).

I am planning to try some balance mods and if I use them to play I will adapt this mod to them.

If I remember well with Civ IV I knew how to make ethnic skins whithout making new units but with Civ V I haven't figured it out yet.
That would make the mod more compatible.

I don't know what Firaxis had in mind with Civ V but modding in Civ IV was much easier!

 

[Dr.NEO]

where can we download this mod?

 

[Hulfgar]

it is on the mod hub.

 

[Dr.NEO]

can you past the link for the mod pls

 

[Hulfgar]

here you get version 2 : with the italians units for the Civilization Rome.

you can try it with rome to see if it is working (the battleship Littorio is set with no tech prereq and 1 cost, for trying).

On my computer Civ V does not load the file for battleships, it worked fine on ver and I can't find any reason why it is not working on ver 2, I just added the Littorio in this file!

Ver 1 is still on the mod, you can access it via your mod browser once you have launched Civ V.

I am interested to know if ver 2 is working for you.

 

[Sneaks]

Just out of curiosity, how is this graphic modpack different from R.E.D.?

 

[Dr.NEO]

i try ver2 but the game crash right after starting the game.
about ver1 the units are extra cool i played with Germany and i have little suggestione, i thing it well be much better if you rename the units ex:german infanty - Wehrmacht or Waffen SS and put some special abilities like +1 mouvment or more combat points.
this could be done for every ethnic units! what do you thing about this ?
againg great work

 

[Hulfgar]

Sneaks : Last time I tried RED it was only modifying the formation of units but I tried it long time ago

In this mod I didn't change the formations but I used new skins for some units : i.e. : the french tank is wearing the skin of a Renault R35.

I implemented some new units as well : the marine and the antitank infantry.

Thank you Dr. Neo.

I think I have found the bug, I am trying to clean the mod at this time.

Wehrmacht or Waffen SS and put some special abilities like +1 mouvment or more combat points.
this could be done for every ethnic units! what do you thing about this ?

Yes it could be, like for the english and french riflemen that I changed because for their time they were the best and changed Europe.

Only problem is that is has to stay balanced so if you have any idea they are welcome (for example wehrmacht soldiers could be stronger but russians and americans should be cheaper to reflect the mass of those troops).

For Germany I will avoid any relation with the nazis because I want it to be a neutral mod.
Something that you can play because you like the germans and their units but whithout being the bad guy So Wehrmacht or Bundeswehr is fine for me.

Ver 3 should be compatible with Thal's Balance.

 

[Sneaks]

Ah, ok. Since then, RED has added just about every single unit you have in yours.

 

[Hulfgar]

Cool! thanks for the info Sneaks.

 

[Dr.NEO]

i have some ideas i'll write here when i finish for every nation

 

[Hulfgar]

Version 3 available.

 

[Hulfgar]

Version 4 is up :

Ver 4 :
Created the Specialunit DIVEBOMBER (at this time only model is the stuka)
Aircraft carriers can now carry specialunit fighters and specialunits divebombers.

Add "Surcouf" submarine cruiser : act as submarine and can load 1 divebomber, available only to France, limited to 1 unit. Cannot see other subs.

Add "I-400" submarine carrier : act as submarine and can load 2 divebombers, available only to Japan, limited to 1 unit. Cannot see other subs.

 

[Dr.NEO]

ver3 is working great, the units are awesome, they look super
thx for acceptin the suggestion about german infantry
its time for ver 4

 

[angusrchen]

this mod doesn't change the attributes or combat ability of the affected units, right?

 

[Hulfgar]

only some minor changes :

the tanks have 55 combat to be up to date with Thal's Balance Combat mod and I gave 65 to the Yamato to her unique firepower

The I400 and the Surcouf are new units with new promotions. The Surcouf has a better combat value to reflect her 2*205mm guns.

The Divebomber has a bonus vs ships. It is designed as a torpedoplane.
I hope that we will get the US and Jap version.
Since it is a new SPECIAL_UNIT I gave the carriers the ability to carry fighters and divebombers.

In WW2 ships were sunk by planes from carriers, Battleships were mostly used to shell the islands.

 

[Dadaloglu]

Are you going to release update?