Playing the Indians.

[Oerdin]

Are there any mods which make it possible to play the various Indian tribes? I ask because it seems obvious they can build things in their villages and they can even found new villages so it might be interesting just to play them and see how it goes.

 

[Keeshi]

It would be nice, but, they can build very little.

 

[Dale]

To be honest, after playing the Indians a bit, they are no way to play a game.

Quite simply once they build a stable (which is only available after they have some horses) there is nothing else to build.

You can't attack any European unless you have lots of braves, at least till you get guns.

You can't trade or move any goods, so anything you collect just sits there in your tribes spewing out hundreds of overflow messages each turn.

It quickly sucks.

 

[Keeshi]

To bad we can't change that some way......

Like you, take the main files for the game, ALTER them, and then poof, the natives are playable and fun, like another race.



I wonder who would know how to do such things?

 

[radmod]

As no doubt Dale could tell you, technically, it would not be all that difficult to add a new nation (for example, the Swedes or the Poles) since the methods and procedures are already in place for nations. However, for a native nation to do as you wish would be much more difficult. The programming is based on the concept of a father/mother country establishing colonies which then move to independence and revolt. Since in your concept there is no mother country to rebel from where would you get your immigrants, with whom do you trade, etc. The programming simply doesn't allow for an independent nation from the beginning.