Belle Epoque -

[rmsharpe]

What governments are what in this, though?

Is communism still in the communism slot, or is it in fundamentalism, monarchy, etc? Can you give a rundown on what government is what?

[Eivind IV]

Governments:

General Strike - Anarchy
Autocracy - Despotism
Traditional Monarchy - Monarchy
Communist State - Communism
Fascism - Fundamentalism
Limited Democracy - The Republic
Multiparty Democracy - Democracy

Britain, Germany, France and the US start off with Limited Democracy. Russia, the Ottomans and Japan with Traditional Monarchy. Then scen goes from January 1902 to around 1920-ish.

I havn't yet decided if Communism should be in the Fundamentalism slot, and vica verca, yet. And I havn't decided how the Russian revolution should be represented...

[rmsharpe]

How about for the beta, do both, and have people report back to you what seems to work?

[Eivind IV]

I'll post the beta tomorrow, or later today (this evening for me that is)

[Eivind IV]

Behold! Here comes the beta for my latest scenario; 'La Belle Epoque'.

Please give me some feedback, whatever it might be...and please identify yourself when downloading

La Belle Epoque

[Eivind IV]

"After the Franco-German war in 1870/71, Europe enjoyed a period of interior peace for more than forty years until the start of the First World War in 1914. During this period, many important developments took place, especially in England, France, Austria, Germany and the United States. The second wave of the industrial revolution seized the world. Above all it concerned the chemical industry and the electrical engineering, it was the start of the era of the combustion engine and the mass production of steel, the machines became more efficient and more powerful, the ships bigger and their construction less expensive, the propulsion changed from the paddle to the screw, from the piston to the turbine, and their speed doubled. The trains got steel rails on which longer and heavier trains could drive one and a half times as fast as before; therefore it became the most important mean of transport. At the same time began the definite conquest of the air: The first planes were built, and the airships of Zeppelin went down in history. People living in this period were materially confident and culturally optimistic. All social classes were seized by the feeling of a new start into better times. So began, on this basis, the time which nowadays not only the French call the 'La Belle Epoque' (The beutiful time)."

[Eivind IV]

Based on some comments at CDG, here's the first beta update.

[typhoon]

I must say that is the most realistic terrain I've seen yet.

[Arthedain]

Looks really nice Eivind

[Varwnos]

It certainly looks wonderful
but having such a small map really makes war a bit too much of a fantasy, since all the cities are near each other... the europa universalis feel isnt easy to create with civ2

[Cyrion]

I haven't dled it yet, but the printscreen is simply beautiful!

[:) Smiley]

Very beautiful, though like varwnos said, it's crowded. Are all those cities really necessary?

[Eivind IV]

If you open the game you'll see that Europe is the only place on the map were it's a bit crowded. This is were most of the production is, so in my opinion it is necessary. Glad you all like it! I don't care so much for the looks myself, what about playability?

[Eivind IV]

Second beta update:

[fairline]

Eivind, just downloaded the scenario and it looks nice One thing, do me a favour and use these for the Ottomans; the WW1 uniform is the khaki one, while before 1909 they had worn blue in winter/ white in summer. BTW, the German steel helmet I was referring to before was the later WW1 version, not the spiked helmet. Most Turks wore the Enverieh hat shown on the second figure.

One thing about the unit names: 'British conscripts' sounds a little incongruous as conscription wasn't introduced until well into WW1 in Britain.