French (Civ2)

The French are a blue in Civilization II. They are led by Louis XIV (male) and Joan of Arc (female), following an personality.
== Overview ==
=== Color ===
The French are a civilization, and act third in . A game including the French will not involve the s or s.
=== Leaders ===
The default French male leader is Louis XIV (1638–1715), Bourbon king of France from his infancy until his seventies. During his reign, he curtailed lingering aristocratic and Protestant power in France. He placed his grandson Philip on the throne, but at the cost of some colonies and Philip's ability to inherit France as well.
The default female leader is Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), a French peasant girl who—inspired by religious visions—rallied Armagnac morale against and Burgundian domination during the Hundred Years' War.
==== Titles ====
French leaders feature two unique titles: a is an "Archbishop", and a is a "Premier".
=== Personality ===
The French is : it will act belligerently in and prefer to settle many , while prioritizing for .
=== Cities ===
== Scenarios ==
France (or its historical predecessors) features in the original s provided with Civilization II:
* In , Marseille is the Independent Greek city Massalia. La Tene in Switzerland is the capital, providing a launching point for colonization of central and western France.
* In , the French are a purple civilization (replacing the s) primarily representing the Vichy régime under Marshal Pétain.
== Modding ==
The French are defined at Line 10 of the section of . Leader portraits are stored in Images 20 () (male) and 41 () (female) in ; their herald file is .
=== Bugs ===
The mk.dll file in the Multiplayer Gold Edition and Civilization II: Test of Time erroneously replaces the French leader portraits with duplicate images of the leaders. A third-party patch is available for MGE and ToT, and is incorporated in the Civilization II MGE User Interface Additions .
== See also ==
* French in other games
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