zulu9812
The Newbie Nightmare
Rise Of Mankind Epansion (or ROME, for short)
I've been making a number of additions to the mod, and having done so in a modular fashion, I thought why not release it other players? I think it adds a bit of colour and flair to the game: hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I have.
Here is the download:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11934 (12.8 MB download, 45.9 MB install)
Readme:
Rise Of Mankind Expansion (R.O.M.E.)
Requirements
===================
This add-on was made for Rise of Mankind 2.62.
Installation
===================
R.O.M.E. has been designed to work as a module that sits alongside your existing ROM installation and will not alter any of the mod's original files. Simply extract the contents of the zip file to your Rise of Mankind folder, which is usually:
C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Rise of Mankind
Rise of Mankind is already configured for modular loading: you do not need to enable it.
To uninstall this add-on, simply delete the all folders with the 'ROME' prefix from the Modules folder.
1.5 Addition: in order for some units from the Mega Pack to display their new skins, I had to edit some XML files in the Custom Civilization files. This installation will ask you to over-write certain files. Say yes to obtain the new skins. See below to get the old skins back if you prefer. In addition, this installation will ask to over-write some unitinfos.xml files in the Custom Civilizations folder - this is essential for certain units to be in the correct upgrade path.
1.6 Addition: in order to integrate the new civs from the Mega Pack with the Revolutions component of the mod (which for some reason wasn't done originally), this installation will ask to over-write 1 file: RebelTypes.py - I reccommend saying yes and getting the new file, but its up to you.
1.7 Change: if you have also installed Joyoo's excellent Better Gameplay Add-on, you will need to install the supplied compatibility patch. See that readme for details.
What's in the mod?
===================
At this stage R.O.M.E. primarily consists of a unit-based expansion of the Renaissance and Industrial eras. particularly focusing on the European civlizations. Here is what you get:
* The medieval Great General model has been replaced with a Napoleonic-looking one. This is is more appropriate since the the middle tag covers Renaissance and Industrial periods, and the Firaxis model always looked out of place.
* The European unit art style has been altered significantly, with many new skins added in the style of Napoleonic and Colonial wars. Some units have also been added to the Asian unit art style. For more details, see the change log.
* A new unit has been added: the Trench Infantry. It is a minor upgrade from the Rifleman, but comes before Infantry. It is there to cover the WWI period.
* The Modern Grenadier unit has been replaced with the Stormtrooper: it fulfils a similar function, in that it provides a smooth Industrial-age upgrade path for the Grenadier. The Stormtrooper has much of the same stats that the Modern Grenadier did, but also gains a combat bonus against armoured cars and when attacking cities. This unit simulates the technological advances that were made during WWI specifically to address trench warfare.
* The Cavalry unit's upgrades have been pushed back. It no longer upgrades to Motorcycle and/or Armoured Car, but to Jeep and/or BTR 80. New WWI-style skins have been introduced to cover this unit's continued presence on the modern battlefield.
* Some existing Unique Units have had the graphics altered or replaced. The English Redcoat now has the skin for a Zulu War-era soldier (think Michael Caine in Zulu) whilst the original Redcoat model is used for the English Musketman. The Ukrainian Cossack now uses the Russian Cossack skin, whilst the Russian Cossack has an entirely new, crisper, more Napoleonic look. Hungary's Huszar Cavalry also features a new, Napoleonic-style skin. The French UU, the Musketeer, has been moved back in time to replace the Arquebusier. The French also get a new skin replacement for the Musketman model.
* Some units, such as the Heavy Pikeman, have a different model for the Middle & Late periods. This means that the unit will automatically switch appearances when an era changes, but before the unit is upgraded. In this way, even obsolete units can still look like they belong in the time.
* The Celtic civilization has undergone significant cosmetic variation, with a new flag and several flavour units. This is purely because I mostly play the Celts and I wanted to improve the experience of playing as them.
* New Civ: Confedrate States of America. The Confederacy has 3 leaders (2 of them 3D and animated) and a 2 new UU's (the Stonewall Brigade, a mobile version of the Rifleman, and the Bushwhacker - a guerilla-style cavalry unit).
* Changed some basic rules that better suit my style of game. For example, I play with Raging Barbarians, and I always thought it unfair that I could only get 15 XP from fighting them, since I spend most of the early game fighting them! XP gain from Animals and Barbarians is now practically unlimited.
As of 1.2, I've started to expand the future era of Rise of Mankind:
* Changed the look of the Special Infantry unit. It looks more like a military unit and less like...something weird.
As of 1.5, due to integration withe Mega Pack, I've had to make some changes to files in the Custom Civilizations folder. If you wish to undo changes I have made (which are changes to skins of some UUs) I have included .rar files that contain the original files. Just right-click those .rars and select 'extract here'.
As of 1.8, I'm including my personal .ini file for Advanced Unit Naming. Extract to your Rise of Mankind folder and confirm over-write. It contains my own system of unit naming, which I hope you'll like. Units will have era-based suffixes, so at certain points in your game you can see a unit and see when it was built, and it will remind you of its history. Just a little roleplay touch that I quite like.
Known Bugs
===================
None at this moment in time. Let me know if you find any!
Feedback? Support
===================
I made this mod purely for my own enjoyment and I've only uploaded it because I thought some other people might enjoy it. In that light, this mod add-on is provided as is, with no guarantee of support if your Rise of Manking installation goes tits up. That being said, this has undergone extensive testing (albeit by only me so far) and I don't wish there to be any bugs. If you do find any, or have any feedback on unit balance or your general enjoyment of the mod, I can be found under this name at CivFanatics.
zulu9812
Changelog
===================
v1.8
------
Added Adv Unit Naming .ini file
Added Iraq Civilization
Removed Custom Civilizations and ROME Mega Pack folders, now provided as a compatibility patch for the Mega Pack
v1.7
------
Removed Uhlan unit files from main installation, now provided as a compatibility patch for Joyoo's Better Gameplay Add-on.
Archer-type units can now gain the Woodsman II and Guerilla II promotions
Increased no. of Great Wonders per city to 12
Increased no. of National Wonders per city to 4
Increased max. xp gained from babarians & animals to 999
v1.6
------
Integrated the Mega Pack with the Revolutions python component
Added diplo text for remaining 2 Confederacy leaders
Czech Legion is now trench infantry UU, stats adjusted accordingly & with new skin
v1.5
------
Integrated ROME with the 2.62 Mega Pack
Zaporozhian Cossack now uses Firaxis Cossack skin
Huszar Cavalry now uses historically correct skin
Light Horse now uses a browner skin
Granadero a Caballo now uses better skin
v1.4
------
Modules should be compatible with ROM 2.62
Moved Zerver's Special Infantry to its own module
Removed Jump Lanes module, as it's been integrated into ROM 2.62
Added new civ: Confederate States of America
v1.3
------
Workers now correctly build silk, apple, etc. improvements - thanks to Dacning Hoskuld
Added Japanese unit art style, and moved Asian Cavalry skin to Asian Cuirassier
Added new model by Zerver to replace Special Infantry
v1.2
------
Updated to work with RoM 2.6
Removed all references to the Mega Pack, until its updated to 2.6
Incorporated Jumplanes (FF-roads) for the normal game
Grenadier no longer upgrades to Infantry
v1.1
------
Removed unit promotions xml file, it was screwing up the promotions path
Fixed Alpino unit not upgrading to Trench Infantry
v1.0
------
Replaced Firaxis Medieval Great General with a Napoleonic one
Moved the unit promotions around a bit in the xml file so that consecutive promotions appear in the same place as the last one when promoting yoour units.
v0.9
------
Changed Ukraine Cossack to use Firaxis's Cossack graphics
Gave Hungary's Cavalry a new skin, based on a hussar outfit
Corrected England's Redcoat - now correctly using Colonial Rifleman skin
Moved Firaxis Redcoat skin to cover England's Musketmand unit
v0.8
------
Tweaked unit upgrade paths for certain UU's in order to match the new Cavalry path
Did the same for various UU riflemen
v0.7
------
Added new Cuirassier skins for England, France, Germany and Russia
Added WWI skins to American unit art style
- Rifleman, Trench Infantry, Machine Gun, Stormtrooper
v0.6
------
Added 2 more flavour units for the Celts
Added new skin for Arquebusier in European unit art style
v0.5
------
Changed the European et al. civs Cavalry WWI skins to only show in the modern era
Added new Cavalry skins for the renaissance era
- England gets a zulu war-era colonial cavalry with white pith helmet
- France gets a Cuirassier-style unit with gold trim
- Germany gets a Death Head Hussar
- Russia gets a red & black Hussar
Germany gets new Pikeman and Heavy Pikeman skins
- 18th century style pikeman now only shows in Renaissance and beyond (for all European civs)
v0.4
------
Tweaked Stormtrooper stats a bit
Added new skins to the European art style, duplicated across England, France, Germany & Russia
- Musketman, Rifleman, Heavy Pikeman
v0.3
------
Replaced Modern Grenadier with Stormtrooper unit
- added flavour variants for Europe, England, France, Germany & Russia
Added Japanese-style flavour units for the Asian unit art style
- Trench Infantry, Cavalry, Machine Gun
v0.2
------
Obtained better, less shiny Celtic Foot Knight from Bakuel (thanks, man!)
Added Trench Infantry
Created new unit art styles for Europe, England, France, Germany & Russia
- added flavour units of the default Trench Infantry for these civs
- added flabour units of Machine Gun unit for same civs
- added flavour units of Cavalry unit for same civs
v0.1
------
Added ROME Celts module
- new flag
- 4 flavour units: Spearman, Axeman, Macemand and Swordsman
- created Celtic unit art style
Credits
===================
Units
- Chuggi, Chugginator, Bakuel, sepamu92, charle88, AlazkanAssassin, GeneralMatt, bernie14,
danrell, Swarog, Chamaedrys, dutchking, seZereth
Celtic flag
- from the Wolfshanze mod
If I've missed anyone out, I apologise. It's simply an oversight - please get in touch and let me know.
The download page also includes some screenshots
I've been making a number of additions to the mod, and having done so in a modular fashion, I thought why not release it other players? I think it adds a bit of colour and flair to the game: hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I have.
Here is the download:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11934 (12.8 MB download, 45.9 MB install)
Readme:
Spoiler :
Rise Of Mankind Expansion (R.O.M.E.)
Requirements
===================
This add-on was made for Rise of Mankind 2.62.
Installation
===================
R.O.M.E. has been designed to work as a module that sits alongside your existing ROM installation and will not alter any of the mod's original files. Simply extract the contents of the zip file to your Rise of Mankind folder, which is usually:
C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Rise of Mankind
Rise of Mankind is already configured for modular loading: you do not need to enable it.
To uninstall this add-on, simply delete the all folders with the 'ROME' prefix from the Modules folder.
1.5 Addition: in order for some units from the Mega Pack to display their new skins, I had to edit some XML files in the Custom Civilization files. This installation will ask you to over-write certain files. Say yes to obtain the new skins. See below to get the old skins back if you prefer. In addition, this installation will ask to over-write some unitinfos.xml files in the Custom Civilizations folder - this is essential for certain units to be in the correct upgrade path.
1.6 Addition: in order to integrate the new civs from the Mega Pack with the Revolutions component of the mod (which for some reason wasn't done originally), this installation will ask to over-write 1 file: RebelTypes.py - I reccommend saying yes and getting the new file, but its up to you.
1.7 Change: if you have also installed Joyoo's excellent Better Gameplay Add-on, you will need to install the supplied compatibility patch. See that readme for details.
What's in the mod?
===================
At this stage R.O.M.E. primarily consists of a unit-based expansion of the Renaissance and Industrial eras. particularly focusing on the European civlizations. Here is what you get:
* The medieval Great General model has been replaced with a Napoleonic-looking one. This is is more appropriate since the the middle tag covers Renaissance and Industrial periods, and the Firaxis model always looked out of place.
* The European unit art style has been altered significantly, with many new skins added in the style of Napoleonic and Colonial wars. Some units have also been added to the Asian unit art style. For more details, see the change log.
* A new unit has been added: the Trench Infantry. It is a minor upgrade from the Rifleman, but comes before Infantry. It is there to cover the WWI period.
* The Modern Grenadier unit has been replaced with the Stormtrooper: it fulfils a similar function, in that it provides a smooth Industrial-age upgrade path for the Grenadier. The Stormtrooper has much of the same stats that the Modern Grenadier did, but also gains a combat bonus against armoured cars and when attacking cities. This unit simulates the technological advances that were made during WWI specifically to address trench warfare.
* The Cavalry unit's upgrades have been pushed back. It no longer upgrades to Motorcycle and/or Armoured Car, but to Jeep and/or BTR 80. New WWI-style skins have been introduced to cover this unit's continued presence on the modern battlefield.
* Some existing Unique Units have had the graphics altered or replaced. The English Redcoat now has the skin for a Zulu War-era soldier (think Michael Caine in Zulu) whilst the original Redcoat model is used for the English Musketman. The Ukrainian Cossack now uses the Russian Cossack skin, whilst the Russian Cossack has an entirely new, crisper, more Napoleonic look. Hungary's Huszar Cavalry also features a new, Napoleonic-style skin. The French UU, the Musketeer, has been moved back in time to replace the Arquebusier. The French also get a new skin replacement for the Musketman model.
* Some units, such as the Heavy Pikeman, have a different model for the Middle & Late periods. This means that the unit will automatically switch appearances when an era changes, but before the unit is upgraded. In this way, even obsolete units can still look like they belong in the time.
* The Celtic civilization has undergone significant cosmetic variation, with a new flag and several flavour units. This is purely because I mostly play the Celts and I wanted to improve the experience of playing as them.
* New Civ: Confedrate States of America. The Confederacy has 3 leaders (2 of them 3D and animated) and a 2 new UU's (the Stonewall Brigade, a mobile version of the Rifleman, and the Bushwhacker - a guerilla-style cavalry unit).
* Changed some basic rules that better suit my style of game. For example, I play with Raging Barbarians, and I always thought it unfair that I could only get 15 XP from fighting them, since I spend most of the early game fighting them! XP gain from Animals and Barbarians is now practically unlimited.
As of 1.2, I've started to expand the future era of Rise of Mankind:
* Changed the look of the Special Infantry unit. It looks more like a military unit and less like...something weird.
As of 1.5, due to integration withe Mega Pack, I've had to make some changes to files in the Custom Civilizations folder. If you wish to undo changes I have made (which are changes to skins of some UUs) I have included .rar files that contain the original files. Just right-click those .rars and select 'extract here'.
As of 1.8, I'm including my personal .ini file for Advanced Unit Naming. Extract to your Rise of Mankind folder and confirm over-write. It contains my own system of unit naming, which I hope you'll like. Units will have era-based suffixes, so at certain points in your game you can see a unit and see when it was built, and it will remind you of its history. Just a little roleplay touch that I quite like.
Known Bugs
===================
None at this moment in time. Let me know if you find any!
Feedback? Support
===================
I made this mod purely for my own enjoyment and I've only uploaded it because I thought some other people might enjoy it. In that light, this mod add-on is provided as is, with no guarantee of support if your Rise of Manking installation goes tits up. That being said, this has undergone extensive testing (albeit by only me so far) and I don't wish there to be any bugs. If you do find any, or have any feedback on unit balance or your general enjoyment of the mod, I can be found under this name at CivFanatics.
zulu9812
Changelog
===================
v1.8
------
Added Adv Unit Naming .ini file
Added Iraq Civilization
Removed Custom Civilizations and ROME Mega Pack folders, now provided as a compatibility patch for the Mega Pack
v1.7
------
Removed Uhlan unit files from main installation, now provided as a compatibility patch for Joyoo's Better Gameplay Add-on.
Archer-type units can now gain the Woodsman II and Guerilla II promotions
Increased no. of Great Wonders per city to 12
Increased no. of National Wonders per city to 4
Increased max. xp gained from babarians & animals to 999
v1.6
------
Integrated the Mega Pack with the Revolutions python component
Added diplo text for remaining 2 Confederacy leaders
Czech Legion is now trench infantry UU, stats adjusted accordingly & with new skin
v1.5
------
Integrated ROME with the 2.62 Mega Pack
Zaporozhian Cossack now uses Firaxis Cossack skin
Huszar Cavalry now uses historically correct skin
Light Horse now uses a browner skin
Granadero a Caballo now uses better skin
v1.4
------
Modules should be compatible with ROM 2.62
Moved Zerver's Special Infantry to its own module
Removed Jump Lanes module, as it's been integrated into ROM 2.62
Added new civ: Confederate States of America
v1.3
------
Workers now correctly build silk, apple, etc. improvements - thanks to Dacning Hoskuld
Added Japanese unit art style, and moved Asian Cavalry skin to Asian Cuirassier
Added new model by Zerver to replace Special Infantry
v1.2
------
Updated to work with RoM 2.6
Removed all references to the Mega Pack, until its updated to 2.6
Incorporated Jumplanes (FF-roads) for the normal game
Grenadier no longer upgrades to Infantry
v1.1
------
Removed unit promotions xml file, it was screwing up the promotions path
Fixed Alpino unit not upgrading to Trench Infantry
v1.0
------
Replaced Firaxis Medieval Great General with a Napoleonic one
Moved the unit promotions around a bit in the xml file so that consecutive promotions appear in the same place as the last one when promoting yoour units.
v0.9
------
Changed Ukraine Cossack to use Firaxis's Cossack graphics
Gave Hungary's Cavalry a new skin, based on a hussar outfit
Corrected England's Redcoat - now correctly using Colonial Rifleman skin
Moved Firaxis Redcoat skin to cover England's Musketmand unit
v0.8
------
Tweaked unit upgrade paths for certain UU's in order to match the new Cavalry path
Did the same for various UU riflemen
v0.7
------
Added new Cuirassier skins for England, France, Germany and Russia
Added WWI skins to American unit art style
- Rifleman, Trench Infantry, Machine Gun, Stormtrooper
v0.6
------
Added 2 more flavour units for the Celts
Added new skin for Arquebusier in European unit art style
v0.5
------
Changed the European et al. civs Cavalry WWI skins to only show in the modern era
Added new Cavalry skins for the renaissance era
- England gets a zulu war-era colonial cavalry with white pith helmet
- France gets a Cuirassier-style unit with gold trim
- Germany gets a Death Head Hussar
- Russia gets a red & black Hussar
Germany gets new Pikeman and Heavy Pikeman skins
- 18th century style pikeman now only shows in Renaissance and beyond (for all European civs)
v0.4
------
Tweaked Stormtrooper stats a bit
Added new skins to the European art style, duplicated across England, France, Germany & Russia
- Musketman, Rifleman, Heavy Pikeman
v0.3
------
Replaced Modern Grenadier with Stormtrooper unit
- added flavour variants for Europe, England, France, Germany & Russia
Added Japanese-style flavour units for the Asian unit art style
- Trench Infantry, Cavalry, Machine Gun
v0.2
------
Obtained better, less shiny Celtic Foot Knight from Bakuel (thanks, man!)
Added Trench Infantry
Created new unit art styles for Europe, England, France, Germany & Russia
- added flavour units of the default Trench Infantry for these civs
- added flabour units of Machine Gun unit for same civs
- added flavour units of Cavalry unit for same civs
v0.1
------
Added ROME Celts module
- new flag
- 4 flavour units: Spearman, Axeman, Macemand and Swordsman
- created Celtic unit art style
Credits
===================
Units
- Chuggi, Chugginator, Bakuel, sepamu92, charle88, AlazkanAssassin, GeneralMatt, bernie14,
danrell, Swarog, Chamaedrys, dutchking, seZereth
Celtic flag
- from the Wolfshanze mod
If I've missed anyone out, I apologise. It's simply an oversight - please get in touch and let me know.
The download page also includes some screenshots
