[Modding] What Mods will you be creating?

[Ryika]

Game's still months away. We know very little about it. We don't know whether it'll be any good. We don't know about the game's modding capabilities. And Civfanatics doesn't even have a modding subforum yet. (edit: Well, now there is!) Conclusion: This is the perfect time to talk about mods.

Or, to start thinking about mods if you haven't already.
Or really to start thinking about learning about modding if you haven't yet, because realistically... the release of a new game is the best time for a modding newbie to start, right? When not every mod that adds some small changes has already been created and released by seventeen different people.

Anyway. I've thought a lot about that lately and decided that I will probably create the best freaking Warcraft Civilizations that ever existed in a Civ game. They'll be extremely awesome and dripping with cool and unique gameplay mechanics.

Oddly specific and a bit presumptuous? Well... yeah, it's pretty specific. But that's good, right? All information that becomes available from now on I will see through the "Oh, that's great, it'll allow me to do this and that in my mod"-filter.

Anyway - what about you? Already made some plans?

 

[ehecatzin]

Voted Historical civs, because I have this feeling that Firaxis will butcher the Aztec city list yet again. Mainly seeing Teotihuacan and Tlaxcala in every civ game, Tlaxcala is particulary bothersome, they are the ones who brought the Aztec Empire crushing down in the first place.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

A SCENARIO assuming we can play them in Civ 5 : D

Oh please make sure we can pre-set religions without LUA scripts this time around!

 

[GenyaArikado]

You should start with a War of the Ancients mod. Less factions than WoW (and cooler too)

Idk modding but i wanna learn. Wanna make Atlantis or a WC mod thats totally better than yours

 

[Ryika]

You should start with a War of the Ancients mod. Less factions than WoW (and cooler too)

Well, among other things WoW has the benefit of actually having WoW to create the Art with:

Spoiler :

That allows for a set of of similar-styled art without needing an actual artist (or stealing work).

Idk modding but i wanna learn. Wanna make Atlantis or a WC mod thats totally better than yours

Damn. How about we split it like this: I do the WoW-Mods. You do the WotA-Mods. Deal?

 

[poom3619]

I will create a load of historical civilization. Focus on unrepresented people in underrepresented regions in Civilization series!

and maybe few fictional civ.

 

[ldvhl]

Mostly civs, but also some city-state modifications like I did for V.

 

[DudewiththeFood]

I'd like to learn to mod Civ6 for adding civs and scenarios with them. Maybe even mess around with the new gameplay systems like governments and cities.

 

[poom3619]

I'd like to learn to mod Civ6 for adding civs and scenarios with them. Maybe even mess around with the new gameplay systems like governments and cities.

In Civilization modding, new gameplay systems mess around with you, not vice versa

 

[Acken]

On the condition that the game is good enough with an acceptable AI, a balance mod.

I'll make a Civ6 version of my Civ5 mod with a similar approach. Mainly making more efficient options available to the player (balance, rewarding wars/expansions etc.) while bumping up AI agressivity, AI friendly mechanics and "on player" pressure. Also making gameplay more smooth when possible (good maps) while keeping the heart of the developers creation (so not an overhaul)

I hope we'll also get access to the dll but nothing is less certain...

 

[j51]

Voted Historical civs, because I have this feeling that Firaxis will butcher the Aztec city list yet again. Mainly seeing Teotihuacan and Tlaxcala in every civ game, Tlaxcala is particulary bothersome, they are the ones who brought the Aztec Empire crushing down in the first place.

I'll be doing something like this first too! I'll edit all of the city lists (No Shanghai and Mumbai being founded till very late in the game), city state names and give them civ names (Kathmandu becomes Nepal/Nepalese with Kathmandu just being the city name. No Sydney's, Hong Kongs, and Vancouvers), and change the colours around to more fit my historical tastes. Then, after playing the game a few times, I'll probably make some basic balance modifications and maybe alter the Unique Abilities to suit my historical tastes too.

Oh, Also, give generic names to very specific national wonders if applicable. (Why would every civ build an Oxford University?)

 

[Dark_Jedi06]

A TSL Earth map just like I did for Civ V.

 

[JFD]

New civs, of course - I'll be converting what I can from my civ V civs to civ VI, beginning with the Pope and Prussia.

Meanwhile, I would be working with the government/civics system to fit it more in line with my political science knowledge, as otherwise it'll just bother me

Finally, if there are concepts missing that I've worked on previously for Civ V - State Religion and Piety, Mercenaries, Health, Crime, etc. - then I might see what can be converted and conformed to Civ VI.

 

[GenyaArikado]

Well, among other things WoW has the benefit of actually having WoW to create the Art with:

Spoiler :

That allows for a set of of similar-styled art without needing an actual artist (or stealing work).


Damn. How about we split it like this: I do the WoW-Mods. You do the WotA-Mods. Deal?

Darling the few WotA players who didnt have get a model in Cata got it in Legion. Although the way i have envisioned it relies more in city states than in proper civs.

Anyway i need to learn to mod first lol

 

[Ryika]

New civs, of course - I'll be converting what I can from my civ V civs to civ VI, beginning with the Pope and Prussia.

While I wouldn't have expected anything else, this is good to hear.

Darling the few WotA players who didnt have get a model in Cata got it in Legion.

Well, I've already decided, so there's no going back now.

Anyway i need to learn to mod first lol

Well, then start learning soon!

Although it brings up a good question... given that they've created a new in-house engine I'd assume it will still use XML/SQL/Lua?

 

[Acken]

Start by learning XML/SQL modding. Just changing numbers around. It's fairly easy.

Then try making a new civ, you'll have to learn some of the art stuff as well as LuA.

Finally there is C++ for DLL modding but that is only useful if you want to make big mods that fundamentally change the game.

That said there's no guarantee Civ6 will use LuA but it will still be good practice.

 

[Novu]

I will try to recreate the Prehistoric Era Reborn (20,000BC) for Civ6. It will have new techs, new wonders, new units, new buildings, new resources. The goal is to start the game in 20,000BC as a caveman and have players research important discoveries such as FIRE, hunting, Stone Tools, Rituals, Copper weapons, and Agriculture while having to fight animals to survive. For Civ6 it will have a new government type "Tribalism."

 

[Barathor]

I really dig balance mods; that's most likely what I'll create, along with optimizing map scripts (and creating my own -- maybe I'll actually finish it too!).

Ryika, are you still working on your BE project or plan to do so before Civ 6 comes out?

 

[Ryika]

Ryika, are you still working on your BE project or plan to do so before Civ 6 comes out?

Not really. Haven't decided whether I'll scrap the project or whether I'm just taking a break yet.

 

[Westwall]

I heard some people on <snip> would be making a mod that removes all the ethnic leaders, with the possible option to also remove all female leaders and non-white unit skins.

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