So... We of the DSF-clan (mainly) are developing a mod, featuring the Japanese Civilization.
I'll first mention the ones that are working on it;
Main Developers: Logicore (Yes, he spend lots of hours in a tiny cage working on it), Ryunichi
Assistant Developers: Ikaros, iBram
Special Mention: Hyperion, Yamato
Voice Art: Hoshi, Phobos
Here a list features that'll be in it: - A Completely new civilization to play with: - New units like the Karo (Samurai, Heavy Infantry), Ninja and Ashigaru! (Check the screenshots!) - Unique Mercenary unit: ANBU - New techs: Masamune (Karo attack upgrade), Meiyo (All units more HP) and more! - New cards offering unique upgrades for the Japanese. - Neat new sounds for all of the units! Spoken by Japanese people in high quality, so no crackling voices of foreigners trying to speak Japanese. - New textures for the new units and villagers. Awesome textures made by our Script kiddy named Logicore. A new civ needs new clothes of course. - New icons for the techs, units and cards. - New politicians. Of course we don't want just stinky Western politicians in Japan, so we made new ones! - New building: The Bamboo Factory. Always had that annoying wood-shortage? Well, now you won't. (But you might have other shortages...) - A brand-new RM (Random Map): Japan. (You want to battle your enemies on your homelands, right? ;P) - We made sure there are some historical references. The Japanese don't have thought-up names, and several techs were also inventions in real Japan. Noticed something wrong? Just call 0991-999-990924890124890412904829103829099999 (International number *sigh*) or mail one of the staff and pass on the mistake. You can reach us at both the forums and you can PM us (Send to Logicore! < We'll post again for when the public beta is done, so stay tuned for the next episode! o.o Of course; [This message has been edited by Ryunichi (edited 05-08-2006 @ 04:51 PM).]
The Japanese Civilization we are going to add to Age of Empires 3 will be completely different from the ones you know now. It will be heavily dependant on wood; like the Dutch are dependant on gold.
The civ will have Bamboo Factories, which produce wood (similar to the banks of the Dutch). Japanese Outposts are free.
(In yellow; Shaolin Monks, in black; Ninja, in blue; Karo)
- You will not be able to play with people that do not have this mod.
- You will not be able to play online on ESO with this mod installed. ( You WILL be able to play via LAN or Hamachi VPN when both sides have the mod installed. A Rising Sun Mod Hamachi Server will be set up after the release.)
- And it's not advised to do this while you have other mods installed; files may be overwritten or deleted.
- We do not guarantee this mod will not harm your gamefiles in a way that you will need a re-install.