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Greetings, civ-ers!
One thing I'd like to see is a Cold War mod for Civilization IV BtS. There are already a few scenarios and one out-dated mod, but I want to make my own historical version. But, I'm going to need some help brainstorming. FYI: This is no-where near the final draft!!!
The mod will be a modmod of the Road to War, founded on Dale's ideas. The tech tree will be an expanded version of RtW's and I plan to use Rhye's enlarged Europe map. Maybe other maps for different scenarios, but I really want to make a global Cold War map.
The religions:
Capitalism (also given to civs with strong US influence)
Communism (also given to civs with strong USSR influence)
Neutrality
Civs:
USA (JFK, Nixon, Reagan)
USSR (Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev)
N Korea
S Korea
N Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)
S Vietnam
PR China (Zedong)
R China (Taiwan) (Chiang Kai-shek)
Iberia (Franco)
NATO? (Thatcher)
Canada
Batista Cuba (Batista)
Castro Cuba (Castro)
Central America?
Warsaw Pact?
Egypt (Nasser)
Syria
Israel
Arabic Nations?
Iraq
Afghanistan
India
Indonesia
Australia
Minor African Nations?
Japan
Other Nations
These are the events I want to incorporate, the game will start in 1950 AD. Each turn will be one of two fortnights (Just like in RtW).
African Independence: At the correct date, colonies will declare themselves independent and join the minor/non-attackable civilization of the region (unless the civ has something to do with an up-coming conflict)(France's city of Tunisia would become a city of "North African Countries" while a civ like Tanzania would become part of "East African Countries."
Korean War: American troops spawn in South Korea; SK + US v. NK.
Near the end of the war, Soviet and Chinese tanks will spawn, but as NK units.
Hungarian Civil War: At first, I considered adding Revolutionary Hungary but I decided that the map would be too crammed. So I will instead have Barbarian units spawn around Budapest.
Cuban Civil War: Similar to the Spanish Civil War of RtW, Communist Cuba spawns in part of Cuba (I'll slightly increase the island size and take out the mountain) and most of their units will be set to AI Attack so the theory is they'll take over Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis: small American force spawns outside of Cuba. Some USSR units appear too. No actual war but the Americans get a unit, Cuban Exile, that can attack without declaring war.
Vietnam War: SV + USA vs. NV. American troops spawn and gradually get bigger, but so do the Vietcong, which I'll give some sort of free promotion that boosts their strength.
War of Attrition: Israel vs. Egypt. Not much to say.
Yom Kippur War: Egypt + Syria vs. Israel. Israel gets a slight increase in soldiers to ensure they'll survive.
Afghanistan: Similar to Vietnam War; USSR + Afghan vs. Spawning Barb (Mujahideen).
The End(?): I'm not sure. I make the game switch to freeplay in 1989 due to the communist crisis. I could somehow code it so the AI decides what side "won" each conflict and the side which won the most wins. (Neutral/Warsaw Pact/minor civs not playable!) I could do Space Race victory or maybe the first civilization to get their ideology to reach 75% wins.
There are also other conflicts I want to add like the situations in South America (Pinochet) and Africa (Angola, Congo) but I want to hear your opinions.
Other Concepts:
Anti-Propaganda (Purges non-state ideologies from cities, like inquisition)
Unit Purchasing?: Civilizations of same religion can sell/give their units. For example, if the user is playing as China, they could give North Korea tanks.
Changing Leaderheads: Just like in RFC
Random Cold War Events: For example, US might get one like "A local film-maker in this city has been accused of being a communist and he has been arrested." Responses: "That's absurd, release the man +1
10 turns" "Sentence him to life in prison +1 
5 turns, costs 50 gold" "Execute him, do whatever it takes to prevent scoundrels like him in our nation +1 , cost 200 gold, and costs +2gpt"
Stuff I need:
Berlin Wall graphic
non-static Leaderheads! (Batista, Thatcher, Nixon, Brezhnev, other Cold-War era LHs)
Sputnik world wonder (any generic "space" memorial)
Ideas and help!!!
Also: I've barely begun editing, just adding civs so far.
One thing I'd like to see is a Cold War mod for Civilization IV BtS. There are already a few scenarios and one out-dated mod, but I want to make my own historical version. But, I'm going to need some help brainstorming. FYI: This is no-where near the final draft!!!
The mod will be a modmod of the Road to War, founded on Dale's ideas. The tech tree will be an expanded version of RtW's and I plan to use Rhye's enlarged Europe map. Maybe other maps for different scenarios, but I really want to make a global Cold War map.
The religions:
Capitalism (also given to civs with strong US influence)
Communism (also given to civs with strong USSR influence)
Neutrality
Civs:
USA (JFK, Nixon, Reagan)
USSR (Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev)
N Korea
S Korea
N Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)
S Vietnam
PR China (Zedong)
R China (Taiwan) (Chiang Kai-shek)
Iberia (Franco)
NATO? (Thatcher)
Canada
Batista Cuba (Batista)
Castro Cuba (Castro)
Central America?
Warsaw Pact?
Egypt (Nasser)
Syria
Israel
Arabic Nations?
Iraq
Afghanistan
India
Indonesia
Australia
Minor African Nations?
Japan
Other Nations
These are the events I want to incorporate, the game will start in 1950 AD. Each turn will be one of two fortnights (Just like in RtW).
African Independence: At the correct date, colonies will declare themselves independent and join the minor/non-attackable civilization of the region (unless the civ has something to do with an up-coming conflict)(France's city of Tunisia would become a city of "North African Countries" while a civ like Tanzania would become part of "East African Countries."
Korean War: American troops spawn in South Korea; SK + US v. NK.
Near the end of the war, Soviet and Chinese tanks will spawn, but as NK units.
Hungarian Civil War: At first, I considered adding Revolutionary Hungary but I decided that the map would be too crammed. So I will instead have Barbarian units spawn around Budapest.
Cuban Civil War: Similar to the Spanish Civil War of RtW, Communist Cuba spawns in part of Cuba (I'll slightly increase the island size and take out the mountain) and most of their units will be set to AI Attack so the theory is they'll take over Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis: small American force spawns outside of Cuba. Some USSR units appear too. No actual war but the Americans get a unit, Cuban Exile, that can attack without declaring war.
Vietnam War: SV + USA vs. NV. American troops spawn and gradually get bigger, but so do the Vietcong, which I'll give some sort of free promotion that boosts their strength.
War of Attrition: Israel vs. Egypt. Not much to say.
Yom Kippur War: Egypt + Syria vs. Israel. Israel gets a slight increase in soldiers to ensure they'll survive.
Afghanistan: Similar to Vietnam War; USSR + Afghan vs. Spawning Barb (Mujahideen).
The End(?): I'm not sure. I make the game switch to freeplay in 1989 due to the communist crisis. I could somehow code it so the AI decides what side "won" each conflict and the side which won the most wins. (Neutral/Warsaw Pact/minor civs not playable!) I could do Space Race victory or maybe the first civilization to get their ideology to reach 75% wins.
There are also other conflicts I want to add like the situations in South America (Pinochet) and Africa (Angola, Congo) but I want to hear your opinions.
Other Concepts:
Anti-Propaganda (Purges non-state ideologies from cities, like inquisition)
Unit Purchasing?: Civilizations of same religion can sell/give their units. For example, if the user is playing as China, they could give North Korea tanks.
Changing Leaderheads: Just like in RFC
Random Cold War Events: For example, US might get one like "A local film-maker in this city has been accused of being a communist and he has been arrested." Responses: "That's absurd, release the man +1
10 turns" "Sentence him to life in prison +1 5 turns, costs 50 gold" "Execute him, do whatever it takes to prevent scoundrels like him in our nation +1 , cost 200 gold, and costs +2gpt"Stuff I need:
Berlin Wall graphic
non-static Leaderheads! (Batista, Thatcher, Nixon, Brezhnev, other Cold-War era LHs)
Sputnik world wonder (any generic "space" memorial)
Ideas and help!!!
Also: I've barely begun editing, just adding civs so far.
