Arteran: The Three Empires
Overview: Arteran: The Three Empires is a “semi-total-conversion-Mod” about the rise and fall of a vast land, known as Arteran, in a modernized world that still has many elements of older days. It takes place in an unspecified future time, but dates in Arteran are referred to as “BA” and “AA”. The mod features custom made civs, units, governments, “religions”, buildings, music, a world map, and hopefully python created events, and more. This is my first attempt at real modding, so this may be kind of modest…
Story: For thousands of years, or so the books say, Arteran has been inhabited by states, nations and empires, all vying for total control. And yet, none have been successful.
407 BA – It was one thousand years ago the Great Wars ended. Out of the ashes of the great and terrible war, fourteen states emerge. Some are old, others new, and some in between, but each is solidly existent. It seems like after centuries, peace has finally come. Of course, this could all change with a series of events… To the north, nomads calling themselves the Oslaitvae’r have been growing in power, the tribes becoming all too friendlier – whether it is decades or centuries, it seems the various tribes of the Oslaitvae’r would sooner or later unite into one, large, destabilizing force… and even within Arteran itself, the various nations aren’t quite so friendly despite what politicians say… there is secrecy and espionage, alliances and betrayals…
It seems that the Second Great Wars are upon Arteram… is the end of the old world order? In these unpredictable times, which nation has the determination, strength, wit, luck, and skill to survive and conquer these unpredictable times?
Current Version: Version 0.20 includes most of the civilizations, units, a “draft” map, two new structures, and a few other small changes. In order to win (if playing the map), you must either dominate the world or survive until the end of the game when Apocalypse comes.
To install (IMPORTANT): Unzip the contents of the zip. Place “The Three Empires” folder in you mod folder. Having done so, you will have two other files – the first is the “draft” map of Arteran. YOU MUST place it in this folder in order to play the mod with the map - Sid Meier's Civilization 4\PublicMaps. The second file is a small intro movie (using Rome Total War movies) I decided not to put in the game… but you can still view it.
WARNING: THIS MOD DOES NOT HAVE A WARLORDS VERSION (and not for a while too).
And some screenshots...
http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146205&d=1169231816
http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146208&d=1169231876
For more information, go HERE.