This is to serve as a replacement "top" to the AGC: USA thread, and one with a more accurate title. Discussions will continue in this thread.
Files ready to be submitted to me can be sent via email at whitestar77@earthlink.net . All types of attachments are acceptable; there is also no NEED to zip or otherwise compress, though if you choose to I would prefer ZIP format. English language only, please, and include "AGC:" as the beginning of your message title for ease of sorting.
Files for testing and submissions may be found at my website :
http://www.geocities.com/starshipnormandy/strategy/AGC.html
Event IDs 22600-22699 are reserved for our use, by Onslaught's prior request, and 22800-22999 by my request. Leaders 17500-17509 are also reserved.
I am currently using event numbers 17760xxx simply for testing purposes, these are to be renumbered before submission. As of this writing I have approximately 120 events, with almost everything covered up to 1787.
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Current conculsions / recommendations / decisions:
(Finalized decisions to be marked by a *)
* Several revisions to USA revolt.txt entry; to be submitted soon. Includes mainly which provinces are included, also change of startdate to July 1776.
* Powhatan, Detroit, Hindua, Acadie, Nova Scotia provinces (69, 72, 82, 115, 116) should be Forest terrain and The Great Lakes should, well, be LAKES, not seas.
* Tax values in USA provinces to be slashed at scenario start; current values are too high to simulate English colonial policy. Current values will (on average) be replaced or exceeded by planned 1760-1800 events.
* Knowledge of Gander (118) needs to be removed from Norway to prevent early colonization of it.
* Revised monarchs.usa to be submitted to accomodate future options in Constitution events group, including options for life terms for presidents and an option to have no executive (leaving the immortal Congress in command).
* USA will not have access to other cultures; instead cultures will be switched to Anglosaxon in the relevant provinces at the appropriate times. (Specifically those historically held by France and/or Spain, and the remaining natives.)
Revised England, France colonial AIs to be submitted. Small changes also recommended to Sweden, Netherlands AIs. Also, events have been developed granting all historical colonizers in the Americas (except Spain, Portugal, Russia) CBs on historical possessions before 1760. Will supplement later with post-1760 North America changes.
Salem Witch Trials and Indian Raids events written; will be submitted after testing.
Natives:
If native nations are to be downsized: (per my recommendations)
* Reduce Iroquois to 3-4 provinces (take out Shenandoah (70), Tuscarora (84) and possibly Oswego (89) ), all others reduced to 1 province (Huron, Cherokee, Navajo to current capials) or removed completely (Lenape, Shawnee, Dakota). Creek also to be moved over to Tuscaloosa (53) and reduced to this province only (culture to change to match). Manhattan COT option removed as this province will be unoccupied. New AI to be written which will make these countries peaceful, but ferocious when at war - will be providing these wars via events (below). Map knowledge to be tailored to show only each other's territories and the 13 colonies and Florida sections of coast. (except of course Navajo, which would more properly have the American Southwest.)
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To-Do List: (Volunteers accepted for all tasks, especially "To Research" - these are real-world tasks, not game-related. They are listed directly below related in-game ideas that they are to be used for.)
1760-1800 period:
- Revolution events coded and ready for preliminary testing. However, setting up a game where it's the proper date and England controls the proper provinces is going to be a pain. Anyone want to help?
- Idea to impose a series of event-decisions relating to the details of the Constitution, including but not limited to a state/individual voting systems choice which may impact the Election events choice orders, and a no president / 4 year term president / president for life option which may affect existence/timing of elections. (Necessary research complete.)
- Checking the accuracy of American military leaders; specifically the historicalness of the Revoultionary wartime leaders and the presence of Andrew Jackson.
- Checking the Election events and ensuring that they work properly and have appropriate effects. Also scripting alternates with the Constitution presidential options.
- To Research: Actual details, both in "electoral votes" and "popular votes", of presidential elections up to 1820.
Pre-1760 and post-1800:
- Scripting, checking and testing the Louisiana and Florida events. (I have now recieved the Florida event drafts from Onslaught, but some work remains to be done on them.)
* Testing and finalizing tax and goods changes, and submitting these with terrain changes.
* Testing and submitting Indian Raids events and Witch Trials events. Also submitting Colonial CB events (after troubleshooting).
* Submitting revised INC files for NA tribes. Only current problem : cannot get natives to appear in newly vacant provinces.
Files ready to be submitted to me can be sent via email at whitestar77@earthlink.net . All types of attachments are acceptable; there is also no NEED to zip or otherwise compress, though if you choose to I would prefer ZIP format. English language only, please, and include "AGC:" as the beginning of your message title for ease of sorting.
Files for testing and submissions may be found at my website :
http://www.geocities.com/starshipnormandy/strategy/AGC.html
Event IDs 22600-22699 are reserved for our use, by Onslaught's prior request, and 22800-22999 by my request. Leaders 17500-17509 are also reserved.
I am currently using event numbers 17760xxx simply for testing purposes, these are to be renumbered before submission. As of this writing I have approximately 120 events, with almost everything covered up to 1787.
--------------
Current conculsions / recommendations / decisions:
(Finalized decisions to be marked by a *)
* Several revisions to USA revolt.txt entry; to be submitted soon. Includes mainly which provinces are included, also change of startdate to July 1776.
* Powhatan, Detroit, Hindua, Acadie, Nova Scotia provinces (69, 72, 82, 115, 116) should be Forest terrain and The Great Lakes should, well, be LAKES, not seas.
* Tax values in USA provinces to be slashed at scenario start; current values are too high to simulate English colonial policy. Current values will (on average) be replaced or exceeded by planned 1760-1800 events.
* Knowledge of Gander (118) needs to be removed from Norway to prevent early colonization of it.
* Revised monarchs.usa to be submitted to accomodate future options in Constitution events group, including options for life terms for presidents and an option to have no executive (leaving the immortal Congress in command).
* USA will not have access to other cultures; instead cultures will be switched to Anglosaxon in the relevant provinces at the appropriate times. (Specifically those historically held by France and/or Spain, and the remaining natives.)
Revised England, France colonial AIs to be submitted. Small changes also recommended to Sweden, Netherlands AIs. Also, events have been developed granting all historical colonizers in the Americas (except Spain, Portugal, Russia) CBs on historical possessions before 1760. Will supplement later with post-1760 North America changes.
Salem Witch Trials and Indian Raids events written; will be submitted after testing.
Natives:
If native nations are to be downsized: (per my recommendations)
* Reduce Iroquois to 3-4 provinces (take out Shenandoah (70), Tuscarora (84) and possibly Oswego (89) ), all others reduced to 1 province (Huron, Cherokee, Navajo to current capials) or removed completely (Lenape, Shawnee, Dakota). Creek also to be moved over to Tuscaloosa (53) and reduced to this province only (culture to change to match). Manhattan COT option removed as this province will be unoccupied. New AI to be written which will make these countries peaceful, but ferocious when at war - will be providing these wars via events (below). Map knowledge to be tailored to show only each other's territories and the 13 colonies and Florida sections of coast. (except of course Navajo, which would more properly have the American Southwest.)
---------------
To-Do List: (Volunteers accepted for all tasks, especially "To Research" - these are real-world tasks, not game-related. They are listed directly below related in-game ideas that they are to be used for.)
1760-1800 period:
- Revolution events coded and ready for preliminary testing. However, setting up a game where it's the proper date and England controls the proper provinces is going to be a pain. Anyone want to help?
- Idea to impose a series of event-decisions relating to the details of the Constitution, including but not limited to a state/individual voting systems choice which may impact the Election events choice orders, and a no president / 4 year term president / president for life option which may affect existence/timing of elections. (Necessary research complete.)
- Checking the accuracy of American military leaders; specifically the historicalness of the Revoultionary wartime leaders and the presence of Andrew Jackson.
- Checking the Election events and ensuring that they work properly and have appropriate effects. Also scripting alternates with the Constitution presidential options.
- To Research: Actual details, both in "electoral votes" and "popular votes", of presidential elections up to 1820.
Pre-1760 and post-1800:
- Scripting, checking and testing the Louisiana and Florida events. (I have now recieved the Florida event drafts from Onslaught, but some work remains to be done on them.)
* Testing and finalizing tax and goods changes, and submitting these with terrain changes.
* Testing and submitting Indian Raids events and Witch Trials events. Also submitting Colonial CB events (after troubleshooting).
* Submitting revised INC files for NA tribes. Only current problem : cannot get natives to appear in newly vacant provinces.
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