Gaulish and Celts mod ?

[odintheking]

What size should they be?

 

[frenchman]

What size should they be?

The civilopdia pics are 128x128 and 32x32 but I don't know exactly for the city screen I have to check ...

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

Would this be good as a tech or a building?

I like it - obviously from Caesar III, like you said. There's plenty of other buildings in that game which could be useful for buildings in this mod and others - had you considered doing a set?

 

[frenchman]

I like it - obviously from Caesar III, like you said. There's plenty of other buildings in that game which could be useful for buildings in this mod and others - had you considered doing a set?

I think that it has been already done ... If I good remember I saw a set in this forum but where ?...

 

[pinktilapia]

Someone has to dig that out! A full set of roman buidlings??!

 

[MaisseArsouye]

here's a map of tribes in Gaul :

Visit the site, it's done by a friend of mine from Marseille :
http://www.lexilogos.com/gaulois_peuples_carte.htm


and here's a map of belgae from my site :

 

[frenchman]

very much these maps will be very useful for me !!

 

[frenchman]

Someone has to dig that out! A full set of roman buidlings??!

I have found the player ... see the link :

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68513

 

[odintheking]

Do you have any more wonders planned?

 

[pinktilapia]

Thanks Frenchman, that could save a lot of time!

 

[odintheking]

What happened? Suddenly the thread just ended.... any more info Frenchie?

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

I've decided to this thread seeing that I've done Boudicca for you - see my signature for the preview thread.

Is this project going to be continued? It'd be a shame to forget about it, you did some really good work on this.

 

[odintheking]

I recently PMed frenchie, and here was my reply.

I have no time at the moment and my mod is in "stand by" even if I continue to research wonders and new ideas in books...
I come to CFC only from time to time ...

We can still do stuff even though he does not frequent the site anymore. I don't se why such a good mod should be ignored.

 

[frenchman]

I've decided to this thread seeing that I've done Boudicca for you - see my signature for the preview thread.

Is this project going to be continued? It'd be a shame to forget about it, you did some really good work on this.

Hello R8XFT and Odintheking !!

R8XFT, I have seen your Boudicca and she looks great !!
For the Mod, even if I'm in "stand by" at the moment for some personal reasons, I think I will be back ... If you want to take back the first idea and to continue to develop this mod yourself, don't hesitate ... I totally agree ...

 

[frekk]

Good! I could use salt mining as well. BTW, steel? Celts must have masterized iron working from the Greek by VIIIth century BC or so, but steel comes way later, well after the Romans are gone.
I hope someone will design Celtic cities, taking models with places like Castle Maiden. It would look great for a walled settlement!

Celts (at least in central Europe) were actually by far the superior metalworkers during the early days of Roman expansion. They weren't superceded by the Meditteranean cultures until around the 1st century BC, and in any case didn't obtain their knowledge from the Greeks but more likely vice-versa. The Celts spread from Asia Minor into Europe, as a culture (not a race as many presume). They brought with them a number of innovations - chariot warfare and melted iron, principally. They remained masters of smithing in Europe throughout the Hallstatt and La Tene periods.

They don't lose the advantage in metalworking until about 100BC, for various reasons, namely that the Romans had learned advanced metalworking techniques developed in India (the real masters of smithing in the ancient world and the inventors of wootz steel crucible process at some debatable time between 500BC and 100 AD). As far as the existance of steel during the Roman era, its quite likely, but debatable. Certainly the Romans did not know any technique to forge steel, but they may have imported it from the east. The Celts themselves didn't know how to manufacture steel during their heyday - it wasn't until they were pushed into the margins that they began to use it, and only then after it was common knowledge.

 

[odintheking]

bumpity-bumpity-bumpity

 

[frenchman]

bumpity-bumpity-bumpity

Hello Odintheking !!

Have a look in my library, if you want, I have posted three new techs ...

 

[odintheking]

Duuuuuuuuude. These are awesome. These are perfect for my mod as well. It's good to see you back.