Caesar 3 + Julius Open-Source Re-implementation

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Kursah Feb 9, 2020 @ 9:36pm

Caesar 3 + Julius Open-Source Re-implementation

Caesar 3 on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/caesar_3

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Julius "Mod": https://github.com/bvschaik/julius

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXONBt5U-U0

Quick blurb from the Julius Mod github page:

Julius is an open source re-implementation of Caesar III.

The aim of this project is to create an open-source version of Caesar 3, with the same logic as the original, but with some UI enhancements, that is able to be played on multiple platforms. The same logic means that the saved games are 100% compatible, and any gameplay bugs present in the original Caesar 3 game will also be present in Julius. It is meant as a drop-in replacement for Caesar 3, with the same look and feel, so there will be no major UI changes.

UI enhancements include:

- Support for widescreen resolutions
- Windowed mode support for 32-bit desktops
- Several small in-game quality of life improvements
- Julius requires the original assets (graphics, sounds, etc) from Caesar 3 to run. It optionally supports the high-quality MP3 files once provided on the Sierra website.

I played A LOT of Caesar 3 back in the day and really enjoyed my time with it, brings back a lot of memories building my perfect Roman empire. I've been debating for quite some time whether or not I wanted to pick it up and see how it ran on Win 10 or Manjaro Linux.

I'm not sure how I'd missed this thing, called Julius, an open-source re-implementation of the game to bring it up to snuff for modern OSes, widescreen, etc. How awesome! Can't wait to try it out, for now its in my queue until I finish what I'm playing now.

But figured I'd share this with you guys and ask, who's played this?

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Tragic Feb 9, 2020 @ 9:45pm

I've not played this build.. but Caesar 3 is a stand out game. I actually havn't played it in a long time, maybe 8 years or so. Still I went through a spat around then and played Caesar 3, Zeus + Poseidon and Pharaoh... they were all awesome, even so long after release.

I'm pretty interested to see what the new generation of city builders will bring. I think there is 2 egypt ones and a rome one incoming along with a heap of village and colony ones.

Bou Feb 10, 2020 @ 10:00am

I have played Caesar 3 and Pharaoh at release but never played Zeus. Is Zeus the better one of the three mentioned? How do you guys rate them?

Kursah Feb 10, 2020 @ 11:50am

I never played much if Pharoah or Zeus. Caesar 3 was my go to back then. Shortly before I had some changes that limited my video game time for a few years.

Gotta say I'm impressed with this mod/rework for Caesar 3. Works perfect on all my Win 10 systems so far. Super lightweight of course.

Cant wait to play more.

Last edited by Kursah; Feb 10, 2020 @ 11:50am

Bou Mar 7, 2020 @ 10:38am

Picked up Zeus + Poseidon and going through the tutorials right now.

I'm using a widescreen mod. Select 1024x768 under display ingame to activate the mod:
https://www.reddit.com/r/impressionsgames/comments/807msj/zeusposeidon_widescreen_fix/

There seems to be a fourth game only available at GOG:
https://www.gog.com/game/emperor_rise_of_the_middle_kingdom

Last edited by Bou; Mar 7, 2020 @ 12:03pm

Kursah Mar 7, 2020 @ 8:54pm

What do you think so far? Worth $10?

Bou Mar 8, 2020 @ 4:00am

Originally posted by Kursah:
What do you think so far? Worth $10?

6 hours in and still in the tutorial. Haven't played a game outside the tutorial yet. It's $5 at the moment on steam.

Bou Mar 13, 2020 @ 3:55pm

18 hours in and can't continue my campaign because heroes refuse to attack the objective. It is bug ridden.

Bou Apr 4, 2020 @ 2:47pm

Stumbled upon a Caesar inspired game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157220/Nebuchadnezzar/

Kursah Apr 6, 2020 @ 9:17am

I will be watching this one, thanks for the share!

Bou Jun 29, 2020 @ 8:14am

I have tried the Augustus mod for Caesar 3 which is much better than Julius IMHO. It adds gameplay features from the later games.

https://github.com/Keriew/augustus#readme

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Kursah Jun 29, 2020 @ 9:07am

Originally posted by Bou:
I have tried the Augustus mod for Caesar 3 which is much better than Julius IMHO. It adds gameplay features from the later games.

https://github.com/Keriew/augustus#readme

Thank you! I just watched part of a recent video on the Augustus mod for Caesar 3, and it seems like it takes things to the next level beyond Julius.

I didn't have time this weekend to post about it, so thank you for doing so today! Now I need to make time to check this out. :)

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