The color choice was carried over from Vanilla in order to keep consistency between all 3 versions.
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The color choice was carried over from Vanilla in order to keep consistency between all 3 versions.
RedRalph
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But why are the colours different to the ones used in the main game? Is there any significance to the new colours to some Civs?
I influenced the colour and flag choices of vanilla itself.
When Civ came out, their development was over, but I've kept improving the combinations and the decals, just for my own mod to be.
When Civ came out, their development was over, but I've kept improving the combinations and the decals, just for my own mod to be.
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OK I understand that, but what I'm asking is is there any particular reason say, Persia has slamon? was that ancient Persia's royal colour? did the Incas historically use aquamarine flags?
Yes, there's more or less, always a reason.
Incas had to be reassigned, since yellow was moved to Spain, the most appropriate civ for that colour. Persia had some pink in the flag (although a darker shade), a couple of Centuries ago. In ancient times, it could have been white/golden, but both are already used, and it's hard to find another pink civ. The Incas had no proper flag historically, but at least, they got the golden colour in the foreground.
Incas had to be reassigned, since yellow was moved to Spain, the most appropriate civ for that colour. Persia had some pink in the flag (although a darker shade), a couple of Centuries ago. In ancient times, it could have been white/golden, but both are already used, and it's hard to find another pink civ. The Incas had no proper flag historically, but at least, they got the golden colour in the foreground.
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I think the colors are perfect. The "imperial" civs like Russia, Britain, Rome, China all have a tinge of red, while jungle/desert civs have either green or yellow, which suits them fine. The only one I can't figure out is Babylon.
The orange of William of Orange, interestingly, is a conflation (from wikipedia):
The French shift from arenge to orenge may have been influenced by the French word or (gold) — in reference to the colour of oranges — or by the name of Orange, France, a major distribution point of oranges to northern regions. The name of the village did not derive from the word: in Old Provençal, it was known as Aurenja, with the initial sound later shifting (McPhee, 1975) (the original Roman name of the village was Arausio and came from a Celtic water god). The village name and fruit name thus converged coincidentally, one becoming associated with the other (conflation).
The orange of William of Orange, interestingly, is a conflation (from wikipedia):
The French shift from arenge to orenge may have been influenced by the French word or (gold) — in reference to the colour of oranges — or by the name of Orange, France, a major distribution point of oranges to northern regions. The name of the village did not derive from the word: in Old Provençal, it was known as Aurenja, with the initial sound later shifting (McPhee, 1975) (the original Roman name of the village was Arausio and came from a Celtic water god). The village name and fruit name thus converged coincidentally, one becoming associated with the other (conflation).
the babylonian one comes from the Ishtar Gate:
from 1600 to 1850
It's not just in America. Look for corn to appear in China at this time, and also in Lisbon's city spot. Other parts of the world also suddenly gain resources.
blizzrd
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Yup, also Rice near Marseilles and Corn near Paris.
Úmarth
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Is there any chance of adding GreySaber's inquistor modcomp to RFC proper? I've found it very useful and well done.
I've still got to analyse it, I'm too busy now.
Does AI build them?
Does AI build them?
Úmarth
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No.
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aman2192
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How would I go about adding more city names to the CityNameManager.py file for both city founding and name changing?
RedRalph
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Hmmm... what is the point in having one of the US goals to be literally not possible a lot of the time? It is really, really irritating to wait half an hour for the game to load only to discoer you cannot build the statue of Liberty because it has already been started when you odnt have democracy yet? any chance the US could just start with democracy so this wouldnt be an issue?
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It had been suggested (at least once by me), and rejected.
Try again, sometimes it's possible.
Try again, sometimes it's possible.
