- The only mod for Warlords to incorporate the innumerable interface tweaks made by BUG mod.
- Over 120 new techs across every era. Most techs have voice acting.
- 20 new civics, 3 for each category except religious. “Old” civics are also reworked, in many cases completely so.
- Over 60 new conventional promotions, including new promotions exclusive to naval units; this doesn’t cover the traditions and doctrines, providing another 60 unique advantages to your units.
- 60 new leaders for existing civs, each with his own personality (3 of them has been since independently added to BtS).
- 2 new leader traits: Seafarer and Agricultural, to make sure there are many unique combinations to try out.
- National values, that work like less powerful leader traits, but are assigned to civs instead of particular leaders; 8 in number.
- 1 new civ. Despite our original intention to add no new civs, Poland kind of got added in; now it is as well-developed civ as any other, offering a rich gameplay experience.
- 8 broad new unit categories (like Light Cavalry, Submarines, etc.).
- Over 35 new land unit classes (like Fusiliers, Hussars, Armored Cars etc.).
- Over 20 new naval unit classes (like Sloop, Ship of the Line, Dreadnought etc.).
- 11 new air unit classes (like Jet Bomber, Early Fighter etc.).
- Unique limited national units for each civ (42 in total, since many civ have more than one).
- Too many individual new units for me to even estimate their number, bringing both flavor and strategy differences for each civ (expect to field lots of different phalanx as Greeks and learn to love the desert as Arabs); I guess “hundreds” wouldn’t be an understatement.
- Unique artstyles assigned to civilizations; many buildings change their looks according to the era and to the particular civ that built them.
- Over 50 new regular buildings to construct in your cities (Schools, Caravan Houses, Manufactories etc.).
- 25 new special industrial buildings used to convert some resources into other ones (ranging from smithing Bronze to producing Microchips).
- Over 30 new World Wonders to give you an edge over opponents.
- Over 30 new resources, some to be harvested, some to be produced by your industries.
- Unique great people; when a great person is born, expect to see his/her artistic rendition or photo and either find out his/her biography or to learn a quote of his/hers. 1007 total – imagine that for a moment!
- Deadly pandemics will devastate the cities of rulers that are careless with sanitation
- Great Generals can now found military traditions and discover Great Doctrines, increasing the combat capacity of your troops
- Inquisitors can purge the heathen from theocratic cities
- Slaves and serfs can start rebellions that you will have to put down by force
- Unique stack aid bonus component: units will get significant aid bonus from combined arms tactics. Using diverse army composition has never been as beneficial before.
- Institute slavery, and capture slaves from combat – or free them if you’re fighting a slave-holding nation, while you are not.
- No more pharaohs trading blueprints! Watch techs spread passively from neighbor to neighbor instead, as was really the case in history (you can use the old tech trading system if you prefer, though).
- World religions are starkly different from each other, each having its own unique drawbacks and advantages - from spread rates to denying specific resources.
- Place your faith into any of the religion-specific unique units; every religion has one, and they all serve different purposes.
- Every religion has two Great Wonders associated with it to further spice up religious development.
- Enjoy our custom-built World Map and bear in mind Total Realism was designed to be compatible with random maps, and many custom map generation scripts for even more replayability (and more unpredictable multiplayer games).
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The longest-running mod series for Civ 4 (more than 5 years of continued development) has finally taken the next logical step in its development, and has been brought to Beyond the Sword expansion. It is also more stable, faster running, more balanced and more packed with goodies than last Warlords version, Total Realism 2.4.
Get the installers here on ModDB: either the full version, or the light version that contains no wonder movies and Great Person popups to consume less bandwidth where that's an issue. The mod also comes with a manual for detailed description of its features; it can be downloaded separately from the files section.
Total Realism for Civ IV Warlords 2.4.2 update now available
News 2 commentsThe mod has been updated to version 2.4.2. This version introduces several small fixes and optimizations and is save-compatible with the previous version...
Total Realism 2.4 released
NewsThe final 2.4 version of Total Realism mod for Civilization 4 Warlords has been released today. Work has been started on Beyond the Sword version.
Frequently Asked Questions
FeatureA comprehensive FAQ on Total Realism mod, covering most popular questions asked by fans over the years.
Files
Total Realism 2.4 manual
GuideHere you can download the pdf version of Total Realism manual separately from the main installer.
Total Realism 2.4.2 release
Full Version 7 commentsFinal release of Total Realism mod for Civilization 4 Warlords.
Total Realism 2.4
Full VersionOne of the largest and most comprehensive mods for Civilzation 4. 5 years in development!
Total Realism Gold
Full VersionA total conversion mod that makes many changes. See full details for the complete list.
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the mods a little unstable normally 400kb and up it crashes
Uhm Yeah... Awesome Mod... but after a few Days, Civ4 just started to run real slow... checked it out on the Task Manager, its Priority is on Below Normal, After i set it to High Priority and Switch back to Total Realism, nothing changed and its still on Below Normal... Help Please, I would really like to play this Mod for Hours again... Thanks
mine crsshed on me!
had anyone else had problems with random crashs to desktop with some kind of memory fault?? if so is there a solution, thanks, love the mod by the way :)
As far as I know this is a problem caused by the game engine itself. Whenever the save files get to a certain size the game cant handle it at it crashed. I'm not sure if there is a solution to this however the problem seems to have been largely eliminated in the Beyond the Sword expansion which the mod team seems to be porting over to.
What is the terrain mod you are using here? (If it is taken from someone that is)
Actually, ignore that question, I'd rather play the mod itself rather than taking the terrain graphics for the original.
It is based on several popular terrain mods, but it was developed specifically for this mod. So it isn't available separately anywhere.
why not work! i have warloads but mod not work.
Did you patch your Warlords to the latest version?
Are you using Civ IV Gold (which includes Warlords) ?