[SCENARIO] Crossroads of the World - Historical Edition

[Osakasayama]

This is a modmod-scenario based on Crossroads of the World, an official BtS scenario.

My honest thought is that Crossroads of the World was a mediocre mod. Sure, it was better than the half-assed Mesoamerica, but it was still the weakest out of the official BtS mods. I mean, the Middle East map they used is unbearably horrible.

The aim of this modmod is to add some historicity to the mod while keeping its commerce aspects. It isn't exactly historical (e.g. Ak Koyunlu and the Safavids playable from the start) but I tried to account for that with scripted events.

Spoiler Screenshots :

Download link

Features:

• Maps, terrain, unit graphics, city placement, and python code shamelessly stolen from Embryodead's Sword of Islam!
• Features from the original mod: Raiders, Commerce victory
  
• Corporation overhaul
• New playable Civs: Oman, Ak Koyunlu, Safavids
• Scripted city flips and unit spawns, some semi-scripted Barbarians

Playable Civilizations

• Ethiopia: AI starts with additional cities
• Mamluks (Egypt): AI starts with the Levant. At war with Cilicia and Cyprus.
• Ottomans: AI starts with additional cities. At war with Byzantium.
• Rasulids (Yemen)
• Timurids: Receives units (and city flips for the AI) in turn 60.
• NEW! Nabhanids (Oman)
• NEW! Ak Koyunlu (merged with Kara Koyunlu): Starts with one city. Receives units (and city flips for AI) in turns 75 and 150.
• NEW! Safavids: Starts with one city. Receives units (and city flips for AI) in turns 100 and 180.

Spoiler Turn-based Events :

• Turn 45 (Human Ottomans): Smyniote Crusades
• Turn 60: Arrival of Timur
• Turn 65: Alexandrian Crusade
• Turn 75: Rise of the Kara Koyunlu
• Turn 100: Foundation of Safaviyya
• Turn 100 (Human Ottomans): Bodrum Castle
• Turn 150: Rise of the Ak Koyunlu
• Turn 180: Rise of the Safavids

To do list:

• For some reason, GlobalDefinesAlt isn't functioning correctly. Hence, AI keeps disbanding units and the Sea of Marmara is currently a lake.
  
• Rebalance corporations?
• Fix religion and corporation icons (for some reason I can't edit the GameFont.tga)
• New civics from SoI?

Credits:

• Embryodead (Base map, graphics, code, etc.)
• Leoreth (parts of the python code, borrowed from DoC)
• Liam Collins (creator of original BtS mod)

 

[skyfire]

For some reason, GlobalDefinesAlt isn't functioning correctly. Hence, AI keeps disbanding units and the Sea of Marmara is currently a lake.

It is a problem. It helps if you give the units promotion and experience. The ai will be less likely to disband units