I know I haven't posted here in awhile, but I do have a veritable bounty of weird and also (oftentimes) useless events and some other things, that I sort of compiled into a small 'pack' of stuff that I never finished (my goal was to add stuff so that playing any country could be 'plausibly fun' (as in, they get events to make decisions/learn history/change stuff with).
I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in any of these, but I did have a decent amount of comments/references. Each of them was accompanied by a historical context/plausiblity scenario (with historical relationship) typed into the event files (
not into the event_text file); here's a list (hopefully it doesn't get too long, I'll add some notes to some with *; any marked with ^ are quick, single events)
(based in 1936)
# 1225500/1225550 - 1936 Winter Olympics alternate hosts
*although it doesn't provide much time (since the actual olympic locale was picked in 1931) it fires in early '36; as an example, the text for 122550 (Canada's choice to host):"Having been decided in 1931, the 4th Olympic games opened on February 6th, 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. The second choice for the host was Montreal, Canada, an ideal candidate for winter sports."
# 1226000-1226006 - 1936 Winter Olympics
# 1226010 - Letter to Argentina
*very early start to Pan-American Conference
# 1226020 - Nationalist Union in LIT ^
*desc = "Antanas Smetona took part in a coup d'etat in 1926, after removing Prime Minister Augustinas Voldemaras in 1929 he became the sole dictatorial president of Lithuania. The remaining semblances of democracy was the Seimas (Parliment). On February 6th, 1936 all political parties were banned except the Union of Tautininkai (Lithuanian Nationalist Union). The edict remained in effect until the country was annexed by the USSR."
# 1226023 - Switzerland bans naziism by Germans ^
*desc = "On February 18th, 1936 the Swiss Federal Council issued a decree that prohibited all Nazi organizations and activities among German residents in Swiss territory (One reason for the decision was the assassination of the leader of the nazi organization for German residents in Switzerland on February 4th by a Yugoslavian Jew)." - so not like 'no naziism in Germany', just no German nazis in Switzerland.
# 1226025 - USA neutrality pact - LoN connections
*attempt at modelling LON economic sanctions against Italy and the US's neutrality policy
# 1226027 - Boulder (Hoover) Dam in USA ^
# 1226030 - Aer Lingus in IRE ^
*actually changed the date of availabilty for Ireland so that this unlocks the team
# 1226040-1226085 - Arab revolts in Palestine
* Probably one of my most complex event chains, I'm not wholly sure if it works anymore, but I don't think it works completely as intended (along with some limitations with how revolts work in DD) The two following event notes are also part of the Arab Revolt chain (...so they're not just random "Israel becomes a country!" things)
# 1226090 - Palestinian Independence - defense force/economy
# 1226095 - Israeli Independence - defense/economy
# 1226100-112 - 1936 Summer Olympics (different nation prep decision)
# 1226115-128 - Berlin Opening; Jesse Owens/Lutz Long
*don't think this one works either, for historical (and very cool) actions of Lutz Long and gold winner Owens
# 1226130-138 - Berlin Medal wins (historic 1936)
# 1226150-158 - Alternate Medal Wins (ahistoric)
# 1226170 - Olympics in London (ahistoric) [unfinished]
*this was if Germany decided to host but backed out a quick 'auxilary' olympics
# 1226200 - 50th anniversary of the statue of liberty ^
# 1226210 - Rome-Berlin Axis
*This might actually be modelled in DD/HOI2, but it might just be the Italy/Japan/Germany one, so I created this anyway
(based in 1937)
# 1228000-1 - Military Texts (Guderian and Rommel) - GER^
# 1226005 - Hindenburg explodes ^
# 1228020-30 - Saadabad pact (Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan)
*Not sure if it's done/working, anway, but a cool idea (technical alliance between these 4 countries, Iraq tended to be the problem, being a puppet and all)
# 1226242 - The Peel Commission leaves Palestine
*Part of the Arab Revolt, but it happens in 1937 so I threw it in here anyway
(AHISTORICAL EVENTS) *Generally attempts at starting war in South America
# 1100000-1100001 - Argentinian aggressiveness economy/international
# 1100020 - Argentinian claims on Uruguay
*desc = "In 1828 the Cisplatine War was fought between Brazil and Argentina (then the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata) over what is now Uruguay. Years of urging and material support by Argentina eventually led to Uruguay's seperation from Brazil and indicated a desire to join Argentina. Eventually peace terms were mediated by the UK and France, creating the independent buffer state of Uruguay between the two nations."
# 1100030-1100055 - Echoes of the Chaco War (Brazilian claims on Asuncion)
*desc = "In 1932 it was believed that Oil had been discovered in the bordering lands between Bolivia and Paraguay. The nations argued for control of the land until war broke out, and by 1935 the Paraguayan use of guerilla warfare won them a majority of the territory and a cease fire was negotiated by June 12th, 1935." - big problem with this one is that Paraguay's capital city is essentially the prize, and I had (and have) no idea how to change the capital mid-game. The large number of events accounts of the fact it can basically split the place between BOL/BRA and PAR/ARG (with possible USA interference/help).
# 1100100 - Germany requests luxembourg and the maginot line
*A means of getting the war going, should Poland/UK buckle to Germany, and I think the next logical step up for Hitler (...since he did annex Alsace-Lorraine after conquering it...and it's part of Germany's 'owned' territory at the start of the campaign). Not quite finished.
# 1100150 - German direct interaction in the spanish civil war
*an attempt to stop the player from exploiting the SCW for extreme benefits by starting WW2 early...but I don't think it's done
(League of Nations)
# 1224040-1224060 - Italian Sanctions - LoN connections
# 1224100-1224150 - League of Nations (Events/Withdrawals)
*Probably the only useful part of my LON collection, a series of options for many smaller nations to withdraw or remain in the LoN, ex:
#1224080 LoN Departee - GUA #
desc = "On May 14th, 1936 Guatemala informed the league that it was withdrawing. On May 26th the country withdrew, citing a a desire to extend and redefine safeguards enjoyed as neighbors of the United States and that the country favored isolation."
# 1224151 - League of Nations premature collapse
...almost all of these are accompanied by a large number of pictures (specifically, 23 event pictures) I've scrounged from corners of the internet (and photoshopped)...many of the pictures stil have light green squares because I'm lazy/half-inept with Photoshop). There's also a couple of tech teams (some historically accurate, some intended to give major minor nations a chance to be 'equal' to greater nations, like a Romanian nuclear team) for some nations; mostly for Turkey and Romania. For example, a nuclear team for Turkey:
3516;Turkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu;T3516;5;1956;1970;nuclear_physics;nuclear_engineering;mathematics;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
Or just a general historic one:
3518;Ankara Üniversitesi ;T3518;5;1946;1970;mechanics;chemistry;training;electronics;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
Or a moderately historically accurate one for Romania:
2915;Upet;T2917;3;1930;1940;mechanics;chemistry;management;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
2916;Upet;T2917;5;1940;1970;mechanics;chemistry;management;industrial_engineering;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
Or 2917;Constantza Port;T2918;5;1930;1970;mechanics;general_equipment;naval_engineering;naval_artillery;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;x
...which actually had an event for when/if Romania loses Constanza (or whatever it's called in game) to Bulgaria, but I can't find it at the moment
I'm not sure if anyone's interested in any of this (if not, I apologize for creating a giant list of stuff
). Generally they have a sound historical basis, but I'm not particularily sure if they imbalance the game in any way (individual events had relatively small effects like 1 dissent or +5/-5 relations). There'd be more if I had time to visit my Uni's microfilm room, but I haven't had time in a while to add/fix anything in here. So, any of those look remotely interesting to someone?