This is a small bonus project as I prepare to release my other bigger Civ2 mods to the world! I recently discovered Paul Heron's old Terminator Future War scenario and was impressed with his world building but disappointed with the lack of total conversion graphics so I decided to quickly overhaul them and create a more immersive total conversion scenario set in the dark Terminator future war world within the limitations of the old Civ2 MGE engine. It's 20 years too late but I'm doing it anyway haha! More details coming soon!
While digging through old Civ2 site archives I found a cool old scenario called Terminator Future War by Paul Heron. A scenario set in the Skynet triggered apocalypse future is such a cool idea (I'm surprised there aren't more Terminator scenarios for Civ2 out there considering how many other franchises have been covered), especially as it's been made as a world wide surviving human nations versus Skynet scenario using extra information from the comic books so hat's off to it's creator. However this must have been one of his earliest projects as while he went on to do some pretty cool total conversion scenarios in later years you can see clear as day in this screenshot that this scenario is let down by a lack of custom terrain.
I can see that Paul brought across the terrain1.gif file from the old Microprose Apocalypse scenario which didn't really change much other than the desert, plains & pollution cells. Curiously he didn't take their terrain2.gif file which changed all the forests to burnt out versions which would have helped a lot lol!
Due to my other bigger projects I don't really have time to take on another whole scenario remaster project but I reckon with only 1-2 hours I can massively improve this (just for fun).
I'm thinking replace the forests, swamps and jungles with burned out stuff, darken everything to give a night feel (just like the future war sequences in Terminator films), and also grey/ash out everything to give that nuclear winter feel too. I bet I can find a way better custom ruined city design too.
I'll go have a play... :)