Rhye's of Civilization - the fastest loading mod Expanded

[Blasphemous]

Took a look at the Wikipedia, turns out it's Government Issue and not General Infantry after all. It apparently later became a term that simply means an american soldier.
It fits right in, but Ranger could be just as good a name for the american Marine UU.

 

[Aeon221]

err... umm... it was a test! haha you pass!

haha i give in you guys are right!

turns out I've been living in ignorance all my days... who would have thought... ;p

 

[Rhye]

Ranger? Wasn't the ranger that mounted red-dressed canadian with a hat?

 

[Blasphemous]

Ranger? Wasn't the ranger that mounted red-dressed canadian with a hat?

Not only... The US Rangers are a pretty versatile army corp...
Actually I don't know much about them, read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Army_Ranger

 

[Aeon221]

haha Rhye, thats the Mounties! hehehe those guys make me giggle with glee! ;p

 

[Aeon221]

Ok so not exactly a heavy infantry unit, but it does say that they are go for entry land, air, and sea, and that they are an elite combat unit. Sound more like specialists than the marines, but if marines is not appropriate I am in favor of this group.

I would say that they should have the ability to build airfields (capturing airfields seems to be a major part of their duties), but no one would trade a combat unit for a tile addon of dubious utility.

 

[Blasphemous]

Well, if they have paradrop, sacrificing one unit to get the others to combat faster can be worth it.
Anyway, the current Marines already represent a sort of specialist... They do not each represent several thousands of men, they represent much smaller groups who work efficiently and try to minimize casualties. That's how modern combat is, compared to earlier gun combat.

 

[Aeon221]

Agreed, glad you argee with me that the americans need a ground unit! lol

 

[Asclepius]

OK then what do you think of an upgraded modern armor only? (no amphibious)
Or of an upgraded tank (the Sherman)?

I would still prefer to see the US Marine Corps represented. Yes, you are right that many other nations have Marines, but the US has used the Marines since the very early 1900's to invade Cuba, the Phillipines, Nicaragua, Mexico, Grenada, Panama, Honduras, Haiti.....etc, etc. I think it would make a great late game unit for the US. It would make the US a late game threat to any Civ on the map (especially with the new naval rules). It would make the early turn boredem playing as America worth it, if you knew that later in the game you could build loads of kick-ass Marines that could go out around the world and break a few heads

 

[Rhye]

In this moment there is only one good animation: the modern infantry.
The others are not so good (the commando) or a modification of existing one (grunt).

I can use the mod.infantry and call it USMC, but in that case you must give up to any thoughts of adding a modern infantry unit.

 

[Blasphemous]

Rhye, I recall a set of very good-looking modern commando and infantry types... I recall something about a blue beret... I'll see if I can find them. (Or maybe are these the modern infantry?)

 

[Blasphemous]

No luck yet, but I took a look at the CFC main page and saw this:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=102437
May be a nice addition to RoC and/or RoX.

 

[Blasphemous]

This unit looks potentially good for the standard modern infantry (if you use the Marine gfx as the American UU).
This one is also a possibility.

 

[Rhye]

Let's see...

this unit may be a ranger, while this one could be modern infantry.

Or...
the last one for USMC and this one with no backpack could be a Special Force / Commando unit.

 

[Blasphemous]

I like both options alot. All three are very nice units.
Just played a bit more. It's something like 1400 now and I recently discovered india and australia. The India Trading Company pedia entry says something about the Great Wall...
Also oddly enough the Arabs only have one city, the others seem to have been taken by the Babs and the Persians. This is odd cause the Arabs built a few wonders in teh ancient age and I would expect them to be pretty strong.
The game crashed because I discovered Alchemy... Is there any temporary fix I can use so I can keep playing? Maybe I could copy and rename some file?

 

[Rhye]

isn't just NOT clicking on alchemy pedia enough to carry on?

 

[Blasphemous]

isn't just NOT clicking on alchemy pedia enough to carry on?

Nope, when I research it it needs to show the pedia large icon and that crashes as well. And it crashed it before the turn's autosave, of course. :'(

 

[Rhye]

I'm sorry, there's no way to fix this.
You'll have to wait the 0.4 (tonight or tomorrow) to start a new version.

The new version will be ready when I have the definitive decision about America.

What do you prefer?
Do you agree with the first or the second proposal?
(No modern infantry unit. Its animation used for USMC.
Possible addition of a commando unit, better if being produced by an improvement every 10 turns.)

 

[Rhye]

No luck yet, but I took a look at the CFC main page and saw this:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=102437
May be a nice addition to RoC and/or RoX.

it seems that they are placed randomly. I can't move all the huts of the map only to match the right graphics

 

[Blasphemous]

Are you sure I can't somehow edit the pediaicons file and other stuff to fix the crash so I can continue playing? I was just about to conquer the Byzantines and then invade Spain. :'(