[MOD] After the End - A post-apocalyptic America mod
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IIRC what happened was all the Protestants along the Mississippi left when they formed the Holy Columbian Confederacy, a mishmash of all that Protestant and Reformed somesuch. The ones that didn't go ended up pagans or neognostics or voodoo or what have you. In their absence, the Catholics moved in closer to New Rome. Don't quote me on that, though, I thought I saw someone say it a while back but I am not going to try and find it.
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Also, in regards to the atheism debate, I have to agree that it would not be very prevalent in a post-apocalyptic feudal society, and in many ways the cynical trait serves its purpose pretty well, but I also must concede that plenty of people are atheist or agnostic in America today. I doubt it would totally disappear following the apocalypse. While I would not recommend adding in any important atheist rulers, it could work as a religion, as elaborated upon in some other posts, and might be something to add once the main body of work is more or less done. In the event that it does happen, I'd suggest an incredibly zealous antitheist heresy and a not-so-zealous agnostic heresy.
One of the bases for the mod (that we've since veered from a bit) is A Canticle for Leibowitz, which was about a post-apocalyptic America gradually rebuilding itself, the Church's role in all that, and a Pope in St. Louis. It's why Catholicism is centered in a region that is pretty not-Catholic.
The github download is compatible. The MediaFire is not.
I could see it working much like Judaism in vanilla, maybe. But a few courtiers and advisors probably aren't worth coding a new religion, especially without a historically important atheist center and culture like Judaism has Jerusalem, and the relevant interesting and flavorful SoA events that come from that.
If Atheism isn't going to be it's own thing it doesn't matter too much, if it is though (at anypoint) it should come in 2 flavours Internet grade Atheism which is the stereotypical burn all theists and the other flavour being meh towards religion. What other religions would be implemented, i would like to see a very powerful Scientology Faith in the west, i don't know how it would work though.
Off topic it mentions about a British Invasion, when does this occur in the mod and why the hell is Norse in the game??????
Off topic it mentions about a British Invasion, when does this occur in the mod and why the hell is Norse in the game??????
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Try reading the thread. Also, no, Scientology will not in any way, shape or form appear in the mod.
What you could do for an atheist-style religion (and I'm not saying you should do this) is make something like "Stellarists", people who worship the stars and places of old scientific learning. Holy sites could include Cape Canaveral, NASA headquarters, and that kind of thing.
But make it real clear that these people don't really understand what they're worshipping - like the Consumerists, they're enamored with the dreams of the past and the idea of science rather than science itself. You could have entertaining events where they try and restore old rockets (and it goes horribly wrong) or things like that.
Call the priests "Scientists" or "Professors" or something. Base them at NASA, with little enclaves all over the place.
It's a "secular" religion, but it's not, really - it's just people venerating something distorted, like Consumerism. You could even do heresies with things like "Plutoists", who firmly believe that Pluto is a planet, or "Exodites", who are looking to leave the world behind and go to the stars, or tthings like that.
But make it real clear that these people don't really understand what they're worshipping - like the Consumerists, they're enamored with the dreams of the past and the idea of science rather than science itself. You could have entertaining events where they try and restore old rockets (and it goes horribly wrong) or things like that.
Call the priests "Scientists" or "Professors" or something. Base them at NASA, with little enclaves all over the place.
It's a "secular" religion, but it's not, really - it's just people venerating something distorted, like Consumerism. You could even do heresies with things like "Plutoists", who firmly believe that Pluto is a planet, or "Exodites", who are looking to leave the world behind and go to the stars, or tthings like that.
This sounds really really awesome. Even if it's not done in this mod some kind of stellar worship religion sounds like a great idea elsewhere.
The Occultist holy book says 'When the stars are right, R'lyeh will rise from the sea, never to sink again'. These guys should hang out.
Atomicists sort of veer on that already. The Science! facet of it all isn't played up that much, but a religion centered around (if not actually understanding of) atomic theory is going to have a certain relationship with old science. Cape Canaveral even serves as an Atomicist holy site.
Perhaps reformed Atomicists could take that role, focusing less on dumping their kids in nuclear reactors and more on furthering the knowledge of the Atom!
A boost in knowledge like the Buddhists but with restrictions in CB could be a nice flavour and would distinguish the Atomicists from the other religions
Couple things. I love the music, but occasionally a jarringly loud 'static' track will play. Looking through the mod's music stuff, I can't identify any track that sounds like just static, but I and a friend both hear it on rare occasions. It generally lasts for a few minutes, and we're both using the latest github version.
Also anabaptists OP, plz nerf. I'm sure others have mentioned that though. All in all? Great mod.
EDIT: One More Thing. When I tried to play as the Marquise of Haiti, twice I got a gameover immediately upon game start saying I'd become a theocracy. When I checked what happened to the dude there by playing as a different character, it looked like he got demoted to a landless heir on game start somehow? I'll see if I can check what ruler designing does in a bit.
Also anabaptists OP, plz nerf. I'm sure others have mentioned that though. All in all? Great mod.
EDIT: One More Thing. When I tried to play as the Marquise of Haiti, twice I got a gameover immediately upon game start saying I'd become a theocracy. When I checked what happened to the dude there by playing as a different character, it looked like he got demoted to a landless heir on game start somehow? I'll see if I can check what ruler designing does in a bit.
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Really the thread is over 100 pages do you think that everyone has the time to read it? and the questions i asked are perfectly valid as i have looked through the text files and hadn't found the British invasion file and wanted to know when it happens i also wanted to know the logic behind Norse being in the mod.
Game CTDs with the mod and the latest version of CK2 whenever I click the Single Player or Load Game buttons on the main menu. Is there something in installation I may have missed, as above it is said that it is compatible with the latest version?
If there's some atheist religion added in to the mod it should obviously be centered around the idea that it was religion that destroyed the previous civilization. But personally I'm a bit bummed out that our lord and savior, Elvis, didn't get his own religion... ;-) Nice mod. Keep up the good work.
There's a search thread button in the top right. Norse is a frequently asked question, the devs are just a bit tired of hearing it.
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