Final Fantasy Civilization III Mod Project

[Hikaro Takayama]

Well, since I'm about 70% done with this project, I've decided to post here to see if anyone's interested in helping, or has any comments/criticisms to make.

What this is is an almost total conversion for Sid Meiers' Civilization III Conquests turn based strategy game. Here's a run-down on what I've got so far:

I've added pretty much all the civilizations (or alliances) from FF III through XI, including Tactics and Tactics: Advanced. Here's a list of factions, leaders and Unique Units (units that are only built by that civilization and replace one of the standard units).

FF III:

Kingdom of Sassoon; Princess Sara; Viking, Magic Knight, Sage
Forbidden Land Great Tyrant Zande; Skeleton, Lamia, Flying Fortress

FF IV:

Kingdom of Baron; King Cecil; Fabul Monk (Yang), Red Wing Airship; Kain's Dragoons

FF V:

Kingdom of Tycoon; Queen Reina; Berserker, Sorceror, Hiryuu

FF VI:

Vector Empire; Emperor Gestahl; Imperial Trooper, Magitek Armor, Magitek Sky Armor (unit not made yet)
Returner Alliance; King Edgar; Narshe Guard, Returner; Need help figuring out what to put for the third UU

FF VII:

Shinra Corporation; President Rufus; Shinra SOLDIER (under construction), GrossPanzer, Shinra Attack Sub (coming soon....)
AVALANCHE; Commander Cloud; Freedom Fighter, Wutai Ninja (Yuffie), Highwind Airship

FF VIII:

Galbadia; Sorceress Edea; Galbadian Soldier, Battle Biker (like the dudes that attacked Balamb Garden on Disk 2), Iron Clad Hovertank (Unit not mad as of yet)
Garden; Commander Squall; SeeD, Forest Owl (unit needs to be done), Third Unique Unit will either be the White SeeD Ship, SeeD assault ship or a mobile Garden.
Estar; President Laguna; Gesper, Estar Soldier (unit incomplete), Ragnarok Spaceship (one of my friends at Civilization Fanatics Center promised to do that one).

FF IX:

Regency of Lindblum; Regent Cid; Hilda Garde III (not started yet), Lindblum Aviator (unit incomplete), Burmecian Dragon Knight (Freya, unit Incomplete)
Kingdom of Alexandria; Princess Garnet; Knights of Pluto, Ship of the Line; Alexandrian Holy Knight (Gen Beatrix, Unit not yet started)

FF X:

Church of Yevon; Grand Maester Mika; Warrior Monk, Yevon Guard, YAT-97
Al Bhed; Chieftess Rikku; Al Bhed Machina, Al Bhed Heavy Machina, Al Bhed Scavenger (unit not made yet)

FF XI:

Federation of Windhurst; Star Sybil; Taru-Taru Ranger, Cardian, Mithra Ninja
Republic of Bastok; President Karst; Republican Paladin, Gold Musketeer, Mithril Musketeer
Kingdom of San d'Oria; Prince Royal Trion I; San d'Orian Guard, Royal Lancer, Temple Knight
Grand Duchy of Jueno; Grand Duke Kam'lanaut (need a pic to work from for the leader graphics); Freelancer, Tenshodo, Ducal Guard

FF Tactics:

Kingdom of Ivalice; King Ramuza; Hokuten Knight, Nanten Knight, Chemist
Kingdom of Ordalia; King Lanard IV; Royal Knight, Crown Guard, Firewall Elite
Note: Need info on Romanda....

FF Tactics: Advance

Bervenia; Clan Boss Marche; Viera Ranger (under construction), Bangaa Templar, Blue Mage

Here's a few things I need immediat help on: First if someone could get me a good screenshot of Grand Duke Kam'Lanaut's mug so's I could make a LH for Jueno, I'd be very happy. Second, If someone could dig up some info on Romanda from FF T, that would be very helpful, also if someone could get me some info on the two latest expansions for FF XI (like, for instance if there would be enough data to add a 5th civilization from that game). Finally, if anyone can tell me the name of the runaway princess from FF Crystal Chronicles, I'd be able to finally add that game to the mod.

Some additional info: I've made all the advisor screens look like FF menus, and replaced all the original Civ III advisors with ones based on FF. Tifa is the domestic advisor (keeps track of city status, taxes, etc), Yuffie is trade advisor, Yuna is cultural advisor (keeps track of the culture generated by all of your cities), Sephiroth is the Military advisor (keeps track of all military units), Aeris is the Foreign advisor, and Cid Highwind is the Science advisor. More in-depth info on this project is available via the link in my signature, and Civilization Fanatics Center is where this mod will be hosted, once it's finished. I'll post a link to the download thread here when that time comes.

Here's a quick preview of the various faction leaders as well as some of the units:

[Lon611]

wow. im not famiar with Sid Meiers' Civilization III Conquests , but that looks incredible.

[XxSephirothxX]

Impressive.

[Yamaneko]

Wow, looks like you've put a lot of effort into this project. I can't really help you, but keep up the good work. I know a lot of mods that get junked at the very end for lack of interest on either the developers side or the communites side.

[Hikaro Takayama]

Wow, looks like you've put a lot of effort into this project. I can't really help you, but keep up the good work. I know a lot of mods that get junked at the very end for lack of interest on either the developers side or the communites side.

Well, there are quite a few Civ fans who are awaiting the completion of this project (and a number of them never even heard of Final Fantasy until I started the mod ) I've been working on this project since April 2004, and it has managed to weather two INSURVs (major inspeciton in the Navy) and a 6-month deployment to the Persian Gulf. Since I've got a regular job now that I'm out of the Navy, work on the mod will progress somewhat slower, but I have no intention of giving up. I just wish that some FF site had the name of the Princess from FF CC so that I could add the civilizaiton from that game (It just wouldn't look right for the diplomacy box to come up saying, "The Unnamed Princess of Alfitaria wishes to trade Gems for Chocobos").

Oh, here's a quick pic of my current Unit WIP, the Shinra SOLDIER. I'll be working on animating this guy during the week. BTW, the main programs I use for creating this mod are Poser 5, Bryce 5, PSP 7, Animation Shop 3, SBB and FLICster (SBB and FLICster are third-party programs that are used for compiling raw renders for a unit animation into a storyboard, and FLICster converts the storyboard into a Civ III unit animation file). This current picture is about 5 times the size of a standard Civ III infantry unit, but I use this scale for doing the animations and then convert it to the proper size when I render.

[Meat Puppet]

You've got competition on this very forum. Good luck to you.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

King Ramuza? I'm not quite sure where you're getting that character, especially with what happens with Ramza and the others in the storyline. I was expecting Larg and Goltana.

[black orb]

>>> I like how you portrayed Rufus.

[crashNUMBERS]

WTH!!?? Looks like shrek. It's pretty cool though...

[nik0tine]

Wow. I will buy and/or pirate this game, just for this mod. Inform me when it is completed. I am MORE than interested.


Also, does anyone know if there are any similar such mods for Civilization 2?

[Hikaro Takayama]

King Ramuza? I'm not quite sure where you're getting that character, especially with what happens with Ramza and the others in the storyline. I was expecting Larg and Goltana.

Actually, you're right.... I'll just re-name him to SIR Ramuza (or Ramza if it makes you feel better, but I'm trying to stay more or less faithful to the Japanese versions of the games, hence why I use the spelling Makou rather than Mako.... If you look at the Shinra Automotive Ad videio in FF VII, you'll see two Kanji flash by, which is how Makou is written in Japanse. It literally means Magical Radiation), and I'm using him since (a) at the time he was the only leader I could make with the props available, and (b) he only saved the friggin' world. If I can figure out how to maybe divide up Ivalice, I'll make LHs for the resulting factions (so that you could have the Lion wars all over again).

Meat Puppet: Really? I didn't know anybody else was making a Final Fantasy Mod for Civ III. If I could get in touch with the guy, maybe we could pool our graphics and stuff so we can save some serious time.

Black Orb: Yeah, Rufus was the third Leader animation that I made in Poser 5... EVER, and I'm really happy with how he turned out. The first Leader animation I made was a version of Princess Garnet that didn't make the final cut and the second was Squall. My Avatar on this forum was made from my Cloud Strife leader animation.

Crash: What are you referring to?

Nik0tine: AFAIK, there is no such mod for Civ II, although I could search the Civ II forums at Apolyton Civilization Network and Civilization Fanatics Forums. I know for a fact that there isn't one at Evolution Games.....

[Markus. D]

IM extremely impressed with this, ive never played civvilaization... but your characters look real good.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Don't use Ramza. I say this because (SPOILER)Even at the beginning of the game, they talk about Delita as being the greatest hero. Ramza isn't even mentioned. Ramza doesn't get any recognition for what he does, he does it because he knows it is right. Ramza fades from history entirely after defeating Altima and the Zodiac Braves and Delita becomes king. Ramza does not have a happy ending, they think that he dies although Olan sees him and Alma riding away on Chocobos, never to be seen again. Olan is killed shortly thereafter. If anything, you want Delita Hyral to be the leader.

[Kakashi509]

use sephiroth and Aeris so we can watch Sephiroth stab her... again!

[Markus. D]

let airith stab sephiroth, airith deserved to live...

ps: im just angry that she had to die after making me raise her to lvl 50