I don't think i'll play BE in the nearest future (<--- lol), but i'll keep the sub on this as i don't recall ever having any troubles with it. I'll let you know if i decide to play BE and run into any issues regarding the NESO.

Thanks for the quick answer!

It worked when the game was released. It was an example mod back then. I honestly don't know if it still works, but as long as you do not use RT, it should work.

As in, is it final and bug-free. (I don't have RT so that's N/A anyway).

Is this mod still being worked on?

Nope, I have no plans to adjust the mod for RT at this time.

Wird es mal möglich sein in Rising Tide zu spielen, oder eher nicht? wäre sehr schade..

Viking conquest in space!

@Just_Ice
Saying that you know for certain that "Brazil is the entire south-american continent" is like saying Franco-Iberia is the entire European continent.

The "background" for Brazilla you read and think is cannon probably isn't. In this video at Firaxicon, they discuss a map, made by someone on reddit before the game was released, but it is not cannon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMe7-1ywRTU

Because CEO Suzanne Fielding speaks partly in Spanish, we might assume that ARC incorporates Mexico. There are benefits to leaving details vauge.

I really like this mod :) I think it fills a void that was left in the base game. A faction with a small bonus to science and a European Faction, I know the future might not be as nation focused but we can see there are still nations and those in the NESO would probably not join either of the others in the area so it makes sense that they would launch their own initive. The bonus so far feels pretty good, it feels powerful enough that its noticed while not being too much. Well done mr mod creator :)

I like that you made it a company and not a nation. I was kinda disapointed with Beyond Earth that it still kept a strong national orientation to its faction choices. With how space travel is currently being privatized, I expected them to actually make more company based factions than actually nation based ones.

Inb4 Firaxis releasing a reskinned "Denmark Vikings" DLC...

Neu Berlin sounds great!

It would be Neu Berlin, not New.

true.

ARC isn't a country either, that's a corporation. That's exactly why I chose to go with an organisation. An name it NESO (not NESA ;)). To differentiate from all the countries. It's meant as an organisation. That is also why they are called Sponsors or Factions in the game and not civilizations or countries.

because all the other names are pollitical powers, an space organisation ruling a contry or union doesn't seem very likely to me. for example: it is the slavic federation and not the slavic federation Space organistation... The ESA (or NESA) is only a part of the groep (in this case the most important part, but still a part) so instead of the NESA, i suggest calling it as the organ to witch it belongs..... But i didn;t realise there was a lore, you should put it on this page, that way the mod looks better made and more people will try (and maybe like) it. (just some tips, don;t take it as negative critism please)

Not sure why you suggest a name change when this is actually the continuation of ESA? Just for Northern Europe, as explained in the lore when you load the mod and check the civilopedia...

i did something wrong with the links: the image http://puu.sh/csy0g/6ca6888a52.jpg

the post
http://langernama.tumblr.com/post/101078425423/civ-beyond-earth-what-happened-in-north-europa

I would choose an other name, becouse the ESA is form the European Union, which collapsed. and here is a nice story: (maybe not really in line with the cannon, but that can be edited)

(i can't use more than 1000 characters so here is a picture of the text: http://puu.sh/csy0g/6ca6888a52.jpg

As mentioned in the description, I have not made custom art for this. The Sponsor Icon is the one from Polystralia and the Leader art is that from the Slavic Federation, Kozlov.

what does the leader and symbol look like? could you please add more screeshots

What Blitzkrieg said. It's based on Visual Studio.

Look in Library>Tools and download Civ Beyond Earth SDK. That is the official mod tool from Firaxis that allows you to create your own mods. Looks complicated at first, but you get the hang of it.

Is their a program that allows you to add a new faction to the game? If not what files do you have to modify?

If you let me know I will show my thanks by making a faction you want. I am good with Photoshop just do not know where to start. This is why I am looking for the answers to the above questions.

Thanks.

You should probably do something involving energy since scandinavia is currently one of the most wealthy countries som maybe something like reduced maintanence cost for buildings or units

I cann't get any moda too show up. Its shows up on the mod screen but not in game . Its not in the set up.

Can you make a just Germany mod like this? that would be great!

@VikingWarrior
*Pulls credit card out like a katana*
Bring on the bloody sales m8.

im pretty sure the arab world was destroyed in the backstory selecus nicator

Just a quick point about custom art, if you are looking for a placeholder until you create something why not use something from here;

http://game-icons.net/

Hundreds of free to use, royalty free and professional gaming symbols. They use a considerable amount of them in the game 'Star Drive'.

@Carnwulf, just tried that myself. It works, both Sponsors are showing up. Are you sure you checked them both at the mods menu?

Also, pods and expedition sites work correctly for me.

I am pretty sure that all of the sponsors that SHOULD have been there (some sort of united Scandinavia.....the UK.....etc) are part of planned DLCs that they'll make us pay for.

Good to see that somebody else was pissed about the UK being gone. I was suprised to see that France was all that survived, if it wasn't for greenland trying to drown me we would already be there.

@Frolix

but Latin-america is in the game already, read the background to Brazil, Brazil is the entire south-american continent.

This looks pretty neat but I heaven't downloaded it yet becouse I wanna mess around in vanila first.

That said maybe a reduction in maintenance cost and/or unhealth would be less OP then the curent Sponsor Bonus and IMHO it would fit the "lagom" and Jante Law ways of us Norse. :P

also i had no pods...

when i use your mod together with the "holy see" mod. Your custom faction does not show in the sponsor menu.

Hi, would it be at all possible to make a custom faction centered around the Arab World, it's the largest portion of the world's population not representated in the game. I would be very grateful.

I'll look into the part of no pods, no ruins. Are you guys running any other mods at the same time?

@TheDoctorBC5, according to the panel given at Firaxicon by the co-lead designers, they specifically didn't mention any lore regarding UK, Germany and Scandinavia. So we actually don't know if they are gone or not. Not sure where Wiki got their information.

@Exile / Shadowreaver
now I had a satalit-wreckages too (round 275)

@Frolix Couldnt agree more. It is a bit overpowered and it would make more sense have it connected to fishing and commerce (either energy or increased cap for trading over water)

People already modding this game? I think i am gonna play like 100 hours vanilla before modded :P

I dont mind what they tell me about sunken regions... For me it it not happen this way. That is what the guys of Firaxis said on that Great Mistake Video on Youtube. Each Player can make his own background and history to this Great Mistake. I can not identify with the built in factions. So this mod is just great. Thanks again!

Sponsor bonus is very OP. Paddock's and plantations are too common. Restart the game until you get a start with 3-4 plantation/paddocks. GG you win.

A Scandinavian sponsor's bonus should have something to do with sea exploitation imho. For example, Ulrik Svensgaard of The Nautilus Pirates in Alpha Centuari.

It seems obvious to me that future DLC are going to try to sell us regions (Germany, Latin America, Scandinavia) not included in the base game.

Not that strange that this faction mod came up within a couple of hours from release when the devs created such shitty European factions. Franco-iberia? Was that simply a bad pun or what? How is that the most likely non-slavic European combination and who cares about them? Gaah.... I think they should have given us something based on the EU, even though I'm not all that thrilled about that particular organization. It would at least be realistic and (non-slavic) pan-European.

Great concept - Nice to see mod appearing right away in some shape or other.

Great Mod. Use it in my first game (Marathon) and ist does not feel OP yet. Hope for individual Logo and color now ;-)

@donald23
I could make a German translation if you like. But I would prefer to add this to your mod instead of publishing it by my own, 'cause i've no idea 'bout modding in CIV.

@Exile / Shadowreaver
Had some starting pods and ruins but - until now (round 250) - no wreckages from satelits.

i like this, sincew i cannaot really understand how the heck scandinavia wouyld drown in the first place, since i mean come on, we are jsut a huge chunk of mountains. atleast norway and large parts of sweden... denmark on the otherhand is a diffrent tale

@TheDoctorBC5: Which Wiki would your be referring to?

According to the Wiki Sweden drowned along with other scandanavian countries on the north... so I dont know if the leader shoud be Swedish XD then again that is just a wiki