thecowwarrior's Pirates Mod

[thecowwarrior]

thecowwarrior's Pirates Mod v1.0


Background:
This mod adds a pirate themed civilization to Civ4 BTS 3.19, called the Pyrate Brotherhood. This civ is pieced together from many different mods found on CFC, most of them quite old and no longer commonly used. I thought it was a shame there wasn't a definitive pirate mod available, so this is my attempt to create one. Feel free to use this mod however you wish.


Features:
Pyrate Brotherhood civilization
-Unique UnitArtStyle with 25 flavor units (including UU)
-Unique UnitOrder and SelectOrder sounds
-Five new LeaderHeads
-Buccaneer Unique Unit
-Three Unique Buildings (Pirate Fortress, Pirate Stronghold, Tavern)
-Unique diplomacy music and diplomacy text


Better graphics by addition of Improved Graphics for CIV v2.0 by Chuggi, Meelee Animations for Redcoat, Rifleman, and Infantry units by SaibotLieh, and Blood Spatter effects by seZereth



Notes:
While the pirate civ is fully playable as is, it is unbalanced due to having three UBs. My intent is for the player to choose their favorite UB and disable the others in Pirates_CIV4CivilizationInfos.xml, but obviously one can play this mod any way they choose.



Credits:
Chuggi, SaibotLieh, seZereth, Walter Hawkwood, Gregory Koteles, Amra, CIV Gold Library, melcher kürzer, Different Ones, Wolfshanze, Edgecrusher, strategyonly, & thecowwarrior. If I have forgotten anyone please let me know and I will give full credit.



Have fun!

 

[AbsintheRed]

Wow, you have made a really nice mod for this!

 

[thecowwarrior]

Wow, you have made a really nice mod for this!

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you like it!

 

[Scirano]

looks nice, can't wait to give it a try

 

[thecowwarrior]

looks nice, can't wait to give it a try

Thanks, I hope you like it.

 

[sandy_tait]

Mod looks promising but I'm not seeing a "Pyrate Brotherhood" or anything like that as a Civ to choose, just the usual suspects. What am I doing wrong?

 

[thecowwarrior]

Mod looks promising but I'm not seeing a "Pyrate Brotherhood" or anything like that as a Civ to choose, just the usual suspects. What am I doing wrong?

You aren't doing anything wrong, you just need to scroll down to the bottom of the civilizations or leaders lists. When modular civs are added they always get thrown to the bottom.

Have fun, let me know if you like my mod.

 

[Jwitti]

To clarify: If I put this in the CustomAssets folder, it will appear in normal game?or do I have to merge the CivilizationInfo Files?

 

[thecowwarrior]

To clarify: If I put this in the CustomAssets folder, it will appear in normal game?or do I have to merge the CivilizationInfo Files?

No. Extract the archive to C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete\Beyond the Sword\Mods (or whatever your directory is), load BTS, click Advanced, Load A Mod, and load thecowwarrior's Pirates Mod.

Enjoy!

 

[Jwitti]

I know, but I was hoping that I could more easily merge with another mod

 

[thecowwarrior]

I know, but I was hoping that I could more easily merge with another mod

Well, if you just dropped the 'Pirates' folder (Mods\thecowwarrior's Pirates Mod\Assets\Modules\Custom Civilizations\Pirates) into the 'Custom Civilizations' folder of the mod you're trying to merge mine with, it should mostly work. You'll lose the diplomacy music, diplomacy text, and select order sounds though, as those cannot be made modular. If you want to keep everything the way it is you will have to merge some XML. Try using WinMerge, it makes things pretty painless.

 

[Jwitti]

I don't like listening to pirates anyway
EDIT: oh, thanks

 

[thecowwarrior]

I don't like listening to pirates anyway
EDIT: oh, thanks

No problem. If you need help merging let me know and I'll help you out.

 

[freebird573]

I'm having problems with the Tech Screen: It is blank. I cannot select what techs I want when I want them. Please help, as this has happened with another Mod. Opening screen/music are cool.

 

[thecowwarrior]

I'm having problems with the Tech Screen: It is blank. I cannot select what techs I want when I want them. Please help, as this has happened with another Mod. Opening screen/music are cool.

I assume you're referring to the Technology Adviser screen? I just tried it and it works fine for me - I made no changes to that screen in this mod. Since you say you are having this problem with more than one mod anyway, it sounds to me like you have a bad install of BTS. Uninstall Civ4 and its expansions completely, reinstall them and get patched up to BTS 3.19 and I bet it will work just fine.