Zambezi

[Pouakai]

IIRC they made it to the shortlist, but we opted for Benin over them as we didn't really want another warlike civ. Having said that, they could still be done eventually as an extra civ.

Apologies on the slowness of getting v2 out, we're expecting it sometime in April. Jan's prioritised the Nri UU icon, so hopefully once we get that we'll be good to go with the next three civs (Nri, Benin and Mali I think)

 

[Leugi]

Nzinga, following a bit more her royal depictions... Not sure on the background yet...

 

[Pouakai]

Looks awesome, but like you said the background is a bit iffy. Would you be able to do one for Kilwa too, preferably before BNW comes out?

 

[Leugi]

Looks awesome, but like you said the background is a bit iffy. Would you be able to do one for Kilwa too, preferably before BNW comes out?

Maybe, I may get some time after next week due to exams finishing. About the background, I think a good idea would be to have some sort of image of Colonial Africa, but I can't find any good image or reference for that...

 

[Leugi]

 

[turingmachine]

Looks awesome, but like you said the background is a bit iffy. Would you be able to do one for Kilwa too, preferably before BNW comes out?

Honestly, I thought the Kongo and Kilwa leaderheads looked fine in your mod pack. The Garamantes were more in need of a new leader screen, imo.

Edit: that new Kongo leader does look amazing, though

 

[InsanelyApple]

I have a new favorite of your's.

 

[Leugi]

Kilwa

 

[Pouakai]

Looks great, but would it be possible to have it on a similar scene to Cyon's, in front of the ocean at sunset with the dhows and all that?

 

[Leugi]

Looks great, but would it be possible to have it on a similar scene to Cyon's, in front of the ocean at sunset with the dhows and all that?

Sure... I wonder what base did he have though, I searched for a similar image with Kilwa and with Kilwa Architecture, and all I got was these nice archs.

 

[Leugi]

Updated (press refresh please)

 

[Reedstilt]

Did you guys consider including Buganda or another of Great Lakes Kingdoms?

 

[Leugi]

Didn't know if I should post this on this thread or the other one

 

[ripple01]

Any news on an BNW update for the Kilwa and Kongo? Tomatekh has published an update for the Garamantes, but I haven't found one for the other two. It would be great to incorporate this incredible artwork upgrade by Leugi as well as other touch ups (replace Mbanza-Kongo, Zanzibar, Mombasa, etc. city-states)

 

[Pouakai]

Kilwa is on Steam Workshop for BNW, as part of More Civs. I'm trying to work something out for the Kongo with Tomatekh at the moment, but hopefully it'll be up soon

 

[ripple01]

That's great to hear. Could I suggest possibly considering a new civ icon? I know the red x on the white background is the historic flag, but IMO it is a bit, I don't know, uninspiring. This symbol is a Kongo symbol and might make for a more interesting icon: http://www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news1207/FennellFig3-1.jpg

 

[turingmachine]

That's great to hear. Could I suggest possibly considering a new civ icon? I know the red x on the white background is the historic flag, but IMO it is a bit, I don't know, uninspiring. This symbol is a Kongo symbol and might make for a more interesting icon: http://www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news1207/FennellFig3-1.jpg

That's a religious symbol, though (Tomatekh uses it for indigenous Kongo religion in his Historical Religions mod). While there are some civs (Spain, Arabia, Byzantium) where I think it makes sense to use a religious symbol, I don't know if Kongo is one of them.

 

[Tomatekh]

Kongo - Nzinga Mbande

The Kingdom of Kongo was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in what is now northern Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At its greatest extent, it reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. The kingdom consisted of several core provinces ruled by the Manikongo, but its sphere of influence extended to neighboring kingdoms, such as Ngoyo, Kakongo, Ndongo and Matamba. During the colonial era, it became known due to Kongo's interaction and conflict with the Portuguese.

Steam Workshop / Civfanatics​

Capital: M'banza-Kongo
UA: Glory of the Manikongo: Units ignore terrain costs when moving in any tile adjacent to a River and suffer no attack penalty when fighting across Rivers. Archery Units train 10% faster.
UU: Pombo: Replaces Pikeman. Begins its turn with the same number of movement points as an adjacent Mounted Unit. +33% Defense vs Ranged Attacks. (+25% instead of +50% vs. Mounted Units).
UB: Raffia Mill: Replaces Mint. Provides +1 Raffia, a unique luxury resource. +2 Gold on Dye. (+20% Production Cost. No Gold bonus on Gold or Silver Tiles. Terrain Requirement changed: City must be built adjacent to and maintain at least one Jungle Tile).

BNW Change List:

Spoiler :

-Added BNW leader flavors.
-Replaced Kongo City-State with the Luba City-State from the Africa Scenario.
-Added additional text to Luba’s civlopedia entry from the Scenario.
-Added Leugi’s Leaderscreen.
-Added Leugi’s new Leader icon.
-Changed civ’s colors (were identical to Indonesia).
-Made a new civ button to match the new colors.
-Made a new Map .
-Made a new DoM screen.
-Made a new UU sv icon.
-Added Peace leader music.
-Added War leader music.
-Added in-game notification if you lose a raffia mill because the city is no longer adjacent to jungle.
-Added a check so you can’t capture raffia mills where you’re not supposed to (BNW added a capture rate to the mint).
-Added minor AI Handicaps to offset them not being able to use the lua abilities as efficiently as a human player.
-UU now begins its turn with the same number of movement points as an adjacent mounted unit instead of ignoring terrain cost. (Changed to further distinguish the unit from the Zulu UU, while keeping the previous direction).
-UA now also grants +10% production for Archery Units.
-UB now grants +2 Gold on Dye instead of +1.

Screenshots:

Spoiler :

Credits:
- Cyon is the author of the original Kongo mod created for Vanilla Civ V. If you enjoy the mod, a great deal of credit belongs to him for both the design and general direction of the civ. In this version he is the author of the UU, UB, and Raffia Resource icons as well as various civlopedia text.
- iamaplayer initially converted the mod for Gods and Kings.
- Pouakai oversaw and provided general direction and initial coding for the Zambezi version of the mod.
- Tomatekh provided coding, BNW conversion, lua, general direction, various civlopedia entries, civ map, DoM screen, minor art corrections and clean-up.
- Nzinga leader screen and icon by Leugi.
- Pombo unit graphic by JTitan.
- Music taken from "Anthologie de la Musique Congolaise, vol. 7: Musique des Kongo-Mbata" by Benoît Quersin, the Ludiongo, and Fonti Musicali.

 

[janboruta]

This is beyond awesome! I waited so much for new Kongo Thank you!

 

[ripple01]

Awesome, thanks for updating this, Tomatekh!