kiwitt
Road to War Modder
1.07 is the last official version.
Even today, I enjoying playing.
Even today, I enjoying playing.
Road to War - Historical
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kiwitt
Road to War Modder
Looking to make some minor changes for 1.08.
1: Stopping the culture expansion of the British and Canadian Dieppe/D-Day landings with a couple of coast squares.
2: Giving British Commonwealth, Canadian Infantry, US Infantry and Marines unrestricted access to sea tiles (not ocean), to all them to make amphibious landings to harass the German defenders.
3: Commandos and Ranger and Paratroop forces to have invisibility to cause more harassment to the enemies.
4: Researching the history of Iraq a bit more, I have decided to make on Mozul the location of the Iraqi AXIS rebellion (as Hungarian forces) and the rest of Iraq will be made aligned with Allies (as Scandinavian forces)
5: Reset of combat values for Land Units to be more aligned with what their composition is.
6: Additional Generals and units added to the game
7: Commonwealth Infantry Divs and Commonwealth Corps to be built in Kuwait, to reflect the transport of these units from India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
I'll scan for more changes as well.
1: Stopping the culture expansion of the British and Canadian Dieppe/D-Day landings with a couple of coast squares.
2: Giving British Commonwealth, Canadian Infantry, US Infantry and Marines unrestricted access to sea tiles (not ocean), to all them to make amphibious landings to harass the German defenders.
3: Commandos and Ranger and Paratroop forces to have invisibility to cause more harassment to the enemies.
4: Researching the history of Iraq a bit more, I have decided to make on Mozul the location of the Iraqi AXIS rebellion (as Hungarian forces) and the rest of Iraq will be made aligned with Allies (as Scandinavian forces)
5: Reset of combat values for Land Units to be more aligned with what their composition is.
6: Additional Generals and units added to the game
7: Commonwealth Infantry Divs and Commonwealth Corps to be built in Kuwait, to reflect the transport of these units from India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
I'll scan for more changes as well.
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kiwitt
Road to War Modder
Changes to 1.08 will be extensive
Restict units to religion being in cities
Remove Barracks and Military Academies from World Wonders
Reichstad to have Broadcast Tower, Check BBC and Eiffel Tower
Barracks required to build any ground units including reserves
Corps/Armies can only be build in Military Academies
Armies and Army Groups can only be built in Capitals
Generals can be built in Military Academies
Scientists can be built in Research Centres
Politicians can be built in Universities
Engineers can be built in Good Factories
Merchants can be built in Grocers
Great Spies can be built in Capitals
Spies can be buillt in Jails
Code Spies can be built in Jails
Fascists can only be built by Barracks + Fascism in city
Democrats can only be built by Hospitals + Democracy
Communists can only be built by Sewers + Communism
Neutral can only be built by Courts + Neutral
Remove Jails, Courts from World Wonders
Also unit limits will be re-introduced - testing showed this was unrealistic.
Probably a lot more changes.
Restict units to religion being in cities
Remove Barracks and Military Academies from World Wonders
Barracks required to build any ground units including reserves
Corps/Armies can only be build in Military Academies
Armies and Army Groups can only be built in Capitals
Generals can be built in Military Academies
Scientists can be built in Research Centres
Politicians can be built in Universities
Engineers can be built in Good Factories
Merchants can be built in Grocers
Great Spies can be built in Capitals
Spies can be buillt in Jails
Code Spies can be built in Jails
Fascists can only be built by Barracks + Fascism in city
Democrats can only be built by Hospitals + Democracy
Communists can only be built by Sewers + Communism
Neutral can only be built by Courts + Neutral
Remove Jails, Courts from World Wonders
Also unit limits will be re-introduced - testing showed this was unrealistic.
Probably a lot more changes.
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kiwitt
Road to War Modder
Testing is going great. I have created several starting files for both the Single-Player and Hot-Seat for the German player.
kiwitt
Road to War Modder
kiwitt
Road to War Modder
There will be a version 1.09 ... which will likely be my last European Campaign.
It will mainly consist of unit naming refinement and additional units missed from the earlier releases, e.g. British Brigades.
It will mainly consist of unit naming refinement and additional units missed from the earlier releases, e.g. British Brigades.
JDCP
Warlord
Hi. Does this mean you will work in the Pacific next? 
Also have you thought about reworking the mod graphics? Not that I really mind it, but it would be nice to see more country specific units besides the main players of WW2 or at least see those in a nicer looks, so goes for terrain and buildings. A lot of people have a made a tons of new assets since BTS was released, I think they would contribute to a better experience (mainly because some look very dated nowadays, like some artillery). I'm surprised to hear you enjoy a lot playing your own mod, I thought most modders didn't! Very stupid I know
If anything else I could say, I love how your scenarios are always full of cities and units, it's chaotic at first but eventually turns into a very fun and immersive experience.
kiwitt
Road to War Modder
Thanks for the feedback.
I have nearly finished 1.09. The changes have been comprehensive and extensive, with many units (there are nearly 6,000), having had some kind of changes. The biggest being a massive reduction in starting promotions. The BLITZ promotion, will now take some effort to get on units and many units will not get it all. It just seems strange that the larger units, Army Groups. Armies, Corps can do multiple attacks in just one fortnight, which seems unrealistic, so I have reduced the promotion to divisions.
I have being playing war games for over 50+ years, and this mod is my life's work to combine this interest with my computer skills, hence why I enjoying playing it, apart from also Play-testing the game thru.
As for the Pacific, my interest has always being with land combat. In addition, the AI seems to have a problem with using island hopping type combat
I have nearly finished 1.09. The changes have been comprehensive and extensive, with many units (there are nearly 6,000), having had some kind of changes. The biggest being a massive reduction in starting promotions. The BLITZ promotion, will now take some effort to get on units and many units will not get it all. It just seems strange that the larger units, Army Groups. Armies, Corps can do multiple attacks in just one fortnight, which seems unrealistic, so I have reduced the promotion to divisions.
I have being playing war games for over 50+ years, and this mod is my life's work to combine this interest with my computer skills, hence why I enjoying playing it, apart from also Play-testing the game thru.
As for the Pacific, my interest has always being with land combat. In addition, the AI seems to have a problem with using island hopping type combat
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JDCP
Warlord
Excellent! can't wait for it then
nice job! I agree with this, the idea behind Blitz and it's use on combat is very costly, although mighty effective, so it makes sense limiting it.And it shows, this mod can be very challenging but once you get the hang it becomes a blast! Just like any other war game. My favorite aspect of this mod is how certain aspects of the nations on WW2 are emphasized.
Fair enough, the European theater as it is happens to be already an excellent campaign, although I would love a Global Assault of this but given what you say it might be better to just leave it on Europe. Thanks for your efforts Kiwitt.
What are your plans for the future after no more work is to be done in your historical mod?
kiwitt
Road to War Modder
What are your plans for the future after no more work is to be done in your historical mod?
I will leave you with this quote "A designer knows when he has reached perfection, not when there is nothing left, but when there is nothing to take away."
I am looking at a 1.09 release date to mark the 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe - May 8
I was thinking about playing another game, Steel Division II is on my radar now.
kiwitt
Road to War Modder
Playtesting 1.09 is proving great ... still need to make some minor changes to the units XML re. promotions.
kiwitt
Road to War Modder
Released https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/road-to-war-historical.13097/ - to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe.
