[MOD] Homeland, an ahistorical mod for Darkest Hour

[EmperorWillham]

Homeland bg_start V2.0, for all you Union Flag Likers http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3274/bgstart.png For the flag dislikers this one. http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/5205/bgstarthlukusauukusau.png

 

[razorbird789]

Homeland bg_start V2.0, for all you Union Flag Likers http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3274/bgstart.png For the flag dislikers this one. http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/5205/bgstarthlukusauukusau.png

it's not that i dislike the flag effect it's that i don't like the USA flag when the game is focused on Japan,Britain ,France and Germany at this time.

 

[novapaddy]

I'm very happy with what Emperor Willham has contributed and have put it in the mod, blended with what I had done already. I also added his name to the list of contributors on the first page.

 

[EmperorWillham]

it's not that i dislike the flag effect it's that i don't like the USA flag when the game is focused on Japan,Britain ,France and Germany at this time.

I Know, But because The US starts the War in the first place, that sets the events of the Mod in motion. I felt that the start screen would reflect that, that choice US made to Start the war and bring the power Britain down upon them and defend them themselves form the enemies that they created.

 

[EmperorWillham]

I'm very happy with what Emperor Willham has contributed and have put it in the mod, blended with what I had done already. I also added his name to the list of contributors on the first page.

Thanks glad I could help.

 

[novapaddy]

I'm in the process of creating the final phase of events for this mod.

I've had a war in America.
I've had a Peace and War and maybe another War in Asia.
I've had a new power block in ITA and Spain.
I've had another new power block in the BEEF states (Baltic and East European Federation)
Britain and France can be Friends or almost enemies... but whatever you decide, will change the course of the mod.

Chamberlain tries and tries to achieve Peace in our Time in Europe.
Hitler waits and waits.
The BEEF states pursue an independent foreign policy regardless.
The Soviets, haven't done them yet.. best hurry!!

The mod ends with Decisions for the player to make..
Europe will be on the very brink of war, but what war?

It all depends on the BEEF states / the French decision to aid England at the very start of the game.


Publication is still set for the last day of July.

 

[razorbird789]

I'm in the process of creating the final phase of events for this mod.

I've had a war in America.
I've had a Peace and War and maybe another War in Asia.
I've had a new power block in ITA and Spain.
I've had another new power block in the BEEF states (Baltic and East European Federation)
Britain and France can be Friends or almost enemies... but whatever you decide, will change the course of the mod.

Chamberlain tries and tries to achieve Peace in our Time in Europe.
Hitler waits and waits.
The BEEF states pursue an independent foreign policy regardless.
The Soviets, haven't done them yet.. best hurry!!

The mod ends with Decisions for the player to make..
Europe will be on the very brink of war, but what war?

It all depends on the BEEF states / the French decision to aid England at the very start of the game.


Publication is still set for the last day of July.

i'd love for you to do more on this mod, stuff we still haven't discussed yet. After we have that war it will be over before 1950 easily, it should end in 1945 at the latest but after that there will be nothing in the mod
Perhaps you could continue work on a Japnese Uk split then coldwar scenario that has them fighting diplomatically and Militarily throughout the world using themselves and puppet states. Then they could finally break out in a war that has every nation picking a side as a result of the previous decisions in 1955 say?

 

[novapaddy]

i'd love for you to do more on this mod, stuff we still haven't discussed yet. After we have that war it will be over before 1950 easily, it should end in 1945 at the latest but after that there will be nothing in the mod
Perhaps you could continue work on a Japnese Uk split then coldwar scenario that has them fighting diplomatically and Militarily throughout the world using themselves and puppet states. Then they could finally break out in a war that has every nation picking a side as a result of the previous decisions in 1955 say?

Jeez razor! you make that sound very tempting!... But at the very least I'll need to have a break, recharge me batteries and all that. Let's see how the mod does first eh?

USA is still in the mod, just smaller. CSA is there too, that is of course if FRA doesn't help ENG in America.
.. Yes, thinking about it, there could well be more "legs" in this mod if you guys gave me more ideas... ??

Probably best to try it first, see what you think and then we'll see?

 

[Zzzzz...]

Homeland bg_start V2.0, for all you Union Flag Likers http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3274/bgstart.png For the flag dislikers this one. http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/5205/bgstarthlukusauukusau.png

Those are very nice.

 

[razorbird789]

Jeez razor! you make that sound very tempting!... But at the very least I'll need to have a break, recharge me batteries and all that. Let's see how the mod does first eh?

USA is still in the mod, just smaller. CSA is there too, that is of course if FRA doesn't help ENG in America.
.. Yes, thinking about it, there could well be more "legs" in this mod if you guys gave me more ideas... ??

Probably best to try it first, see what you think and then we'll see?

You make a good point, release this mod! Then you can worry about patching and bug fixing then onto the alternative coldwar later i'll help you with some ideas when you come to it and if i don't hear from Lord Mackie soon i *may* be able to do some events for you

 

[novapaddy]

UPDATE:
I'm in the final stages of what I wished to do with this mod.
I am (all of a sudden) having significant problems, such as:
For months Nationalist Spain defeats Republican Spain. Now for some reason(?) as the Rep are defeated with no provinces, they can suddenly make a deal with Italy and hey presto, they have all their provinces back (as if the war didn't happen) WHY? after all this time, this is happening... with ALL the DH events turned OFF, that's even in the main DH folder, AND the mod folder.. I've no idea??

Also, trying to start a small war in Europe in 1938 is proving impossible, as (with the above), if you start a small war, suddenly all hell breaks loose and everyone is a war... Despite all events being turned off everywhere! and any alliances that may be causing this, off too!

.. So, please accept that until this is sorted out (if it can be?) this mod is stopped.:blink:

 

[unmerged(139227)]

UPDATE:
I'm in the final stages of what I wished to do with this mod.
I am (all of a sudden) having significant problems, such as:
For months Nationalist Spain defeats Republican Spain. Now for some reason(?) as the Rep are defeated with no provinces, they can suddenly make a deal with Italy and hey presto, they have all their provinces back (as if the war didn't happen) WHY? after all this time, this is happening... with ALL the DH events turned OFF, that's even in the main DH folder, AND the mod folder.. I've no idea??

Also, trying to start a small war in Europe in 1938 is proving impossible, as (with the above), if you start a small war, suddenly all hell breaks loose and everyone is a war... Despite all events being turned off everywhere! and any alliances that may be causing this, off too!

.. So, please accept that until this is sorted out (if it can be?) this mod is stopped.:blink:

This sounds like a trigger issue. Also - what do you mean by 'deal with Italy'? As in a diplomatic deal?

 

[novapaddy]

This sounds like a trigger issue. Also - what do you mean by 'deal with Italy'? As in a diplomatic deal?

I mean: the Spanish civil war ends, Nationalist Spain has taken all the provinces, usually I get the victory and SPA takes over Spain. Instead, now, the vanquished SPR either somehow make peace with Italy, and become a Italian puppet ( I have ITA invading Spain and helping their allies SPA to victory, but usually ITA have left Spain before the end of the war)... or, the map becomes as it was at the start of the civil war, with SPR with all their provinces back again.

ALL events are turned off. It's as if the game is doing as it wants, and not following the ai or the events..??

And this is after months where it did like it was told to do, but now, it just does whatever... and I cannot find where?

 

[novapaddy]

Just pondering on this issue:

The other day, when play-testing, something strange happened, and I saw it, and just let it go.. but thinking about it now... thereafter, I've been having all kinds of strange things going on in play-testing.

.. So, I think I have either faulty memory in my computer, or I have a corrupted game .. somehow?

 

[Arcangelus]

I mean: the Spanish civil war ends, Nationalist Spain has taken all the provinces, usually I get the victory and SPA takes over Spain. Instead, now, the vanquished SPR either somehow make peace with Italy, and become a Italian puppet ( I have ITA invading Spain and helping their allies SPA to victory, but usually ITA have left Spain before the end of the war)... or, the map becomes as it was at the start of the civil war, with SPR with all their provinces back again.

I don't know why this happen, but you could write an event for SPA to inherit SPR if SPR becomes a Italian puppet and Italy is allied with National Spain as a temporary fix.
Maybe it happen cause Italy is considered leader of the alliance and, when trying to get something of the war, SPR becomes a Italian puppet. Have you tried adding a ferocity = yes in the SPR IA file?

 

[novapaddy]

I don't know why this happen, but you could write an event for SPA to inherit SPR if SPR becomes a Italian puppet and Italy is allied with National Spain as a temporary fix.
Maybe it happen cause Italy is considered leader of the alliance and, when trying to get something of the war, SPR becomes a Italian puppet. Have you tried adding a ferocity = yes in the SPR IA file?

Cheers for the suggestion Arcangelus, but Yes, I tried that already... I'm back now trying to fathom what is wrong... and I think I very simply have a corrupted Save Game.. as I've been running the game to just before the end of the Spanish civil war.. save... and then use that save as the start of the next stage... and I've been overwriting .. overwriting.. overwriting... the same game file... maybe this corrupted the file???

.. so now I'm back testing the mod from the very start to see if the strange stuff still happens... Jeez, who said modding way easy!!!!.. I'm spending my life fixing stuff for 90% of the time.

 

[razorbird789]

I don't know why this happen, but you could write an event for SPA to inherit SPR if SPR becomes a Italian puppet and Italy is allied with National Spain as a temporary fix.
Maybe it happen cause Italy is considered leader of the alliance and, when trying to get something of the war, SPR becomes a Italian puppet. Have you tried adding a ferocity = yes in the SPR IA file?

that's temporary or you could just #### out the appropriate events that are causing problems and if you need them you could rewrite them tailoring it to your mod.....

 

[unmerged(139227)]

Cheers for the suggestion Arcangelus, but Yes, I tried that already... I'm back now trying to fathom what is wrong... and I think I very simply have a corrupted Save Game.. as I've been running the game to just before the end of the Spanish civil war.. save... and then use that save as the start of the next stage... and I've been overwriting .. overwriting.. overwriting... the same game file... maybe this corrupted the file???

.. so now I'm back testing the mod from the very start to see if the strange stuff still happens... Jeez, who said modding way easy!!!!.. I'm spending my life fixing stuff for 90% of the time.

Modding is definitely not easy but rewarding at least. Tell us if you have the same problem from the start but I honestly doubt continuously overwriting the save would corrupt it. What's the first strange thing you said you saw, also?

 

[novapaddy]

Modding is definitely not easy but rewarding at least. Tell us if you have the same problem from the start but I honestly doubt continuously overwriting the save would corrupt it. What's the first strange thing you said you saw, also?

Sorry, I cannot remember, so much has happened since then.. but it was a WTF moment...

another strange thing is this, I got a pic:



French airforce is attacking during spanish civil war... BUT they're not at war, and this never happened in .. must be over a 100 tests...

So far so good, I think things are getting back to normal, but plenty of squeeky bum time still... :rofl:

 

[razorbird789]

are they actually bombing them,switch to Rep Spain and find out the details....?