I have been addicted to the States Mod for quite a while now, so I thought I'd do an AAR of it. Here's some stuff you should know about it:
-It adds the US States and Canadian provinces (it's also been hinted that the modmaker will also add Mexican states) onto the regular 1399 scenario.
-It uses the DAO map, the same map that is used in Death and Taxes as well.
-There is no Terra Incognita
-Especially with AI aggressiveness on high, the states like to go berserk killing each other and forming massive blobs very quickly, making the game extremely entertaining.
-This is due to the fact that the states have missions to conquer a lot of their neighbors (some states have more than others).
-There are many regions that have formable countries. In Ohio's case, the only formable nation other than North America is the Northern Union (representing the North in the US Civil War).
Unfortunately, I've encountered in error where I can not start new games, only continue old ones. Luckily however, I have an Ontario save from the beginning, so I'll still be able to play this. However, I won't be able to change the settings. The settings are, if I recall correctly:
-AI Aggressiveness on High
-Spread of land and sea provinces on 25 years
-No Lucky Nations
-Everything else on Normal
I usually like to play with 400 Colonist size, but I forgot to do this when playing as Ontario.:sad:
I plan on working on the first update after posting this OP.
-It adds the US States and Canadian provinces (it's also been hinted that the modmaker will also add Mexican states) onto the regular 1399 scenario.
-It uses the DAO map, the same map that is used in Death and Taxes as well.
-There is no Terra Incognita
-Especially with AI aggressiveness on high, the states like to go berserk killing each other and forming massive blobs very quickly, making the game extremely entertaining.
-This is due to the fact that the states have missions to conquer a lot of their neighbors (some states have more than others).
-There are many regions that have formable countries. In Ohio's case, the only formable nation other than North America is the Northern Union (representing the North in the US Civil War).
Unfortunately, I've encountered in error where I can not start new games, only continue old ones. Luckily however, I have an Ontario save from the beginning, so I'll still be able to play this. However, I won't be able to change the settings. The settings are, if I recall correctly:
-AI Aggressiveness on High
-Spread of land and sea provinces on 25 years
-No Lucky Nations
-Everything else on Normal
I usually like to play with 400 Colonist size, but I forgot to do this when playing as Ontario.:sad:
I plan on working on the first update after posting this OP.