Permanently replacing Civs

[sourboy]

I hate Holy Rome, it MUST be replaced. I would like to add Poland and/or Israel.

What files need to be changed? 3D-animated Leaderheads, the flag, and proper diplomacy text is all I care about.

Can anyone answer here or please link a good guide? Thanks!

 

[Flintlock1415]

There are all sorts of tutorials here

 

[sourboy]

I get nothing but game crashes on loading after modifying leader head. Is there something that prevents permanent changes? I don't want to 'load a mod' every time I want to play. I want to copy over or redirect so Charlemagne is replaced with a Polish leader.

The flags seem easy, except theres only files for the expansions -- not the vanilla civ's flags. Anyone know where to find those, or are they hardcoded?

 

[Wolfshanze]

I get nothing but game crashes on loading after modifying leader head. Is there something that prevents permanent changes? I don't want to 'load a mod' every time I want to play. I want to copy over or redirect so Charlemagne is replaced with a Polish leader.

The flags seem easy, except theres only files for the expansions -- not the vanilla civ's flags. Anyone know where to find those, or are they hardcoded?

I feel your pain... I too hated the HRE being in the game... so... you could always try the Wolfshanze Mod... I permanently replaced the HRE with the Austrian Empire, and also added Poland to the game.

Each Civ also has a unique look with it's units, so no two civs look alike.

As an added bonus, I also added a few units in the Industrial Age just to fill the gap Firaxis left-out... like coal-fired navies (inbetween frigates and battleships) and WWI aircraft.

Otherwise, the game plays pretty much like normal Civ4... just with no more HRE, Austria and Poland added, and a few more units in the Industrial Age.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel... I've already replaced the nations, leaders, graphics, etc... link for the mod in my signature line.

Here's some of Austria's units (which replace the HRE).

Austrian Muskets, Grenadiers, Riflemen and Jägers

Austrian WWI aircraft

Erzherzog Karl-class pre-dreadnoughts

 

[sourboy]

I feel your pain... I too hated the HRE being in the game... so... you could always try the Wolfshanze Mod... I permanently replaced the HRE with the Austrian Empire, and also added Poland to the game.

Each Civ also has a unique look with it's units, so no two civs look alike.

As an added bonus, I also added a few units in the Industrial Age just to fill the gap Firaxis left-out... like coal-fired navies (inbetween frigates and battleships) and WWI aircraft.

Otherwise, the game plays pretty much like normal Civ4... just with no more HRE, Austria and Poland added, and a few more units in the Industrial Age.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel... I've already replaced the nations, leaders, graphics, etc... link for the mod in my signature line.

That's almost 100% the changes I've wanted. I wanted Poland over HRE, I also downloaded a WWI plane but hadn't investigated unit adding yet... Thanks much!!