Pentagensis Beta v1_0 for Civ 3 PTW 1.27F

[subbss]

....if I may toot my own horn for a bit.

You definitely can!

 

[Neomega]

Here is a imaged reply:

a look at the first two steps of mutant infantry. Yellow is civ color. The next two will be more extreme, a heavier, hunched over look, with a finned tail for swimming on the third one, and bat-like wings for gliding on the fourth.

 

[Neomega]

The above two uniforms were switched to clone and human respectively.
This is a look at the real and final mutant line.

 

[subbss]

The guy second from the right looks like he has a brain for a face !

 

[MarineCorps]

True. Very true.

 

[Neomega]

The clone/human infantry line:

EDIT: updated 06/16/04 to show new Clone/human 3rd era infantry

 

[Sark6354201]

Awesome!!!! Truly spectacular mod, if there is ANYTHING you need some help with PM me and I'll see if I can do it.

Fantastic.

 

[Neomega]

Things have slowed down a bit, As I have decided to shift my implementation of creation from Rhino to OpenFX, (this tech icon) and Blender. But I am confident things will speed up once I get better at these two programs, as I will not have to animate one frame ata time like I did with Rhino. Plus I'll have 2 computers, so I can work on one while the other is rendering. Awesome. With Rhino, I had to render each frame manually.. and then pose the model slightly differently for the next frame... what a drag.

civilopedia icon for "stardocking"

 

[Barret]

I'm glad that you are still working on this mod.

 

[subbss]

Me, too. This mod is the best mod in existence and it's only getting better!!!

BTW, I know your busy Neomega but in the future do you think you could make some kind of readme with instalation instructions? It is very difficult to install with so many patches and files without folders. Maybe you could use a self extracting executable to create the directory structure needed. I know that's a lot of work. I am sure it would be easier for you to just make a readme.

 

[Neomega]

Thanks guys.

A readme for install is not necessary, as the instructions are given on the first post of this thread. just download and unzip to your scenarios folder. Everything should be in a folder called Pentagenesis I believe. The patches also jsut get unzipped to your sceanrios folder. If you are having trouble, it may be because this is for PTW 1.27f ?

Anyways, here is a preview, and a reason I finally switched from rhino. Now I can spend more time modeling, and less time animating.

This is the Jump RAV, you'll find it in the third era, next to it's cousin the War RAV, except you'll need all 3 Industrialization resources. Done wit Open FX, (I haven't got my computer yet for Blender )

This unit probably will not be done for a while, as I still need to work on the tech chooser icons. Modelling this was just a little fun break.

 

[subbss]

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.........!!!!!!!!!!
That looks freaking AMAZING ! It reminds me of MechWarrior.
If this is what you do with OpenFX I can't imagine what you will do with Blender!

I didn't realize it was all supposed to go in the Pentagenesis folder. I thought it had the directory structure like regular civ and we were supposed to make all the folders ourselves. Oops!

I got a few error messages saying it couldn't find certain files so I thought I wasn't installing it correctly. I was installing it for Conquests! Stupid me! I will try again and tell you if it still gives me those error messages.

 

[MarineCorps]

What is that thing armed with?

ANd now that your using openFX and blender(soon to) does that mean that the C3C version will come out faster? And oh yeah is the mobile base unit gonna be finished?

 

[Neomega]

What is that thing armed with?

ANd now that your using openFX and blender(soon to) does that mean that the C3C version will come out faster? And oh yeah is the mobile base unit gonna be finished?

Quad plasma. In the mod, most 3rd era weapons are plasma.

The mobile base... I don't know. It was a rhino model. I may remake it in blender.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Whats the storyline for this mod anyway? I'm getting more and more curious each time I check this thread Neomega..

 

[Neomega]

Whats the storyline for this mod anyway? I'm getting more and more curious each time I check this thread Neomega..

It is the 26th century, mankind is immortal, spread far and wide across the universe, and hardly mankind anymore. Sona Prime is just another planet being colonized. Except that when the factions left, they were (almost) all bound by the law of The Pax Eternia Confederation, which no longer exists.

Their is a lot of more "story" in the civilopedia. Some of it reads like a history text. Some of it in other ways, like short stories, or journal entries.

A few things are different, culture is now called "cyonics", which is the infrastructure required to carry the constant conciousness of a soul for ever. If a corporation or government seems to be unable to provide immortality to all of it's constituents, it begins to lose power.

Happiness comes now mostly from knowledge, and security of the soul.

Technology is not scinece, but the implementation of science. the secrets are known, It just takes time to get a steel mill up, so you can make a concrete plant, so you can build a dam to power a factory to build computer chips to run hard disks where memories are stored.....

civilopedia icon for 3rd era tech "tiefstadts", (deepcities), cities deep in the planet's crust, with a geothermal powered economy, and a wealth of rare metals and minerals.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Shoulds kind of disturbing....But interesting at the same time(Alpha Centauri was in that catagory). The mod seems promising.

Mankind...Immortal? Talk about devasting population problems...

I don't know if your into Transformers or not, but theres a interesting Transformers Story(try typing in Lexicon Transformers on Google or something), where the entire conflict is based on Immortality in this life, and the eternal soul. Was written by Dave van Domelan I believe.

 

[Neomega]

Shoulds kind of disturbing....But interesting at the same time(Alpha Centauri was in that catagory). The mod seems promising.

Mankind...Immortal? Talk about devasting population problems...

I don't know if your into Transformers or not, but theres a interesting Transformers Story(try typing in Lexicon Transformers on Google or something), where the entire conflict is based on Immortality in this life, and the eternal soul. Was written by Dave van Domelan I believe.

Never really into either. I only played Alpha Centauri for about 30 minutes, because my computer was too slow. Never got to watch transformers because of a strict upbringing, where television was banned.

Disturbing? I hope so. It isn't post-apaocalyptic. But it is a dark tale how even immortality does not bring a utopia.

Deus ex machina.

tech chooser icon for Moltrohr, most industrial age icons are dark blue, expansion are turquoise, colonization are green, and domination are purple)
through the tiefstadts, mohodrills are refitted with superconductive lattices to drill through the mohorcivic discontinuity and straight to the blood of the planet, the white hot magma, in a process called core drilling. Then it is separated and relayed throughout the industrial core of a city throug molten metal pipes, called "moltrohr".

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

My parents wouldn't let me watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was a kid...so I know your pain

The orginal Transformers series was quite good though, Beast Wars(A more recent series) is also quite good. Beast Machines(the sequel to Beast Wars) was a very contraversal series in Transfandom circles. But I liked it because it was deeply philosophical in nature.

But enough of that...can we talk about your mod some more Neomega?

 

[Neomega]

My parents wouldn't let me watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was a kid...so I know your pain

The orginal Transformers series was quite good though, Beast Wars(A more recent series) is also quite good. Beast Machines(the sequel to Beast Wars) was a very contraversal series in Transfandom circles. But I liked it because it was deeply philosophical in nature.

But enough of that...can we talk about your mod some more Neomega?

I have spent two years obsessing and fashioning this universe..... what do you want to know? In the original thread there is a little story about the earlier war, the Solar War, when the immortals were attacked by the mortals.

The mod is split into four eras. I will try to describe them briefly. Each era is split into five technological paths. Military, Cyonics (immortality), technology, economy, and industry.

Below is from the script.txt... what the science advisor says when you move your mouse over a tech

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The secret to [Laser Rifles] is caesium batteries and filaments, so the average soldier can carry the power required by a laser.
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[Optics] allow enhanced zooming, infra-red, and other EM wave sensing. Combined with a laser rifle, our enemies will not know what hit them.
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[Carbonfibers] allow flexible body armor, that requires a more powerful, and longer lasting burn time to penetrate.
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With [reflexive circuitry], armed rocket heads fire automatically when an enemy unit trips the "firing line" of an optical sensor. More advanced circuit cores can even intercept enemy missiles and rockets.

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[Genetic Mapping] is the first step in [cyonicology], the science of immortality. Allthough a soul's genome is constantly changing, 99.9% of the information is transcriptable.
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Whether it is bio or proto, creating spare parts is essential to the life span and economic feasability of a cyonic soul's vessel.
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[Protosynthesis] is required of all cyonic peoples, as even bio-vessels need a silicon translation device to begin storing their memories.
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A soul can back up their lifetime of memories onto a hard drive, but it takes a [hologorithmic] core to convert it to a 3 dimensional fractal alogorithm, which massively compacts the amount of memory required.
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[Psychotranslation] allows the reading and analyzing of a unique mind by another entity, be it computational or conscious. This opens the door to the next stage in cyonics, and in the historical pentagenesis of humanity.

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We need a [government] of some sort, if at least for diplomacy with other nations.
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An {Empire Government} will show the people who their leader is, and our enemies who they should fear.
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The true genius of a {Populist Government} is when the people think they are in charge, they will blame each other before they blame us for their problems.
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A [trade] network and system, including a labor based currency system should be established, until more advanced stages of economy can be obtained. This will also allow us to hire {RONIN} units.
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With [Hypercommunication] {ICS TOWERS}, we can begin to reconnect with the inner galaxy. This is important politically and economicly, as well as for creating {SOUL TOWERS}.

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[Synthetic Crystals] can require pristine lab environments to be built, but are essential to semiconductors, fiber-optics, lasers, piezoelectronics, and far too numerous to mention other technological applications.
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[Processors] are priceless contributors to technological progress. The best require pure {SILICON} glass wafers, doped with various elements to produce semi-conductors.
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[Ceramic Alloys] allow various specialty compounds to be made, like spongy glass, super hot crucibles, and lightweight insulations.
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[Nanomesh] uses precise crystalline growth to create unique industrial application technologies, like powder lubricants, fire-proof lightweight walls, and quantum microprocessor logic gates.
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[Nanobot] technology has become essential to 26th and 27th century science. They are especially helpful in the fields of repair and research.

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It is essential to build foundries to convert Sona Prime's raw metals into [alloys].
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We must have [concrete] to build multi-centuric structures that are the essentials of our nation's infrastructure.
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[Petrolium] is a fairly easy to find and cheap source of power for our industrial foundation. With {OIL} we can produce most essential chemicals for a modern colony.
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Once we have a solid foundation, we can begin to strengthen our infrastructure with a working [industrial scale] economy.
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The [Internet] can help maximize efficiency of the industrial output of our new nation.

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Many do not know that the [spies guild] is in alliance with many mercenaries.
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[Drone weapons] allow our Drone Army to continue to gain influence for our masters.



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[Railguns] fire a depleted uranium slug at near the speed of light, which allows it to pierce most common physical barriers.
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[Reflexive systems] use a huge database of known targets delivered and updated from a headquarters, and request permission to destroy from their controller.
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[Lumikinetics] are photoactive fibers. They make great, light-weight armor, able to detect inflection, and transfer energy to that point, before a bullet can puncture.
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[Instinct Circuitry] armed missiles transmit information to a central database when hunting their target, to make their sibling missiles grow "smarter".

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[Artificial Intelligence] is a step in human ingenuity and evolution, some call it the final step, some consider it just another natural step.
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[(Time Advanced Quantum/Statistic Computing Phase Theory)] can predict with some accuracy the future, It is also the first step in building a Postchronomotive.
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The difference between [Artificial Consciousness] (AC) and Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of AC to effect and plan it's own future, based on it's best available data.
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A [Planar Matrix] streams information 3 dimensionally by calculating in 2 dimensional planar burst waves.
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[Subchronous Integrators] do zero-time calculations, allowing consciousness stream freezing, also known as data-skipping, it runs on a time-wave frequency, which is infinitely faster than any mental process.

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[eXc] is text for elemental exchange currency, laminated sheets of precious elements, used in the manufacture of high tecnology pieces.
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[Incorporation] allows us to provide services, and ensure these services be provided in the future. If we want, we could make our nation a giant corporation, called a {Proxynation Government}.
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[Hypersims] do a physical scan of the area in question, and then run through a series of variables so the results can be studied, and accurate predictions made.
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[MEI] or [Mass Energy and Information lines] run low-mass atoms or electrons at near light speed along tubes of {XENON} fluid, which generally does not react with other materials.
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[Transanamnesigrafts] a.k.a. dream exchanging or memory swapping, holographic waveforms translate the donor's information to the alogorithm of the reciever's mind, essential for a {Collective Government}.

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[Quantum Computers] allow an unlimited amount of calculations to be done in parallel with eachother, using the spin of an electron.
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[Zero Gravity Labs] are created in geosynchronous orbits around this planet. They allow the economic fabrication of flawless nano-structures essential to technological progress.
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[Superconductors] are used as energy storage, as memory storage, essential information carriers, and heat insulators, the most economical being made of {ZIRCONIUM} compounds.
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[0Krucibles] put atoms under an intense amount of pressure, and use lasers and EM waves to bring them to 0 Kelvin, where various [cold] chain reactions can be initialized.
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[Superfluids] are frictionless fluids, which when manufactured to survive in reasonable temperature ranges, are excellent in physical mass transport.

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[Nuclear Power] uses the energy released during the decay of {URANIUM}, providing a substantial large amount of energy.
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[Magrails] have superconductive magnetic cores, which push-pull receptor engines at super high speeds and efficient spacing.
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[Fusion Power] uses the energy released in the bonding of atoms, and combined with fission, provides an unlimited source of energy.
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[Mohodrills] can reach the area right between the crust and the mantle, [(known as the Mohorovicic Discontinuity)], where precious metals and metal crytallines form in great quantities.
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[Alphalchemy] will let us turn lead to gold, allthough we would rather turn Uranium into Promethium.

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[Drone 2]
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[Mercenary 2]