The Ultimate WWIII Scenario, will you make it?

[killerorange_27]

I have wanted a WWIII scenario for a long time for Civ4, but I don't have the skill or time to create a mod. If you are talented with mod creation, I encourage you to make this scenario, the scheme for which I have scripted out below.

The Ultimate WWIII scenario:
The players:

Warsaw Pact Nations:
Soviet Union
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
HUngary
Poland
Romania

NATO Nations:
Belgium
Canada
France
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom
United States
West Germany

(*Note - This is basicly the same scenario used by Tom Clancy in "Red Storm Rising"

March, 1989
The wall has not come down. The Soviet Union has recently completed its largest petrol-chemical plant, which produces close to 40% of the nation's oil. A terrorist faction destroys the Soviet Union's refinery, which leaves the nation desperately short of oil. The Politburo's only solution to the oil problem is to invade the oilfields of the Persian Gulf. Before they can do that they must neutralize NATO's forces in Europe. Although the USSR has a short supply of oil, they have the element of surprise; the NATO forces have not mobilized until after the initial Soviet invasion into West Germany. The Soviet's have also taken Iceland, with which they disrupt the GIUK SOSUS line, which would have denied the Soviet's effective naval operations in the Atlantlic. Although both sides have a nuclear arsenal, the implications of nuclear warfare - strategic and tactical - deters both sides from using them (as should be the case in the scenario, although their use is not entirely out of the question).

So in this map the USSR should control Iceland and the US should have forces in West Germany, but not enough to stop a full on invasion (More troops must be transported), The USSR should have a limited oil supply (oil should be available in the Persian Gulf).

Units:
should include units for both sides used in the Cold War (can be found in most Civ Cold War scenarios).
Airborne Examples:
Chemical weapons
Biological Weapons
AEGIS cruiser
ICBM (conventional)
AWACS aircraft
Tu-16 Badger
Tu-22M Backfire (nuclear/conventional payload
B-52 Stratofortress (nuclear/conventional payload)
F-4
E-3 Sentry (AWACS)
B-1 Lancer
MiG 29
etc.

If you are interested, I would like to know about it, and you can go ahead and start whenever, you don't need permission from me (although I would like some credit for the idea).

 

[Lord Frosty]

Great idea. You have the basis for some good fun there. But this is the wrong forum.

 

[Snerk]

I also like the idea, but shouldn't it be called a Cold War scenario instead of a ww2 scanario? And yes, wrong forum, but whatcha gonna do

 

[Ploeperpengel]

I also like the idea, but shouldn't it be called a Cold War scenario instead of a ww2 scanario? And yes, wrong forum, but whatcha gonna do

Yes, nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
Move it!

 

[Mesix]

I like the premise. While this is the worng forum (since you don'e have a file to share), I will provide you with some initial feedback to your idea.

The U.S. should have units in West Germany. If the wall has not come down then Germany is an occupied country, not an independent power. You might want to research where units were placed in the late '80 to add a sense of realism. Germany should only become a viable player if one side or the other conquers ( or "liberates") the area that is occupuied by the other side. Germany would then be allied with the victor. This would make a nice intermediate goal for a WW3 scenario. Snother goal could be to secure the oil fields in the Middle East (obviously).

Nice premise. XML and Python Scrypt are not too difficult to use if you put a little time into it. Don't be put back by the "programming challenge". Both languages use common English phrases and have a logical order to them. There is plenty of info on the Internet to help you understand the languages, and you should also be able to view the files created by other mod makers using a text editor like notepad if you need an example.

 

[killerorange_27]

Thanks for the feedback. I started to go through a Python tutorial, and its a lot like programming a calculator. I just don't know exactly what to put and where to make a civ4 script. I am going to do some more research and hopefully will repost a VERY detailed setup - everything from units to placement to cities, and will define some goals. And for the name (which I don't find very important), I think that the Cold War would have turned into WWIII after this scenario had taken place, so while the Cold War may have been the kindling, the supposed terrorist attack is the spark that ignites the fire -- this is WWIII. By the way, what is the right forum to post on though for this?