Screenshots from Dune Wars 1.8
Headline Changes since 1.7
+ Big overhaul of the tech tree with the aim of making the flow of the game more logical and thematic, and keeping the late game interesting.
+ New Units: including Fish Speaker, Harkonnen Howitzer, Monitor Warship and Cymek
+ New Buildings: including Factory, Spice Silo, Palmery, Merchant Quarter, Jihad Veterans' Barracks, Semuta Den, Commodities Exchange, Pilgrimage Site
+ New Wonders: The Hajj, The Great Keep and Great Convention Breached! (Atomics)
+ New Terrain Features: Peaks, Outcrops and Forests from terraforming
+ New Melting Lens Improvement: You can now terraform the polar regions.
+ New Moisture system for controlling terraforming and the no-go areas for worms and spice.
+ Worms now break through the sand when they destroy harvesters.
+ Lots of new unit art: Solider, Infantry, 5 new Suspensor Craft, Shai Hulud Sayyadina, Great Prophet, Mentat, Heavy Scorpion, Roller, Missile Launcher, Laza Tiger, No Ship, Kindjal Infantry, Ordos Chemical Trooper, Ordos Heavy Trooper, Harkonnen Heavy Trooper, Harkonnen Howitzer, Monitor Warship.
+ Lots of refinement to Dune Encyclopedia content, more Quotes, etc.
+ Better city placement by the AI
+ Collection of spice revenues now happens directly at your palace without requiring the use of Corporations
Feedback Posted on Dune Wars 1.7
I love this mod! It is extremely well done and I have enjoyed playing it immensely.
I continue to love the work done in this mod as I play.
the terraforming mechanic is stunning though. You need to be very careful in bringing it in since moving that way destroys spice production quickly as well as all the benefits. Terraforming boosts all moisture production (food) so you can suddenly work all the tiles and have some specialists, all from a desert sietch.
Gorgeous graphics.
Also, the off-world unit screen, where you can select units to ship to Dune is awesome. It is perhaps one of the most impressive and pretty screens I have ever seen in Civ 4. Also, the video of a Guildman running when you initiate the transport. Awesome!
I must say I am greatly impressed with the work you have done! As others have mentioned, it is worthy of inclusion in a commercial mod pack!
Thanks for making such a great mod - it inspired me to re-read the Dune books again
@ second to last screenshot:
why is there two hiigaran flak frigates there?
that is what i was woundering
because they own? lol
They suck really..
must be cause they look cool?
Yeah WTF?
OMG! This mod looks awesome! Anything to get me playing Civ4 again is a good thing right ;)
yah theres like a higarran flak frigate from Homeworld/Homeworld 2 i forget which on i havent played them in ages.
Ha! I just realized that the ram symbol is the logo for Dodge cars.
Congratulations! I've been waiting for someone to notice that and no one has in nearly a year...
looks UNIQUE ! civ 4 rocks and now with DUNE theme !
Looks very great!
I have only vanilla version of Civ IV - i mean, without Beyond the Sword.
How much is it at now? I' m seriously thinking of buying a copy of the expansion... or it would be better Warlords?
So, I come on to ModDB and see Duane Wars on the frontpage. Of course I think absolutely of it till a Hiigaran Flak Frigate causes me to do a double take. I mean WTF? So out of place. :)
Seemes to not work with BtS 3.03, anyhelp?