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Awesome! Sarmatias back! Well, that makes us a great deal more efficient. :) Anyway, yes, I think using those free forums is a better idea then simply waiting to be awarded one here. Besides, if we eventually are, then we can simply switch, or keep both.

About Libya: Well, the Ottomans own the Caucasus now, don't they? That should give them all the oil they need. I think the Ottoman Empire needs a general boost all around however, in terms of IC and infrastructure in Turkey. Before WWI the Ottoman Empire was indeed on the way to finally modernizing, and assuming that they did much better in WWI than in the original timeline, ethnic tensions in Palestine might have not been as hot, if the British weren't able to fan the flames even more. But as for Libya, with the Caucasus firmly under their control, a rush for oil wouldn't be that desperate.
 
SeanB said:
Awesome! Sarmatias back! Well, that makes us a great deal more efficient. :) Anyway, yes, I think using those free forums is a better idea then simply waiting to be awarded one here. Besides, if we eventually are, then we can simply switch, or keep both.

About Libya: Well, the Ottomans own the Caucasus now, don't they? That should give them all the oil they need. I think the Ottoman Empire needs a general boost all around however, in terms of IC and infrastructure in Turkey. Before WWI the Ottoman Empire was indeed on the way to finally modernizing, and assuming that they did much better in WWI than in the original timeline, ethnic tensions in Palestine might have not been as hot, if the British weren't able to fan the flames even more. But as for Libya, with the Caucasus firmly under their control, a rush for oil wouldn't be that desperate.


the thing is, by 1918 the Arab revolt/British had captured Damascus and the British would have likely kept advancing until the war ended in 1920. The ottoman government would have been reduced to only anatolia and then Atturk's nationalists might have taken the government. The ottoman policy was very anti-other ethnicities and the Arabs certainly wouldn't have given up their goal because of the British. By then the Arabs would have held the greater part of the Ottoman empire and might have been able to force a peace. The Germans wouldn't have wanted to get into some Arab-Turkish conflict so either A. The ottoman empire would be very unstable or B. It would be reduced to Anatolia.
 
SeanB said:
About Libya: Well, the Ottomans own the Caucasus now, don't they? That should give them all the oil they need. I think the Ottoman Empire needs a general boost all around however, in terms of IC and infrastructure in Turkey. Before WWI the Ottoman Empire was indeed on the way to finally modernizing, and assuming that they did much better in WWI than in the original timeline, ethnic tensions in Palestine might have not been as hot, if the British weren't able to fan the flames even more. But as for Libya, with the Caucasus firmly under their control, a rush for oil wouldn't be that desperate.
I can´t remember them having any control over the caucasus? (not even as puppets)

Anyway, I am not sure that having Mosley in the UoB is such a good idea, since he was a nobleman. Although he perhaps wouldn´t have fled to Canada, he would probably not have been given a place in the cabinet either.
 
GeneralHannible said:
the thing is, by 1918 the Arab revolt/British had captured Damascus and the British would have likely kept advancing until the war ended in 1920. The ottoman government would have been reduced to only anatolia and then Atturk's nationalists might have taken the government. The ottoman policy was very anti-other ethnicities and the Arabs certainly wouldn't have given up their goal because of the British. By then the Arabs would have held the greater part of the Ottoman empire and might have been able to force a peace. The Germans wouldn't have wanted to get into some Arab-Turkish conflict so either A. The ottoman empire would be very unstable or B. It would be reduced to Anatolia.
...or the germans would have sent reinforcements from a now complete western campaign.
 
Capn Bram said:
As an an avid fan of this mod, and because someone asked, I have set up an invision board, http://s11.invisionfree.com/Kaiserreich/index.php

All council members and Sarmatia, register on the forum and PM me, I will change you to administrator.

Also, tell me any forum configurations you have, as right now there are only two sub-forums.

I've already signed up
 
Capn Bram said:
As an an avid fan of this mod, and because someone asked, I have set up an invision board, http://s11.invisionfree.com/Kaiserreich/index.php

All council members and Sarmatia, register on the forum and PM me, I will change you to administrator.

Also, tell me any forum configurations you have, as right now there are only two sub-forums.

:D - Almost telepathic! I was just typing this up....

Okay cool - so the first short-term job (possibly evolving into the general role of Forum-Commissar...) may be the daunting task of going through this thread ( :eek: !) and pulling out the most important relevant information for an introductory section for each major thread.

I'd imagine the national ones of these (containing things like ministers, leaders, events and various historical arguments....) would be:

* Germany
* Eastern States (Poland, VBH, Belarus, Ukraine)
* Russia & Russian Empire Successor States
* Other Western Europe (Low Countries, Iberia, Ireland)
* Ottoman Empire
* Austria-Hungary
* Scandinavia
* Balkans
* Syndicalist Block (France, Britan and Sicilies; may need to be split up?)
* Entente Powers (Canada, Australia, National France)
* Papacy
* USA
* Latin America
* Japan
* China
* India
* Africa

Plus probably additional needed ones for:

* Techs
* Graphics

And important stickied threads at the top:

* Bugs/Technical Problems in Game (Stickied)
* Overall Outline (Stickied)
* Download Here (Stickied)

*** EDIT:

Oh yes, crucially - Simple modding resource/Code debugging instructions stickied at the top, so people can look in one place if they need help to create or modify events and game files by themselves!
 
Zuckergußgebäck said:
I can´t remember them having any control over the caucasus? (not even as puppets)

Anyway, I am not sure that having Mosley in the UoB is such a good idea, since he was a nobleman. Although he perhaps wouldn´t have fled to Canada, he would probably not have been given a place in the cabinet either.

IIRC, Azerbaijan was an Ottoman ally (with links to the Pan-Turkic Reformist faction...), while Armenia was an oppressed puppet. Georgia remains an independent 'Caucasian Socialist'/Menshevik state.

Mosley was also a bit of an opportunist, and defected to the Labour Party in the '20s - around the same time that the 'British Revolution' would have occured - so he would have been likely to be swept up in it to some degree...
 
Sarmatia1871 said:
Mosley was also a bit of an opportunist, and defected to the Labour Party in the '20s - around the same time that the 'British Revolution' would have occured - so he would have been likely to be swept up in it to some degree...
I can agree with him staying in Britain, but I don´t think it would have been politically correct to put a nobleman in the british cabinet.
 
Zuckergußgebäck said:
I can agree with him staying in Britain, but I don´t think it would have been politically correct to put a nobleman in the british cabinet.

Well, 'nobility' in 1920s Britain wouldn't have been such a major issue - ideological alignment and stated opposition to 'entrenched interests and plutocrats' would be more important. Plus there's almost a bit of a tradition in European leftist movements of important figures coming from the minor (or not so minor!) gentry (look at good old Anthony Wedgewood Benn for a modern example!)
 
I.C.ram said:
I cant really understand why do we need another forum on another site... it makes the things slower... like some kind of bureaucracy (damn hard word :D). I support the own subforum for the mod but not this way of subforum. :(

We can't get a subforum from Paradox so we're getting one from somewhere else. That way the info can be more organized.
 
I.C.ram said:
I cant really understand why do we need another forum on another site... it makes the things slower... like some kind of bureaucracy (damn hard word :D). I support the own subforum for the mod but not this way of subforum. :(

Unfortuntely, the alternative is trawling through the ninety pages of this thread for relevant information, which is even worse....

(I've just spent the past 15 minutes trying to find what I'd previously discussed about Ireland, with absolutely no success!)
 
Sarmatia1871 said:
(I've just spent the past 15 minutes trying to find what I'd previously discussed about Ireland, with absolutely no success!)
Hah, I will get my Brian III! :cool:
 
Ah, I figured the British didn't make such progress in this war. I thought it was a central power victory on all fronts. But yeah, if things were as bad as you say, then the Ottoman Empire would be very chaotic and unstable. If the Rebels and British pushed that deep, I don't know how they could even be holding together now. They'd need to be constantly propped up by Germany.
 
I.C.ram said:
I cant really understand why do we need another forum on another site... it makes the things slower... like some kind of bureaucracy (damn hard word :D). I support the own subforum for the mod but not this way of subforum. :(

It's to aid us, so stuff can be found easily. Think of it as a library system rather than a huge administration ;)
 
I have done the tech teams for Hungary. I hope you'll like it :p

so the screenshots:

huntech1.JPG
huntech2.JPG

huntech3.JPG


as you can see I also changed some pictures. Lot of mistake was in the original Hun tech file, like Horthy has Csatay picture, etc. Also adjusted some of the skills. Like János Vörös has a -1 skill cuz he wasn't a good leader at all. And some teams has some improvement, since Hungary didnt lose the war and has much industry, etc.
 
Looking at the SPD ministers I noticed there are different wings in it! So how about giving it a Luxemburgiouse Wing with her at the head! (I know I brought this up many times :D ) So there will be some female minister for germany! Like Clara Zetkin (A staunch supporter of Rosa!)! So there is also Leo Jogiches, als a surpporter of Luxemburg! I find their picture this week!

Also it is great to have you back! :D