Civ 4 mods

[Gibsons]

The civ 5 discussion got me sort of hankering to play some Civ, but I haven't bought 5, and would like something different than vanilla Civ4.

I know there are a million mods out there, I haven't really tried any of them. I know there's a fantasy oriented one that's very popular, but I think I'm looking for one that's a little more military-ish. Maybe sort of like the North Africa scenario, but bigger in scope.

Which mods do you like or hate, and why?

 

[paperfist]

The first and so far only mod that I've thoroughly enjoyed has been Legends of Revolutions http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=319235

It introduced me to the BUG fix which displays a wealth more info on your current game. It also has the better AI mod which completely makes the difficulty level I play on a lot harder. After that the game adds a lot of nice features like revolutions where any of your cities that become disenchanted with your rule can rebel and spawn a new civilization breaking off from your nation and spawning a civil war of sorts.

Barbarians now if left unchecked can build a competing civilization that may spawn off as a separate entity civ no longer under barbarian rule.

Improved spies. Inquisitor units and Legendary units not unlike wonders for a civilization.

Overall playing this mod gives me a pretty good challenge and opens up new game play without it feeling like a add on.

 

[fatpat268]

I've been playing the Planetfall mod lately. It's a recreation of Alpha Centauri on the Civ 4 engine. I quite like it. Unfortunately, I've never played SMAC before, so I can't quite comment on how close it is to the real thing.

Worth checking out though.

 

[lupi]

Heh, I'm still in enough of a fight at medium difficulty againt the regular AI, not sure I'd like to see more of them or tougher ones.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I like this one, it changes gameplay a bit and is quite challenging.

http://rhye.civfanatics.net/pages/civ4-menu.php

 

[RavenSEAL]

Are there any complete graphic mods? As much as i love the game, it could use a little more eye candy lol.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Quot Capita

 

[Chriscross3234]

Are there any complete graphic mods? As much as i love the game, it could use a little more eye candy lol.

http://civ4bug.sourceforge.net/BATMod.html

I used this one and thought it was pretty good. Adds a lot of other UI features, but doesn't touch the gameplay mechanics.

 

[RavenSEAL]

http://civ4bug.sourceforge.net/BATMod.html

I used this one and thought it was pretty good. Adds a lot of other UI features, but doesn't touch the gameplay mechanics.

What's the difference between BUG and BAT?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

What's the difference between BUG and BAT?

I think BAT is mostly just graphical enhancements iirc.