Rhye's of Civilization - the fastest loading mod Expanded

[Rhye]

yes the costs will have some tweaks, that will be discussed here because I'm not sure of everything. And the same with the UU stats. However the legions will be an upgrade of the swordsmen (3/1/1), so I think that 3/3/1 and +10 cost will be ok. 4/3/1 would be too unbalancing.

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

I've downloaded this and had a couple of games, as the Ethiopeans and the French.

My initial reactions are positive. I like the terrain the Ethiopean team colour. There's a couple of units in there (Elephant Archer and Shifta) I'd not seen before and it seems an interesting mod, and I'd say quite a challenge to someone like me - an intermediate player.

I noticed in the graphics folders Wonder splashes for the Magna Carta and Bayeux Tapestry, but in-game I didn't see these in the civilopedia. Did you put them into the game itself? I checked the civilopedia because I was interested in what effects they might have.

The only change I've made in my version is to put in my Moshoeshoe leaderhead as Menelik I of Ethiopia .

Thanks !

 

[Lachlan]

I just received a mail - the random map 2.50 crashes when starting the biq. I'll try to find what's the cause

Curious, it work fine with me

I love this Napoleon ! Joan of Arc is definitively ridiculous

 

[Blasphemous]

yes the costs will have some tweaks, that will be discussed here because I'm not sure of everything. And the same with the UU stats. However the legions will be an upgrade of the swordsmen (3/1/1), so I think that 3/3/1 and +10 cost will be ok. 4/3/1 would be too unbalancing.

4/2/1 may be better imho...
Anyway, what about Immortals and Hoplites? Hoplites need to be able to defeat Immortals when the Hoplites are the attackers since that's what happened in reality.

 

[Rhye]

R8XFT->Bayeux and Magna Charta are used for Holy War and the Constitution. As you see, the additions are very few (less as possible), as the quantity is not the purpose of this mod. But with the expansion pack, there will be quantity, too.
BTW there's Zawditu (sp?) for Ethiopia, made by sween32, but it is again a female in its wrong place, like Theodora. So I chose to represent Menilek with the Hatti king, as you can hardly tell the difference, and as it wasn't used (The Hittites aren't in the mod).
I'd like to include Justinian in the Xpack, but only if you fix the backgrounds If you need some I can try to find.

Lachlan->so it works for you...strange, I can't find the reason

blasphemous->about the legions, we'll see...it is a reasonable alternative.
By the way, the Immortals were the attackers, and the Hoplites the defenders!

 

[Blasphemous]

I really don't know that much about it, but I recall a few history buffs saying that hoplites were only special in having their an especially effective offensive tactic that they used eventually to eradicate the Immortals for good.

 

[Rhye]

what war are you talking about?
if it is the greek-persian, it is obvious that the persians were the attackers.
If it is Alexander's campaign, the greek were the attackers, but with the Macedonian Plalanx, not the hoplites

 

[Rhye]

Fixed the random map. The problem was inside the resources section, but the reason of the crash remains unknown.

 

[Blasphemous]

what war are you talking about?
if it is the greek-persian, it is obvious that the persians were the attackers.
If it is Alexander's campaign, the greek were the attackers, but with the Macedonian Plalanx, not the hoplites

I dunno really... As I said, I was speaking on second-hand info... Do what you feel is right, you haven't failed us so far.

 

[Rhye]

OK.
What do you think of the medieval pikeman/archers/infantry solution? The problem (caused by the switch) of the double defensive unit (pikeman & archer) seems solved.

 

[kamleungc]

How about give the archer something like 1(2)/2/1 with 0 bombard range, and the have something like 1/3/1 with a lightly lowered cost?

 

[Jaybe]

I do not remember what the blasphemer did with archers & longbows, but what I did was:
Archers: cost=25, 1.2.1, BRF=2.1.1, bombard flag, defense and artillery strategy
Longbows: 2.3.1, BRF=4.1.1, upgrade to Fusiliers (aka Flintlocks), bombard flag, defense and artillery strategy

The AI persists in using bombardment by ground units only against shipping.
and now for the broken record: Fortunately, I have minimized that exploit by removing ALL other ground bombardment units from the game.

 

[Rhye]

In the expansion there will be:
archers-> 1/2/1, warrior code. Bombard yet to be discussed
crossbowman->1/3/1, feudalism

The longbowman will be the 2nd English UU (1/4/1)

I'll soon post a chart, or some screenshots

 

[Rhye]

Posted a small update that fixes some things and updates the alternative versions.

- Updated hills, plateaus and mountains graphics
- Removed all the forests hills from the tiles reacheable by the city radius. In this way the weird effect after cutting the forest will hardly happen. Changes in the Americas, Siberia and China
- Some mountain/plateau swaps
- Berserks in the warrior to guerrilla upgrade path
- Elephants now with +2 hps, upgrade to NONE
- Keshiks cost 50 shields instead of 60


This will probably be the last patch until the Xpack

 

[jalapeno_dude]

This will probably be the last patch until the Xpack.

Or will it?

There's a problem with the .zip: only the "Art" folder is there. You forgot to put it in the "Rhye's of Civilization" folder. It doesn't extract correctly: I had to do it manually.

 

[Blasphemous]

OK.
What do you think of the medieval pikeman/archers/infantry solution? The problem (caused by the switch) of the double defensive unit (pikeman & archer) seems solved.

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you propose to do.
List the different unit trees with their stats (or at least their general purpouse) and I'll see what I think.

 

[Rhye]

Or will it?

There's a problem with the .zip: only the "Art" folder is there. You forgot to put it in the "Rhye's of Civilization" folder. It doesn't extract correctly: I had to do it manually.

thank you. I always forget something, as usual.
Now it's fixed

 

[Malta]

The link at the start of the post is broken at this stage. The readme arrived on my computer, it was the mod itself that couldn't be downloaded.

 

[Rhye]

I'm sorry, I forgot to update that link. It's working now

 

[adrianooo]

IL MIGLIOR MOD AL MONDO.... CHI TE LO TITERà FUORI? UNO STUDENTE AMERICANO? UN PIPPAIOLO GIAPPONESE? IL FIGLIOLO DI SID MEYER? NO..... UN LIVORNESE!! (dopo questa posso dire d averle viste proprio tutte!).

si,ho visto che hai in progetto un espansione dai contenuti ancora misteriosi, FACCI SAPE'

ho sia la versione inglese che quella italiana.
ho installato la versione inglese in piu ho aggiunto tutte le cartelle delle unità, terreni ecc della vers italiana (non si sa mai che il mio hard disk prenda troppa libertà!).

abito in Versilia.

COMUNQUE.... voglio degli scenariiiiiiiiii!!!...grazie