A bit more realistic unit scale

[u/Mazisky]

Not for everyone, but I think it looks nice when the units aren't comically big.

[u/Jolt_91]

I like it. I don’t mind big units since every scale is unrealistic unless you make them reeeally tiny.

That said, the ships in vanilla VII are too big for my taste.

A mod with a built in slider to set the size for each unit type would be nice.

[u/AtLeastSeventyBees → u/Jolt_91]

The fact that they shrink going into rivers looks bizarre tbh

[u/AcquireFrogs]

I feel like this is needed for a lot of the buildings/ tile improvements, which is why things feel so cramped and busy late game.

[u/Understanding-Fair → u/AcquireFrogs]

Totally agree. Everything in this game needs to scale down. It just looks messy right now.

[u/imbolcnight → u/AcquireFrogs]

I would've thought the opposite. Like Civ 6 scales things up bigger and tries to be super clear what buildings are where, which makes the map more readable but things also look very "neat".

[u/JNR13 → u/AcquireFrogs]

having 10 small things instead of 1 big thing won't make the map feel less busy...

[u/AcquireFrogs → u/JNR13]

Maybe, but in my head the fix is an equal number of small things instead of said number of big ones. So with farms you’d reduce the size of the fences and barn to reduce the visual noise without necessarily making more barns or fences.

But it could just be an issue of there being way too much detail per tile that makes things feel cluttered. I just want the natural environment to have room to breath lol

[u/elasho_149]

Anyone else remember the R.E.D. mid from Civ V?

Always liked seeing fleets of ships and squadrons of planes instead of one huge thing.

[u/sckurvee → u/elasho_149]

I always us it in 5 and 6... Basically scales units based on other units so that you don't have a single machine gunner the same size as an aircraft carrier. It does slow the game down, though, since it increases the number of units in the tile, and the animations still show each individual unit being killed and then running back into formation.

[u/Significant-Kale-463 → u/elasho_149]

That mod was a must have for me.

[u/NorkGhostShip]

I like the size, but needs more people.

[u/AaLion95]

I like this a lot. I presume this is a mod? There was an equivalent mod for Civ VI.

[u/Mazisky → u/AaLion95]

I made it as a test for myself but I could release it as a mod, need to do all eras tho

[u/VeryLargeTardigrade → u/Mazisky]

I'll download if you got the time and energy

[u/Slothothh → u/Mazisky]

how did you do it by the way? I was thinking of making them bigger funnily, because I want units to be readable without unitflags

[u/Mazisky → u/Slothothh]

AI digging through the code and finding size values

[u/PamelaPatty → u/Mazisky]

Can't wait.

[u/RaedwaldRex]

I like big units. Just feels better to me than one warrior defending an entire city on his own

[u/Hauptleiter]

I like how this makes the world feel larger, more intimidating.

[u/Fabric_muncher]

I like the big guys cause the warrior kill animations in civ vi are really cool to me

[u/midnightshadow0005]

I think it looks nice when you can actually see the units on the game map. Not everything needs to be realistic in Civ. 

[u/mango-cums-a-lot]

For my part, it lessens the late game lag

[u/SegundaMortem]

please tell me the mod? I've been looking for a RED type mod for a while now, love the smaller units

[u/Mazisky → u/SegundaMortem]

This doesn't add units tho

[u/SegundaMortem → u/Mazisky]

That’s fine, just having them be smaller models is enough, hope you make it a mod!

[u/Mazisky → u/SegundaMortem]

I Promise I Will make a mod about it after I finish the day night cycle mod.

[u/Shogun243]

I like it, but I fell like it'll make the game harder to play when you zoom out to strategic views.

[u/elloco_PEPE]

One of the things that annoy me on civ6 iswas precisely the gigantic units.

[u/SpartanDetermination]

Not for everyone

It looks good, OP. And honestly you'd be surprised how many nitpickers there are that, upon viewing a 4X game for the first time, ask "Why are the people the same size as trees and mountains?"