Finnish Civ!!

[KillerRabbit]

I´m soon done with my Finnish civ (replaceces greeks)
Leader: Kekkonen
Title: President
Favorite Gov: Republic
Aggression level: Lowest

Finns are considered Sientific & Commercial

Great leaders:
Mannerheim
Sthålhandske
Ehrensvärd
Sthålberg
Geers

Unique Unit:
Hakkapelite (cavalry with 7.3.3)

As soon our graphic for the unit is done & and the civilopedia written i will put this civ mod up!

 

[SkidiWili]

Heh, Suomi rulaa...

The hakkapelite might not be the Finnish UU, because it really wan't our time. We did serve under the Swedish armies... Maybe putting back the Alpine troops as Finnish ski troops would be a good idea.

Finnish ski troops(replaces infantry):
6/10/1, treats all squares as roads. These guys played in a major role when defending Finland from soviet agression during World War II. Finland beign a northern country had most of its soldiers extremely skilled in skiing and during the Winter War it was used as powerful tool against less mobile soviet forces.

 

[KillerRabbit]

Well, I was aware of that, and I started to think about it =)

Maybe you are right, a new infantry unit for the finns (ski troopers) should be better, at least we showed soviet that we could defend ourselves with ski troopers!

 

[KillerRabbit]

The Finland mod, updated info, (replaces greece)

<center><image src="http://www.qnet.fi/pbjorkman/finflag.jpg"></center>

Finnish leader, president Kekkonen:
<image src="http://www.qnet.fi/pbjorkman/kekkonen.jpg">

Finnish special unit, Ski trooper (eiter rifleman or infantry, not sure wich one to pick yet) +1 in movement (or treats everything as road, needs some testing so i dont make anything too strong or good)
<image src="http://www.qnet.fi/pbjorkman/finn%20troops%20in%20snow.jpg">

<image src="http://www.qnet.fi/pbjorkman/militarylion.jpg">

 

[Benz]

Moi killerRabit,

I intend to do a collection of other civilizations. I'd like to have this one when you will finish the finnish!

I still don't have the game so, I can't tell but, isn't there a way to add a civ without removing another one?

I agree with SkidiWili and just be careful. Don't make them too strong! The americans will be jealous

au revoir les Finnois!

 

[Keiju]

Originally posted by Benz
Moi killerRabit,

I intend to do a collection of other civilizations. I'd like to have this one when you will finish the finnish!

I still don't have the game so, I can't tell but, isn't there a way to add a civ without removing another one?

I agree with SkidiWili and just be careful. Don't make them too strong! The americans will be jealous

au revoir les Finnois!

Yes there is way to add new civs with that hacked editor, but what i have seen on boards it doesnt work well maybe later. Ja ihan hyvähän toi on jos vielä yhdistetään ruotsi tohon mukaan, antas pirun kovat fiilikset päästä pieksää hurreja civissä.

 

[KillerRabbit]

Well, perhaps I should talk with the one who created the swedish mod to combine the mods into a nordic mod (hopefully someone makes denmark, norway & iceland also!)

The hacked editor has the option "add" yes, but i havent used it since I havent read a single post yet with anyone actually got it to work!

I was also thinking of a new (small?) wonder, "Nokia"

gives extra commerce in every tile in the city wich it´s built

But then there is this problem how to make new graphics and place them right in the city view... have to research more into that!

And i hope my 3d animtor friend is done with the skii infantry tomorrow (Attack 6.Defense 10.Movement 2) Or maybe movement will set to treats everything as road, after som test i will see wich fits better, since I dont know if a unit wich treats everything has the ability to retreat, and the skiitroopers should have that ability!

<center><img src="http://www.qnet.fi/pbjorkman/snowtroops2.jpg"></center>

 

[Benz]

Well, it is anoying if the game has functions that cannot use as it suppose to be.

Is it a good idea to build a wonder representing the Sisu? I don't know what I am talking about but, I think it is a sort of faith, maybe just folkloric! I don't remember exactly. When you build it, hapiness is plus one.

keiju!

I met someone from Lahti few years ago and she teached me some cool stuff to say but, that's it! I might speak Finnish as well as you speak French

 

[SkidiWili]

Eh, Finnish sisu is faith? Not really... Sisu is more like the defiance to continue doing something, even though all rational thinking says differently.
I checked from dictionary:
sisu= preservance, guts(in speech)

 

[Keiju]

Nokia wonder sounds pretty good, but of course u could think something else to be wonders...and remember to make Turku as the capital and not Helsinki. Scandinavia civs in one packet would be nice and good map of north europe would be nice.

 

[KillerRabbit]

Good news!

If I have understood correctly, I should be able to insert Finland without replacing greece, by using the civ3 copy tool!

There seems to be some problems with the unit (add) still, but I think this will be worked out now, i found out that Firaxis used the program "pro motion" http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion so when using that one can create new units!

Hopefully all graphics will be done by next week! (Leader animations, UU animations, some art changes and so on)

 

[SkidiWili]

Adding units with hacked civ3 editor requires you to create a folder in the Art/Units which has the name of the unit. E.q. you would have to create a folder called 'Ski Troop' if the name of the unit is ski troop. Then you'll either have to create or copy .flc, .ini and others from other folders to the new folder. Then naming the .ini 'Ski Troop.ini'. Then the add unit feature should work...

 

[Benz]

thanks skidi!

keiju,

"and remember to make Turku as the capital and not Helsinki."

hehe! What is the story about the location of the capital?

Is it because Turku is bigger? Or their citizens are smarter?

 

[SkidiWili]

Turku was the first city of Finland, and capitol of Finland as well. During the 15th century (I think) Helsinki was founded so that it could compete with other trade centers of Baltic Sea(Not sure). And then in the 18th Helsinki became the capitol city...
As you can see my history skills aren't so good...

 

[KillerRabbit]

The finnish mod will hopefully soon be completed, since my computer actually works now! (mainboard was broken) so now crc errors anymore on my files now!

Here are also some other changes than just the finnish civ the mod will include (optional tough)

* 256x256 map as largest instead of 180x180 as largest map

* Police stations more realistic (lowers corruption like in Civ2), dont know why this feature was removed in civ 3

* Air craft carrier needs flight as tech. to be built

* Corruption overall lowered (Its also confirmed that the upcoming civ3 patch will lower this)

* Some small color changes

* Some research graphics are changed to the better (in my opinion)

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If I get a new feature to work I have been working on, I will announce it, it will make the resource system even more real-life like. Won´t say what I will add & change tough, so noone steals my idea

But I wont add or remove any resources tough. (maybe 1 new luxury)

 

[civnort]

cant wait to lay my hands on that one, why not a ship as special unit by the way some boats have been built in this country...

no skii trops are better

god luck with the mod

 

[Benz]

Here is something that Finnish should be proud of...

http://www.oecd.org/oecd/pages/home...ocument-0-nodirectorate-no-12-22675-0,FF.html

 

[mfauzi]

Excuse me for my lack of knowledge of things to do with the Finnish but from what I know, sisu is the name of a glass that they sell in Ikea (some department store selling furnitures worldwide) over here.

Anyway, I saw that photo of the Ski Troopers and it reminded me of the rebel forces on Hoth (you know.. Star Wars?). But they seem really interesting!

 

[KillerRabbit]

Sorry to all that have been waiting for this mod, but the one who was supposed to make the graphics for the UU (ski trooper) has still not had time to make it....

He has a lot of work with making 3d promo videos and such stuff to the companies he works with.. dont know when he can spare some more time to do it...

but if anyone else would make this unit for me i would be glad for the help!

thank you!

 

[KillerRabbit]

About the sisu thing, well maybe it is some kind of glass somewhere, but its also a candy brand here, wich i like very much =)