More Wonders

[elprofesor]

For the splash screens, my favourites are the Pu'ukohola (!), the Yellow Crane Tower, the last one of your 3 for Wat Arun, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the last one of the three for Empire State Building (!), Teotihuacan, Alhambra, the Terracota Army and Kronborg (!), at least as they appear in this thread (I don't know if some art has been updated).

For the minis, frankly pretty much all of them are perfect, and again I measure my words. I'd be better off listing those that I don't like.

I tend to value consistence with the existing Civ 5 art though, so there are some splash screens that I don't like that are very nice nonetheless.

 

[CivOasis]

For anyone curious, Pu'ukohola heiau is a planned wonder for the Pasifika mod in my sig.
Many thanks to Pouakai and sukritact for making it!

 

[sukritact]

For the splash screens, my favourites are the Pu'ukohola (!), the Yellow Crane Tower, the last one of your 3 for Wat Arun, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the last one of the three for Empire State Building (!), Teotihuacan, Alhambra, the Terracota Army and Kronborg (!), at least as they appear in this thread (I don't know if some art has been updated).

For the minis, frankly pretty much all of them are perfect, and again I measure my words. I'd be better off listing those that I don't like.

I tend to value consistence with the existing Civ 5 art though, so there are some splash screens that I don't like that are very nice nonetheless.

¡Estoy feliz que te gustan ellos! Pero tengo que decirte que Pouakai hace los splash screens. Yo solo hago los iconos.

Did I say that right?

 

[elprofesor]

ไอคอนของคุณอยู่ที่สวรรค์
Google translate powah

EDIT: answering to your edit, the first sentence is wrong ("¡Me alegro de que te gusten!" would be the correct version), the second one is correct, but I don't know why the phrasing sounds a bit weird in this context, and the last one is perfectly correct.

 

[sukritact]

ไอคอนของคุณอยู่ที่สวรรค์
Google translate powah

lol, thanks for the compliment! While Google translated it in a way that's grammatically correct, it makes no sense in Thai (it sorta implies that my icons have died)

EDIT: answering to your edit, the first sentence is wrong ("¡Me alegro de que te gusten!" would be the correct version), the second one is correct, but I don't know why the phrasing sounds a bit weird in this context, and the last one is perfectly correct.

2 out of 3 is good enough for me! I'm still a beginner in Spanish....

 

[Pouakai]

And I don't speak Thai or Spanish

Thanks for all your amazing comments guys, and I would have to agree that the epicness of sukritact's icons knows no limits

 

[elprofesor]

One last off-topic comment Pouakai, I swear

For the google translation, I tried to find a somewhat original adjective, and it seems "heavenly" was a bit too original

And an indepth correction for your Spanish, Sukritact:

Spoiler :

-"Estoy feliz que te gustan ellos"; there are 2 grammatical mistakes, and a redundancy.
A proposition that starts with a "que" has the value of a noun, so it should be grammatically correct when you replace it by "eso". And the only grammatical complement in Spanish that doesn't begin with a preposition is the Object (or the subject, but then it isn't a complement, technically).
"Estar" doesn't admit an Object, only an adjective (I don't remember the exact name of this complement, sorry), that's why your sentence is grammatically incorrect. So either you add a preposition ("Estoy feliz porque te gustan", but it doesn't sound natural), or/and you change the verb.
That's why I went with "alegrarse". It already contains the sense of "estoy feliz", and allows you to add the reason you are happy as an indirect object: "¡Me alegro de que te gusten!". Note that "alegrarse" is a reflexive verb.
The second grammatical error is that after a "que" (or some other subordinating conjunctive), you pretty much always need to put the verb in subjunctive (you might notice I wrote an exception earlier). So "que te gusten", and not "que te gustan", is the correct form.
And finally, the "ellos" is redundant, since it's the subject of "gustar"; I guess the error stems from the viciousness of the verb "gustar"

-For the second sentence, it's simply too subtle to try and say why it sounds weird, since it is grammatically correct. I only notice it because it is written, should it be spoken I wouldn't have complained.

-And some minor nitpick for the last sentence: when "solo" is used in the sense of "only" instead of in the sense of "alone", you should write it "sólo" instead (diacritic accent), although you don't need to if there's no confusion possible.

I'm not a Spanish Teacher, so the nomenclature might be a bit off, but the rest shouldn't.

 

[Gilgamesch]

and I would have to agree that the epicness of sukritact's icons knows no limits

This, its very amazing.

I love you both

 

[Pouakai]

Hey guys, just a quick message, despite the recent downtime there will be a wonder today! Stay tuned!

 

[Pouakai]

Trafalgar Square

Located in the heart of London's City of Westminster, Trafalgar Square is a royally-owned public space. Constructed under orders from King George IV from 1820 to 1845, Trafalgar Square was built upon an earlier public space known as Charing Cross; the modern name commemorates a naval battle between England and Napoleonic France earlier in the century. In the center of the square stands Nelson's column, a large column dedicated to Admiral Horatio Nelson, whom died in the aforementioned battle. Ingame, Trafalgar Square provides +4 Happiness and +5 Gold with the Monarchy policy, and becomes available with Steam Power. Trafalgar Square can be downloaded from the Ingame ModBrowser, or from the CivFanatics Download Database, page Here

Spoiler Screenshots :

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[Androrc the Orc]

What do you think about making a Persian wonder? There is a distinct lack of them in the game and in mods; the only one I can think of is the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, which was built as a tomb for a Persian satrap, but even that one is not very "Persian", since the satrap was apparently Hellenic-cultured.

 

[Optional]

Maybe a Trojan horse? That's famous the world over. Oh, bummer, I just looked it up, I thought it was a horse made in Troy to infiltrate a Greek city with, it turns out to be a Greek horse to infiltrate Troy with.
It could still be an interesting wonder, though, coming with The Wheel or so, giving some bonus against enemy cities.

 

[black213]

Couldn't all of the wonders be put in to a same pack? Annoying trying to download one by one.

 

[Androrc the Orc]

Couldn't all of the wonders be put in to a same pack? Annoying trying to download one by one.

Perhaps both options could be given? I really like the current setup, since it makes easier to download and have which wonders I prefer having for play.

 

[skodkim]

Perhaps both options could be given? I really like the current setup, since it makes easier to download and have which wonders I prefer having for play.

Agree!

\Skodkim

 

[Pouakai]

That definately is something which is on the cards, but right now it's impossible for me to do because of real life.

 

[Gucumatz]

Pu'ukohola Heiau​

One of the last surviving great Hawaiian Temples, Pu'ukohola Heiau (Temple on the Hill of the Whale) was constructed prior to the unification of Hawaii by future king Kamehameha, when his chiefdom was only in control of the Western side of the island of Hawai'i (The Big Island). The rocks used to construct it were moved by means of human chain around 25 kilometres (14 miles) from the quarry, and the temple was built in less than a year, and dedicated to the Hawaiian War God. Ingame, Pu'ukohola provides +20 XP for Land and Naval units trained in the city. In addition to this, it provides the Amphibious promotion to all newly trained land units, and provides +3 Culture for all Sea resources. Pu'ukohola Heiau can be downloaded from the Ingame ModBrowser, or from the CivFanatics download database, page Here

Spoiler Screenshots :

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The art looked amazing, just had to play this one out with the Ottomans (felt like being a barbary corsair along with the wonder's effects.

 

[Gucumatz]

Hey Pouakai, may I request a Wonder?

La Danta, a Mayan Pyramid at the fairly recently excavated site of El Mirador.

It it the largest Pyramid ever constructed anywhere on the globe in regards to mass and volume.

 

[Pouakai]

Hey Gucumatz!

I'd been looking at El Mirador for a while now, and haven't been able to find any good single wonder. I think that sounds good, alternatively I might do El Mirador itself as the wonder.

 

[Gucumatz]

Oh and another suggested Wonder, I have always wanted to see the Churches of Lalibela in game.

The eleven churches carved directly into the ground of solid rock are pretty amazing and would make for a nice wonder. The Church of St. George being the most famous of the complex (I am pretty sure all of the churches are connected).

Oh my bad, I hadnt seen them! (Thanks for below)