Mod: APOLYTON EXTRA PACK!

MarkG · October 17, 2002, 08:38

http://apolyton.net/civ3/files/mods/ExtraPack.zip (39MB!!)
see also the patch
and this
Originally posted by Wernazuma III
Here's a new patch with new graphics for the Dutch Ship of the Line and for the Phoenician Quinquereme: http://apolyton.net/upload/files/Wer...III/patch2.zip

the following from Wernazuma

Finally the Civ3 Extra Pack is here!
It took quite some time and there's still some things to be done in order to make it perfect.
The Civilopedia still lacks a few entries as for the Poles and Vikings and a few units. Also, a few units are not yet what I call an ideal solution - the Ship of the Line is the same graphic as the Man-O-War, the Arab Camel Rider is too big, the Kobukson not animated and a few minor issues.
For copyright reasons, I was not able to integrate the graphics and information from the Polish-Civ Mod by LoD, so unless we can resolve this problem, we have to do without a Polish description and without the excellent graphics from the mod, which is a pitty.
Yet, I decided to release the ExtraPack a bit premature, because for one thing I thought that Civ3 players are used to premature releases , and secondly I wanted to release it before PTW comes out. A special thanks goes here for everyone who participated, also if he isn't mentioned in the ReadMe (complain if you think I forgot you).

I hope, you'll all enjoy playing the Apolyton Expansion Pack, have fun!
You're also invited to come and visit my Extrapack-page: http://de.geocities.com/wernazuma/

Here's the Read-Me of the ExtraPack:

Extra Package v.1.0

DISCLAIMER: Using this package with Civilization III will change the original game. Install the package at your own risk, the creator of this mod does not hold responsible for the possible effects on your original game. Several files will be replaced when installing the package, so you are asked to make backup copies of all files which will be replaced in the process. Make especially sure to backup original civ3mod.bic.

CONTENTS:

*15 additional playable Civs: Spanish, Mongols, Arabs, Incas, Vikings, Turks, Phoenicians, Mayas, Celts, Dutch, Hebrews, Poles, Ethiopians, Koreans, Khmer

*15 Leaderheads for the Extra Civs: Isabella (Spanish), Genghis Khan (Mongols), Harun Al Rashid (Arabs), Atahualpa (Incas), Knut (Vikings), Mehmet II (Turks), Hannibal (Phoenicians), Pacal (Mayas), Boadicea (Celts), William Orange (Dutch), David (Hebrews), Casimir the Great (Poles), Ezana (Ethiopians), Sejong (Koreans), Jayavarman (Khmer)

*15 Unique Units for the Extra Civs: Tercio (Spanish), Horse Archer (Mongols), Camel Rider (Arabs), Sun Warrior (Incas), Drakkar (Vikings), Janissary (Turks), Quinquireme (Phoenicians), Balam Warrior (Mayas), Woad Warrior (Celts), Ship of Line (Dutch), Mercava (Hebrews), Hussar (Poles), Sarwe (Ethiopians), Kobukson (Koreans), Phak'Ak-Man (Khmer)

CREDITS

Organization and Management: Locutus (in the initial stage); Wernazuma III

Major Contributors for Fact Compilation:
Locutus, Jay Bee, Wernazuma III, Marquis de Sodaq, Q Cubed, History Guy, jdd2007, Solmyr

Leader Flics and graphics:
Wernazuma III, sween32, ccm01, GIDustin

Unit Graphics:
Tercio - "Conquistador" by jimmyh
Horse Archer - kryten
Camel Rider - jimmyh
Sun Warrior - "Peltast" by kryten
Drakkar - "Longboat" by kal-el
Janissary - jimmyh
Quinquireme - "Pirate Galley" by kryten
Balam Warrior - "Jaguar Warrior" by jimmyh
Woad Warrior - "Battlewarrior" by yaniv (Civfanatics)
Ship of the Line - FIRAXIS; it's simply the Man-O-War graphics
Hussar - jimmyh
Merkava - Boulboulgadol (Civfanatics)
Sarwe - "Javelineer" by sween32
Kobukson - "Turtle Ship" by sween32
Phak'Ak Man - "Eastern Pikeman" by Lab Monkey (Civfanatics)

Information about Existing Cis (Cities/Leaders): Wernazuma III, Lord Merciless, Ribannah, Locutus, molly bloom, Sagacious Dolphin

Civilopedia Entries:
Locutus, Wernazuma III, Gauke, History Guy, Oerdin, jdd2007, kryten, Hagbart, sween32

MarkG · October 17, 2002, 10:49

correct url

http://apolyton.net/civ3/files/mods/ExtraPack.zip

Nikolai · October 17, 2002, 10:59

This sounds like a great extra pack!

I'll download it right now. But tell me: can you move the home page to another place, as I get an error saying the page has reached it's maximum limit...

Hagbart · October 17, 2002, 13:07

I'm downloading it right now... Great work! Wernazuma you have done an excelent job making the x-pack, and thank you to other people who helped too!

Alexander I · October 17, 2002, 13:51

Any way to access leader and unit pics without excessive download?

Wernazuma III · October 17, 2002, 14:56

Well, they're all around here and at Civfanatics, if you want to download them seperately. They're also on my homepage, when the page is up again.
Anyway, the graphics make 99% of the size of the EP.

jdd2007 · October 17, 2002, 15:46

woooo! finally!
tears are streaming down my cheeks

many, many people helped with this project, but two people in particular desverve a round of applause: Locutus and Wernazuma.

now to download !

SMIFFGIG · October 17, 2002, 16:55

What exactly did Locutus do, i thought he only worked on Call to Power 2 ??

Are there any screenshots?

Why are there civs here that are going to be in the expansion anyway ?

Will this work with the expansion ?

jdd2007 · October 17, 2002, 17:39

im having trouble playing a game. i get to the screen where you pick a civ, and if you pick one of the 15 additional civs, civ3 just shuts down, no popup or anything! it doesnt happen if you pick americans or chinese or whatever, just the new civs i have tried (dutch and israelis)

its strange. like i said, there is no message!

Wernazuma III · October 17, 2002, 18:40

Quote:

Originally posted by SMIFFGIG
What exactly did Locutus do, i thought he only worked on Call to Power 2 ??

He started the project and got discussion rolling. Then he decided to let Civ3 be Civ3 and concentrated on CtP2, so I continued the project.

Quote:

Are there any screenshots?

Not yet, I'll have a look and maybe post some tomorrow.

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Why are there civs here that are going to be in the expansion anyway ?

Because it was not designed for PTW but for original Civ3. It makes all those civs available also to those who won't buy PtW

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Will this work with the expansion ?

I have no idea about the compatibility with PtW. We'll have to try out. But surely the EP will be adapted to PtW too.

jdd: a) which version of Civ3 do you play. It's weird - we didn't have this problem in gametesting...

jdd2007 · October 17, 2002, 22:25

latest patch. i will try again, without winamp music...

Duddha · October 17, 2002, 23:38

I'm sorry to be a downer but this is a pretty poor quality mod. It is just a collection of other people's work, some high quality, some low. It was not worth downloading. I have already made a better mod with all the extras of this mod and some more. For me atleast, it is nothing new. I am sure it has been very useful for some people.

Wernazuma III · October 18, 2002, 12:39

No comment.

Keeper of Hell · October 18, 2002, 14:23

For the less-than-computer-savvy among us, is there any simple way to install all this stuff? I only ask because not everyone is innately familiar with every file in the Civ3 directory and I think it would probably take me an hour or so to sort all of these files out and send them to the correct places.

Liam III · October 18, 2002, 15:44

39MB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've gotta get cable/broadband sometime soon!

Sheik · October 18, 2002, 16:22

IT IS HERE! I have already added many of these civs in an uncomplete form to my game. This is great.

Luckily I have cable and it only took about 6 min.

jdd2007 · October 18, 2002, 19:29

i downloaded it again, and it still didnt work! whenever i try to click on a new civ, it doesnt work!

Wernazuma III · October 18, 2002, 19:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Keeper of Hell
For the less-than-computer-savvy among us, is there any simple way to install all this stuff? I only ask because not everyone is innately familiar with every file in the Civ3 directory and I think it would probably take me an hour or so to sort all of these files out and send them to the correct places.

It's very easy. Open Winzip and extract the files into the folder where you have your Civ3 (example: C:/Program Files/Civ3). When you extract it, you'll be asked: "Folder X already exists. Files within the folder could be replaced. Do you want to continue?" (or something similar it says). Simply go on "Yes to all". Maybe you should backup the Civ3mod.bic file and the "Texts"-folder, before installing the extrapack, so you still have them if something doesn't work.

Is this information enough? Otherwise I'll try to help you more.

asleepathewheel · October 18, 2002, 20:32

Quote:

Originally posted by Duddha
I'm sorry to be a downer but this is a pretty poor quality mod. It is just a collection of other people's work, some high quality, some low. It was not worth downloading. I have already made a better mod with all the extras of this mod and some more. For me atleast, it is nothing new. I am sure it has been very useful for some people.

Can you post your mod?

I for one appreciate the effort that went into this mod. Maybe its not as polished as the firaxian made civs, but it is pretty decent nonetheless.

sprucemoose3311 · October 18, 2002, 21:44

Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You

Ive always wanted to play as Hebrews, now i can. I would not have been able to make them until after christmas cause school now i can play as them courtesy of the creators of the pack

Thanks

monkspider · October 18, 2002, 23:03

Not bad, attempting to choose the Inca though crashes the game though. Interesting mod.

Wernazuma III · October 19, 2002, 05:23

I've found a bug. The BIC-file points to the wrong leader graphics for the Incas.

You can do two things to avoid a crash when picking the Incas:

a) Download this patch and extract it into your Civ3 folder.
b) Download the animated Atahualpa-leaderhead of sween32 (great quality) from here: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=60080 and put it into the Arts/Flics folder.
Attention: sween's file has another 24MB!

monkspider · October 19, 2002, 13:54

One other beef I have with this file is that every thing about a civilization, even the old ones, is in that civ's native tongue.
Meh.....
Other than that, a great mod.