ww1 scenario idea

[Telescreen]

Yes but if the war continues all the way to 1918 the armies of Germany will be totaly exhausted, and they are forced to send 15-16 year old kids to the frontline.
The french are sending every man they can find into the frontlines, resulting in economic crisis in the homeland.

These events are very important to make it realistic and historical.

[jim panse]

@ Erika: To get Civ-specific units is rather easy.

For example:

Each nation's basic infantry has "Conscription" as prerequesite tech. Now the trick is the following: You need a tech for each civ to be human-controlled and name it "NOT Civ1", "NOT Civ2", etc.

Then get the rules file, scroll down to the unit list. It looks like this:

German Troops, nil, 0, 2,0., 5a (...), Csc, 000000000000
British Troops, nil, 0, 2,0., 5a (...), Csc, 000000000000

You´d need to change the expiration tech ("nil") to the respective "NOT Civ1", "NOT Civ2" tech.

Is this clear?

[Broken_Erika]

thanks,
now i just have to rewrite the rules.txt, there seem to be missing lines and other rather gaping holes

[Broken_Erika]

More bugs, looks like i'll have to rewrite he rules again

[Broken_Erika]

civ-specific or generic techs?

[Patine]

I'd go with a mix of the two, actually. Some generic techs are needed, as Future Tech must be available to everyone. I'd say techs that grant improvements and generic units should be generic, whereas techs that grant civ-specific units could be civ-specific.

[NikolajRomanov]

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[Broken_Erika]

I am going to go with multable unit files, just to make the change in infantry a bit easier (for me anyways )
anyways, here is the units file (again, )
as you can see i have a lot of units to find, the fanatic slot and the last row will be blank in the first file, as will a number of other slots, in the second file they will be used for specialised units that did not show up until later in the war

[Broken_Erika]

Won't let me post the Title.gif

[Broken_Erika]

here is the title

http://www.cdgroup.org/Home/viewtopic.php?p=2908#2908

(hint, scroll down)

[Broken_Erika]

Which year should i have the unit files change at, 1915 or 1916, when the unit files are changed all infantry get upgraded, what else should be upgraded for the second unit file?

[Telescreen]

I put my money on 1915 =) However I think the germans renewed their outfits in 1916...but it won't really matter, I guess the point of making these scenarios is to grant the ability to change the historical outcome.

[Broken_Erika]

i'll do 1916, then the second unit file will upgrade all the infantry and allow the production of tanks, (assuming the necissary techs are researched of course) also i'm thinking of introducing upgraded naval units, that will simulate the heavier dreadnoughts that were introduced then,
I am going to use a couple of wonders, one for britain and one for france, they will help boost production, but when germany introduces unrestricted submarine warfare, these wonders will become obsolete and their effects will stop, plus the US will enter the war after a bit on the allied side,
if germany doesn't research it, then britain and france will still enjoy boosted production, i will also use wonders and events to make all of the powers production, income and food start plummeting in the later war years,

[Telescreen]

Do the US join the war as a player or will they be supplying France with troops as in Jim Panses scenario?

[Broken_Erika]

i ran out of players slots so they will just appear as french or british controlled units