Ponies? Ponies! v2.0

[htilden42]

For the previous thread and its discussions, go here.

Ponies? Ponies!
Equestria in Victoria II

Version 2.14 released
Downloads:
Equestria2.14 - compatible with Heart of Darkness. Might contain bugs.
Equestria2.13 - note that this is the old, AHD-only version. You will still need to download the two quickfixes below
quickfix3 - fixes CTD when selecting "build army" in the Military tab; kudos to EliteTK for spotting the problem
quickfix4 - fixes minor typos in decisions.txt

Installation Instructions
Because this mod makes changes to the map, you have to delete your V2 map cache first, otherwise the mod will CTD while loading.

The map cache is in two locations:
C:\Program Files\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 2\map\cache
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\victoria 2\map\cache (if you're using Steam)
and
C:\Users\Usernamehere\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria II\map\cache

Simply delete both "cache" folders, and the map will be regenerated when the game loads.

This mod is currently not mod folder compatible.

First of all, delete any old versions you have of the mod. Overwriting will not work.

There are two ways of installing this mod:

1) Copy all the files in the Equestria2.1 folder into the main Victoria 2 directory. Select yes when prompted to overwrite anything. However, this method will overwrite the vanilla game. You will have to make a backup of the game directory if you want to play the vanilla game or another mod.

2) I recommend downloading the JonesSoft Generic Mod Enabler (JSGME). You can download it from here. Install JSGME into the main Victoria 2 directory. Copy the Equestria2.0 folder into the Victoria 2\mod\ folder. "Equestria2.0" should show up when you start JSGME. Some more information about JSGME.

Wait? What? Ponies?! Questions...
- What is this?
This mod adds the nation of Equestria from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to Victoria 2: A House Divided. Based off of NovaCoru's original mod, who has graciously allowed me to take over development from them.

- For the love of God why?
Because My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a prime example of how, if you put enough effort into something, you can make anything great. The animation is beautiful, the characters memorable and likeable, the stories engaging, and the world believable and imaginative.
Additionally, the older fanbase of the show is probably one of the most creative fandoms on the internet currently, and there is no reason that the Paradox modding community shouldn't be a part of it.
Also, there is something oddly satisfying about taking the United States down a peg or two while playing as a nation of brightly-coloured ponies...

-Is there anything I can do to help?
Certainly. I'm always open to ideas/suggestions that anyone might have. The single biggest way you can help is finding bugs and properly documenting them and reporting them in this thread so they can be fixed as quickly as possible.

-What can I expect from this mod?
Onikujo's AAR is a very good example of a typical game, though depending on what choices you make and a few random chances, you might experience something very different.

Anyway, the mod itself:

-Background-

Ponies have been living on the west coast of North America since time immemorial, paying no concern to the comings and goings of the outside world. This would change in 1816 when a British merchant ship ran aground on a sandbar off the coast of Equestria. Realising how much danger their human neighbours posed, Princess Celestia started a crash-modernisation programme, which is essentially complete by 1836. Equestria is an emerging power, technologically and economically backwards, but with the right guidance can challenge even the mighty United States for continental dominance.

-The Mod Itself-

Adds the nation of Equestria to the west coast of the United States, replacing Mexican California. The POPs in these provinces have been replaced by Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies, while Buffalo and Griffins inhabit the outlying areas of Equestria. There are also a number of flavour events and decisions reflecting the changes that might come about from having a nation filled with 4 million multi-coloured Ponies in California. Decisions for the United States have been slightly modified to reflect their presence. Should relations between the United States and Equestria sour, there are events and decisions representing conflict between the two states.

-Pictures-

Equestria at game start. They are, of course, PINK. California has been split up into several more regions, while Arizona and Nevada-Utah are colonial states, inhabited mostly by Buffalo. Oregon and Washington are uncolonised, but inhabited by Griffins.

Flavour event from the game. This particular one is from a series relating to the rights of Griffins, who live in the Pacific Northwest and do not like being colonised.

The pop screen, showing the new Earth Pony, Unicorn, and Pegasus cultures and the Celestian religion. New for 2.1 is the unique Celestian religion icon. As a result, the Judaism icon is a bit screwed up now.

Flags:
They've been redone slightly
Democracy:


Monarchy:


Republic:


Communist:


Fascist:


Changelog:

	v2.14:  -HoD compatible
		-1861 start enabled (but it's not balanced!)

   quickfix2:   -fixes missing end bracket in EQUflavor.txt
   quickfix1:   -fixes CTD for CB generation events

	v2.13:	-finalised effects and MTTH balance
		-Equestria has special event that reduces MIL and increases mobilisation size when at war with USA
		-reworked Mares' suffrage so that it no longer messes up more restrictive voting franschises
		-fixed bug that prevented the liberal revolution from ending
		-reworked decisions for USA regarding the return of Luna/Celestia
		-famine events are less likely if you have 'pegasi weather control' modifier
		-Griffonia now has new flags

        v2.11, 2.12
                -minor balancing regarding MTTH, MIL, and CON

 	v2.1
	major changes:
		-Equestrian civil war events added; four possible breakaway states: one for each Pony race plus Appleloosa
		-Alternate civil war for breakaway of Lunar Republic or Celestial Empire
		-reworked map again; borders are more "natural", most of Equestria/USA border is now impassable
		-rebalanced POPs again AGAIN; ratio of about 2:1:1 for Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi
		-Equestria now has several custom modifiers from game start; certain events enable/disable them
		-added events for human minorities
		-added event chain that simulates Earth Pony demands for return of local governments
		-added events that "push" Earth Ponies towards liberalism/socialism, and Unicorns towards reactionism
		-reworked event chains for Griffin and Buffalo minorities
		-added the Lunar Republic and Celestial Empire and associated events/decisions

	other changes:
		-Equestria has higher literacy but fewer starting techs
		-added Celestial religion icon, as a consequence Judaism icon now all screwed up
		-Ponies now have their own leader portraits, eventually plan to have around 50 generals and admirals, as well as portraits for griffins and buffalo
		-couple more flavour events
		-decisions for the purchase of Sonora and NMexico added; purchase of Hawaii, BC, Alaska reworked
		-got rid of Native American minor POPs in colonial states, Idaho now completley Griffin
		-updated pop_types.txt so it used the AHD version
		-other minor graphical updates
		-Griffonia no longer starts with yes_slavery
		-alternate flagpacks no longer included

	v2.0:   -AHD 2.3 compatible
		-reworked certain events
		-integrated reworked map, event pictures, and Griffins mod
		-rebalanced POPs again. Lot more buffalos, less Ponies in general, and about equal numbers of Unicorn, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies

	v1.2:   -Fixes some localization and event misfire errors
		-Updates the mod to the 1.4 Beta

	v1.1:   - Added many new events, mostly related to ideologies.
		- Attempted to rebalance pops. There are now a lot less soldiers and a lot more unicorns and pegasi
		- Balanced old decisions that had an insane prestige requirement to a more manageable level
		- Gave Equestria a fighting chance in regard to colonizing Oregon and Washington
		- Added a group of Alternative flags that you can use if you so choose.

	v1.0:   - Initial Release

-To Do-
(in rough order of priority)
*Make APD/PDM compatible I'm going to delay this until version 2.2 is out and stable
*Try to get the moddir setup working this doesn't seem to be possible atm
*Release HoD-compatible version
*Finish v2.2

The next major release will be v2.2. Because I'm only one person with a limited amount of time, I cannot guarantee a speedy release. However, you can expect a HoD-compatible release of v2.13 soon. While you wait, why don't you read the v2.2 modder diaries?
*Modder Diary #0
*Modder Diary #1
*Modder Diary #2 - keep watching this space

The mod (hopefully) works with V2 AHD 2.3, but if there are any major or minor bugs don't hesitate to post.

Acknowledgements:
-Nova Coru, for making the initial version of this mod, and allowing me to take over
-Lauren Faust and StudioB, for making such an amazing show
-Hasbro, as they own MLP
-The Brony community, for being awesomely insane
-Paradox, for making an amazing game like Victoria II
-To anyone whose art got used in making this (if you find this and want me to not use it, I'll take it off)
-Any of you who've been helping balance this mod/offering criticism. Seriously, you deserve a lot of credit.

[RedRalphWiggum]

Moved. Spam deleted. If this thread gets as much spam as the last one it'll be closed.

[Retrograde]

Does Equestria start with railroads? They are in Canterlot in the show.

[htilden42]

Does Equestria start with railroads? They are in Canterlot in the show.

They start with Experimental Railway tech unlocked.

I experimented with putting some rail lines in, but I found that it made industrialisation too easy. Equestria's in a pretty good position as it is (high population, fairly good resources, few neighbours), so I've been doing everything humanly possible to up the challenge.

[dhead22]

Can't wait to see how this develops!

[ZomgK3tchup]

I'm not big on MLP but can always appreciate innovation when I see it.

Have you considered making Manefest Destiny only give cores to territory west of the Mississippi? The whole United States is a lot of land. There was also a discussion in the last thread that involved adding a giraffe-zebra state somewhere in Africa and possibly a camel state in the Middle East. I think those would be hilarious.

[SDSkinner]

So far I've had two bugs
-war justification efficiency event caused a crash
-Manefest destiny requires manifest destiny, but this doesn't seem to unlock when the US AI triggers manifest destiny

I'll see if these were one time events or if these bugs repeat.

Have you considered making Manefest Destiny only give cores to territory west of the Mississippi? The whole United States is a lot of land.

I think the point is to allow you to take on the US in a single war using the restore order CB, rather than slowly grinding them down over multiple wars.

There was also a discussion in the last thread that involved adding a giraffe-zebra state somewhere in Africa and possibly a camel state in the Middle East. I think those would be hilarious.

If you add those you just have to add Babar the Elephant in as well. It just fits in so perfectly with the games time frame and setup.

*Xenophobia events. Reactionary and conservative Great Powers (and the US) will be less willing to recognise Equestrian claims and achievements.

That is easy to model. Simply give Equestria cores on all Great Power capital provinces- you can't conquer them, but they should constantly push down relationships.

Additionally, copy the King Cotton decision for the whole "give GPs free CBs". Give it to the US to fire when it is being invaded and losing to Equestria.

[Texda]

-Manefest destiny requires manifest destiny, but this doesn't seem to unlock when the US AI triggers manifest destiny

You also need the manifest destiny invention from researching Nationalism & Imperialism.

[htilden42]

So far I've had two bugs
-war justification efficiency event caused a crash
-Manefest destiny requires manifest destiny, but this doesn't seem to unlock when the US AI triggers manifest destiny

I'll see if these were one time events or if these bugs repeat.

The first one's because I was still using the pre-AHD event_modifiers.txt file. See first post for fix download link.

For the second, you also need the Manifest Destiny invention.
edit: Baah, emu'd.

I think the point is to allow you to take on the US in a single war using the restore order CB, rather than slowly grinding them down over multiple wars.

Also, given that Manifest Destiny gives the US cores on all of Equestria (unless they've expanded significantly into Mexico), that's basically the US saying "We deny your right to exist". It's only fair that Equestria gets a similar decision in response.

[Sakura_F]

The custom nation mod is an interesting idea and I would try it out...

but I have this thing about MLP. All the brony stuff just creeps me out. Nothing against bronies, just not my bag baby.

Oh well.

[Grey_313]

It's a little depressing that this mod is still around when Divergences is basically dead.

[SDSkinner]

It's a little depressing that this mod is still around when Divergences is basically dead.

I think this, Freedom and Slavery, New Nations, PDM and Victoria Realism are the only mods that have been ported over to AHD. To be honest, the most fun I've had with this mod is the political parties- until 1860 the only parties with full citizenship are anarcho-liberal, communist and socialist. So if you get rid of the monarchy you have Luna attempt to institute a bourgeoisie dictatorship (otherwise the conservative w/ limited citizenship will be elected) to insure that all citizens have equal rights (as ponies take up all the primary and secondary pop slots)... by denying everyone the right to vote.

Its both incredibly ironic and really depressing. Of course the happy method is to become a HMS monarchy and select the anarcho-liberals as the ruling party, which is humorous in its own way (you have the right to vote and I have the right to ignore you).

[Sakura_F]

Stalliongrad? I lol'd

[XXLPlakat]

Of course the happy method is to become a HMS monarchy and select the anarcho-liberals as the ruling party, which is humorous in its own way (you have the right to vote and I have the right to ignore you).

This made my day. xD
Maybe I'll download this mod :<
Will there be a Griffon Empire?

[htilden42]

This made my day. xD
Maybe I'll download this mod :<
Will there be a Griffon Empire?

Griffins (Griffons?) live in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, though they don't start with any cores. If you colonise those states and piss them off enough, there's an event that gives them cores.

I thought about having Griffonia independent from the start, but they tend to get crushed and annexed by the United States by 1840, even if they have a ridiculously high number of soldier POPs.

So if you get rid of the monarchy you have Luna attempt to institute a bourgeoisie dictatorship (otherwise the conservative w/ limited citizenship will be elected) to insure that all citizens have equal rights (as ponies take up all the primary and secondary pop slots)... by denying everyone the right to vote.

That's basically my take on the whole "Solar Empire vs. New Lunar Republic" meme. If Celestia is a tyrant, then her dear sister should be just as bad.

Its both incredibly ironic and really depressing. Of course the happy method is to become a HMS monarchy and select the anarcho-liberals as the ruling party, which is humorous in its own way (you have the right to vote and I have the right to ignore you).

My Little Parliament: Politics are Magic

Stalliongrad? I lol'd

I wish I knew who came up with that pun, because they deserve a medal. Too bad they haven't actually used it on the show...yet.

[Sakura_F]

Manehattan makes me lol too.

Oh MLP, If you weren't so... weird with the fanbases, I'd probably get a kick out of you.

[NovaCoru]

Hey, great to see this mod finally updated :P Sorry I couldn't be more help, but im busy with school and secret vicky 2 projects of my own ;P I think you'll do an excellent job with the mod though. if you need any help, just ask!

[sifravee]

Great mod, a devided USA between The griffins and the ponies.

Also, you should try add The changelings in russia, i find them more russian like XD

[Summercat]

My first reaction was....

"wat"

Then I giggled and started going mad, and downloaded it. Installing now. Yay California

[Summercat]

Having played this some...

How does one activate the Lunar Republic? I looked in the events and decision files, and found nada.