Hello everyone,
I've done some modding the last few months on the Religion&Revolution mod. I'd like to share my work with the community, and hear what you think about it.
I'm inexperienced as a modder, so I can't guarantee I've done everything the correct way. I've tested it extensively, and it runs quite smoothly, but if anyone encounters problems or bugs, please report them in this thread.
I've attached my modmod to this post in a zip file. To play it, do the following things:
Note: Savegames of the original mod are not compatible with this modmod.
CONTENTS:
New traits for European leaders
I have added two brand new civilization traits to this game for the Russians and the Swedish, and added four new leader traits. I also made modifications to several of the other traits.
The addition of four leader traits brings the total number of available leader traits to 16. As there are 16 playable leaders in the game, and each of them gets two leader traits, this means that every leader trait is used twice.
These are the six new traits:
These are the changes to existing traits:
In assigning new traits to leaders, I've paid attention to three things:
I've made changes to various nations starting units as well, to reflect their changed strengths:
I've also made changes to the personalities of each leader, to give each of them a unique character.
New traits for Native leaders
I have added only one new trait for Natives (Patriarch), but made modifications to most of the others. These are the traits that have been changed:
One thing I did not like about the original mod was the similarity between many native nations (in fact, some nations were almost exact copies of one another, like the Tarascans, Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Toromona and Aztecs).
I've tried to give each of the 30 different native nations a different "feel." To do this, I've made large changes to their personalities in terms of raiding behavior, gift-giving, tendency to feel threatened, willingness to declare war, etc.
This is to partly to ensure that no two native nations behave the same way, but also to spread aggressive and peaceful natives more evenly across the map. In the original mod, the southern and equatorial tribes are highly aggressive, while almost all North American tribes were quite peaceful. I've tried to balance that out a bit more.
The second way to create diversity is by assigning new traits to native leaders. I've made sure that no two tribes share exactly the same traits, and in addition to that, I've tried to spread the different traits evenly across the globe. These are the native leaders, with their new traits:
I've also tweaked the factors that determine your relationship with natives, as I disliked the way all natives instantly hated you just because of the number of colonies you owned, instead of the proximity of those colonies to their lands. The idea is to make the interaction with natives just as challenging, but more interesting and realistic:
Founding Fathers
I've made some big changes to the founding fathers. Mostly, I tried to make each founding father appear at the point of the game where he would make sense (so no Valuable Wood-giving FFs in the endgame). I've also increased the number of units provided by FFs in the late game.
Jose de San Martin, who is not included yet in the main mod, is included in this Modmod as well.
New Promotions
I've added four new promotions to the game:
Schmiddie's changes on railroads
As I didn't like the inclusion of trains into this historical period, I've also included the changes Schmiddie made to this in his modmod.
Minor changes
In addition to the changes mentioned above, I've also made many minor alterations:
I've done some modding the last few months on the Religion&Revolution mod. I'd like to share my work with the community, and hear what you think about it.
I'm inexperienced as a modder, so I can't guarantee I've done everything the correct way. I've tested it extensively, and it runs quite smoothly, but if anyone encounters problems or bugs, please report them in this thread.
I've attached my modmod to this post in a zip file. To play it, do the following things:
- If you haven't done so already, download the Religion&Revolution Mod. At the moment, my modmod is compatible with version 2.1.
- Extract the main mod, and place it into the Mods folder.
- Make a copy of the mod, and name it "agnats_submod_for_R&R2.1" (so that I can analyze savegames).
- Download the zip file containing my modmod, which is attached to this post.
- Extract the contents of the zip file.
- Open the folder that is generated this way, and copy both folders inside ("Assets" and "DLLSources").
- Paste them into the main folder of the copy of the main mod. Always accept when asked to overwrite files or merge folders.
- The modmod can now be played by selecting it in the Mods list under the "Load a Mod" option at the main manu of the game.
Note: Savegames of the original mod are not compatible with this modmod.
CONTENTS:
New traits for European leaders
I have added two brand new civilization traits to this game for the Russians and the Swedish, and added four new leader traits. I also made modifications to several of the other traits.
The addition of four leader traits brings the total number of available leader traits to 16. As there are 16 playable leaders in the game, and each of them gets two leader traits, this means that every leader trait is used twice.
These are the six new traits:
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In assigning new traits to leaders, I've paid attention to three things:
- Diversity: No two leaders may share more than one trait with one another.
- Synergy: Traits preferably should work together to give a leader certain strong points, and as a result a unique gameplay experience.
- Historical Correctness: The traits need to make sense when considering the historical background of a leader.
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I've also made changes to the personalities of each leader, to give each of them a unique character.
New traits for Native leaders
I have added only one new trait for Natives (Patriarch), but made modifications to most of the others. These are the traits that have been changed:
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I've tried to give each of the 30 different native nations a different "feel." To do this, I've made large changes to their personalities in terms of raiding behavior, gift-giving, tendency to feel threatened, willingness to declare war, etc.
This is to partly to ensure that no two native nations behave the same way, but also to spread aggressive and peaceful natives more evenly across the map. In the original mod, the southern and equatorial tribes are highly aggressive, while almost all North American tribes were quite peaceful. I've tried to balance that out a bit more.
The second way to create diversity is by assigning new traits to native leaders. I've made sure that no two tribes share exactly the same traits, and in addition to that, I've tried to spread the different traits evenly across the globe. These are the native leaders, with their new traits:
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I've also tweaked the factors that determine your relationship with natives, as I disliked the way all natives instantly hated you just because of the number of colonies you owned, instead of the proximity of those colonies to their lands. The idea is to make the interaction with natives just as challenging, but more interesting and realistic:
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Founding Fathers
I've made some big changes to the founding fathers. Mostly, I tried to make each founding father appear at the point of the game where he would make sense (so no Valuable Wood-giving FFs in the endgame). I've also increased the number of units provided by FFs in the late game.
Jose de San Martin, who is not included yet in the main mod, is included in this Modmod as well.
New Promotions
I've added four new promotions to the game:
- Homeland Guard I (+15% Strength inside Cultural Borders)
- Homeland Guard II (+25% Strength inside Cultural Borders)
- Homeland Guard III (+35% Strength inside Cultural Borders, requires Great General)
- Sea Explorer II (Better results from Shipwrecks, requires Sea Explorer I)
Schmiddie's changes on railroads
As I didn't like the inclusion of trains into this historical period, I've also included the changes Schmiddie made to this in his modmod.
- Trains are replaced by Carriages (which I renamed Convoys)
- Train Stations are replaced by Waystations
- Railroads and Plastered Roads are replaced by Plastered Country Roads and Country Roads respectively
Minor changes
In addition to the changes mentioned above, I've also made many minor alterations:
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