Hi all,
Recently got the Armageddon Booster pack after finally completing a HOI2 1936 game as Germany. Hooray!
So far however I’m not impressed by the booster pack. There are too few countries, no puppets or smaller nations, the countries they do have awful looking flags (had to change the flags manually myself), they all are at war (Armageddon) or quickly go to war (Abyss). And they are all just carbon copies of each other as all have same starting tech, and are either Stalinist/National Socialist/Market Liberal.
I was hoping to find scenarios and/or mods for Armageddon, but surprised to see none. I'm also surprised to see little to no mention of it on the forum, or on the HOI2 Wiki. It’s almost like it wasn’t' received well, and everyone’s just gone back to playing regular HOI2, forgetting it ever happened
I was then considering modding my own Abyss game using the in-game editor, but quickly got bamboozled by the whole experience and think it’s beyond my limited skills. Hell, I can’t even find the Abyss .eug scenerio file in the directory to mod it!!
Sadly I also can’t find an easy 'Idiots Guide' to using the editor. Basically what i'd like to be able to create some countries, give them pre-existing treaties/relations, and pre-allocate techs/doctrines to give each nation a different flavour.
My main questions are:
1) Are there any custom made mods/scenarios for Armageddon. If so, where are they? And are they any good?
2) I read, sadly after I got the booster pack, on Wikipedia that:
“The purpose of the scenarios is to provide relatively equal nations to choose from for multiplayer games”
Does this mean the booster pack scenarios aren’t designed for standard single player use? Is the AI really poor in Armageddon as a result? Also, I assume there are no coded ‘Events’ in either Abyss or Armageddon if it is with multiplayer in mind?
3) Any 'Idiots guides' to creating scenarios? Basically creating countries and assigning tech is what i'd like to do. I'd base the countries on existing ones. i.e. create Gran Columbia from 1936 standard games Columbia, etc. I'd worry about complex things like adding events later....
4) Are there any user-made Map Editors that are easier to use than the official version? Ideally I’d like a simple click interface where you can click on a map and assign countries, almost by ‘painting them’.
5) Why is there no real mention of Armageddon on the forums, was it received badly by the fan community?
Its a shame. I think if Paradox had put a bit more effort into the new scenerios it would have been really interesting. Instead at the moment, to me, they've create a rather empty and souless shell, purely designed for those who play Multiplayer.
Thanks in advance.
Recently got the Armageddon Booster pack after finally completing a HOI2 1936 game as Germany. Hooray!
So far however I’m not impressed by the booster pack. There are too few countries, no puppets or smaller nations, the countries they do have awful looking flags (had to change the flags manually myself), they all are at war (Armageddon) or quickly go to war (Abyss). And they are all just carbon copies of each other as all have same starting tech, and are either Stalinist/National Socialist/Market Liberal.
I was hoping to find scenarios and/or mods for Armageddon, but surprised to see none. I'm also surprised to see little to no mention of it on the forum, or on the HOI2 Wiki. It’s almost like it wasn’t' received well, and everyone’s just gone back to playing regular HOI2, forgetting it ever happened
I was then considering modding my own Abyss game using the in-game editor, but quickly got bamboozled by the whole experience and think it’s beyond my limited skills. Hell, I can’t even find the Abyss .eug scenerio file in the directory to mod it!!
Sadly I also can’t find an easy 'Idiots Guide' to using the editor. Basically what i'd like to be able to create some countries, give them pre-existing treaties/relations, and pre-allocate techs/doctrines to give each nation a different flavour.
My main questions are:
1) Are there any custom made mods/scenarios for Armageddon. If so, where are they? And are they any good?
2) I read, sadly after I got the booster pack, on Wikipedia that:
“The purpose of the scenarios is to provide relatively equal nations to choose from for multiplayer games”
Does this mean the booster pack scenarios aren’t designed for standard single player use? Is the AI really poor in Armageddon as a result? Also, I assume there are no coded ‘Events’ in either Abyss or Armageddon if it is with multiplayer in mind?
3) Any 'Idiots guides' to creating scenarios? Basically creating countries and assigning tech is what i'd like to do. I'd base the countries on existing ones. i.e. create Gran Columbia from 1936 standard games Columbia, etc. I'd worry about complex things like adding events later....
4) Are there any user-made Map Editors that are easier to use than the official version? Ideally I’d like a simple click interface where you can click on a map and assign countries, almost by ‘painting them’.
5) Why is there no real mention of Armageddon on the forums, was it received badly by the fan community?
Its a shame. I think if Paradox had put a bit more effort into the new scenerios it would have been really interesting. Instead at the moment, to me, they've create a rather empty and souless shell, purely designed for those who play Multiplayer.
Thanks in advance.
