{UPDATED} New Races -- From Me to You

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Now with cool, refreshing spelling!

Ok, I've been playing custom races for quite a while (pretty much since my third game), and I've accrued a few by now. After updating them for TA, I decided I'd share 4 of them that I find quite fun to play with or against. Most of these were created just to test out certain strategies as they each specialize differently. These races are TA and metaverse compatible.


Valkar Vederation

The Valkar looked to the stars only to find themselves caught between two races who had already ventured out of their planetary confines, Each of the two neighboring systems were abundant in resources. Each wanted what the other had, so trade was the natural result. Since all trade had to pass through the Valkar system, they quickly devised a way to profit off of the constantly flowing goods. Eventually, they became a race of experts at managing others money, as well as their own.





Talxerxian Sovereignty

The Talxerxians are a race of mighty sentient machines. For millennia they have been perfecting their efficiency and proficiency at destruction. Now they are ready to make use of those many years of practice. The Terran's gift of hyperdrive will by the galaxies undoing. The mechanical blades of the Talxerxians have been unleashed!





Prolifera Nepenthes

An ancient and forgotten race of master gardeners designed these sentient plants to care for their vast empire of natural worlds. Unfortunately their creation was a little too fond of breeding and filled their worlds much faster than expected. Unfortunately, they were unable to find a weed killer strong enough to cut down their numbers faster than they reproduce. The ancient creators were forced to leave their worlds behind to find rich new soil. The galaxy is still waiting for someone to rid it of this frisky plant life.





Jacksonite Order

Once known as the galaxy’s premier entertainers, the Jacksonites are now the butt of all the jokes themselves. They still devoutly follow their leader, the original Michael J. Unfortunately, after all the millions of surgeries he has undergone over the years, no one is sure what race he originally belonged to.





If you like them, you can have them for your very own. Just unzip this archive into your 'Stardock\TotaGaming\GalCiv2' folder and this one into your 'My Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor' folder. As always with such things, I am not responsible if your computer explodes or your dog dies yada yada yada.

Don't forget to let me know what you think as you try them out!

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"Everything is better with spelling!" -Satisfied Sally
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The 'race_images.zip' file is down, if they're higher resolution than the preview you posted, can you rehost them somewhere, or put them for dowload on the site? Theyre pretty cool :)
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can they be use in DA
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Oh God... The Jacksonite order. Poor man, what have you done to him!

:ROFL:
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Sorry for the broken links! They should all be working now.
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Where did the image for the plant race come from - very creepy - I like!
J
Reply #6 Top
Very nice pictures and logos. Downloaded and assimilated into my ever growing collection. ;)
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Where did the image for the plant race come from - very creepy - I like!J


Actually, my graphics department. I asked for a custom race for GalCiv, but didn't specify anything more than that the first time. Next thing I know, Michael J drops in on my desk! Of course, the Valkar are from TA. It seems to suite them pretty well.
Reply #8 Top
Sweetness! I won't be able to pick up TA for another two months, does anyone have a link to custom races like these that are DA-compatible?
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The raceconfigs are about a 50/50 chance, because of the new tech trees.

The pictures themselves, however work. Just copy them to /MyDocuments/MyGames/GC2DarkAvatar/GFX/ and then /portraits and /logos respectively.
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Great, thanks. Maybe I'll have to learn my way around those xml files...
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I've gotten a lot better with xml and the custom tech trees. These are great thanks.
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Talxerxian pic and logo is KOOL !! :D


Nasty
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Don't know how big the files are but could you e-mail them? I have online space and am willing to upload them there.

Rapidshare just annoys me to death.
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Ok, so FF didn't catch a few spelling errors. Neither did notepad. Stupid programs not doing my job! Oh well, I've fixed all those annoying spelling errors and re uploaded the race files.

Enjoy!
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this is fantastic! Thank you so much! I am trying to work out which tech-trees each of your new races use. I presume Valkar is Korx, Prolifera is Torian, Talxerxian is Yor - not sure of Jacksonite. And please please please, make more! :)
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Rapidshare appears to be down as the link just times out. Any chance of an alternative d/l location please?
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Rapidshare appears to be down as the link just times out. Any chance of an alternative d/l location please?


they work for me OK  :NOTSURE: 


Nasty
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Rapidshare appears to be down as the link just times out. Any chance of an alternative d/l location please?

The links appear fine from here as well. Where are you connecting from? I have an alternate host lined up, but havn't heard back yet. Oogje, where are you?
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Finally got the thing to work and got the darn access code to work LOL

BTW pm me if you wish any files added to my domain for hosting (no charge etc)
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BTW i have uploaded them to my server so if you wish you can locate them at the following : -

http://galciv2guide.com/Race_Images.zip - Images

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http://galciv2guide.com/Race_Files.zip - Race files
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Reply #21 Top
Thanks Kona. I have updated the links above to your hosting space.
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Thanks Kona. I have updated the links above to your hosting space.


No problem i am happy to assist. If you have any others just email me the files and i will upload them for you.