Next Fantasy War (BtS)

strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

If you want to play with 3.17 or 3.19 you have to delete the CvGameCoreDLL.dll, next to the XML folder. But be advised, doing this will make it so that the Ranged Bombardment is NO longer available and bombardment of any sort will not work.

This has got to be one of the BEST mods out there!!!

Best if viewed and played on at least a 30" TV, and arm rest for entire arm while playing!!!

This is Regular Civ 4/Fantasy/Sci Fi MOD, if i can get it in, its going in.

Best thing about this MOD is that you get to choose what you want to play, play a standard game no fantasy or Sci Fi or what ever you want, your choice.

Over 9000 d/l and going, THX :goodjob:

Download here: Version 010: just updated 4:00 PM, 13 Jun 08

This includes almost all the updated UNITS by Zerver, Danrell, Bernie14 and General Matt

Best if played on Marathon.
But if your in a hurry i have added a SUPER_QUICK i called Fast.

Tons of SHIPS, TANKS and AIRCRAFT added.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=3198
Got to do something about those idiots that give one star to the download section, pls help, thx.

See CHANGES in post # 4 for changes that will be coming soon, and there are ALOT of them.

Takes about 1 to 2 minutes to load.

strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

Whats going to be in this MOD: whats in so far and what will be coming!!

A couple of surprize civs added.

Tons of SHIPS, TANKS and AIRCRAFT added.

Almost all the NEW units and reskins by Bernie14, Danrell, Zerver and Gen Matt are INCLUDED for the regular game of Civ4.

Now all of these listed below are EXTRA civs besides the great unit re-skins listed by the above people, SO these are a added bounus so to say.

So far over 40 custom civs and alot more coming, give me your civ you want??

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strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

Please read through this FAQ before posting questions on the Modpack's forum. It is very possible that someone else has already asked your question and the answer is included below.

I have taken alot of this info from Amra's mod:

Make sure you are running this under English only, otherwise i cant do much about it.

1.) I have Civ4 Complete and/or Vista and I've installed your modpack but when I play a game I can see the map & my units but not any interface or command buttons. Why is this & how do you fix it?
This is a problem that can happen with modpacks that include the BUG Mod and Civ4 Complete installations. Basically, Civ4 Complete places its registry entries in a different location than the normal Civ4 installation & thus causes problems with the BUG Mod.

The fix involves editing your Windows registry as described in the following link (Post#12):

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6367044&highlight=complete#post6367044

See below item 15 for another CvPath.

2.) Is this modpack, and are the included new civs "Modular"? If not, then why not?
No, the contents are not modular but I have not turned on modularity in the modpack's ini file and have not included a "Modules" folder so that you can theoretically add other modular files to it. You should be able to do that yourself.

I chose to build my modpack this way because BtS modular loading is not really modular and (I think) has some problems with it. For instance, if I had made all my civs modular as CIV Gold has done and you wanted to remove one or more civs you would need to still edit various xml files and not just delete the civ's module folder.

As an example, let's say you wanted to remove the Cuba civ. The modular way would involve editing the DiplomacyInfos file (which is not modular) in several places to remove the diplomacy text for Cuba's leaders and then editing the CivilizationInfos file to remove Cuba as a derivative civ of Spain. Both these steps would be necessary in order to prevent errors when starting the mod after removing a civ.

The alternative as I have set up my modpack is just to follow the instructions below in question#4, only editing one xml file and not having to delete any files.

Another downside to using modular loading is the way new civs and leaders are shown in the Custom Game screen. With modular loading all the new content is listed randomly in any drop down menu such as the Civilization selection menu. In my modpack, the new civs and leaders are seamlessly integrated with the original Firaxis content in an organized fashion.

On the flip side, I realize that there are benefits to modular loading such as the possibility of easier debugging.

3.) Why did you include the abc civilization and not the xyz civilization?
I have only a few extra civs in the mod right now, but again will be adding about 30 more soon. I wanted to include some civs that are fun and different. This is a game, after all.

4.) I don't want the abc civilization in my game. Is there an easy way to remove it?
Yes. Simply edit the "CIV4CivilizationInfos.xml" file located in [MODPACK]\Assets\XML\Civilizations\ with Notepad, find the civ in question and change the values for "bPlayable" and "bAIPlayable" from "1" to "0"

5.) Why don't some of the new leaders look more like their real life counterparts?
I am not a professional 3D artist (or programmer for that matter) and am limited by my talent (or lack thereof) and the retail 3D models available. Basically, I've done the best I can. I can only take what CFC has available to this forum.

6.) How can I change the name of a Leader or Civ that is displayed in game (ie: "Vittorio" to "Vittorio Emanuele II")?
With Notepad, open the "NWA_CIV4GameText_Civs.xml" file located in "[MODPACK]\Assets\XML\Text" folder and search (CTRL-F) for the name, as it is now, that you want to change. For instance, search for "Vittorio" and you should go right to the "TXT_KEY_LEADER" entry. From there, change the 5 entries for English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish to whatever you would like displayed in game and on the menus.

7.) What is the difference between this and CIV Gold?
I have included at a minimum of at least 10 units, whereas Civ Gold has one or two for each civ. CIV Gold adds many quality civs (more than double my modpack) but does not currently have any interface, gameplay, or SDK changes included. I have used various civs and LH's from them and vice versa so chances are that many of the civs will be similar. CIV Gold is well worth checking out whenever you get an opportunity.

8.) I am getting an error message or CTD (crash to desktop) when playing. What do I do?
I have tried to test this modpack as best as I can but I am only one person and not a team with a QA Dept so I apologize if this modpack causes any errors in Civ4. Anyway, if possible PM me or post on my forum the last savegame that you have prior to the crash.

9.) Sometimes when I play I will come across two civs next to each other that have border colors very similar to the point where they blend together. Why is that and is there any way to fix it?
Not without creating problems with other civs. I have tried my best to ensure that each civ has a different primary color but unfortunately, when you have alot of civs, it is bound to happen.

10.) Some of the new leaders in my game don't look as nice as the preview images, why is that?
You most likely have a computer with limited graphics capability that can only display the "nonshader" versions of the new leaders. I have tried to make both the shader and nonshader versions of a leaderhead as similar as possible but invariably the nonshader version is just never as nice as the higher quality shader version, sorry.

11.) I see something that I created (Unit, Building, LH, etc) in your modpack but you didn't give me any credit. Are you a no good, dirty rotten scoundrel, or worse?
Now, now, let's try to refrain from any name calling. I have tried to keep very meticulous track of the credits for my modpack, but I am only human and may have missed someone or two. If I missed your name then please let me know and I will include you in the credit list when I post any patch or update. In the meantime, thank you for your hard work. It is appreciated.

12.) Can I use leaderheads, units, buildings, civs or other elements from your modpack in my own mod to be posted online?
Of course. Please try to credit the proper person (see question #14) by looking through the Readme file. You will need a utility called PakBuild to extract the art files. This can be found in the utilities section of Civfanatics.com or by googling.

13.) Has this modpack been translated into languages other than English?
No. I only speak English and do not have the knowledge or time to complete such a massive undertaking. It should still work on alternate language installations though, as I have included XML entries for other languages. These new entries are just in English.

14.) No Interface problem with Civ4 Complete?
If you have Civ4 Complete you need to open the Next Fantasy War folder and look at: Next Fantasy War readme, it somewhat explains what to do incase of missing interface.(Havent included yet)

15.) Some of the Civ4 Alerts are turned off?
Yes i turned some off for personal usage, but you can go thru the list of things you want or dont want at: Next Fantasy War Config

16. Q. I cant use my inquisitors.. Bug or how I am supposed to remove religions? I move my inquisitor in a city with 3 religions (want remove to the 2 other) But I cant get any option to remove anything.
A. You should have Theocracy civic active and your state religion must be present in the city where you try to remove the other religions.

17. Q. Maybe I missed out on something, but what does your graphic card memory or even system memory have to do with the actual size of the save game?
A. The more units, buildings, improvements the saved game file has, the more memory your computer needs to show them all and the bigger the saved game file gets - it's direct relation between those two things. Eventually you might run into situation where too many things are visible in the screen and your graphic card runs out of memory and causes crash. This issue has been in all games that uses Gamebryo engine (for example Morrowind and Oblivion suffered from MAFs as well) due to some memory leak bugs.

Also try this if no interface/buttons with vista:

If in Vista you need to click on it. Go to properties and then there is an option in there called run as Administrator. Click it and your problems should go away with the interface.
Also you need to actually disable UAC (User Access Control) - that applies for basically every patch you install to any game.

Also: No Interface is normally caused by a Python syntax error. Turn on all the logging options in your Civilization IV.ini file, then start the game and load a save. Now look in the Logs directory of the My Games\Beyond the Sword folder. You should have a file there called PythonErr.log; open that up and you will see the details of the error.

Pls note that when in the WB you CANNOT use Exit to Main Menu, for some reason, i cant figure it out (if someone can pls tell me, but for now it causes a hard crash, other than that its ok.

Things that dont work, tryting to figure them out:
Religion Screen in the Sevopedia.

Make sure you have the python popups in your CivilizationIV.ini disabled:

Code:

; Set to 1 for no python exception popups
HidePythonExceptions = 1

You should only have this turned on if you encounter a crash. And any other python error recording disabled also.

If you have EVER updated to 3.02, STOP right here, my recommendation is to uninstall all of civ4 and start ALL over again, but DO NOT, again DO NOT update anything about 3.02 just start all over again with vanilla Civ4 and then put in BtS and then ONLY update to 3.13, thx.

Here is something i just found, it might or might not help:
Just change a few items around, ie name of mod etc:

The answer was given by Healz in the third post. If you need further instructions than that, see http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...30#post7296530

Older stuff that went into the game listed below:

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strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

change Log: next version will have:

Expected time for update to be released: November

The pics are the Expanded Great People mod by tsentom1 that have been incorporated in this MOD, thx.

It wont let me put more than 30,000 characters for changes so i cant list them all.

Upcoming Changes: all of these went in on 13 Jun 08.

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old changes below

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strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

FEATURES:

Feature list:

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strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

CREDITS:

strategyonly and of course, YOU the downloader, thx!!! :goodjob:

If you use any of the components that i made, pls ask then put me in the credits, thx.

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strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

Extract rar file to your Beyond the Sword "Mods" folder within the Beyond the Sword game directory. For example, C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\MODS. It should create a folder called "Next Fantasy War" that will include all of the modpack files. In game, click on "Advanced" and then "Load a Mod" to play.

Joebasalt13 · Aug 2, 2007

This seems like a good idea, but I am not sure what you are asking about "our" countries?

Do you mean if you could add a Canada civilization with unique units,wonders etc that I choose?

Also I know you said you were not good at graphics, but I think you should me 2-3 alien races, (Grays, reptilians, robots) with cool unique units, I am sure there are some already made that can be used.

darkedone02 · Aug 2, 2007

I wonder when will orcs will land on the planets and start havok, orcs from warhammar and warhammer 40K units will make this mod more hardcore.

I'm going to give this game a try and see if it's different then your other mods.

strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

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strategyonly · Aug 2, 2007

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The Navy Seal · Aug 2, 2007

Wow this looks good! :goodjob:

GoodGame · Aug 2, 2007

England, of course.

strategyonly said:
You are definitely right here, i just dont know what Civ to give them to?? Any suggestions.

Italy will need some food-based units and creations (probably some pasta and pizza corporations as well). The Flying Spaghetti Monster would be perfect.

The 'viking' civ will want Trolls and probably Giants.

Possibly Justinian deserves some vampyres.

darkedone02 · Aug 2, 2007

Well, first of all, place them to the civilization that originated the "orcs" Civilization, just as the vikings made the trolls and Dwarfs, and the British developed the elves. Japan made all kinds of units thinks to their own fantasy thinking minds, I don't know where who first developed the Vampires, Undead, and Ghouls.

America also got there so called "Fantasy", the only fantasy things I hear is a "one man army", "Wild West Heroes and Bandits", and other stuff..

Native Americans have a lot of spirits and guardians/protectors, even from the games, they also fought against Aliens and Dinosaurs (Turok: Dinosaur Hunter & Seeds of Evil, P.R.E.Y), Mighty Wolfs and there native animals of nature.

I don't know any fantasy units from Sumerian, Babylonian, and Khnar.

strategyonly · Aug 3, 2007

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darkedone02 · Aug 3, 2007

Minotaurs originated from the greeks, so are the centaurs, pegesus, cyclops, Cthulu, Kraken, and other short of mythological creatures.

BlazeRedSXT · Aug 3, 2007

Well, a good amount of greek mythology can be split out and used for Romans... since most of pre-christian Roman beliefs were pretty much just taken from greece and renamed using latin.

I think orcs are pretty much a modern fantasy invention. I think the closest thing historically would be potentially northern european gnomes, or even some varieties of old scottish or celtic "elves" or "fey"( pretty much anything not entirely human in the pre dark ages of the isles was considered a fairie of some sort or another).

I like the idea of adding unique art/units to their respective historic countries. Thats a really nice flavor. If you can find the Art for anything specific, send me a PM I can help you research its background and even help sort out its tier in the game if you want.

Cheers!

TheBladeRoden · Aug 4, 2007

Dwarves will have to be Scottish or Irish, naturally. Tauren are Native American. Trolls are voodoo-like Caribbean (at least according to Warcraft)

philip98188 · Aug 4, 2007

Hmm, looks like fun !!! I like the part of: ''Buildings
- Biological Warfare Lab, from Next War (BtS) - unaltered'' and stuff like that.

But I've been wondering... You mentioned ''Fantasy'' but that is very ''wide''.
So my question/request would be: Are you including Final Fantasy Units (and other stuff) ??? If not (jet) please consider it, I've been looking for FF stuff for a long time and I have plenty ideas for them.

I'll be going to a ''Game Design'' school next August. And there I will hope to learn to edit/aid stuff my self. But until I can do that I'll be asking the more experienced Civ. modders.

BTW: If anybody knows where to find useful tutorials about modeling/skinning/animating and so on please Email me (or send me a private message). And yes I know about the info in the ''tutorial section'' on this site.
But it does not explain how to make moddels and skinn and I want to start there...

Good luck with modding....

strategyonly · Aug 4, 2007

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