I personally have nothing wrong with 2D pictures as a player, but would indeed be a retrograde step for the casual player
New leaderheads
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Arkaeyn
King
2D leaderheads are a great way to add many more leaders for games that it. RFC doesn't really need it, since the civilization choice is far more important than the leader choice, unlike most Civ 4 mods.
Úmarth
Megalomaniac
2D leaderheads does seem like a step backwards at first glance. But the ones in FFH are very striking (I think it's the music). If it would allow Rhye to add lots more leaders I would be all for it. Might also speed things up for some players too.
Panopticon
Utilitarian
You can effectively add more leaders by creating new leaderhead files that use existing graphics. That way, you can change AI personalities through time. It's a change I would recommend for RFC if I could think of an appropriate use.
It must be said that FFH2 is an environment which is more conducive to 2D leaderheads, i.e. it needs fantasy art, unlike RFC which is pretty much 90% Firaxis assets and 10% custom assets.
It must be said that FFH2 is an environment which is more conducive to 2D leaderheads, i.e. it needs fantasy art, unlike RFC which is pretty much 90% Firaxis assets and 10% custom assets.
mitsho
Deity
I would like to second that! You could for example give Germany or France a ultra-aggressive leader for a short time (napoleonic, ww2). The options are kind of unlimited.
Ekolite
Deity
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Good idea! To be honest if I was Rhye I wouldn't use leaderheads at all, just a flag appropriate to the time period and change the name and personalities to represent leaders and governments every so often according to time period or civic choice. That way you could effectively have unlimitted leaders.
deanej
Deity
I don't like just having flags. I've seen it done (World War I, Battle for East Asia, some civs in Road to War) and it just doesn't feel right.
Úmarth
Megalomaniac
As opposed to a Pixar-esque caricature of the same world leader for hundreds of years?
deanej
Deity
Personally I like the Firaxis leaderheads. If we were to have the leader change happen based on actual generation lengths, we would run out of leaders long before we had all that were needed.
Arkaeyn
King
Flags also change regularly, or don't exist for early civs. Tricolour ou fleur-de-lis, monsieur?
Ekmek
on steam: ekmek_e
No offence, Ekmek, but I think that you've quite improved since last year. I'm including Alexander, which is a superb work I've been requesting since 2005.
I think I'm not adding neither Meiji or Philip to the new patch instead. The former would ship with half of his animations, the latter has a wierd collar. Cleopatra's crown and textures are unsatisfying.
Unless they are improved by any graphics modder (maybe you, ekmek, can do something about it?), they can for now fit an optional leader-pack (which could include then some modern ones too: Hitler, Franco, Lenin, Hirohito, the Ethiopian one)
Úmarth
Megalomaniac
And as for us Rhye-ites, don't take it personally. We're never satisfied. With anything.
SadoMacho
spanker of civilizations
An other Ekmek creation: Ataturk
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