Manifest Destiny:Total War (for BI)

[Strike For The South]

Hello moders and modets. I have an ambitous project an overhual of BI to make Manifest Destiny:Total war. Unfortunatly I am unable to do this by myself as I am inept with modding. I will research and get maps but I need help. some of the basics

Start Date:1836 Texan Independence

Factions: The Republic of Texas
Mexico
USA
United Kingdom
Indian Tribes

As you can see nothing is really set in stone. So I am now recruting please join and will shall make a good mod:rtwyes:

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Hey Anthony, I'll help out. I haven't ever modded and I don't have much time, but I can see what I can do...

[=E.T=]

Nice idea! Good luck!

[The_Doctor]

Why is the UK in it?

[Ianofsmeg16]

Yeah...try deseret or the mormons as a horde faction SFTS : )

[QwertyMIDX]

I hope by "Indian Tribes" you mean a large number of various tribes.

The UK would be in it because they're in as British North America I would assume...although if the map is done a certain way they should be in control of some islands in the Caribbean. Though if those go in France and Spain would have to be there too...and to make them work properly you'd either have ton include western Europe, or use scripts to make armies appear and give them money to simulate support from home. An emerging faction CSA would be pretty cool as well.

[The_Doctor]

I was thinking this sort of area:
https://img400.imageshack.us/img400/7317/texas9qr.jpg

[Strike For The South]

Its not Texas Total War its manifest destiny. France The UK and the Dutch still had a presence in the caribeen canada south america ETC.

[The_Doctor]

Oh, so it is not about the Texan war of independence but about the USA expanding into the west.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Yes, the stealing of land from native tribes by the Americans was called "manifest destiny"...

So when's the mod getting off the ground dude?

[Lord Winter]

Good idea, We need more American history mods at the org
may want to end around the 1850's so you don't get caught up in the civil war.
I suggest all of the US at that time and maybe parts of canada along with the rest of current day Western US along with northern mexico.
Did spain still have there land over in Cal. then?

Edit: Sorry if I went going abit overboard.

[QwertyMIDX]

You have to get caught up in the Civil War to do this right.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Not really, the only effect the civil war had on the development and civilisation of the American west was that more men were unemployed so looked westward for work, basically at 1865 just increase the population in the american towns by ALOT.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

It would actually be pretty cool to have the civil war. Then you could have a civil war, like in RTW, and you'd fight for the whole nation. Great idea, actually...:idea2:

[Lord Winter]

It would actually be pretty cool to have the civil war. Then you could have a civil war, like in RTW, and you'd fight for the whole nation. Great idea, actually...:idea2:
If you had the Confederacy emerge and then use the EB style scripted reforms...
It could work
But you have to balance the depth that goes into the civil war its almost another mod. maybe an expansion like in NTW?
:juggle2:

[The_Doctor]

Maybe you could have the Senate being the US government in Washington and two factions being the north and south. They start out as allies, then after they expand enough they turn on each other.

[QwertyMIDX]

That;s actually pretty much how it happened. The annexation of Texas was at the heart of the Civil War.


Not really, the only effect the civil war had on the development and civilisation of the American west was that more men were unemployed so looked westward for work, basically at 1865 just increase the population in the american towns by ALOT.

Despite its effect on westward expansion (which I think you underestimate a bit, hell have you read Sherman's post-war speechs?), it was sparked by westward expansion and sits squarely in the middle of the period of westward expansion and the theory Manifest Destiny.

[Strike For The South]

Well try to start this weekend (seeing as we have monday off) and once agian we do need help:help:

[The_Doctor]

Who is in the team?

I am interested, but I don't have much time. I will help where I can.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I'm in...I guess...:dizzy2:

[Lord Winter]

I'll help,part-time, mainly if you include the cival war

[Alexanderofmacedon]

You see, Anthony is a lazy ass, who doesn't know how to mod and never will learn. The mod's a good idea (first from him), but it will never get started with him as the leader...

No offence Anthony...I love ya...:laugh4:

[Stormy]

I like this idea very much and I want to see this mod succeed. A very different idea for the mod community.

The map should be a bit bigger though.

[Strike For The South]

You see, Anthony is a lazy ass, who doesn't know how to mod and never will learn. The mod's a good idea (first from him), but it will never get started with him as the leader...

No offence Anthony...I love ya...:laugh4:

Do you want leader powers?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Pssh...You're forgeting I'm like you!:laugh4:

[Epistolary Richard]

Hmmm... make it clearer that you're both joking - or have exchanges like that over PM (if at all).

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Sorry, we're just trying to get this great idea off the ground, we're just both very lazy Texans...:laugh4: