ww1 scenario idea

[techumseh]

I agree with GePap (for once ) about the German Stosstrupen. Since they used infiltration tactics, perhaps make them able to move through zoc's. Powerful and very expensive.

The A7V was one of the worst tanks of the war. It was slow and vulnerable and had worse cross-country performance than the Schneider or St. Chamond. Very few were built, although the Germans COULD have built more. They also COULD have improved it, so the Germans in your scenarios could be given that option, if you wish.

[Broken_Erika]

the A7V could move at 8mph while the mkIV moved at 4mph,
and it did have better armor, it's main drawback was the positioning of the tracks, a few changes in the design could have made it a rather fearsome tank

and i still need a good graphic of the last german ww1 tank, the Leichte Kampfwagen,
good pictures can be found here

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/lk2-strv21_walkaround.htm

[Broken_Erika]

Here are some pictures of tanks that i could use, or i could make more ships and aircraft instead,

[GePap]

Ots a question of what you want your scenerio to be really:

If you want a close connection to the actual events of WW1, and for a player to fight that wair faithfully, then in the end, lost of tanks for the Central Powers makes no sense- it would make sense to remove them and in their place put in some Big Bertha type large caliber anti-fortress artillery, and Stormtroopers.

If you want to deviate ffrom history and have a "waht could have been" type of scenerio, then you can include possible German armor.

[Broken_Erika]

How the war will turn out will depend on the player, you could play historicly (attack france through belgium) or you could try a different method like attack france head on(not reccomended) or suprise the hell out of them and push through italy and attack them from below. I also want the techs avalible so that you could go after tanks, or research something else(better aircraft, artillery or ships). The tech tree will be very complex, so i am probably in way over my head,

Edit: should i have country specific aircraft or a tree of generic aircraft?

[Broken_Erika]

Update you could research tanks, heavy artillery, heavy machine guns, battlecruiser design, armored cars, aircraft, destroyers, cruisers, subs ect, i want lots of choices,
If you want to acurately play germany you could focus on naval and aircraft techs,

and nomatter how much i change the units, i still want country specific battleships
so i need a turkish battleship

[GePap]

The Turks did not really make their own ships-the British confiscated Ottoman ships being made in British shipyards at the start of the war- you can use the German Cruisers Breslau and Goeben, which got away form the British in the Mediterranean in 1914 and ended up as part of the Ottoman Navy.

Maybe you should think about creating a multi file system, like Red Front- with each new year having a few new units, or even, new choices leading to multiple possible routes- very complex, but might do what you want to do.

[Broken_Erika]

Ack, this is ,my first scenario that will be released, i'll save the multible files thingey for a redo sometime in the future, i just want to get a good scenario out
P.S.: and i think i might go with a generic aircraft tree, 'cause it's less trouble.

[Patine]

Ultimately, generic aircraft at a WWI level isn't out of line. The technology gap really didn't become that apparent until the Second World War.

[Broken_Erika]

at the most, the generic aircraft tree will have 8 aircraft

[Broken_Erika]

Heres what my units look like now
3 levels of battlecruisers,
8 levels of aircraft
3 levels of armored cars
4 levels of artillery
2 levels of machine guns
2 levels of destroyers
3 levels of cruisers
2 levels of subs
and tanks
Edit: units updated, scroll down

[Patine]

Where's the Czarist Russian infantry?

[Leonidas]

Broken_Erika:

Best of luck on this project

My suggestion would be to keep things simple and straight forward, since this is your first scenario.

If you haven't done so yet, check out some of the other WW1 scenarios for civ2 and see what events they used, their tech trees, and how they placed their units.

All the best

[Broken_Erika]

Originally posted by Patine
Where's the Czarist Russian infantry?

oops, i knew i forgot something
i'll get right on it

[Broken_Erika]

trade or no trade?