Hilter Animated Leaderhead

[ccm01]

Adolf Hitler Animated Leaderhead v 1.0

Made By: ccm01

This modification replaces Otto Von Bismarck with Adolf Hitler as the leader of Germany. Only the PCX and FLC files have been changed. If you desire to use this modification, you will have to edit the civ3mod.bic yourself to change the German leader's name to Adolf Hitler. The inspiration for this came from Depression's fine Napoleon modification. Like his, the facial expression changes are very subtle, although noticable. I also opted to not make modifications to the images to represent the four different time periods in the game (this will come later as I become more motivated).

Please back up your files before using this. If you blow up your machine after installing this, don't blame me (as you were advised to back up your files)

To use, simply unzip and copy the contents of the unzipped folders into the corresponding folders in the Civilization III\Art directory (i.e Hitler\Advisors\BS_all.pcx to ...\Civilization III\Art\Advisors) and say "Yes" to overwrite the existing files.

hope you enjoy.

ccm01

You can download it here

http://ccm01.sphosting.com

 

[Wolfshanze]

All mod work is always appreciated (at least by me)... of course, be prepared... some nutcase will inevitably flame you for not being politically correct, but keep up the good work, and don't let anyone put you down!

I already did a Hitler leader for the Civ3 Fascist Patch... oddly, I get more flames just for the Fascism, rather than the Hitler head!?!?!

 

[ccm01]

Anyways, any comments are welcome (good or bad). Now that I've figured out the format and the easiest way to do these, future leaderheads and FLC files shouldn't be too difficult (just a little time consuming). If you have any requests, please just post them here and I will see what I can do when I have the time.


Also if you include a suitable picture of the leader you are requesting, it would be helpful. Portraits are better than photographs because they blend much nicer into the pre-existing game animations.

 

[Wolfshanze]

You should be able to upload the image to this server, then do an [ image ] [ /image ] command to view it.

I'm currently stuck in Saudi Arabia, and the server you have it posted on is verboten to Saudi internet (for some reason, Civ Fanatics is pretty much the only website NOT blocked in Saudi).

 

[ccm01]

I have tried to post the images and they simply don't work from angelfire's site. However, you can also get the files and images here:


http://ccm01.sphosting.com


Thanks for the interest

 

[dannyevilcat]

Looks great, can't wait to see how it looks in action

 

[Wolfshanze]

Did you do ALL the images?

Such as the round images in the F4 Foreign Advisor screen and the cult, conquered, etc images?

I would have downloaded long by now, but like I said, I'm stuck in Saudi, so I can only ask questions... I was able to see your happy, angry, normal pics... they look good... so you got all the "kissies" on the face for cult and bandages for conquered and what-not?

 

[ccm01]

Yes all pictures of Bismarck have been replaced with custom Hitler images that fit in with the others in the game (complete with kisses, hearts, etc.)

You can also check out the "Conqured" picture at the aforementioned sites now.

The following files are included in the update:

BS.pcx
BS_ANG.pcx
BS_CONQ.pcx
BS_CONQ_L.pcx
BS_CULT.pcx
BS_CULTB.pcx
BS_HAP.pcx
BS_KIS.pcx
BS_SHAP.pcx
BS_SKIS.pcx

BS_01.flc
BS_02.flc
BS_A01.flc
BS_A02.flc
BS_B01.flc
BS_B02.flc
BS_D01.flc
BS_D02.flc

BS_all.pcx

 

[Wolfshanze]

That's fantastic work... I wish I was that talented...

Oh well, I actually wish I was back home so I could download the mod and use it!!!

Any chance you'll be doing a Stalin anytime soon!?!?! That's really great work you do!

P.S.
You have an incorrect spelling of Hitler in your title line of the first post!!!

UPDATE:
Well, that Yahoo site worked, I was able to download it (thanks for putting it there!). Now then, any chance I can find the Napoleon mod you spoke of? I can't seem to find Napoleon's face anywhere?!?!? (maybe you could post it there too?)

 

[ccm01]

Thanks...


I have a nice picture of Stalin that I am gonna use when I get around to it...

 

[Wolfshanze]

What good is Hitler without Stalin?!?!?

When you get to it, Stalin would be great (I got a few more weeks at least before I return home from deployment).

 

[Robespierre]

Where can I get this Napoleon leaderhead modpack you mentioned? I have Napoleon already, but he's not animated.

Also, there already IS a Stalin modpack out there - made by some guy called crazyroach, you can download it on this site.

 

[dannyevilcat]

But Crazyroach's Stalin doesn't come with the advisor screen pics or the various moods, etc. and I'm thinking he's probably moved on to bigger and better things (if there is such a thing), since I don't think he's posted in a long time.

 

[Knightrider]

Hey, I love this mod, but I'm wondering just how far the testing went on it.

If you look at the still-shots on your computer, they look fantastic, but the problem starts IN GAME.

Yes, when I'm actually PLAYING Civ3 (which is the whole point), I clicked on old F4 to get my foreign advisor screen, and the picture of Hitler appeared all-right, but the color pallete was off (giving me some weird unintended neon colors) and I saw a black box around Hitler instead of the round circle.

I'm sure this is unintended and a pallete issue, but could the author please double-check his work IN THE GAME?

It looks just fine and dandy in a paint program, but IN THE GAME, the mod isn't looking right (at least not in the F4 screen).

Also, I noticed EVERY IMAGE ISN'T REPLACED.

The author forgot to replace the images in the Civilopedia... there are still a couple of images of Bismarck in the "Tribes" section of the Civilopedia.

This is NOT a flame or blame post... I'm sure these are just simple overlooks to what is otherwise an EXCELLENT mod. Just a little polish could be in order here!

Please test these images in the game, instead of just in a paint program to make sure you get the results that you so richly deserve, and keep up the excellent work!

 

[ccm01]

Believe it or not, I actually did test it in the game and everything seemed to be OK. I will double check on this and make the appropriate changes.

As far as the tribes pictures, I was actually unaware of them. This too will be fixed.

Thanks again for your interest.

 

[Wolfshanze]

I had the same problem in the F4 screen as Knightrider... pallete off and a black box around Hitler... otherwise, looks great.

P.S.
1. I downloaded it off the Yahoo server... is it possible that perhaps that one is corrupted in some way? Maybe you should download that one and test it?!?!
2. I started a new game, played as Germany myself, as soon as the game started, I clicked on the F4 key, and bada-bing, bada-boom, the Hitler image was distorted (bad pallete, black box)... maybe when you checked it (by loading a saved game), you got a differant image and it was okay, but if you do what I did, you may see the same error. There are some 12 images on the F4 screen (3 types X 4 eras)... maybe only the one we saw is corrupt, and perhaps that one image was overlooked?

 

[Robespierre]

ccm01, could you please tell me where you got the animated Napoleon leaderhead? thanks

 

[ccm01]

New in Version 1.1:

Added Tribal pictures for Germany (both large and small)
Fixed discoloration of ingame .pcx files (fixed by adjusting the color to use the original index color rather than Photoshop RGB colors).

http://ccm01.sphosting.com


Thanks again for the interest in my project and yes, all files have been tested.

If you find any other problems, please post them here and I will do my best to resolve them.

Enjoy.


Robespierre, sorry it took so long to get back to you. You can get the fine Napoleon mod here:

http://www.tulluian.com/napoleon.zip

 

[ccm01]

Wolfshanze,

Stalin is up next...

Thought you might like to know that...

 

[Robespierre]

Thanks!