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''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'' (RFC) is a "fan scenario"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2K Games – ''Beyond the Sword'' )〕 (mod) for the 2005 computer game ''Sid Meier's Civilization IV''. It is an 'Earth simulator' that uses a variety of scripted events to mirror history much more closely than a typical game of Civilization. The name of the scenario references its core feature—the dynamic "Rise and Fall" of civilizations through time—and its creator, Gabriele Trovato, known as "Rhye" in the forums community. A version of the scenario was included in the second official expansion pack, ''Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword''. It is the second most popular ''Civilization IV'' mod (after ''Fall from Heaven 2'') by number of downloads on Civilization Fanatics Center, a large ''Civilization'' fan website.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CivFanatics – Downloads Database )〕 ==Development== ''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'' built upon Gabriele Trovato's earlier mods for Civilization II and Civilization III, especially ''Rhye's of Civilization'' which also sought greater historical accuracy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rhye's of Civilization: the fastest loading mod )〕 The popularity of these prompted ''Civilization IV'' developers Firaxis to invite him to contribute content for inclusion in the game upon its release. The result was two maps ("Earth"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civilization IV Official Earth map )〕 and "Ice Age Earth"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civilization IV Official Ice Age Earth map )〕) and two historical scenarios ("Earth 1000 AD"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civilization IV Official Earth 1000 AD scenario )〕 and "Greek World"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civilization IV Official Greek World scenario )〕). The first alpha version of ''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'', then called "Rhye's Catapult", was released on 26 April 2006, featuring an elaborated Earth map and the "Rise and Fall" mechanism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CivFanatics Center: ''Let's celebrate RFC, now two years old'' )〕 With the release of the first official ''Civilization IV'' expansion, ''Warlords'', the mod was forked into two versions: one incorporating the new ''Warlords'' content and one that remained compatible with 'vanilla' ''Civilization IV''. A third fork was made with the release of the second expansion for the same reason. The ''Beyond the Sword'' version of ''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'' was one of the three user-created scenarios that shipped with the official Firaxis expansion (along with ''Fall from Heaven'' and ''Road to War'').〔 Development of all three forks continued concurrently, with new features being incorporated into all as far as possible. The final versions of all three were released on 2 June 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CivFanatics Center: ''v1.987 – v1.487 – v1.187: THE FINAL PATCH'' )〕 As of May 2010 there are two 'variants' of ''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'', which alter the core gameplay in some way. The first, ''RFC MP'', was released on 21 October 2007 and enables multiplayer games of ''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'' over the internet, LAN or locally in hotseat mode. In order to make this possible, several gameplay features had to be disabled.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RFC MP )〕 The second variant, ''RFC RAND'', was released on 28 July 2008. It is similar to regular ''Rhye's and Fall of Civilization'' but is played on a randomised map of various sizes, climates and "Earth likeness". Other parameters are also randomised, such as which civilizations will appear in the game and when and where they will "spawn". The variant is intended to provide "something halfway between RFC and standard Civ", but the reaction to it has been mixed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RFC RAND )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhye's and Fall of Civilization」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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