Finally got some more dev diaries done. Not long now till the release of the Civ2 HoMM2 mod below and then the others after it!

HoMM2 Dev Diary 08 - Custom Font Colours & Better Backgrounds For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In this eighth dev diary we add custom font colours into Civ2 and completely overhaul all the ugly old GUI backgrounds.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/font-colours-better-backgrounds

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HoMM2 Dev Diary 09 - New Azure Dragon, Neutral City & H1 Addon For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In this ninth dev diary we replace Matt’s dragon with a mighty HoMM3 Azure dragon, add a 7th neutral faction city, and do some preliminary work on a future HoMM1 addon.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/azure-dragon-neutral-city-h1-addon

Blake00 wrote:
I’m kind of surprised that Egosoft didn’t do a Boron expansion (using fan suggestions on how to achieve their look and mobility in non-liquid environments)

Quoting myself here lol as they finally done it! Egosoft are creating another addon pack for X4 and are bringing back the water based Borons! I’ve been asking for this for years and years! Every time people would say it’s impossible I’d pitch my ‘stations with separate water areas and Boron encounter suits for the normal dry areas’ idea and how it could work in the X4 engine. So to now see that they’ve actually done that and made it a reality makes me so happy, as this is pretty much what I pictured in my mind years ago. And I loved the extra touch of redoing the good old Kingdom End music too.

Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfQ6fHsMQA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfQ6fHsMQA

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Rubbish… just another program/browser getting paranoid about classic http sites without SSL certification. So basically every old site out there on the net now triggers big scary warnings in browsers when literally nothing has changed on the site and there’s nothing dangerous at all. Anyway my old site does actually have certification but the redirect from http to https isn’t working despite me ticking the box on my hosting control panel. I really gotta visit every forum I have an account on and update my sig to the newer https address but haven’t got around to it yet. Have just updated my sig here though so that should stop messages like that coming up. And I’m gonna go pester my host about fixing the redirect.

Well after so long since the last project update I guess it’s time to post some new ones! Yes I’m finally back working on my mod projects again.

RA2 Dev Diary 06 – Units & Other Final Graphics for the Civilization 2 – Red Alert 2 Scenario
In this sixth dev diary for the Civ2 Red Alert 2 scenario we’re in the home stretch as the title loading screen plus all units, technologies, & base improvements are completed.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-red-alert-2-siege-of-new-york-scenario/news/units-and-other-final-graphics

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HoMM2 Dev Diary 07 - New Diplomacy, Dragon Launch & Animating High Council For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In this seventh dev diary for the Civ2 HoMM2 mod we take on the 3 final frontiers of Civ2 editing and change the diplomacy screen background, spaceship construction sequence, and grand council video advisors with cool HoMM2 content. In the case of the council I had to create animating versions of HoMM2 hero portraits!
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/diplomacy-dragon-launch-high-council

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Hey guys, figured it’s time for another project update. No new search categories added this time as I’ve given myself too much work already lol, however there’s plenty of new scenarios found under the existing scifi & fantasy categories (listed in the top post)! I’m pleased to announce that I’ve pretty much reached the (foreseeable) the end of my Civilization 2 MGE preservation project and have uploaded hundreds of individual scenarios and a bunch of super collections containing thousands of scenarios to CivFanatics, ModDB & Archive Org ensuring they don’t get lost again! I was going to post this weeks ago however an anonymous donor gave me a ginormous collection containing some of my most wanted lost scenarios based on cool stuff like Final Fantasy, Starcraft & Dune so I’ve been busy sorting them out! Naturally all these new finds are in the update list below and download links can be found in this projects original thread over at CivFanatics.

Speaking of classic Civ games I put a call out across many sites to try and get more GoG wishlist votes for adding Civ1&2 to GoG & Steam as it’s crazy that the 2 big Civ games that started it all are not legally sold in any stores (& can only be found on archive & dodgy warez sites) while other classic Microprose games and all later Civ games are all being digitally sold. Presumably the pre Firaxis Civ games seem to be stuck in some sort of licensing hell they need to be rescued from. Only fans voting and making themselves heard can possibly change that. Yes some classic Civ fans probably still have their original discs & CDs like I do and don’t need another copy, but plenty probably don’t now and these games should really be back in stores, easily accessible, ready to run without config hassle, and getting more attention again! More fans returning to these classic Civ games injects new life into their modding scenes!

Anyway now that my Civ2 MGE preservation work has come to an end I can finally get back to making my Civ2 videos showing some of these great old scifi and fantasy mod projects to the world, and also working on my own Civ2 mod projects and finally releasing them! Then I can start focusing more on finding, rescuing & cataloging mods for later Civ games as I know I’ve only just scratched the surface of them. However as you’ll see below I’ve still managed to find a bunch of new mods for them too!

CivFanatics (CFC) Search List updates…

Civ2:

• Star Trek - Have obtained missing download for Jeelen’s Star Trek Voyager scenario (thanks Thunderfall) & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added Jeelen’s Star Trek: First Contact scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added Jeelen’s Star Trek: The Next Generation scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added Jeelen’s Star Trek: Warp 9 Dominion War scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added TimothyFowlkes’s Star Trek: The Earth Romulan War scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added Barthi’s Star Trek Galaxy scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added PaulHeron’s Star Trek Universe modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added MetroPolis’s Ultimate Star Trek modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added MetroPolis’s Star Trek scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added MrDo’s Star Trek 2600 scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek - Added MrDo’s Star Trek Civ2 scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek + Star Wars - Added MajedAnani’s Galaxy modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek + Star Wars - Added FrankJohnson’s Space! scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Trek + Star Wars - Added Andrew&Chris’s Space Civ2 modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Added oRGys’s Star Wars scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Added BrandonDunaway’s Star Wars - Hoth Battle scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Star Wars - SOTG scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Added LordFabiano’s Star Wars: Dark Side modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Eyn’s SW Guerre Des Etoiles II scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Added DanKaleta’s Galactic Empire modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Have obtained missing download for FilipCarlsson’s Star Wars The Dagobah System scenario (thanks MetroPolis) & preserved it on CFC.
• Star Wars - Have obtained missing download for JBelanger’s Star Wars Tatouine scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Babylon 5 - Added Coolguy529’s Babylon 5 Shadow War scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Stargate - Added ChrisSaulder’s Stargate scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Final Fantasy - Updated Final Fantasy VI (III US) Allies vs Empire scenario entry with it’s proper name & preserved it on CFC.
• Final Fantasy - Have obtained missing download for Jomb’s Final Fantasy 1 scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Final Fantasy - Have obtained missing download for FrankJohnson’s Final Fantasy 4 (2 US) modpack (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Final Fantasy - Have obtained missing download for DustinDunn’s Final Fantasy 6 (3 US) Alpha modpack (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Final Fantasy - Added honourable mention of Jomb’s Crystalis scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Dune - Have obtained missing download for IsaacAshdown’s Dune The Battle for Arrakis scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Dune - Have obtained missing download for JamesDahl’s Sands of Dune scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Dune - Have obtained missing download for NChautru’s Dune - Pour l’epice! scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added CharlesMagee’s 1640 North America scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added NickHolzapfel’s The Ascendance of Europe scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added Guilopez’s European World: Era of Colonization scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added GaryLongo’s Colonization of the New World scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added BeErIzGoOd’s Discover The New World scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added TimRowe’s Native Americans scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added Jeelen’s 1492 scenarios to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added Eyn’s Conquest of the New World 1492-1591 scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Colonization - Added ChrisWilkinson’s Colonization of the New World scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• HoMMagic - Added honourable mention of StLeo’s Dual Europe scenario to the list which uses HoMM & Age of Wonders assets.
• Apocalypse - Added Lycerius’s The Eternal War scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added ChristophSaulder’s Dasein - Fight for survival scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added MikeFisher’s BattleTech Refusal Wars scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added NeilGuenther’s The Revolt of 3000 scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added MichaelDaumen’s Earth 3000 - Awakening (Fallout Inspired) scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added ChrisWilkinson’s Colonization of an Ancient World 3K scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Apocalypse - Have obtained missing download for Blackclove’s Dawn of the Dead scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• LOTRing - Added Tolkien scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• LOTRing - Added Adult Mittelerde (Middle Earth) scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• LOTRing - Added JonTyler’s The War of the Ring scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• LOTRing - Added ChristophSaulder’s The Fall of Beleriand scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• LOTRing - Added ChristophSaulder’s Der Herr der Ringe scenarios to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added Moon - A Dead World scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added JohnBerkeley’s The Colonisation of the Moon scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added Low G Battle modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added Space scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• MoOrion - Added Barocca’s Master of Orion 2 Jr Variant scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• MoOrion + AlphaC & Alien Col - Have obtained missing download for Orion Alpha Centauri scenario (thanks Anonymous) & preserved it on CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added AlbertoBerardi’s Absolute Space scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JeffHead’s MoreReal scenarios modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added DorianCrede’s Beta Centauri scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added FredericMeunie’s The ADVANCED-ONE modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Starcraft - Have obtained missing download for Aland007’s Starcraft: Terran War scenario (which Blake is currently enhancing) & preserved it on CFC (thanks Anonymous).
• Warhammer - Added LaurentXavierLamory’s Warhammer: La Naissance des Empires scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Warhammer - Added Shockwolf’s Warhammer Orks scenario to the list.
• Warhammer - Added Warhammer 40k: The Hyperborean Crusade scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• Warhammer - Added Sporeboy’s Warhammer: Fenris 40k scenario to the list & preserved it on CFC.
• CivCrossover - Added Wiron’s PlayStation Civ2 graphics modpack to the list (which Blake is currently enhancing).
• CivCrossover - Added honourable mention of JohnValdez & AndrewLivings’s SMAC Project scenario to the list which is unfinished.

Civ2TestOfTime:

• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Nicheal’s Lalande 21185 Deluxe scenario to the list.
• LOTRing - Added Kobayashi’s Lord of the One Ring scenario (Enhanced for ToT by Gapetit) that Knighttime told me about to the list.
• LOTRing - Added HarlanThompson’s Lord of the Rings scenario (Enhanced for ToT by Gapetit) that Knighttime told me about to the list.
• Star Trek + Star Wars - Added honourable mention of Civinator’s Galactic Conquests Beta mod to the list which is unreleased.
• Warhammer - Added honourable mention of Tanelorn’s Warhammer 40k Units pack to the list which deserves a scenario!
• CivCrossover - Added Leif&Faye’s Civ4 Empire Earth modpack to the list & preserved it on CFC.

Civ3:

• HoMMagic - Added Tom2050’s Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Hell Terrain mod to the list.
• Mars & Lunar - Added Tholish’s Solar System Planets mod combo series (Part 1 - Planets, Part 2 - Lunar, Part 3 - Solar System, & Part 4 - Rule Titania) that Ozymandias told me about to the list.
• Star Trek - Have obtained missing sound & music addon download for Logitec’s Star Trek mod & preserved it on CFC.

Civ4:

• Colonization - Added TChristensen’s Age of Discovery mod to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Apocalypse - Added FromAustria’s Zombie Invasion mod to the list.
• Mars & Lunar - Added Tholish’s Future Mod (sequel to his Civ3 Solar System Planets mod above) to the list.

Civ4Col:

• Colonization - Added FratelliMarconi’s Dawn of a New Era mod to the list.

Civ5:

• C&C & Red Alert - Added Usernamehere’s CNC Red Alert Civs mod combo series (The Allies, The Soviet Union, & The Psychic Corps) to the list.
• C&C & Red Alert - Added Usernamehere’s CNC Tiberium War Civs mod combo series (The Global Defense Initiative, & The Brotherhood of Nod) to the list.
• Dune - Added Mathetes’s Dune Civs mod combo series (House Atreides, & House Harkonnen) to the list.

Civ6:

• Colonization - Added Adamiy’s Colonization scenario to the list.
• Dune - Added RyeGuy’s Arrakis (Dune) scenario to the list.
• Warhammer - Added joto92’s Warhammer Mod to the list.

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Sorry it’s been so long since my last projects update guys. I took a bit of a break from all my Civilization 2 modding projects to work on preserving other peoples Civ2 scenarios & mods across multiple sites (CivFanatics, ModDB & Internet Archive) as it became pretty apparent that so much great work had been lost over the last 20+ years and someone needed to do something to stop the rot. It’s taken me most of 2021 but I’ve rescued collections containing thousands of old scenarios so hopefully most of what was lost is safe now! There’s still plenty more out there I’m trying to find and rescue though.

Because it was recently the 30th anniversary celebration of Sid Meier’s Civilization 1 I also took some time to release my Civilization 1 mods to the world along with some videos that show people how they can play Civ1 in HD with mods & scenarios on modern machines using a VM. These Civ1 videos kick off a huge video series I’ve been working on for years that will show fans how they can play all the classic Civ1-2-3etc/Col/MoM/CtP/AlphaC games in HD with some of the best mods and scenarios out there.

I didn’t create dev diaries for these mods as they’re pretty simple compared to my big Civ2 ones I’ve been posting about in this thread but I have done some info & release articles on ModDB. I very much look forward to the day this year I do my final release posts for all the Civ2 stuff in this thread haha.

Civilization 1 For Windows - Soundtrack Overhaul Mod Release!
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civwin-complete-soundtrack-overhaul-mod/news/civilization-1-for-windows-complete-soundtrack-overhaul-mod-release

Civilization 1 – Play As Barbarians Scenario release!
https://www.moddb.com/mods/attilas-conquest-1-play-as-barbarians-scenario/news/civ1-play-as-barbarians-scenario-release

Hey guys, been a while since the last project update again as I’ve been continuing work on my huge Civ2 search & rescue preservation project (which is why Civ2 mods dominate below) which is in its final stretch now as soon I’ll be moving onto to Test of Time, Civ3 & newer Civ games. I also took time away to finally start releasing my video series that all this preservation work feeds into which anyone interested can see the first episode on Playing Civ1 in HD with mods & scenarios over at CivFanatics. While Civ2 dominates this update below don’t worry guys, newer Civ games haven’t totally been neglected thanks to people replying to my threads with great discoveries and I’ve found a few on my own too!

I swore I wouldn’t add anymore categories to the search list but I have bowed to popular demand haha as many people across different forums asked me to add the Warhammer Franchise (Fantasy & 40K Scifi) and while I’ve sadly never played any of their games I can’t help but notice there’s some really really good Warhammer scenarios out there for various Civ games so I’ve added them to the list! This will likely annoy diehard fans of each respective franchise (I’ve seen some of the “they stole this off us” arguments lol) but I’ve combined the new Warhammer category with the existing Warcraft & Starcraft section to save space, sorry lol.

Oh and I’ve also added a new Missing scenarios & mods section to the bottom of the original thread post over at CFC to better display the projects I’ve been unable to rescue so far. If you have one of them, please let me know!

List updates…

Civ2:

• Star Trek - Added JohnValdez’s Star Trek Generations (5 scenarios) modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added KevinGilbert’s Star Trek (7 scenarios) modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added JohnValdez’s Star Trek TOS modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added JohnValdez’s Star Trek TNG Colonies modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added MatthiasPitz’s Bajor The Cardassian Occupation scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added MichaelMcCart’s Star Trek AT WAR modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek / Star Wars - Added ACoates+CEyre’s Space Civ 2 (Star Wars & Star Trek) scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added JohnValdez’s Star Wars Colonies modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Draco’s SuperWars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Chris+SteveWalpole’s Star Wars Tatooine scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Justin Giles’s Tatooine scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added BenShragge’s Aliens On Mars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added JohnValdez’s Mars modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added JohnValdez’s Lunar - Apollo Mission modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added JohnValdez’s New Moon! scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added JesusFernandez’s The Conquest of Mars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added LukaRejec’s Dead Worlds modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Mars & Lunar - Added BowTieGuy’s Prospero Now! scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Donnqa’s Alpha Centura scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added RickLeeII’s Space Colony modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added MichaelMcCart’s Freedom AT WAR II Off World modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnValdez’s Desert Planet scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnValdez’s Ice Planet II scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnValdez’s Water World modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added GiantSquid’s Starsaga II - Where The Stars Meet scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added BenShragge’s Solar System Battle scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Colonization - Added JesusMunoz’s Colonies IV The Expansion of Europe scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added Jamestout’s Colonialism scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added Jamestout’s Empires scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added Kobayashi’s The R* of Nations** scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added JohnValdez’s Birth of America scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Colonization - Added StLeo’s Imperial Ambition scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added StLeo’s Fictional Americas scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added AllardHofelt’s The Age of Discovery scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added CarlFritz’s Struggle for Empire French & Indian War scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added Prometeus’s Asiento scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added JesusBalsinde’s The Quest for Eldorado scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added GeeForce’s The World of 1600 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Colonization - Added GeeForce’s Colonize scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added JesusBalsinde’s Alba De America scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added MacarioReyes’s The Fall of the Aztecs scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added JesusMunoz’s The Spanish Odyssey scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added MichaelDaumen’s The Birth of America scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added JesusBalsinde’s The Conquest of Mexico scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added ShayRoberts’s Age of Piracy scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added CarlFritz’s Pitt’s War at Sea scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added GaryLongo’s Revolutionary War scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added ShayRoberts’s Sacrificial Blood (5 scenarios) modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Colonization - Added DanScheltema’s Slash & Burn scenario to the list.
• Colonization - Added StefanHartel’s The Lost Paradise scenario to the list.
• MoMagic - Added Dwingert’s Master of Magic modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Babylon 5 - Added TimothyFowlkes’s Invasion of Narn scenario to the list.
• Apocalypse - Added JDShepherd’s Rebuilding the world after WWIII scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added WarVoid’s Heavy Metal Earth 3000 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added WarVoid’s Air War 3000 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added JohnValdez’s Planet of the Apes modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added MarkLaanen’s Barron’s Earth 3000 scenario to the list.
• Apocalypse - Added Techumseh’s Millenium 004 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added BerndBrosing’s SubWars scenario to the list.
• Apocalypse - Added PatrickWilliams’s Mad Max scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added MrTemba’s Sagan’s Earth 3000 scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added RyanCaruso’s U.S.A. 3500 A.D. scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added Foster’s Earth 3000 - Jump Trooper scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added JosephDaughtery’s The Fall of Civilization scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added PaulHeron’s Terminator Future War scenario to the list (which I AM REMASTERING).
• LOTRing - Added AndrewG’s The Lord of The Rings scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• LOTRing - Added GeeForce’s MYTH - Fall of the Gods scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• LOTRing - Added NicholasWordsworth’s Tolkien modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• LOTRing - Added JDixon+SSchmeling’s War of the Jewels scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• LOTRing - Added NellSmith’s The Battle For Middle Earth scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Warhammer - Added ManuelPalma’s Warhammer Athel Loren scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.

Civ2ToT:

• Colonization - Added SebastianMelde’s Age of Colonialism - 1680AD scenario to the list.
• Star Wars - Added Kobayashi’s Star Wars Insurrection scenario (Enhanced for ToT by Gapetit) that Civinator told me about to the list.

Civ3:

• Final Fantasy - Have obtained missing download for DJBonebreaker’s Final Fantasy mod (thanks Fortis1) and preserved it on CFC.
• MoMagic - Added Haluu’s Tides of Crimson Fantasy mod to the list, as it’s very MoM like.
• Warhammer - Added Mrtn’s Warhammer Fantasy mod to the list.
• Warhammer - Added Fortis1’s WH40k Battle for Armageddon scenario to the list, & have uploaded a copy of it’s file to CFC.

Civ4:

• Dune - Added Deliverator’s Dune Wars Revival Villeneuve Inspired patch (converts Dune Wars mod to thew new Dune film) to the list.
• Elder Scrolls - Added Smortt’s Elder Scrolls mod to the list.
• Elder Scrolls - Added honourable mention of Ramzay1945’s Tamriel mod (made from ES mod above) to the list which is in progress.
• Warhammer - Added PsychicLlamas’s Warhammer Heart of Chaos mod to the list.

Civ5:

• C&C & Red Alert - Added the Usernamehere’s CNC Generals Civs 3 mod combo series (The United States of America, The People’s Republic of China, & The Global Liberation Army) to the list.
• GoThrones - Added the Winter is Coming to Civ Deluxe mod that R3P0 told me about to the list.
• Warhammer - Added Civitar’s Warhammer Battles of Eternity mod to the list, along with NomadOrWhat’s addons Skaven Pack, Lizardman Pack, Dark Elf Pack & Goblin Pack.

Civ6:

• C&C & Red Alert - Added the Mastodonmk2’s C&C Generals - America Generals mod to the list.
• Colonization - Added Blkbutterfly’s Colonization of The New World scenario that Blkbutterfly told me about to the list.
• Colonization - Added Blkbutterfly’s Colonization of The New World DELUXE (WIP) scenario that Blkbutterfly told me about to the list.

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Here’s another 2 new dev diaries from my big Civilization 2 Red Alert 2 scenario.

RA2 Dev Diary 04 - Final Super Buildings in the Civilization 2 - Red Alert 2 Scenario
In this fourth dev diary we hit our stride and finish off all building types - big ones, little ones, and the biiiig difficult 3x3 super skyscrapers!
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-red-alert-2-siege-of-new-york-scenario/news/final-super-buildings

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RA2 Dev Diary 05 – Finishing Bases & the Map for the Civilization 2 – Red Alert 2 Scenario
In the fifth dev diary we finally finished all city buildings and base buildings allowing us to finalise the design of the map.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-red-alert-2-siege-of-new-york-scenario/news/finishing-the-bases-map

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Well here we are 3 years on and unfortunately there hasn’t been another attempt at a Starflight 3 game crowdfund or a new demo. However recently the first ever Starflight Anthology book was released and to celebrate that occasion something really cool happened! I run the Starflight fan communities so as a ‘thanks’ I got invited to take part in a group video podcast interviewing non other than Starflight lead dev and creator Greg Johnson himself!

I was a nervous wreck as I don’t normally do live stuff, and I think I was the only non-American on there so people were probably wondering what I was saying half the time lol, plus on top of that my giant 46" screen was glaring on my face making me look like a bloody ghost haha… but in the end I had a blast as it was so cool to talk to one of the creators of a game I played so much as a kid, not to mention getting thanked by him for my Starflight community work! Greg was a super nice and humble guy and he told so many great stories about creating Starflight, and his very popular ToeJam & Earl console games, along with his consultation work on the Star Control games and Spore which many of us didn’t know about! He even discussed the possibility of a Starflight and Star Control crossover game which would be pretty crazy! And sure enough he confirmed that the original Starflight games were heavily influenced by Star Trek heh.

He also confirmed that the dream of Starflight 3 is not dead and that just a week ago he was on the phone with someone trying to secure funding for it. He talked about his dreams of what the sequel could be and he showed openness to trying another crowdfund campaign. We did our best to assure him that the Starflight fan community is in a WAY better state then it was back in 2018 when they last tried the crowdfund as back then all the big old Starflight forums were gone and there was only around 100 people in my ‘new’ Starflight Fans Facebook group so there was just no one to friggin tell about it! That’s up around 400ish members now, plus I’ve since created a Starflight Fans Reddit group which is closing on 100 now, and best of all there’s the Official Starflight 3 Discord I help out on as a moderator which is now up to a massive 800ish members, so that’s over a 1000 starflight fans that weren’t around in 2018 so we’re getting there! The games sold millions of copies back in the day so there’s certainly still plenty of long lost Starflight fans out there though! If there’s any Starflight old timers lurking around here I hope you come join the gang!

Anyway, here’s the video podcast if anyone is interested. I posted a comment on youtube with timestamps of interesting topics should people wish to skip to stuff that interests them…

There was more I wanted to say on there but yeah… obviously the podcast wasn’t about me haha… but I got to say most of what I wanted. Really the only big thing I didn’t get to say on the podcast was that I’m excited to read the new Starflight - Tales From The Starport Lounge anthology book (I’ve ordered it from Amazon but it hasn’t arrived yet as it’s probably on a slow ship heading for Australia lol!). I’m not a huge book person but I just had to get this as like I said earlier in the stream video it’s amazing how playing a game and reading a book about an adventure set in that same game universe really enhances the experience. The game makes you love the book more and helps your imagination visualize the aliens and places they’ll go to in the book. While vice versa the book makes you love the game more as it adds so much depth to the game universe and makes you crave going on your own adventures similar to the ones these new characters your reading about are going on. They both really buff and lift up each other to a whole new level forming this equilibrium of awesomeness haha! I had that experience with the Starflight manual short stories as a kid, and I had it in the years since with other games like Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Witcher, and the X Universe series space games that all have novels or short stories set in the same universe. So hopefully I’ll like the new book and get to have that experience again with Starflight! Once thing’s for sure, I already know I like the cover haha!

I guess it’s time to finally show my Red Alert project I’ve been mentioning! All the skills I’ve learned making the Heroes of Might & Magic and Command & Conquer scenarios above is now being put into the hardest scenario I have ever attempted! A Red Alert 2 Siege of New York scenario where you’ll be battling it out in city streets between huge sky scrapers… and yes I know I’m crazy as that’s totally something the Civ2 engine wasn’t built for hahaha!

No new HoMM2 scenario dev diaries atm but there will be one soon as I’m about to do final testing.

Here are the first 3 dev diaries on the Red Alert 2 Siege of New York scenario. Disclaimer - Hopefully the final product will be waaaaay better than all these WIP test shots but I gotta start somewhere haha.

RA2 Dev Diary 01 - Liberty Island, Bridges & Buildings in the Civilization 2 - Red Alert 2 Scenario
In this first dev diary we look at experimenting with Civ2’s terrain limits & using some sneaky tricks to begin creating a Red Alert 2 style city map with Liberty island, bridges and buildings.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-red-alert-2-siege-of-new-york-scenario/news/liberty-island-bridges-buildings

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RA2 Dev Diary 02 - Bigger Buildings & More Decoration in the Civilization 2 - Red Alert 2 Scenario
In the second dev diary we look at adding bigger buildings, Command centers with walls, and lots of other nice decoration trying to push Civ2’s terrain limits.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-red-alert-2-siege-of-new-york-scenario/news/bigger-buildings-more-decoration

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RA2 Dev Diary 03 - McBurger Kong & Better Quality Buildings in the Civilization 2 - Red Alert 2 Scenario
In the third dev diary we look at adding special fun buildings like the McBurger Kong and Petrol Station, while overhauling all previously made small buildings to much better quality.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-red-alert-2-siege-of-new-york-scenario/news/mcburger-kong-better-buildings

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Hey guys,

Big update as it’s been a while! I’ve been busy doing lots of searching and tracking down long lost mods & scenarios to rescue and upload. I’ve also added some new search categories of interest to me and made some big changes to existing ones…

• Merged C&C and Red Alert together to save space.
• Merged Doom with Fallout & Mad Max under a new main Apocalypse category to save space & also added new Terminator, Judge Dredd, Zombies, & After WW3 to the Apocalypse category too.
• Added a new Starcraft category and combined it with the existing Warcraft one to save space
• Added a new Lunar/Moon category to the existing Mars Colonization one.
• Added a new Final Fantasy category
• Added a new Civ Crossover category (Mods that make a Civ game look like another Civ game) as I’ve been finding some good stuff for these and wonder if there’s more out there!

Regarding that rescue work keeping me busy I recently started a huge new scenario catalog & rescue project creating proper download pages at CivFanatics (even rescuing lost scenarios that are not part of this search cause I’m nice like that lol), as well as extra scenario download mirror pages on ModDB and Internet Archive Library to ensure they don’t get lost again as both those sites are long living & offer free hosting. At the moment I’m setting up Civ2 scenario libraries on these other sites but I look forward to setting up these library file mirrors for other Civ game scenarios in the future. Uploading to these sites is not hard (I’ve written guides over in my CivFanatics project thread) so hopefully others in the Civ community eventually follow my example and add to all these collections in the future to ensure all these great old pieces of work live on!

List updates…

Civ2:

• Final Fantasy - Added FrankJohnson’s Final Fantasy II/IV modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Final Fantasy - Added Jomb’s Final Fantasy NES Civ scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Final Fantasy - Added honourable mention of the Final Fantasy III/VI scenario to the list which has no custom graphics but is the only surviving FF Civ2 scenario!
• MoOrion - Added Jeelen’s Master of Orion Jr Remake 4 scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added MichaelDMcCart’s Judge Dredd - I am the LAW modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Apocalypse - Added ParVahadar’s Fallout for Civilization scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Apocalypse - Added honourable mention of Skulb’s Fallout City Background graphic to the list, which would go great with a Fallout scenario if we can find one!
• Apocalypse - Added Blackclove’s Dawn/Day of the Dead scenario to the list (Apocalypse), however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Mars & Lunar - Added JBG’s Colonisation of the Moon scenario to the list.
• Mars & Lunar - Added FredericMeunie’s MoonLand modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added JohnMavin’s Alpha Centauri scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added honourable mention of JohnValdez & AndrewLivings’s SMAC Project scenario to the list which sadly appears abandoned (Blake is considering fixing up).
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added CarlosDiaz’s Alpha Centauri modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Warcraft & Starcraft - Added Aland007’s Starcraft: Terran War scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Dune - Added N.Chautru’s Dune - Pour L’epice! scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Dune - Added IsaacAshdown’s The Battle for Arrakis scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Dune - Added JamesDahl’s Sands of Dune scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Dune - Added DavidGreenfield’s CivDune scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added Skulb’s Star Trek 2018 modpack to the list.
• Star Trek - Added DirkWeber’s ST Mission on Vesta scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Trek - Added StLeo’s Star Trek 7of9 (Voyager) scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Star Trek - Added Jeelen’s Star Trek Voyager scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Star Trek / Star Wars - Added TomChoinski’s CivSpace (Star Trek, Star Wars & more crossover) modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added NikolaKuprešanin’s Star Contact Part I: The Star Wars scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Markus Schegel’s The Battle of Endor scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added PaulCaldwell’s Star Wars scenario modpack, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Star Wars - Added Ambra’s Star Wars scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Babylon 5 - Added the German Babylon 5 scenario to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• C&C & Red Alert - Added C&C2 Red Alert scenario, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• C&C & Red Alert - Added Wonx2150’s Command & Conquer scenario to the list (which I AM REMASTERING).
• Crossover - Added Blake’s Demaster of JohnValdez’s Civ1 modpack to the list.
• Crossover - Added KasiusKlej’s Civ1 modpack (uses some of Blake & John’s work) to the list.
• Crossover - Added Blake’s Remaster of VWPsycho1984’s ToT Graphics modpack to the list which is in progress.

Civ2ToT:

• Mars & Lunar / AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Kestrel’s Escape From Sol scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Kestrel’s Extended Original Game 4-Worlds modpack to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Kestrel’s Unit-Mania Addon 4 World scenario to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Elder Scrolls - Added honourable mention of Dadais’s TES The Stormcloak Rebellion scenario to the list which is unfinished. He’s also made a Skyrim Map!
• Warcraft & Starcraft - Added honourable mention of CatFish’s Starcraft scenario which sadly appears abandoned.

Civ3:

• Apocalypse - Added the AMAZING Vuldacon’s Escape From Zombie Island 2 Elite scenario to the list.
• Mars & Lunar - Added Hunterkiller’s Mars: Alien Invasion scenario to the list.
• Final Fantasy - Added Magus77’s Final Fantasy 7 mod to the list, & have uploaded its missing file to CFC.
• Final Fantasy - Added DJBonebraker’s Final Fantasy mod to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Crossover - Added Matrix’s Civ1 Terrain modpack to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Crossover - Added Sims2789’s Civ1 Units modpack to the list.
• Crossover - Added honourable mention of Theov’s Civ1 Clone modpack to the list which is in progress.
• C&C & Red Alert - Added honourable mention of Xiaoxiaoa’s Red Alert 2 mod to the list which sadly appears abandoned.

Civ4:

• Star Wars - Added Star Wars Final Frontier Plus mod to the list.
• Star Wars - Added honourable mention of Dumanios’s Star Wars modpack that LouisTheXIV told me about to the list which is unfinished.
• Apocalypse - Added mention of the Official Firaxis Afterworld BTS scenario that LouisTheXIV told me about to the list.
• MoMagic - Added the Master of Mana Modpack (built from FFH) to the list.
• MoMagic - Added the Ashes of Erebus Modpack (built from FFH) to the list.
• MoMagic - Added the Fall from Heaven Modpack to the list.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added Monaldinio’s Conflict on Chiron Modpack (built from Planetfall) to the list.
• Final Fantasy - Added agentsmith952’s Final Fantasy Tactics mod to the list, however its CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know!
• Mars & Lunar - Added JBG’s The Song of the Moon scenario to the list.
• Crossover - Added Flobi’s Civ1 Terrain modpack to the list, and have also managed to obtain its missing download file (thanks GeneralKillCavalry) and preserve it on CFC.

Civ5:

• Colonization - Added mention of the Official Firaxis Conquest of the New World Deluxe scenario that Pfeffersack told me about to the list.
• AlphaC & Alien Col - Added the 5 mod combo (FramedArchitecture’s AlphaC Civilizations, AlphaC Policies, AlphaC Maps + HandyVac’s Centauri City States + Arbogli’s Beyond the Future) that creates an Alpha Centauri experience that Beetle told me about to the list.
• Final Fantasy - Added MrCookie’s Eorzea - Final Fantasy 14 scenario to the list.
• Final Fantasy - Added honourable mention of MSW2010’s Final Fantasy 2 map to the list.

FreeCiv:

• Crossover - Added ComradeOleg’s Civilization 2 modpack for FreeCiv to the list.

AlphaC:

• Mars & Lunar - Missing download for GeoModder’s Mars Survivor scenario has been rescued by Geo himself! Thanks to Darsnan for fixing the link.

FreeMars:

• Mars & Lunar - Added mention of the really cool Civ/Col/AlphaC hybrid FreeMars Project game that’s not finished but quite playable.

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Looks like X4 Cradle of Humanity is out now. I can’t run the game on my old rig so I’m drooling over all the videos appearing online instead lol. As usual it was pretty buggy on release but it sounds like most of the issues have been fixed already.

Planet terraforming looks cool:

New launch trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs2BwzOKjhs

I’ve always loved the soundtracks to past X games and still hum many of the songs after all these years lol… the new one sounds amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDhniOTutZs

After months working on the huge Heroes of Might & Magic 2 Civ2 scenario I decided to turn my attention over to one of my other favourite franchises for some more fun Civ2 scenarios, the Command & Conquer and Red Alert universe! I started coming up with some pretty crazy ideas for huge Red Alert 2 Siege of New York scenario where you’ll be battling it out in city streets between huge sky scrapers however despite learning a lot from working on the HoMM2 scenario I wasn’t quite game enough to start that just yet. I’d also been thinking about a dark and moody scenario set in the C&C Tiberium universe and noticed that a fellow named Wonx2150 had already made a scenario in that universe but just hadn’t really done any proper graphics for it so I decided to take the easier route and remaster his scenario first to build up more experience before taking on the big Red Alert 2 scenario.

I created a ModDB page for the C&C project and have made a few dev diaries covering stages of development similar to the HoMM2 mod ones. Stay tuned for dev diaries for the Red Alert 2 scenario here in the future too!

C&C Dev Diary 01 - New terrain & units for the Civilization 2 - Command & Conquer Scenario
In this first dev diary I look at changing Civ2’s terrain and cities to look like C&C2 as well as importing some cool new units.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-command-conquer-scenario/news/new-terrain-units

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C&C Dev Diary 02 – Finishing all terrain & units for the Civilization 2 – Command & Conquer Scenario:
In the second dev diary I ask for some fan input and finish off importing all the new C&C unit graphics.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-command-conquer-scenario/news/finishing-all-terrain-units

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To finish catching up here’s the next 3 Civilization 2 - Heroes of Might & Magic 2 mod dev diaries made over the last few months…

HoMM2 Dev Diary 04 – New Throne Room, Intro, Dip & Wonder Videos For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In the fourth dev diary we look at changing Civ2’s throne room with a HoMM2 castle jigsaw while completely replacing the title screen plus intro, diplomacy herald and wonder videos with cool HoMM2 content.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/new-throne-room-intro-dip-wonder-vids

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HoMM2 Dev Diary 05 – Creating Victory/Death & City Backgrounds For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In the fifth dev diary we look at adding new HoMM2 themed victory and death sequences plus custom city screen backgrounds.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-victory-death-city-backgrounds

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HoMM2 Dev Diary 06 – Heroes, Units & City Buildings In The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In the sixth dev diary we answer fan demands to show units while also showing off all city buildings and some small touch-ups to the city sky view.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/heroes-units-city-buildings

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Recent changes…

Big update as I widened my search to get help from more communities out there and had some AWESOME responses from people! I’m also starting to look more at newer Civilization games (4-6) and finding some good stuff. Someone pointed out that I should include a The Elder Scrolls (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim etc) section and gave me several Civ scenarios for it I’d never heard of! I’m a huge TES fan so how could I say no! People also gave me some Warcraft scenarios so yup, we’ve got a new Warcraft section on the list too, hell maybe I should look at Starcraft while I’m at it too lol!

Note: Project links over in original CivFinatics thread (link in top post) as for some strange reason most forums don’t like people coming in and posting 100s of offsite links lol.

List updates…

Civ2:

• Have added PaulHeron’s Babylon 5 Modpack scenario to the list.
• Have added AltF18’s Azeroth (Warcraft) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added EvilKnevil’s Dune: The Battle for Arrakis scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added NathanDawson’s Battle For Adoij (Star Wars) scenario that axx told me about to the list (I actually already host it myself on my Star Wars scenario ModDB page but forgot lol!).
• Have added MarkusEklund’s Death Star Attack (Star Wars) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added JoshAdams’s The Battle of Endor (Star Wars) scenario to the list.
• Have added JaredKoger’s Dominion (Star Trek) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added DirkWeber’s ID4 The day of the Borg (Star Trek) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added Academia’s The Age of Númenor (LOTR) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added CarlFritz’s Darklord (LOTR) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added GabrieleQuaglia’s Angmar - War in Arnor (LOTR) scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added JoséMartinez’s Señor de los Anillos (LOTR) scenario that ETTiNGRiNDER told me about to the list.
• Have added Shelly’s The Martian Scenario scenario that axx told me about to the list.
• Have added John Ellis’s Colonies III - The Struggle for Empire scenario to the list.

Civ4:

• Have added the Fallout: Tame The Waste Modpack (built from FR) that LonelyLurker told me about to the list.
• Have added the Fury Road (Mad Max) Modpack that LonelyLurker told me about to the list.
• Have managed to obtain Dale’s Age of Discovery scenario missing download file (thanks Dale & Solver at WePlayCiv) and preserve it on CFC.
• Modied existing mention of Firaxis Civ4 Colonization game to state that I’m giving it a seperate category in Colonization section (see below).

Civ4Col:

• Have added the We The People Modpack (built from R&R) to the list.
• Have added the Religion And Revolution Modpack (built from TAC) to the list.
• Have added the The Authentic Colonization Modpack to the list.
• Have added the Colonization: 2071 Modpack to the list (in SMAC & Alien Col section).

Civ5:

• Have added The Elder Scrolls BNW Modpack that Gez told me about to the list.
• Have added Spatzimaus’s Alpha Centauri Modpack that Darsnan told me about to the list, however its download file is CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know and I’ll put it on CFC!
• Have added mention of Firaxis Civ Beyond Earth game to state that I’m giving it a seperate category in SMAC section (see below).

CivBE:

• Have added the Beyond Centauri (SMAC) Modpack that elektrizikekswerk told me about to the list.
• Have added The Unity Project (SMAC) Modpack that elektrizikekswerk told me about to the list.

Civ6:

• Have added The Elder Scrolls Modpack that Gez told me about to the list.
• Have added the A Civ of Ice and Fire (GoT) Modpack that Damien told me about to the list.

FreeCiv:

• Have added Azeroth scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.
• Have added Mars Terraformed scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.
• Have added The Americas scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.
• Have added Caribbean Colonization 1634 scenario (not a total conversion scenario though) to the list.

AlphaC:

• Have added GeoModder’s Mars Survivor scenario that Darsnan told me about to the list, however its download file is CURRENTLY MISSING so if anyone has it let me know and I’ll put it on CFC!
• Have added mention of the SMAC repository that Darsnan told me about in the SMAC like scenarios (even though I’m technically looking for SMAC themed Civ scenarios) section too.

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Hey guys

I’m on the Hunt for big Civilization game series total conversion mods & scenarios with a particular focus on Civ2 & Civ3 (but am now expanding to Civ4, 5, 6 & spinoffs) relating to a whole bunch of my favourite fantasy & scifi movie/TV/gaming franchises (of course there’s no bloody trace of any Freelancer related Civ mods sadly). Been posting in a few different Civ forums and getting great feedback, plus whenever someone has told me about an awesome scenario that’s disappeared over the years I’ve managed to track it down and bring it back from the dead to CivFanatics/ModDB/InternetArchive hosting, so helping me has helped the community. Hell in some rare cases I’ve even filled a gap by making the scenario myself haha!

Anyway I figured it was finally time to hit some of the other communities out there for help too (since fans of Civ and these franchises are everywhere haha). Many have already been found so make sure you check my list in the link below BEFORE making suggestions to save yourself time & effort lol!

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/scenario-hunt-mars-alphac-c-c-ra-dune-mom-col-moo-doom-b5-strek-swars-sgate-homm.657805/

At this stage I’m looking for Civ scenarios relating to…
**- Mars / Lunar Colonization

• Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (& other alien world colonization)
• Command & Conquer / Red Alert
• Dune / Arrakis
• Master of Magic
• Sid Meier’s Colonization
• Master of Orion
• Heroes of Might & Magic
• Babylon 5
• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Stargate
• Apocalypse (After WW3 / Fallout / Mad Max / Judge Dredd / Doom / Terminator / Zombies)
• Lord of the Rings
• Game of Thrones
• The Elder Scrolls
• Warcraft & Starcraft / Warhammer & W40k
• Final Fantasy
• Civilization Crossover Mods (Make a Civ game look like another Civ game)**

If you’re unable to help then that’s fine, as maybe my list will still help you find something cool!

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Hey guys! While I usually post about other peoples mods and indie projects etc that interest me, I figured I’d start a thread about the retro stuff I’m working on these days if it’s of interest to anyone…

Back in the 90s I used to muck around with Doom 2 and Civilization 2 modding but never finished any of my projects. Well in recent years I’ve been getting back into it (call it can early midlife crisis lol) and released a GZDoom enhanced version of my old Star Trek Doom level and also a new Quest for Glory IV - 3D Hexen mod too. Much to my surprise both got a lot of media attention with the QFG4-3D one in particular getting coverage on Rock Paper Shotgun and in PC Gamer Magazine which was awesome. The great response inspired me to also get back into my old Civilization 2 editing as well (also 20 years too late lol).

So over the last year or so I’ve been playing a lot of classic Civilization series and related games (eg Civ1,2,3, Colonization, Master of Magic, Alpha Centauri, Call To Power etc) and I returned to working on my 20 year old Star Wars Civ 2 scenario and also started a bunch of new projects with some other talented Civ2 modders.

Figured I may as well post about my projects in a thread here for passers by to either enjoy or ignore the nostalgia lol. I’ll start with my Civilization 2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 scenario I’m working with someone else as this really helped me get back into Civ2 modding as the guy helping me taught me a lot of new tricks! My Star Wars, C&C, Red Alert and Master of Magic scenarios will come later!

This project is a total conversion Heroes of Might & Magic 2 scenario for the Multiplayer Gold Edition (MGE) of Sid Meier’s Civilization II created by myself and MetroPolis. It was Inspired by Tom2050’s amazing HoMM3 mod for Civ3 the goal is to create the most HoMM2 like experience within the limitations of the old Civ2 engine.

HoMM2 Dev Diary 01 - Creating Cities For The Civilization 2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In the first dev diary we look at importing HoMM2 castle/city graphics into Civ2.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-cities

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HoMM2 Dev Diary 02 - Creating Nice Backgrounds For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In this second dev diary we look at ‘HoMMafying’ all those Civ 2 advisor, city and event screens.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-backgrounds

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HoMM2 Dev Diary 03 - Creating Custom Leaders & Wonder Vids For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
In the third dev diary we look at changing Civ2’s leader portraits used for diplomacy with HoMM2 heroes and make a bold attempt at replacing Civ2’s original wonder videos.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-leaders-wonders

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Matt1656 wrote:
Just upgraded my rig recently. Ryzen 5 2600X, RTX 2060… should run it well. ;D But the main point was to have 1000000 FPS in Freelancer of course.

Yeah you’ll be fine… unlike me haha.

Oh and it looks like the final Night City Wire Episodes 4 and 5 came out a little while back…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcWf0pnbfLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKfebVQFhU

And of course the game is out this week… although it’s apparently a massively buggy mess which shouldn’t surprise anyone lol.

If people have given up on it for now and are waiting for patches maybe they should check out what I found… I recently noticed a review in a recent PC Gamer magazine of a small indie game called ‘Cloudpunk’ that has you piloting a flying taxi around a rainy cyberpunk city at night. Looks and sounds awesome as that cockpit has massive Blade Runner vibes, the taxi reminds me of 5th Element and that creepy stormy sky reminds me of Highlander 2 lol!

Apparently there’s not much depth to the gameplay sadly as it’s more about immersion. However considering I was more looking forward to driving around Cyberpunk 2077’s city at night listening to synth tunes instead of just running around shooting people then I suspect this little game will be right up my alley haha! Apparently you get your own apartment in a sky scraper with a balcony looking over the city that you can decorate and play retro video games in, so hmm yup that’s got me written all over it too lol! Although yet again my old computer probably can’t even run this one either arrrgh haha!

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brsCSTPNrLQ

Forgot to post about this here… we’ve got a new addon on the way! The Terran’s are back!

I’m kind of surprised that Egosoft didn’t do a Boron expansion (using fan suggestions on how to achieve their look and mobility in non-liquid environments) and then put in a bit of a cliffhanger story ending with a Terran tease, so you could then save the Terrans for a big stand alone game with a new story like they did back in the day with Terran Conflict (same engine but separate to X3 with a sexy cliffhanger to bridge the games). Reckon they would have made more money in the long run IMO even if some fans would have hated having to buy a new game again though of course haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WWylkYpxmM

Also I was drooling over this video below the other day. The ‘Pilot’ youtube guy did very sexy video on the Split Raptor supercarrier haha… my god when the sun reflects off it like that… drools. And those dark red C&C NOD like interiors… oh baby lol. Can almost see why all those crazy people bought gorgeous super expensive ships in Star Citizen lol!.. almost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpn_csnzi8k

This guy has done a good review of the Everspace 2 closed beta currently happening. I like how he constantly compares to Freelancer instead of other games haha. He mentioned planet surface stuff but yeah who knows if its gonna be like Freelancer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXARTskUbC0