To Ichigo1o34tv: Kill an enemy unit using a Sand Shinobi unit. It specifically has to be the Sand Shinobi dealing the final blow.

question how exactly do you get puppets played 1 whole game didnt see any?

Minor update coming tomorrow!!! I've made this mod compatible with the Sistine overhaul mod~

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Saw a text mistake I made, minor update coming to the Hidden Sand mod tomorrow

Another minor update coming tomorrow! Again, it's related to ongoing developments on the Naruto City-States mod.

I found a bug plaguing the Stucco Buildings' food output so I'm correcting it, update coming in 3 days. Hope you've enjoyed playing as Gaara or having him around in your games btw :)

Major update coming in 3 days! I'm giving Gaara a buff I forgot to give him back on the update last October, I meant to remove his Military Training civic requirement for the desert combat bonus in that update, so I'll be doing it in 3 days :)

This should make the first half of Gaara's leader ability.... essentially a lite version of Naruto's leader ability, except it extends to all deserts instead of just Hidden Sand territory.
( Also if you are wondering where I have been, don't worry I haven't neglected the Naruto mod series' development, Tobirama and the Naruto city-states are coming up next, just that it'll take some time cause I'm mainly helping out with the art for Aldollin's COTR mod, we're working on an updated version of that mod. )

AAaaand a minor update coming tomorrow! (Decided to change the historic moment art for the Shinobi.... again, yes .)

Major update coming in three days!!! (23rd) Going to overhaul a few things in this mod, mostly to balance and keep high the quality of this mod :> (And to make it compatible for the upcoming Naruto City-States mod and the eventual Akatsuki mod)

Ohhhh that explains it… of course the Sand is going to wipe the floor with almost any civ on deserts. Gaara by himself is canonically capable of burying an entire army with a giant tsunami of literal sand (He’s remarkably powerful even by the standards of Naruto ninjas)… that and, when I uploaded this mod, I said that this civ’s setup was basically “Vietnam of the desert”, but outside deserts, they behave like a normal civ :)

Regarding the Puppet situation, yes sure, I have accepted your request for that reason :> I have a feeling though, that whatever mod is causing this error is interfering with the support units section. But we can discuss that more where you’re going to send me your list.

Hello, Boa. After carefully reading your answer, I now see your point. I was considering the Sand civ too strong because my maps are 95% made of desert (I'm recreating a post-apocalyptic situation, in which the world is a desert wasteland). As for a possible mod conflict, that makes sense too, because I have a few mods that alter units in some way (promotion trees, for example). Would sending you a list of the mods I have installed help? Thank you for your kind answer and for the definitely interesting mods, even though I'm not a Naruto fan. 😁

Hi DavidBurnsideZF, could you clarify in detail what you mean by saying that the Hidden Sand is too strong? In terms of shinobi units.... not only the Sand, the Naruto civs are definitely quite strong even with my months-long effort to balance them last year, the Sand has the strongest of the five (in my opinion, it helps makes up for their desert start), and as for whether non-Naruto civs will be able to resist... the solution for a final balance will be addressed in my upcoming Naruto City-States mod, which would (according to the drafts anyway, not finalized) make shinobi purchasable for anyone :)

As for puppets... that's weird, prior to posting this comment, just to make sure I tested the mod again just to make sure everything was working alright, I had no problems creating puppet units. Maybe you might want to do some double-checking on your side to make sure some other mod or something isn't interfering with the process?

Hi. Isn't this civ too strong when compared to most other civs? Regarding Puppets, my Shinobis don't seem to be able to make them for some reason.

Another minor update coming tomorrow, found a way to potentially get around a compatibility issue caused by the shinobi's cs bonus from promotions

Minor update coming tomorrow, made a slight tweak with Gaara's AI behavior and leader ability

UPDATE: I will be releasing the update early, as in an hour or a few hours from the posting of this comment. I've noticed since yesterday, that my laptop where I made this mod has been hit with.... something that slows its entire performance down, that I have not been able to solve with conventional methods, so I will need to reformat it, hence why I will be releasing the updates before doing so.

I also believe it will be better for more people that I release the updates first so that they can enjoy it, and so that the issues with my laptop will not delay its scheduled release tomorrow. It should be great news for those who love playing this mod too, as they'll essentially be getting new features a day early.

As always, feedback is appreciated, although if I were to change something in the near future (hopefully I don't, but if needed then I hope it'll be a minor tweak), it'll have to wait till my laptop is back running properly in good condition.

Major update coming this coming Monday! Needed to make some rebalances, so I made tweaks to the Shinobi (once again. hopefully this will be the last major one tho cause i have another mod unrelated to naruto that i need to attend to that i agreed to help with a while back)

Also, puppets are coming in the next update, they're heavily connected to the Sand's shinobi unit. It just made more sense to have puppets, also the extra gold maintenance for captured units was bugging me, hence why i added and made them actual units. ( That and I also rewrote parts of Gaara's leader ability cause of some consistency issues with the lore that I noticed... also to make him more... well let's just say, I like his new leader ability more than the old one, feels more consistent )

Major update coming in three days! (The 24th)
Changes will include tweaks on the shinobi units, a slight tweak in the Stucco Buildings, along with other minor things

Update coming on Monday! (Not tomorrow cause I get caught up with other stuff on Sundays)
Just a minor update attempting to shorten the config text of the Shinobi unit~

Finally finished tweaking some stuff, major update coming in three days! I reworked a bit of the Hidden Sand's war science bonus (so that it doesn't overexplode cause that became quite annoying to deal with for me), and I also tweaked Gaara's bonus a bit.... expect to receive a free Inspiration each time you make an alliance when this update is out.

(Also JimmyQ if you see this, it looks like that was a bug even I was not able to get around, but I think the upcoming tweak should finally solve things)

Minor update coming tomorrow! As I work on the Third Tsuchikage's sprite, I decided to do over a slight remake to the leader icon of Gaara, so some adjustments coming to the look his portrait tomorrow! (It's super minor and completely irrelevant in terms of gameplay, so you can ignore this unless I decide later to add something at the last minute before the update)

I saw a typo I made on the code of Gaara's AI behavior that could cause problems so I'm updating this mod tomorrow just to fix that

Okay, slight change of plans, I'm extending the update for tomorrow to 3 days from now instead. Took a look at the Stucco Buildings recently as I am already working on the Hidden Stone and decided to make it 2 Housing by default to make it a bit more relevant, kinda like early mini-neighborhoods with specific terrain requirements

Don't Run Gaara with Science Overflow Mods, if you go to war late game it overflows the bits and soft locks the game. Or maybe I was stacking too much science.

Minor update coming tomorrow! Saw a thing I needed to correct, regarding the configuration code of citizen names

ah, that is actually a good suggestion! Thanks for the idea, I'll remember your comment if I decide to pursue that idea!

Not sure how it would work, but the Tailed Beasts could be re-skinned Giant Death Robots, that unit seems to be closest to the devastation that tailed-beasts can create, you could even rename the techs that unlock them and its abilities to things like Tailed Beast Summoning, Jinchuriki Creation, Teachings of the Beast for Tailed Beast Bomb(Ranged Siege Cannon for the Robot)

Updating this mod tomorrow! I adjusted DLC/mod requirements to give this mod more compatibility.

Update coming tomorrow, need to adjust some DLC requirements

Update coming on March 1!!! Most of the major changes will be balance tweaks on the Shinobi unit, and for the Sand in particular, a tweak in the code that I needed to make because the whole "Campuses getting extra science during war" bonus is buggy

Nvm btw, I just remembered updating this mod would mean adding custom music cause i completely forgot until now you guys don't have the version with custom music so I'm extending the update time within three days~ (aka next year.... happy holidays guys xD)

Minor update coming to Gaara tomorrow, I found an error in his dialogue and need to fix it!

Also, they're just floated ideas at the moment 😅
But oh boy if I can manage to pull it off, the experience would be epic! (Then we can have a scary Ten-Tails domination victory xD)

This modd is incredible! Also Tailed beast as capturable barbarians and Akatusi as a SS sounds epic! Fantastic work

Yesterday, I noticed a strange error that would prevent this mod from working unless the Hidden Leaf Village mod I made was enabled, so before people start to get bothered by it. I'm updating this mod tomorrow to fix that. Also, be on the lookout for a mini mod I will release to circumvent this error when the update happens, I will post it in the Naruto mod collection.

Hope you all are enjoying this mod! :> I have another minor update coming to this mod after a while, need to edit something in civilopedia once again.

Hmmmm, that may actually be a good idea, I will give it thought :0

For this modding season I'm focusing only on the ninja villages and kage as alternate leaders for now, I actually have another finalized mod series to attend to ( related to a certain popular game released in 2015~ ) after I finish turning the ninja villages into playable civs (and city states). For now, I'm currently working on the Raikage (Bee's brother, the Fourth), so yes the Hidden Cloud is next for release~

I do have a draft mod for the Akatsuki (as a secret society, not a civ), though that's still a WIP regarding how it'll function, and recently I have considered tailed beasts, if I decide add them at some point (assuming I can figure out how to do so) I'd like to think they'll be like permanent capturable barbarian units that you can use, though enemy civs can also capture them from you...

I'll consider if I will work on those once I'm done with that next mod series coming after Naruto

Both the Naruto and Gara leaders are amazing! Will you be working on Universal Units (UU) next? Basically "Naruto series" based units that all leaders can be used by unlocking certain tech or civis? Also, for Naruto, Gara, or any other Hidden villages will they have tailed beasts instead of nukes in the future?

I'm really happy you're enjoying it wyldechild712! Feel free to play it to your heart's content~

Speaking of which, as for general things to everyone here, I have an update coming tomorrow, just need to change some small text and add another second agenda Gaara has a chance of getting

yay!!! So glad this mod is here! I'm enjoying it :) thanks for another great mod

Minor update coming tomorrow, while working on the Hidden Cloud there was something I realized I needed to tweak with the code of the Shinobi for an important reason, but overall nothing in gameplay should change!

Minor update coming to this one tomorrow, just need to correct some texts and add a name~

Thank you for the support as always Kevin!!! :D
I have three more major Naruto civs coming next, before I move on to alt leaders and city-states for this modding season~

That being said, I do hope people here enjoy this mod well as well as the other mods of this series, if they do so it's a natural sign that I made this mod well 😊

Congrats on yet another Naruto civ!

Cory in the House is the best anime ever.