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Arilou said:
Remember to play the Kaisserreich Scenario?

:) That would be the usual advice!

I may have to mess about with the 'scenario.csv' so it definitely comes up at the top. Renaming the scenario '00-<something>' doesn't seem to work!
 
Zuckergußgebäck said:
Why bother with JGSME? Simply copy your HOI2 folder, take the necessary Kaiserreich files and paste them in, and then delete all other scenarios?

Yeah, obviously there are a lot of ways to install Mods, but I think telling people that they must copy their entire HOI2 directory (close to one 1GB!) to install the Mod may be a bit too much. On the other hand, people who prefer to play mods on different installations of HOI2 know how to do so anyway, and don't normally need to be told!

I personally prefer the JSGME, as it's simple to use and avoids all the horrible .exe installations that some Mods use, that I really dislike (especially when they start copying and deleting files and messing about with the registry!).
 
Arilou said:
Oh yeah, I have no idea what pictures are approporiate either. SOmeone with better Google-Fu will have to fix that.


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Look good, although the descriptions may need to be shortened a bit, to avoid crashes and needing to mess about with the .csv files!

Also, one thing is that it's generally not a good idea to mess about with the 'democratic' or 'political_left' sliders via events unless you're attempting to form new governments -> Changes to these sliders have a tendency to get rid of the current cabinet, and replace them with new ministers that the computer thinks would be more appropriate!

(eg. Hitler in Germany, Vlasov in Russia, etc....)
 
jinx said:
Sudetenland should be Austrian, and Austria should be German, as wouldve been the case.

:p - No it wouldn't.

* The Sudetenland was a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, therefore is administered as part of CZE.
* Before World War I the only people who wanted a union between Germany and Austria were Pan-Germanist mentals. No-one in elite circles thought this would be a good idea. Had Germany won the war, this would have remained the case.

Having said that, Austria does get an option to claim the Sudetenland in the Ausgleich events, and there are Pan-Germanists in the mod who could conceivably attempt to push for an Anschluss should they become powerful. But nothing like this would be present at the start.
 
I'm thinking of some event files for uniting Scandinavia. The best way should be to have a socialist revolution start in one of the countries, probably by overthrowing the king, as Denmark, Sweden and Norway are all constitutional monarchies, and then revolts spread to the other countries and Scandinavia is painted red. It wouldn't really come to civil war, as Scandinavians are quite socialistic in nature, so it would be a relatively unbloody revolution.

What do you think of this idea Sarmatia?
 
Do you have some events for Böhmen? (what disgusting name for the Czech Kingdom, Czech republic or Czech lands!! :p - sorry but I live in "Böhmen"). It sounds like nazi name for Czech and Moravia - "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" :( .

I played for Böhmen and I think that military situation is very VERY good :) :) About 15 divisions, that's super! If you want to, I can write some text for czech events. Something like "we'll call for slavic help, we don't want to live under austrians!!"... Because situation in Czech lands in 1900 - 1918 was very very bad, Czechs hated Austrians and Hungarians (because of giving autonomy to Hungary in 1867 - Czechs didn't get autonomy in 1867, neither in space 1867 - 1914 :(
 
I must say I fell very sorry for you Czechs, you've been living under foreign control for centuries, that's a prime example of European imperialism.
 
Admiral Fyyar said:
I'm thinking of some event files for uniting Scandinavia. The best way should be to have a socialist revolution start in one of the countries, probably by overthrowing the king, as Denmark, Sweden and Norway are all constitutional monarchies, and then revolts spread to the other countries and Scandinavia is painted red. It wouldn't really come to civil war, as Scandinavians are quite socialistic in nature, so it would be a relatively unbloody revolution.

What do you think of this idea Sarmatia?

We like this idea so much that it's already being planned - You're forgiven for not having read the entire thread though!

I believe CCurio and Arilou have both come up with possible paths for this -> One being a socialist Scandinavia being formed after Britain starts interfering in Norway, and the other being a Monarchist one either developing via Swedish Imperialism or a grand mutual security agreement amongst the Scandinavian monarchies.

So, any help fleshig these paths out would be excellent! Also, a flag is needed for 'SCA' that would appropriate for both possible means of formation...
 
I must say I fell very sorry for you Czechs, you've been living under foreign control for centuries, that's a prime example of European imperialism.

Well, we've been living under foreign control since 1620 (battle on the White Mountain - Austrians tried to beat us and they did :p so we are catholics). Before 1620 we were independent part of Holy Roman Empire (Germany) and in one time (in the fourteenth century) we had corridor to the Baltic sea :rofl:.

But yes, we have been living under foreign control, but living under Austrians wasn't too bad ("worst" czech extremist, writer and poet K. H. /that isn't Karl Hermann!! but Karel Havlicek/ Borovsky wasn't executed but he must live in exil in... Belgium!! In nicest place I've ever seen :rofl: :rofl: ).

Under Nazi control it was terrible. About 200,000 Czechs were executed. :( But after war we didn't get democracy - because there were many communists - for 40 years we lived under red terror... :mad:

But now... we are happy :p :p
 
trezza_cz said:
Do you have some events for Böhmen? (what disgusting name for the Czech Kingdom, Czech republic or Czech lands!! :p - sorry but I live in "Böhmen"). It sounds like nazi name for Czech and Moravia - "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" :( .

I played for Böhmen and I think that military situation is very VERY good :) :) About 15 divisions, that's super! If you want to, I can write some text for czech events. Something like "we'll call for slavic help, we don't want to live under austrians!!"... Because situation in Czech lands in 1900 - 1918 was very very bad, Czechs hated Austrians and Hungarians (because of giving autonomy to Hungary in 1867 - Czechs didn't get autonomy in 1867, neither in space 1867 - 1914 :(

Actually, good point - 'Böhmen' would be a bit horrible if you're Czech - may need to be changed! 'Kingdom of Bohemia' would be the most likely rendering in English, but anything else you'd suggest?

The way Bohemia's gone in the Kaiserreich timeline, is that the stresses in the post-war period have meant it's been granted a considerable amount of autonomy within the Austrian half of the Dual Monarchy and has a greatly strengthened Diet. So, the Czechs are probably going to see this position as the best possible solution at the present, as they would have some level of self-determination, and the alternative would basically be being swallowed up by Germany.

However, if Austria pushes at the Ausgleich, and starts demanding land, then the Czechs do get a very definite chance to make a bid for independence, and because they've got a good army and lots of industry, they stand a reasonable chance of winning, particularly if Hungary is causing trouble as well.

The problem with 'calling for Slavic help' would be that there isn't really much that can be found - Russia is a bit of mess for the first few years, and the other Slavonic states are quite heavily under German influence. However, I was thinking that an independant or strong Bohemia would be the obvious centre for a Westernised Pan-Slavic movement, so any good leaders for this sort of path would be greatly appreciated! Also, a Bohemia-Austria war could quickly develop into a Slavicist version of the Spanish Civil War, with volunteers turning up from the Slavonic countries to help the bid for national independence....

Another thing I wanted to model with regard to Bohemia would be the tensions between the ethnic Germans and Czechs - if I remember, this was a major point of contention before the war, with both sides constantly arguing over language rights in the Kingdom (to the extent that the Germans actually started feeling disenfranchised!). So some events along these lines would be good as well...
 
Well, I'm not good at flags, but the vanilla version of the flag with a red star or something in the middle would make a fine socialist one, and the Victoria SCA flag is perfect for a monarchy, you just need to adjust it for HOI2, again, I don't know much about making flags.

A possible way to make them monarchist is simple:

As a result of growing unrest in Europe, a meeting between Denmark, Sweden and Norway is called for uniting the three nations. The most probable king would be Christian X, while you could pick which HoG you want. The nations get the choice of joining the union or not. Chances are high that they will, as the cultural difference is very small (IMO).

To make them moderate socialist, the basic outline is the same, with the exception that it will be a socialist republic.

But the third possibility is a (relatively peaceful) revolution which spreads through the three countries and ends up with a radical socialist Scandinavia (think Union of Scandinavian Socialist Republics), Syndicalist is too much, as the Scandinavian countries dosen't suffer from poverty or wide-spread unemployment, but that could change with the Imperial Stock Market Crash (have been following a little though)
 
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As a result of growing unrest in Europe, a meeting between Denmark, Sweden and Norway is called for uniting the three nations. The most probable king would be Christian X, while you could pick which HoG you want. The nations get the choice of joining the union or not. Chances are high that they will, as the cultural difference is very small (IMO).

My idea was actually that you got to pick your King (since even Finland is a monarchy in this scenario they can be a choice too) So after Scandinavia is formed you get to pick beween Christian, Haakon, Gustav & Väino.
 
A good idea, but Christian X is grandson of the "Father-in-law of Europe" (Christian IX), but still, it would be fair to be able to pick. BTW, what types are the other kings, I know Christian X is Weary Stiff-Neck. I'll pick depending on usefulness, not nationality. Also, I doubt that Finland´would join in the first round.
 
Admiral Fyyar said:
A good idea, but Christian X is grandson of the "Father-in-law of Europe" (Christian IX), but still, it would be fair to be able to pick. BTW, what types are the other kings, I know Christian X is Weary Stiff-Neck. I'll pick depending on usefulness, not nationality. Also, I doubt that Finland´would join in the first round.

Gustav V is Pig-headed Isolationist I believe. Not sure what Haakon or Väino is.

And yeah, Finland probably wouldn't join the first round (they'll in all likelyhood be fascist in-game :p) But should the fascist government somehow be "overthrown" well...
 
I like pig-heads for dictatorships, 25% more money and NO penalties!

This has many possibilities for an interesting war, such as the Red Alliance between the socialist and syndicalist European countries against Germany.
 
Sarmatia1871 said:
Actually, good point - 'Böhmen' would be a bit horrible if you're Czech - may need to be changed! 'Kingdom of Bohemia' would be the most likely rendering in English, but anything else you'd suggest?
I´d say changing it would be rather silly, as that would mean that we would have to change the german puppet states into English aswell. Since Böhmen is under Austrian domination, it would probably be called Böhmen.
 
Zuckergußgebäck said:
I´d say changing it would be rather silly, as that would mean that we would have to change the german puppet states into English aswell. Since Böhmen is under Austrian domination, it would probably be called Böhmen.

Mmmm - although looking over things, 'Böhmen/Bohemia' is the only state in Austria-Hungary with a German name apart from 'Galizien-Lodomerien' (we don't even have 'Österreich'!). It might be best to limit the German names only to the countries that were produced as a direct result of the post-Brest-Litovsk treaties...
 
I have a suggestion on the new order in the Caucasus. In the mod Armenia starts with the provinces of Yerevan and Kirovabad, Azerbaijan also has claims on Kirovabad. And I personally feel that a Turkish Ottoman gouvernment (especially when pressured by Pan-Turkist reformists) would have favoured a strong Azerbaijan over a strong Armenia.
Therefore I think that Kirovabad should go to Azerbaijan, this of course would lead to resentment amongst the Armenians and an anti-Ottoman attitude, this could give the nation of Armenia a chance to end their puppet status via events (if they are backed by a powerfull nation that is) and fight for a Greater Armenia.
 
Sarmatia1871 said:
Mmmm - although looking over things, 'Böhmen/Bohemia' is the only state in Austria-Hungary with a German name apart from 'Galizien-Lodomerien' (we don't even have 'Österreich'!). It might be best to limit the German names only to the countries that were produced as a direct result of the post-Brest-Litovsk treaties...
I´d say that is because those Austro-hungarian nations are under Hungarian sovereignity rather than Austrian.
 
Afsin said:
I have a suggestion on the new order in the Caucasus. In the mod Armenia starts with the provinces of Yerevan and Kirovabad, Azerbaijan also has claims on Kirovabad. And I personally feel that a Turkish Ottoman gouvernment (especially when pressured by Pan-Turkist reformists) would have favoured a strong Azerbaijan over a strong Armenia.
Therefore I think that Kirovabad should go to Azerbaijan, this of course would lead to resentment amongst the Armenians and an anti-Ottoman attitude, this could give the nation of Armenia a chance to end their puppet status via events (if they are backed by a powerfull nation that is) and fight for a Greater Armenia.

Yeah, seems possible! As Azerbaijan is one of the world's biggest oil producers given the province resource distribution, Germany would probably want it to be strong and stable too.

Although the only powerful nations I could imagine backing Armenia would be Italy (if it reaffirms its loyalty to the Holy Father!) and Russia (perhaps...).