[Modding] Creating my first scenario

[Cablenexus]

- Yes I would love to share it already, but it is not ready (far from) and I give you to look at it first

Added the Nervii tribe.

I really like the coat of arms symbols you created! Btw. you also changed the size of the trees in mod file, didnt you?:)

I changed the tree texture, but not the tree size (that I'm aware of). I changed the amount of trees (max amount 117 to 50) for both grass and plain tiles. (It lowers the memory used a lot btw).

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Frisiavones added. Not the same as Frisii. they did not had much in common with the Frisii North of the rivers. But even the Romans confused them sometimes because of their names.
Small, but a good trade harbor.

[pavelk]

Frisiavones added. Not the same as Frisii. they did not had much in common with the Frisii North of the rivers. But even the Romans confused them sometimes because of their names.
Small, but a good trade harbor.

I bet that such a detailed scenario about Holland has never existed in any game before! Honestly I am very proud that this is going to be in Aggressors!

[pavelk]

I am also very surprised that there haven't been reported any issues with the editor:)

[Cablenexus]

I am also very surprised that there haven't been reported any issues with the editor:)

Not reported means no issues

Actually I had one crash on load and I find it out myself (there were 2 -- in front of one of the custom tribe colors. That's all.

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Tungri and Texuandri tribe added:

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Thank you for the kind wors Pavel, it's an honor to make my first scenario for a game like this for Agressors.

Now the map looks like this. Some more tribes to add.

[Cablenexus]

I have lot's of empty space in the East in Germania Magna region so I decide to create another 4 ancient German tribes.

Bructeri, Ampsivarii, Eburones (Celt tribe, Maybe) and the Sicambri.

That brings the total of 16 custom tribes for the Holland scenario

[Cablenexus]

Hey guys,
I finished all the TRIBES and all the positions and ownership on the map !

There are 17 in total.

[Cablenexus]

I'm showing you now that last 5 tribes I added today that makes the map and tribes complete and the total amount of 17 tribes to choose from in the Holland scenario.

Those are all German (some Celts) tribes in the East of the map.

Ampsivarii tribe added:

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Bructeri Nations added

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Chauci tribes added:

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Sicambri tribes added:

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Eburones tribes added:

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Full political map:

[pavelk]

All looks really cool. I can imagine how much work is involved in that.
Btw. have you also played with the heightmap? I know that Holland is almost flat, but heightmap is not just about mountains but also about uplands, etc.

[gwgardner]

How do you see this scenario playing out? Rome against everybody? Rome plus tribes south of the Rhine against everyone to north and east?

[Cablenexus]

How do you see this scenario playing out? Rome against everybody? Rome plus tribes south of the Rhine against everyone to north and east?

If you want to help me with some advice on this it's highly appreciated.

I have some scenarios in mind. One can be to start as every smaller tribe and try to defeat the Rome occupation.
You can also start as Rome and try to conquer the Frisii in the North. To play as any of the Eastern Germany tribes to help Rome or to help the native tribes.

I also have some specific scenario's in mind. Like the Batavi uprising and the war against the smaller native tribes (Tencteri and the Usipetes) to see if you can managed them to survive against Rome. In real they were wiped from the map by them.

But I also think people should be able to play the map how they like. I will see if I can add some smaller events or objectives for the smaller nations.

I have to look into this at all, I was not experimenting with this yet.

[Cablenexus]

All looks really cool. I can imagine how much work is involved in that.
Btw. have you also played with the heightmap? I know that Holland is almost flat, but heightmap is not just about mountains but also about uplands, etc.

I have an appointment now I will look if I come back. Probably it's nice to give the Eastern part some height compared to the North and West part.

[gwgardner]

Can the scenario designer determine who is allied with whom at the start? In the example I gave, could you have all tribes south and west of the Rhine in confederation with, or brothers in arms with, Rome, and all others similarly allied against the Romans?

I have no idea about these things. One interesting idea, maybe you already have it, is to give Rome only a few strategically placed cities, for instance at bridges over the Rhine. No land other than the cities, to represent Roman garrison locations. All the land around the Roman cities would be owned by some allied, confederated tribes allowing supply for Roman troops. Other tribes of course would be enemies of Rome.

Many ways you could set things up, I guess, if the editor allows all those types of variations (or perhaps the script files).