The Great People Mod

[Gargoyle]

It doesn't work for me.

I did all the following:

Unzip the contents into Program Files\Firaxis Games\Civilization IV\MODS


Running the Mod
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1. Start Civilization IV
2. From the menu, go to advanced, then click on Load a Mod
3. Load Great People Mod
4. Civilization IV will restart
5. Start a game as usual

Civ shows I'm running the mod. But I don't get anything different when a Great person is born in my cities.

 

[Sir_CharlesIII]

You know what I don't like about Great People? The Great Person you get should be based on people from your actual civilization not just random Great People from history. If I'm playing as the Chinese I shouldn't get Homer as a Great Person.

 

[Enigma]

You know what I don't like about Great People? The Great Person you get should be based on people from your actual civilization not just random Great People from history. If I'm playing as the Chinese I shouldn't get Homer as a Great Person.

D'oh!!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

 

[Graun]

It doesn't work for me.

I did all the following:

Unzip the contents into Program Files\Firaxis Games\Civilization IV\MODS


Running the Mod
---------------------
1. Start Civilization IV
2. From the menu, go to advanced, then click on Load a Mod
3. Load Great People Mod
4. Civilization IV will restart
5. Start a game as usual

Civ shows I'm running the mod. But I don't get anything different when a Great person is born in my cities.

It's doesn't works for me either!

 

[1c0n]

cant wait to try this, tho i think i'll wait until its incorperated into the realism mod, amazing idea! GJ!!!! i just always run with realism. very good addition to ANY mod!

 

[Caltone]

It's doesn't works for me either!

Me either

It restarts and shows the mod name on the splash screen, but no popups when a GP is born.

 

[Plankhead]

You know what I don't like about Great People? The Great Person you get should be based on people from your actual civilization not just random Great People from history. If I'm playing as the Chinese I shouldn't get Homer as a Great Person.

Nor should you be building the Statue of Liberty or founding Judaism.

 

[Saint_Saturn]

Same problem is happening for me. Unzipped into correct folders, and 'great persons mod' shows up under the 'load a mod' section, but nothing changes in-game..

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

In response to the people who cant get it to work, ive had a similar problem. If you just go into the Great People Mod folder, there should be a folder called GreatPersonMod. If you copy that folder into your mod folder as a seperate mod it should work. Just remeber to load GreatPersonMod when you try to play with it.

 

[Gargoyle]

In response to the people who cant get it to work, ive had a similar problem. If you just go into the Great People Mod folder, there should be a folder called GreatPersonMod. If you copy that folder into your mod folder as a seperate mod it should work. Just remeber to load GreatPersonMod when you try to play with it.

If I do so, will it (and can I) delete the original Great People Mod folder?

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

If I do so, will it (and can I) delete the original Great People Mod folder?

Yes you can, but just make sure it works, so you dont have to dowload it again.

 

[Caltone]

Just wanted to send some thanks to Snoopy for this mod. Very enjoyable and I run it in all my games.

 

[hIdDeN_eViL]

has there been any developements here? (fixing up the probs mentioned?)

 

[Gargoyle]

has there been any developements here? (fixing up the probs mentioned?)

Yes, the Great People Folder contains the GREATPERSONMOD folder. I took the latter and put it as a main folder directly in MODS. Then I deleted the former. IT WORKS!

I have noticed that there a few Purple screens for missing graphics of great people. Not many but enough. Sorry I didn't bother at the time to make a list.

 

[ostar]

If you check the Art folder for this mod, there is a subfolder there with all the dds files. Some of them (mostly saints) don't have a dds extension. Rename those by just adding .dds to the end of the file name and they should now work.

 

[JamieCiv4Files]

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

 

[ranathari]

Screenshot, please?

 

[ostar]

This is a great mod. There are some blank popups however, and I have found fixes for most of them. Basically, the name of the mods .dds file is different from the game title of the leader. To fix this, go into the Great Person/People mod folder, Art subfolder, Great People (?) subfolder. Rename the following files below. You don't have to open them - just right click and choose rename. Keep the same upper/lower case.
Make sure your system allows you to see file extensions! If not, go into the folder options in the Control panel and click it on.

Wrong is what they are - Right what they should be.
(Arrgghh - why is the program insisting on crushing them together? I put spaces between the wrong and right names. Sorry.)
Wrong Right
Al Khwarizmi.dds Al-Khwarizmi.dds
Al Kindi.dds Al-Kindi.dds
Al Razi.dds Al-Razi.dds
Chang Tzu.dds Chang-Tzu.dds
John D Rockefeller.dds John D. Rockefeller.dds
St. Augustine St. Augustine.dds
St. Patrick St. Patrick.dds
St. Paul St. Paul.dds
St. Peter St. Peter.dds
st_john St. John.dds
St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas.dds
Zheng Hi.dds Zheng He.dds

These three Great People don't have a file at all, I believe: Ling Lun, Nabu-rimanni, Hanno.

Also, I was unable to open/view the following files, receiving a bad format error. There may be something wrong with the file so it doesn't work. Or it could be my viewer program (IrfanView).
Frank Kafka
John Maynard Keynes
John Stuart Mill
Ludwig von Beethoven
William T. G. Morton

 

[BaalRoG]

can you upload your changes? would be easier...

 

[hIdDeN_eViL]

i second the upload suggestion!

and whatever happened to snoopy??