Manifest Destiny:Total War (for BI)
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
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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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...
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Nice idea! Good luck!
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Why is the UK in it?
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Yeah...try deseret or the mormons as a horde faction SFTS : )
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
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Re: Manifest Destiny:Total War (for BI)
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.
History is for the future not the past. The dead don't read.
Operam et vitam do Europae Barbarorum.
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. - Max Beerbohm
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I was thinking this sort of area:
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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.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Oh, so it is not about the Texan war of independence but about the USA expanding into the west.
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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?
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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.
Last edited by Lord Winter; 01-07-2006 at 06:25.
When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples
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You have to get caught up in the Civil War to do this right.
History is for the future not the past. The dead don't read.
Operam et vitam do Europae Barbarorum.
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. - Max Beerbohm
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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.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
Proud Supporter of the Gahzette
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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...
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If you had the Confederacy emerge and then use the EB style scripted reforms...Originally Posted by 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...
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?
Last edited by Lord Winter; 01-09-2006 at 06:33.
When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples
-Stephen Crane
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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.
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That;s actually pretty much how it happened. The annexation of Texas was at the heart of the Civil War.
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.
History is for the future not the past. The dead don't read.
Operam et vitam do Europae Barbarorum.
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. - Max Beerbohm
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Well try to start this weekend (seeing as we have monday off) and once agian we do need help
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Who is in the team?
I am interested, but I don't have much time. I will help where I can.
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I'm in...I guess...
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I'll help,part-time, mainly if you include the cival war
When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples
-Stephen Crane
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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...
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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.
Last edited by Stormy; 01-17-2006 at 04:43.
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Do you want leader powers?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...
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Pssh...You're forgeting I'm like you!
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Hmmm... make it clearer that you're both joking - or have exchanges like that over PM (if at all).
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Sorry, we're just trying to get this great idea off the ground, we're just both very lazy Texans...
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