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BTW,
this is our latest version on the French forum:
After discussing with a french poster who is muslim and know a good deal about Islam, he explains us that the star, although being a islamic symbol (the five arms definitely representing the five pillars of Islam in muslim symbolism), probably has roots into other pre-islamic traditions.
Now, Sunni muslims had a tendency to incorporate the pre-islamic traditions into their faith, while Shia muslims tends to stick to the text and foresearch a "purest" form of Islam.
Hence, Abd thinks that the crescent with star whould be Sunni, while the crescent alone should be Shia.
That said, strictly historically, that's not true, as both symbols could be found in both branch of Islam, but:
1- The crescent with a star is definitely more islamic than the original EU2 crescent with a big round blob that doens't represent anything at all,
2 - This is as good as we can get in finding a reason to attribute one symbol to the Sunni and the other to the Shia.
Cat
PS: Sorry, I didn't have time to incorporate the new pagan symbol you made.
this is our latest version on the French forum:
After discussing with a french poster who is muslim and know a good deal about Islam, he explains us that the star, although being a islamic symbol (the five arms definitely representing the five pillars of Islam in muslim symbolism), probably has roots into other pre-islamic traditions.
Now, Sunni muslims had a tendency to incorporate the pre-islamic traditions into their faith, while Shia muslims tends to stick to the text and foresearch a "purest" form of Islam.
Hence, Abd thinks that the crescent with star whould be Sunni, while the crescent alone should be Shia.
That said, strictly historically, that's not true, as both symbols could be found in both branch of Islam, but:
1- The crescent with a star is definitely more islamic than the original EU2 crescent with a big round blob that doens't represent anything at all,
2 - This is as good as we can get in finding a reason to attribute one symbol to the Sunni and the other to the Shia.
Cat
PS: Sorry, I didn't have time to incorporate the new pagan symbol you made.
Re: Re: Re: Another replacement
Cat
BTW, the Jewish stars has six arms, while the Muslim stars has five.
Cat
Just right-click on the new symbols in my post and use "Save Picture As..." to get it on your hard drive.
Back up the original religion.bmp image in the Paradox EU2 GFX\Interface folder, and copy our new religion.bmp file there to replace it.
That's all.
Dead easy.
Cat
Ahhhhhhhhh I get what happened.
I used the same filename and put it in my pub folder, that's the wrong image for the IFU. The IFU file you refer to that I made isn't up anymore and that should be a dead link.
Weren't you confused by the lack of any christian symbols?
Either way, I was the post there as well, why didn't you credit me?
So where's this at? All here happy with the new looks?
If so I suggest you post in the main GD forum for more general feedback.
If so I suggest you post in the main GD forum for more general feedback.
Weren't the Incas sun-worshippers? I remember in the alternate history novel the Wheel of If they are definitely sun-worshippers; it's a pivotal point in the plot. Not that that alone is evidence toward it, but I assumed he was stealing from history rather than making up his own deities...
How about turning the Yin-Yang symbol the right way? The dots should be on a vertical line not horizontal. The dark part forms the lower half in most (but not all) cases that I have checked.
I'm afraid it is based on misconceptions/artistic lisence. Authors are prone to fake history even in factual history books, then why not even more in alternate history
First googled link
For added impact, separate post.
Weren't most pagan EU2-time religions more obvious about their 'ancestor-worship' part than the other religions?
But what would be a good symbol for ancestor worship?
A death's head?
A stick man?
Weren't most pagan EU2-time religions more obvious about their 'ancestor-worship' part than the other religions?
But what would be a good symbol for ancestor worship?
A death's head?
A stick man?
Umm...not to burst anyone's bubble...but were the Shi'ite and Sunni crescents switched deliberately?
Mmmh, good idea, that should be doable, i will see what I can do...
Cat
PS: [Trivia mode]2800 posts ! Yeah, baby ![/Trivia mode]
Don't think so... In my game the one with the little star innit is the Shi'ite one... which is correct...
Ttt, ttt, ttt...
Apart if you have changed them, I can assure you I swap them as you can see here:
Originally posted by Phillip V
Old ones:
New ones:
So, have another look in the game
Cat
Originally posted by Cat Lord
Ttt, ttt, ttt...
Apart if you have changed them, I can assure you I swap them as you can see here:
So, have another look in the game
Cat
It's cause I use that on the top, but with a star
But, in my game it is the Shiite which has the start thingie... maybe I got one version before you guys changed it or something then... I've just played the Timurids/Mughals, and I know that the usual one is Sunni...
Weird
Are you sure you are not mixing up the fact that the shields those appear on your provinces are not your main religion that should only appear on your capital ?Originally posted by Mormegil
It's cause I use that on the top, but with a star
But, in my game it is the Shiite which has the start thingie... maybe I got one version before you guys changed it or something then... I've just played the Timurids/Mughals, and I know that the usual one is Sunni...
Weird
Cat