As a fan of Rise and Rule awaiting an adaptation for Civ IV for a long time, i'm glad to see a mod with such features.
Just a problem though ... I followed your link on Filefront and ... No way to find any file related to your mod
I'm at work right now and can't test the link. Is it not available for download? That's no good...
I also want to provide an update on what's going on with this mod. I will be releasing a small patch to fix a few small bugs in the current version but that will be the last update for Warlords.
I am currently working on the BtS version and things have been progressing very well. I was able to procure a copy early so I have made considerable progress already and I want to get something out ASAP.
Here are some of the changes so far:
Removed HRE and Native American empires
Moved Charlemagne to 3rd leader for Germany
Moved Sitting Bull as leader of Sioux
I will be adding 10 or 12 new civilizations, aiming to have a nice selection from around the globe. The 9 I have added so far:
Sioux
Iroquois
Brazil
Austria
Poland
Hitttites
Siam
Polynesia
Israel
I am also adding many 2nd leaders for civs, trying to pick the best fan-made LH's and trying to avoid duplicate LH's based on the same model.
I have rebuilt the tech tree from scratch with the aim of making it look less visually crammed. The new tree is more functional and easier on the eyes. It is totally rebuilt through the 1930's/1940's so not too much more to go.
I have removed a couple of wonders/buildings from the Warlords version as I felt they were overkill. I will reevaluate when the BtS version is closer to completion.
I am adding a few new religions to spice things up. I have already added (borrowed graciously from Amra's mod) Amun-Ra (Egyptian pantheon) and Hellenism (Greek pantheon) as well as apprpriate founding techs. The appropriate leaders have these added as their favorite religion. I'm looking at adding Shinto and Zoroastrianism for a total of 11 religions.
I have also added in RabbitWhite's Ethnically Diverse Units for BtS and am working on getting GeoModders Ethnically Diverse Cities in as well.
I'll update with some screenshots shortly.
Cheers,
ripple01