So some news at last !!!
Some bad news i'm afraid...
I) About the next version : it will take much more time !
As I tested the last things I implemented in the mod, I'm afraid it cn't work the way I wished... This means that the work I did recently (which means 80% in "coding" and 5% in writing texts) is useless the way I did it...
Why that ? Simple... I wish decisions made by the union and the CSA would have a real impact on political decisions from the States. At first i tried to make this work through a "simple" system : one decision brings one consequence. In term of gameplay, this is just AWFULL... 1) lots of decisions do not have consequences because others simply delete them, so in term of gameplay, around 60 to 80% of your decisions will be simply deleted by the opponent... If I let this working this way, why even doing it ? And why would the player bother thinking about it ? 2) it, in the end, brings nothing to the game despite lots of work from myself.
Those simple points bring me the conclusion that this is an awfull idea...
I won't entirely delete wat I already did. The basical idea still stands... But differently.
Now I will have to implement for the next patch the "influence" system. That doesn't just mean lots and lots of work from me
it also and mostly means that the gameplay will rgith now implement the fact that decisions will have a clear impact on the war between the States.
Now, every sentence, every decision will bring more "influence" points to the Union or the CSA. Each State will require a number of "influence" points to join a side. For example, Arkansas will require 50 influence points from the CSA to join them, but 80 influence points from the Union to join them. (those numbers are arbitrary, it's just an example). this reflect the fact that Arkansas is clearly a Southern State who wish to defend States rights, but if the north prove that it stands with States rights, Arkansas could stay into the union.
On the other hand, Missouri, which was a state that could have gone with the South, would probably need something like 90 influence points owned by the Union, and 95 points owned by the CSA.
I do not intend to change the way States that joined the CSA prior of the war works for now. it might be necessary with further developpement. But for now I just prefer it it stay like this.
II) About a new version for AoD : not now !
For a simple reason : I did not bought it for now... and even if in the end I wish to do it... I don't now when i'll do it... So if someone wish to try it on AoD and to adapt it where it has to be adapted, that would be a great thing for all of you AoD players
Now the good news !
According to "Media fire", 81 people tried this second beta version of the mod ! I honestly don't know if this a good for a HoI mod, but it's a clear improvement since the 44 people who tried the first beta version ! And honestly since I did very very little things to make it being known, I really like the fact that so many people decided to try it. So thank you guys for trying it !