Civ by Request: Irish Empire

[Wyz_sub10]

Ireland Mod

version 1.10, April 23, 2006

Compatible with CIV 1.61

version 1.00, February 24, 2006

Okay, two notes to start. First, I realize that Sadistik created a Gaelic mod which includes Ireland and Scotland. I made this mod at the request of a community member and hadn't looked up the details of the Gaelic mod first. As a result, we both include Niall and the Fianna (albeit differently). All I can say is that great minds think alike. I don't mean to step on anyone's toes with this. It was just a request I decided to fill and the research led me to include what's been included.

Second, I'm not Irish. So I apologize in advice in I've made a mistake or have included something incorrectly. Let me know if there is anything that can be changed.

On to it then...

Irish Empire

Techs: Mysticism, Mining
Leaders:
- Conn Cetchathach (Aggressive/Organized - Police State)
- Niall Noigiallach (Spiritual/Creative - Hereditary Rule)
Unique Unit: Fianna Eireann (replaces Swordsman, get +15 city defense)
Flag: Shamrock

Notes:
- Thanks to pdescobar for the leaderhead pics. These are taken from his Civ3 mod screenshots and fit in fairly well here
- Thanks to C.Roland for his swordsman with leather re-skin
- More often then note I have tried to use Gaelic names for cities with the exception of Dublin. Why? Just to make it more familiar to the non-Irish among us (which is also why I use Ireland instead of Eire).
- I've added the following unique names for the Fianna, just for fun:

Clan Baiscne
Clan Morna
Mican-Smoil
Clan O'Navnan
Clan Ronain
Dubh-dithribh
Dubh da bhoirenn
Clans of Leinster (generic)
Clans of Ulster (generic)
Clans of Munster (generic)

You can send questions or comments to wyz@canadatrack.com

Ireland Mod - 1.1

wyz2@canadatrack.com

 

[Wyz_sub10]

Screen shots:

 

[Wei-Yan]

Thsi is the best Ireland mod so far

 

[Wyz_sub10]

Anybody from Ireland download this? I'm curious as to whether the city list was done properly.

 

[N3pomuk]

Ha ha, someone made one! Frederic gets a -3 modifier for not going out drinking on friday night, and elizabeth gets a -4 modifyer for not leaving the pub with Niall Noigiallach.

No serious ly a fine mod, keep it coming.

cheers

 

[VinnoSMC]

I downloaded it, but I just have a plain white flag instead of the shamrock. Any ideas why that is?

Peace,
- Vinny

 

[Wyz_sub10]

I downloaded it, but I just have a plain white flag instead of the shamrock. Any ideas why that is?

Peace,
- Vinny

The alpha channel isn't properly set. I don't know why this happens, but it seems as though the channel "resets" sometimes.

Anyway, grab a program called DXTBmp and open the dds file (I believe it's called flag_ireland.dds). When you open the dds in DXT, if the alpha channel screen is completely white, then that's the problem.

Double click on the alpha channel screen (top right) to open your paint program. Fill in the white box to pure black. Save in Paint. Go back to DXT and refresh the alpha channell. Save.

I'll try to do this for you and upload it here tonight.

 

[Shekwan]

I think that modern Ireland would be more representative of an Ireland Civ. Nearly nobody speaks Irish here ( although a high percentage pretend to be able) so Irish placenames arent necessary. Also Michael Collins should definately be a leader because he is THE Irish leader. Otherwise pretty good!

 

[Wyz_sub10]

Verison 1.1 for CIV 1.61 now available.

 

[jojoweb]

The link is broken :-(

 

[Glenngodfather]

K i'm Irish and i'm from Dublin. I have never heard of either of those 2 leaders in my life! seriously who r they? maybe u could've tried Brian Boru [who was the leader or the irish empire in call to power 2] or Michael Collins? the gaelige towns dont matter call them whatever u want. does this work with warlords?

 

[Wyz_sub10]

The link is broken :-(

It appears to be. Let me check it out and see if I can re-upload.

K i'm Irish and i'm from Dublin. I have never heard of either of those 2 leaders in my life! seriously who r they? maybe u could've tried Brian Boru [who was the leader or the irish empire in call to power 2] or Michael Collins? the gaelige towns dont matter call them whatever u want. does this work with warlords?

Conn Cétchathach (aka Conn of the Hundred Battles) was a legendary High King of Ireland. Niall Noigíallach is better known as "Niall of the Nine Hostages" and he too was a high king.

I could have included a more modern leader, true.

Incidently, this mod is not Warlords compatible, but you can get the Warlords version of CIV Gold which includes Noigiallach as a leader. I can maybe add a 2nd modern leader to a future edition of Gold.

 

[Jesus Civs]

Screen shots:

Please lose the shamrock.

Use a gold harp instead. The shamrock is pants.

You might try to lose the "empire" tag also. I suggest adding a more modern leader like Wolfe Tone.

 

[Wyz_sub10]

Please lose the shamrock.

Use a gold harp instead. The shamrock is pants.

You might try to lose the "empire" tag also. I suggest adding a more modern leader like Wolfe Tone.

There is a harp flag in one of the other Irish civs that you could drop into this one. "Empire" is used for all civs in the game.

I'm not updating this as a standalone anymore, but I can make changes to the CIV Gold version is enough people feel they are necessary.

 

[Saoirse1987]

Hey,

I'm new to this and have spent all day trying to get an Irish civ link that works. Any chance of a new link for the mod?

Thanks

 

[Wyz_sub10]

I can reload this tonight (if I remember ).

 

[purplexus]

This Mod is now Compatible for BtS .. Find it here in the Plug and Play Forum
http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=255