[BtS][Graphic Mod] Ethnic Artstyles
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Aeven
EU Citizen
I have a suggestion for the next version: keep older buildings (Renaissance?) between the later styles, it would create a nicer impression. I trust you know how this is done? In Warlords it was a very simple tweak.
Aeven
EU Citizen
Yes, the textures have that tendency. I remember that Chamaedrys had syntax that allowed generic Renaissance art to Meso-American, and there were no issues. Then again, the generic files are "packed", so they might not even be capable of that.
avain
(key)
GeoModder,
first, thanks for this wonderful mod!
Second, do you think you can convert to the modular mod format?
first, thanks for this wonderful mod!
Second, do you think you can convert to the modular mod format?
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
I've been promoting your mod being encorporated into several other really great mods such as Genetic Age Geomodder, maybe you should think of turning it into a module mod.
Chiyu
Prince
The screenshots look really good. Certain units already have some ethnically diverse graphics in BtS, like the warrior and settler. For which units did you make any? Is there a complete list with all the 'features' somewhere?
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Yep, its a two in one package!
DennisIran
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Thank you i love how the persian cities look like 
Willowmound
Wordbug
This is getting downloaded
GeoModder
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I think you misunderstand me. It's perfectly possible to have Renaissance buildings with the proper graphics in the Industrial Era. That's a case of indicating a "primary" texture with the iBatchGroup modifier (putting a "0" in this codeline), and a "secondary" texture (putting a "1" in the codeline).
What the problem would be is to have 3 or more citysets linked to the same artstyle.
Someday I have to test this a bit more, but the workload is getting full again.
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Parts of it can be converted to modular format, but I've read in Kael's modding manual for BtS that the main xml files (Civ4CityLSystem.xml and probably Civ4PlotLSystem.xml files) in my mod can't be put in modules. I suppose this is because they work directly with the graphics engine.
Also, the ethnic unit xml in this mod comes from White Rabbit, unaltered. These could be put in modular format but they contain (at this stage) only what Firaxis would have implemented if they had the time to review all those ethnic units.
As said above, the ethnic units at this stage are only the ones which came with your BtS disc, except for the settlers. I think White Rabbit put bigger 'families' in the unit but I haven't had time to see this for myself.
I don't think there's a single complete list of the features included. There's era-based fishing boats from Sepamu92 (early, medieval, industrial and modern), ethnic citystyles (my doing) for 11 different artstyles , 4 buildings (granary, forge, colosseum and aquaduct) use modern graphics from the industrial/modern era onwards and of course the EDU-mod from White Rabbit which activates all the ethnic unit art that came with the BtS disc.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
on the modular news, thats a shame, but its alright as if people really wanted to they still could encorporate your mod into theirs all the same. It would be worth it.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
odd....I guess it wasn't ment to be then. 
I will still support this mod's integration into any of the great mods out there though, with or without it being a module.
I will still support this mod's integration into any of the great mods out there though, with or without it being a module.
Aeven
EU Citizen
You have to enable Modular Loading in your Civilization4.ini file in your My Games folder.
