Rule Britannia! - The first "true" mod for Civ 4.

[Sadistik]

Slip of the tongue. WaxonWaxov made Scotland, I put him down for Vikings, which CivArmy did. I was sure that you didn't make Scotland, since it was 10 times harder to add than Bretagne was (because he didn't set it up for simple /mods/ )

I was just tired when I was finishing up on the mod. Did it after work.

 

[Willowmound]

Possible addition of Odinism.

That would be Norse mythology.

There is a very common misconception that Odin was somehow "chief god". That is not true at all. Like their society, the Viking pantheon was very egalitarian.

That's all I've got to say at this point. If you include it, please don't call it "Odinism"!

 

[Sadistik]

That would be Norse mythology.

There is a very common misconception that Odin was somehow "chief god". That is not true at all. Like their society, the Viking pantheon was very egalitarian.

That's all I've got to say at this point. If you include it, please don't call it "Odinism"!

I was going to call it Asatru. Odinism is just the more popular name.

Celtic mythology didn't have worship of druids, and yet it's called Druidism. Same with Islam and "Mohammedanism"

It was just a term I used to describe it, honest.

 

[wolfman1234]

And how about making a Roman or Normand conquest of the islands scenario?

 

[Sadistik]

And how about making a Roman or Normand conquest of the islands scenario?

I'd think the Romans are a bit too early, but the Normans definately belong. The obvious problem being that no one has created a Norman civ, and it would require me to do it myself.

 

[wolfman1234]

Well, the french one could replace normans. Working on the tech tree and changing the unit stats should make a good scenario.

 

[JamieCiv4Files]

I've mirrored this at http://civilization4.filefront.com/ for you Sadistik

 

[Sadistik]

I've mirrored this at http://civilization4.filefront.com/ for you Sadistik

Cheers!

 

[Willowmound]

I was going to call it Asatru. Odinism is just the more popular name.

Celtic mythology didn't have worship of druids, and yet it's called Druidism. Same with Islam and "Mohammedanism"

It was just a term I used to describe it, honest.

I believe you! It's still wrong though. Åsatru, like you said, is of course what it should be.

With most polytheistic beliefs, different people would worship different dieties depending on who they were and what they needed. Odin isn't even very old as Norse gods go -- gods like Freyr (whose name lives on today in the word "Friday") and Ullr are far older, as evidenced by Scandinavian place names predating the Viking age. Even Adam of Bremen, who went to the temple at Uppsala in Sweden around 1000AD, lists Odin as only second in importance.

As for "Mohammedanism", I believe that is considered a bigoted term these days.

And Druidism is a perfectly acceptable word beceause a) it is the one used by scholars, i.e. it's the correct word; and b) druids, as I understand, were of key importance in the practicing of rites. Right?

 

[Yestin]

My game crashed from this mod, but it was really fun while it lasted! I'll try it again to see what causes the crash.

 

[Sadistik]

My game crashed from this mod, but it was really fun while it lasted! I'll try it again to see what causes the crash.

I don't know if that's a good endorsement or a bad one. "It's fun, but unstable"

On a personal note, the mod hasn't crashed on me yet.

 

[Sadistik]

as I understand, were of key importance in the practicing of rites. Right?

You got me. I was just trying to sound insightful. If Churchill was willing to join Druidism, it must be so.

 

[Skeeder]

I've tried to play this mod 3 times now, all using different civs. It's crashed all 3 times when i hit around 670 AD, I go reload the last autosave, and it always crashes to desktop. Sad, cause I really enjoy the map and mod..

 

[stephent]

the units are reskinned, because there is no program yet to create your own models, except for one, but that exceeds most peoples budgets (if i recall correctly, it's about $20.000-$30.000, so if you got some spare cash )

Try Milkshape - for $25 US. Not sure if Civ4 supports some of the generic formats or not. Most FPS game modders use this package, so there is a lot of existing community support for it. I suppose you could contact the Milkshape creators and ask them if they plan on supporting Civ4 modeling in future. They have an explicit list of games they support (HL2, Doom3, etc.) plus some generic formats (3DS, AutoCAD, etc.).

If most modeling packages cost twenty to thirty thousand dollars, I doubt 99% of the user mods for any strategy or FPS game would have been created... and I include Counterstrike in that figure.

 

[seamus75]

Sorry I haven't any witticisms to add to any of the historical or ethnic debates, but I did want to give my praise for what has proven to be quite an enjoyable MOD.
As I have been playing as Anne I do have a comment about her starting point - accuracy aside is it possible to move the start point a few squartes north as to give her a better chance at a full city radius? Just a little thing I know.
Good job - great MOD - and all that other jazz.
Thanks Seamus

 

[wayninja]

Same here, mine crashes in the same spot every time no matter how far back I go in the autosave. Never had it happen in standard game...

 

[toschistation]

About 25 AD. I wonder if its the same event crashing everyone back to the desktop. I for one am a little excited as this is the first time i've played a match in Civ 4 that didn't at some point reboot my machine. Of course, that was always random, this happens in 25 AD every time, and just kills the app.

 

[Sadistik]

About 25 AD. I wonder if its the same event crashing everyone back to the desktop. I for one am a little excited as this is the first time i've played a match in Civ 4 that didn't at some point reboot my machine. Of course, that was always random, this happens in 25 AD every time, and just kills the app.

Strange. I don't remember any custom events, or anything that would trigger in 25 AD.

 

[Sadistik]

Believe it or not, this mod's popularity killed my domain. My host was forced to move it to their own site

New DL Link

 

[wolfman1234]

Do you plan to make a scenario with the stuff you have?