FINAL VIETNAM WAR VERSION with MAP

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The Vietnam War version 4.9 by FRVP with Map
compatable with all versions!

new map ~ new units ~ new music​

Great historical full-function scenario of the American war in Vietnam 1963 - 1975, with other possible outcomes to certain events. Many rivers, monsoons, jungles and VC guerrilla atacks.

Start out in 1963 with the Diem and Kennedy assasinations and proceed though the many Vietnam era events from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to past the S.A.L.T. treaty in 1975. Nuclear tensions are high with USA, Soviets and China while Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, and Korea battle with communism. Besides the Vietnam War, Vietnam offers other possible regional conflicts such as another Korean war (technically they are still at war today), the Soviet-China conflict, Malaysia-Indonisian conflict and a China-Taiwan conflict. It also has civil wars for the shaping of government in countries such as Cambodia and Laos which could allow attacks within their neutral territories.

Playable countries: North or South Vietnam, Viet Cong, USA, USSR, China, Thailand, North
or South Korea. Also included are Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, Phillipines, Malaysia and Singapore. Hmong, Australian and New Zealand are represented. Best played with agressive AI settings.

New units: Green Beret, AH-1 Cobra, Advanced Supersonic Fighter, Nuclear Sub, M41 Light-Tank, Titan ICBM, Paladin, Missile Launcher, Attack Helicopters, Advanced Air Cavalry.
New brigades: M42 Duster, M113, Mobile rocket launcher, Improved transport.
New sprites: M-41 complete sprite and other basic 'stand' sprites for Vietnam and USA.

New music: Awesome optional sound track for the era in two zips: pre 68 and post 67, use one or both. To get the whole effect you really need both. Sound track rated PG!

Major map files change: 28 textured new territories added. Back up your originals? (see below)
There are some minor changes or additions to some config, db, minister, leader and tech files.
New graphics were added for a few new units, ministers, leaders and events.
A couple counters, flags and shields were modified.
New AI files for all countries involved were added. Jungle warfare is enhanced.

Made vanilla friendly for Armageddon v1.1 but will work for all with the correct patch. Unzip files to Armaggedon, Doomsday or HOI2 top-level directory. No patch needed for Armageddon.

Files Amended: (you may want to back these up)
Config: world_names.csv, tech_names.csv, unit_names.csv, models.csv, province_names.csv
DB: country.csv, revolt.txt, province.csv
/Ministers: all playable countries
/Leaders: all playable countries
/Tech: special_weapons_tech.txt, infantry_tech.txt, armor_tech.txt, aircraft_tech.txt
/Units/divisions: flying_rocket.txt, light_armor.txt, paratrooper.txt, cavalry.txt, multirole.txt
GFX/map/shields: shield_u72.bmp, shield_idc.bmp
GFX/map/flags: flag_u72.bmp, flag_idc.bmp
GFX/palete: counter_idc.bmp, counter_U72.bmp
GFX/skins/default: fullscreen.bmp, sidebar_A.bmp, topbar.bmp
MAP: all map files

Requirements: (see message 2 below for installation instructions)

• Vietnam4.zip, 8MB. Version 4.9 is the latest.
• VNMAP.zip, 33 MB. Version 4.0 is the latest.
• You will need a no-time-limit fix for your version to go beyond 1964! (see #3 below)
• For DD users only: You will need to unzip the VN_DD patch to your DD directory.
• For HOI2 users only: You will need to unzip the VN_HOI2 patch to your HOI2 directory.

Thanks to Jamie for his Map Maker and Hilsdorf and Strits1945 for their contributions!

Download here: all files in .zip format, scanned for viruses. Enjoy!: Original thread 4.8
Download latest version of Vietnam v4.9 - 8mb (latest patches included)
Download latest version of VNMAP v4.0 - 33mb
Download optional Pre 1968 sound track - 35mb
Download optional Post 1967 sound track - 35mb
Download optional Sound track bonus - 6mb
Download optional Basic sprite package - 300k
Download HOI2 Patch 4.9 - 400K
Download DD Patch 4.9 - 80K

 

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions:

Vietnam is a vanilla friendly mod, meaning all the core scenarios and campaigns remain playable. The main changes are a new map that adds 28 more provinces and 10 new units. Only a few other files are modified. All core scenario.eug files were modified to allow for the new provinces. The new units are 1960's units which are towards the end of the respective technology trees and will take a long time to research in scenarios prior to 1960.

1. If you want to keep the true vanilla in tact, just make a copy of the whole original game folder (ie C:/program files/paradox interactive/armageddon) and install Vietnam there.

2. Install any Paradox updates and patches before Vietnam if you haven't already. These updates and patches are not required for Vietnam. However if you do install them, they need to be installed before the Vietnam files. The copy should be a fresh copy.

3. Download Vietnam4.zip, VNMAP.zip and the soundtrack files. Sound track files are optional. These Vietnam zip files are in directory structure so make sure that your unzip program is set to 'use folders' when unzipping. By doing this, all the files will be put in the correct directories.

4. Locate the root (top level) directory of your game location. For example C:/program files/paradox interactive/armageddon or the root of the copy you just made.

5. Unzip (extract to) each file; Vietnam.zip, VNmap.zip and the sound track zip files to this root directory. If it doesn't ask you to overwrite the directories and a few files then something is wrong. Proceed with overwriting the directories and files.

6. Download the optional basic sprite pack, VN4sprites.rar, and install to your root directory like before. Vietnam 4.8 users need to update the country.csv file. Sprites are unit animations.

7. For DD and HOI2 users extract the appropriate patch, either DD_patch.zip or HOI2_patch.zip to the same root directory. These files too are in directory structure. The patch needs to be the last Vietnam file applied. Again, you will be overwriting. No patch is need for Armageddon.

8. Download and apply a no-time-limit patch to the Hoi2.exe in the root directory where you installed Vietnam. Make sure you get the right patch for your version. ie.. Armageddon 1.1

9. If you want, create a shortcut on the desktop by right clicking on the hoi2.exe located in that same root directory and you are ready to go. The Vietnam scenario is towards the bottom of the scenario list in the game.

 

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NTL Patches

Unfortunatley the only no-time-limit patch I found for ARMG 1.2 and ARMG 1.3 won't let the AI build after a certain date. And you need to unpause it on May 1st to continue. Hopefully one without the AI problem can be found soon. However, the game is still very much playable because of periodic unit and supply awards to the major participants. Only AI minor participants are effected absolutely.
ARMG 1.2, 1.3 link here at the bottom of the page

These patches don't seem to have that AI build problem:
Digoo & Shadow0603's DD 1.3 patch
Lighting's ARMG 1.1 patch
Timur Lang's Hoi2 patch

Haven't tried these Doomsday's V1.0 - V1.2 patches

 

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Images

Map was made considering accuracy over aesthetics.

 

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You are using different fonts for the provinces. It spoils the look of your map.

 

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Heh, different fonts for different areas might be a cool new idea. ...But an impressive map, I must say. Looks like you have provinces here that have even more sub-names, interesting...

 

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*pinches sinuses*

I'm so stupid today. I was about to ask what would be the trigger for an ahistorical event like that. o

 

[humancalculator]

Looks awesome.

I should finish downloading in a few minutes, but I unfortunately can't play for a few hours as I am playing in a soccer game in one hour.

Can't wait to try it out though.

 

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*pinches sinuses*

I'm so stupid today. I was about to ask what would be the trigger for an ahistorical event like that. o

Time to start the conspiracy theories

 

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Time to start the conspiracy theories

Oswald: Mr. President up here! Hey, Mr. President! I voted for you! You're my hero!

Pauses for a second

Oswald: OH MY GOD! LOOK OUT MR. PRESIDENT! THAT GUY ON THE GRASSY KNOLL HAS A GUN! WATCH OUT!

Pulls out a rifle

Oswald: Alright Lee, time to be an American hero!

 

[Jarno]

looks great, im gonna try it out thanks

 

[Mrdie]

Oswald: Mr. President up here! Hey, Mr. President! I voted for you! You're my hero!

Pauses for a second

Oswald: OH MY GOD! LOOK OUT MR. PRESIDENT! THAT GUY ON THE GRASSY KNOLL HAS A GUN! WATCH OUT!

Pulls out a rifle

Oswald: Alright Lee, time to be an American hero!

lol

And yeah, good work on the Vietnam scenario.

 

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This is a really fun mod. Recommended.

 

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Version 8 upgrade in Vietnam4.zip

New units added: Advanced Supersonic Fighter (Mig 21, F4 Phantom), Improved transport.
New brigades added: M42 Duster, M113, Mobile rocket launcher.
New Helicopter movement sprites.
Added areas to Indochina region.
Added Pathet Lao siege event.
Improved USA tech team.
Updated DD patch to V4.8
Fixed Singapore ministers causing crash.

 

[Selzro]

I love your mod! It really captures the atmosphere of the Vietnam War era! I do have one observation concerning resources, though. Washington DC appears to generate a lot of them (particularly energy) but it's not linked to the rest of the map. As a result, the US have a chronic energy shortage. I remedied that in my game through trade with everyone I could get to trade energy with me, but looking at some other countries in late 1966, China has completely ran out of energy and the USSR has ran out of rares.

Edit: typo.

 

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Looks like a great mod that a lot of work was put into.

However, while I tried to install it, after applying the proper patches (Dommsday), it seems that the extra regions have been added, but the physical map looks exactly the same as before.
This is resulting weird soldiers marching into invisible territories, spamming me with "Enemy at sight!" massages about regions I can't even see. I mean, come one, the Vietnam War involved guerrilla warfare, but this is too much!
I have also tried reinstalling, that didn't help either.
Edit: after about a million reinstall, I got it to work... Great job! Here's something that will keep me busy for a while.

 

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This looks amazing.

 

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I love your mod! It really captures the atmosphere of the Vietnam War era! I do have one observation concerning resources, though. Washington DC appears to generate a lot of them (particularly energy) but it's not linked to the rest of the map. As a result, the US have a chronic energy shortage. I remedied that in my game through trade with everyone I could get to trade energy with me, but looking at some other countries in late 1966, China has completely ran out of energy and the USSR has ran out of rares.

Edit: typo.

I'm glad you liked the mod. Washington and energy are intended that way. However energy options does improve a bit in Version 4.9.

 

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Looks like a great mod that a lot of work was put into.

However, while I tried to install it, after applying the proper patches (Dommsday), it seems that the extra regions have been added, but the physical map looks exactly the same as before.
This is resulting weird soldiers marching into invisible territories, spamming me with "Enemy at sight!" massages about regions I can't even see. I mean, come one, the Vietnam War involved guerrilla warfare, but this is too much!
I have also tried reinstalling, that didn't help either.
Edit: after about a million reinstall, I got it to work... Great job! Here's something that will keep me busy for a while.

What were you doing wrong?

 

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Basic Sprite Package and Version 4.9

Added Basic Sprite Pack v1.0 for the Vietnam War Mod.

Complete M-41 light-tank sprite and other basic 'stand' sprites for Vietnam and USA. Made for Vietnam version 4.9 but will work with version 4.8. Sprites are not relevant to earlier era scenarios!

New version 4.9 is ready for download: New units, energy secrets and sprite compatability.