Leoreth Appreciation Thread

[freethink]

A Poem for Leoreth (Artistic Liberties apply)

Oh mighty Rhye, founder of RFC,
Patron of those who love history,
Your works have been refined by the stern but benevolent Leoreth
Whose mighty efforts, sweat bursting from his brow, fingers tightened from long use,
Make a mod already giving honor to the struggles of history even more realistic

Oh great Leoreth, who stands alone carrying the torch of history safely,
Avoiding the raging seas of arbitrary randomness and excessive attention to detail,
Your work turning a game that was once old, into a game worth more than precious gems
Your work binding the tattered remnants of a beloved community brought low by age
Your work redeeming old-school game design,

Let yourself be enshrined in the halls of Mod development
Let yourself bow to none in submission, but show your face proudly amongst the great modders old and new
May your work bring you and others joy until it ceases, and even beyond that, your legacy being indestructible,
Until the last breath of humanity and its spirit is drawn.

this should be in the game somewhere

 

[Temujin8k]

this should be in the game somewhere

New Great Work, can be created by new Great Writer freethink

--Oh wait, wrong game...

 

[Imperator Knoedel]

After all these years still you continue to tinker and work on this grand project, long after I have slipped away into darkness and silence. Maybe there's something to this Protestant work ethic after all, heh.
Hit me up if you ever somehow find yourself in Austria and I'll buy you a drink.

 

[SultanRedSnake]

I’d like to acknowledge the savage tear Big L has been on recently squashing bugs and tweaking code like a madman.

 

[SultanRedSnake]

Omg he slayed the mythical beast I'd always thought was hardcoded:

New update: player options are no longer reset when switching to a different civilization.

 

[Leoreth]

What's strangely hardcoded (as far as I can tell) is that the menu selection does not get updated to reflect the changed settings.

Sorry for keeping this in for so long, I was entirely unaware that this is a problem because I usually play with the default options. Apparently that created the idea that it was impossible to fix so nobody bothered to report it. Anyway, thanks to everyone who made me aware, once I knew how to reproduce the problem it was an easy fix.

 

[SultanRedSnake]

What's strangely hardcoded (as far as I can tell) is that the menu selection does not get updated to reflect the changed settings.

Sorry for keeping this in for so long, I was entirely unaware that this is a problem because I usually play with the default options. Apparently that created the idea that it was impossible to fix so nobody bothered to report it. Anyway, thanks to everyone who made me aware, once I knew how to reproduce the problem it was an easy fix.

Mein Herr, may you never say "sorry" again. This was a great victory. *We* would be the sorry ones if there were any. I wonder how many others just took this for granted as I had.

 

[BigSchwartzzz]

Just wanted to thank you leoreth for another year of updates on an already great mod and your work on the new map. Great job!

 

[Nyayr]

Leoreth is the man, I have been enjoying this mod since 2016 and it gets newer, Civ 4 for the win!

Much love!

 

[Cacaso]

Thank you Leo, for another year working on this fantastic MOD that is DoC. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and everyone here in this community.
Thanks, and have a happy 2024 guys

 

[Matara]

I know Leo and his mod eight years ago, from my school time to current PhD time. None of other games could catch my interest for such a long time. Hope we could enjoy the history and epic of the civilizations in the new year!

 

[BaneFire]

I first played this mod in secondary school, I now work in designing strategic games

 

[Leoreth]

Can you say where?

 

[BigSchwartzzz]

This thread certainly needs a bump right now. Damn Leoreth, you've really knocked it out of the park.

 

[SultanRedSnake]

Seconded! If I may address all my fellow players and plead with them to be as helpful as possible in the painful task immediately ahead of us especially in the bug mashing department. Namely:

• Review Bug Reports log to avoid repeats
• Read and become familiar with Leoreth's original post on Page 1 of Bug thread
• Ensure posts are made in appropriate threads (e.g. is this a bug or a design choice?)

For those desiring to show their appreciation beyond mere words: Buy the guy a "coffee" or (several)

 

[BigSchwartzzz]

Good idea. Took me far too long to get the guy a coffee but better late than never I guess. Leoreth is providing me with hours of entertainment for free afterall. Just made a post on althist as well.

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/all-purpose-video-game-thread-ii.493051/page-294

I'd also wonder how a Reddit post would go, but I don't have an account there.

 

[TheCleanerDragon]

It's been five years since I discovered DOC. At this point I think I've spent the majority of my time in Civ IV playing DOC.

Thanks Leoreth for making the best mod for the best Civ game!

 

[smileywalk]

I'm so glad I found this mod eventually. I was happy with Rhye's and Fall but the depth of Dawn blew me away. If everyone knew about it, I'm sure it would be the most popular Civ today. Leoreth is a superhero for making it happen!

 

[SultanRedSnake]

This is what I see every time Leoreth responds to a haughty post with his trademark Teutonic bluntness.

 

[Cosmos1985]

I won our NYE quiz after being able to answer the final deciding question because of RFC-DOC

Thanks Obama Leoreth!

(I guessed Lisbon as the correct answer because Belém was mentioned as one of the "hints", so I figured it out because of the Torre de Belém wonder. Would have been clueless otherwise.)