"BBW, with Dinos" A "Civilization III: Conquests" Mod by Darryl C. Burgdorf (burgdorf@awsd.com) Version: 2005/08/15 This is my C3C "Bigger, Better Worlds" mod, with an updated version of the Saurian civilization from my C3PtW "Dinosaurs & Libertarians" mod thrown in just for fun. In order to play it, you'll need to have both "Play the World" and "Conquests" installed, as the latter doesn't include the dinosaur animation files. (Please note that this mod will not work on its own; you need to have also installed "Bigger, Better Worlds.") GENERAL NOTES: Unlike in "Dinosaurs & Libertarians," there are no "dinobarbs" in this mod. Other than the fact that the Saurians exist (and that the Dinosaur Park wonder has been replaced by Panda Park), "BBW, with Dinos" is exactly the same as "Bigger, Better Worlds." The Saurian civilization is playable. Since the Saurians routinely enslave humans for use as labor (and probably food), the presence of human advisors and specialists can be overlooked as being at least somewhat justifiable. And speaking of enslavement, Saurian workers are extremely slow. To get efficient workers, humans must be enslaved. The Saurians replaced the Zulus, by the way. My apologies to those who like to play the Zulus, but somebody had to go to make room for the dinos. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Most of the dinosaur unit animations are, of course, from the set of dinosaur graphics found in the PtW "extras" folder. The dinosaur leaderhead animation was created by "Kinboat," as were the Panda, Pterodactylus and Pteranodon unit animations. The Plesiosaurus unit animation was created by "Aaglo." The Panda Park wonder splash came from the "PvP" online comic, where giant pandas have been occasionally attacking Brent for years. The comic can be found at . The city graphics I'm using for the Saurians are slighty modified from the "evil tower" city graphics created by "Bhiita." The real dinosaur info that I included in the Saurian units' Civilopedia entries was obtained from the Jurassic Park Institute's "Dinopedia" at , as were the images used in the Civilopedia. -- Darryl C. Burgdorf (burgdorf@awsd.com) =========================================================================== "BBW, with Dinos" Version History: Version 2005/08/15: - Made change as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2005/08/15 update. Version 2005/08/11: - Made changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2005/08/11 update. Version 2005/07/31: - Made changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2005/07/31 update. - Increased Saurian settler population cost. - Added sounds to the Panda unit. Version 2005/07/22: - Made changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2005/07/22 update. Version 2005/07/20: - Made changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2005/07/20 update. - Gave Deinonychus marines zones of control, just like human marines. Version 2004/05/12: - Made changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/05/12 update. - Shifted files from "Bigger, Better Worlds" folder to "BBW, with Dinos" folder, so that the mods are now separate downloads. - Updated Saurian city graphics. Version 2004/04/24: - Made minor changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/04/24 update. Version 2004/04/22: - Made lots of changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/04/22 update. - Made Saurians solely militaristic. - Added new units: Pterodactylus, Pteranodon and Plesiosaurus. - Gave Gallimimus stealth attack capability, but took away its movement bonuses, as the flying reptiles now fill the "explorer" role for the Saurians. - Removed the enslave ability from all but Velociraptors. - Added Panda Park wonder to replace BBW's Dinosaur Park wonder (and as an excuse to use at least one of Kinboat's fantastic new panda units). - Added new graphics for Saurian cities. Version 2004/03/21: - Made various changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/03/21 update. - Disallowed building of Settler and Worker units by Saurians; the Parasaurolophus now serves as a settler and inefficiently as a worker. For better worker capabilities, humans must be enslaved. - Moved enslave capability from herbivores to carnivores. - Reworked dinosaur unit stats a bit again. - Replaced dino pics and info text from "flood.nhm.ac.uk" Web site with pics and text from "jpinstitute.com" site. - Added some "desc only" dinosaur units, so that dinos I find interesting are listed in the Civilopedia, even if they're not actually in the game. Version 2004/03/13a: - Made minor change as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/03/13a update. Version 2004/03/13: - Made various changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/03/13 update. Version 2004/03/10: - Made various changes as in "Bigger, Better Worlds" 2004/03/10 update. - Downgraded dinosaur unit stats a bit for better compatibility with other unit stats. Version 2004/03/05: - Initial release.