--- The Great Campaign Expanded--- Faction Inclusion Mod

[DeadlyBlowfish]

Dear All,

I've been scouting around the mod releases areas and the discussion forums and have failed to find a streamlined version of the Grand Campaign, including only working factions (i.e. no emergents, causing crashes to desk top). After a few requests I decided that I'd upload the files I used, thus I've decided to release one.

What is it?: A modification for Empire Total War, using the files from the original Grand Campaign and some intelligent Hex Editing

Features:

• Expanded playability- Take part in the grand campaign as factions such as Portugal, the Pirates and the Barbary States!
• The same quality gameplay you'd expect from major factions.
• And More....

Installation Instructions:

1. Backup your current /campaigns/ directory.

2. Extract the rar or zip file into the /data/ directory and merge it with the current campaigns folder.

3. Play, enjoy.



Known Issues: The FOW bug (in which buildings that faction owns at the start seem to lack a line of sight) for various factions seems to plague the situation at the moment. --- Solution: Move your military units on the first turn and use your list scrolls to navigate in the FOW. It should go away after a while if you just play normally. Similarly, if the game is saved and loaded, the problem usually goes away.


Acknowlegements: Everyone here at the ETW modding forums at TW center, particularly those who eventually delved into the esf files. Especially: Scanian, who first uncovered the correct fields to edit.


File Mirrors:
http://rapidshare.com/files/20996068...d_campaign.rar [No Wait time] [Rar]
http://rapidshare.com/files/20996302...d_campaign.zip [No Wait time] [Zip]





Regards,

DB

[DeadlyBlowfish]

[Unique feature] [Beta] ADDITION:

This mod, as standard, has trouble with American Protectorates (their standard coding in scripting.lua forbids their handover. Removing this code will alter the game as it should be played for the worse. Fortunately, I've managed to code an alternative: the American Protectorates Fix, which Enables the playability of protectorates without changing gameplay as usual.

Clarification:

Essentially, this allows you to play a protectorate faction in the campaign, while enabling the standard functionality of these protectorates if you choose not to play as them.

http://commentmagazine.info/scripting.lua

Please feedback on this :-)

Developments: Currently in development, various issues at the moment, current version annuls the npf (non playable faction) takeover of protectorates, but still allows them to be taken over by completing a mission.

[DeadlyBlowfish]

[Reserved]

[Onizuka0513]

I'd love to know the "and more!" since I'm assuming it's different than just the "unlock all factions" mod

[DeadlyBlowfish]

The "and more" is mostly being added dynamically. One such example is the part I'm beta'ing atm, which circumvents the need for sacrificing gameplay for unlocking the American Protectorates.


But yah, take a look for yourself

[Megalos]

Is there anyway to get this into a patch.pack for easy install?

[zowrath]

A couple of questions. Is this with or without Emergent states? As I am looking for a mod like this with only the normal Major/Minor states really. And do the added states have full functionality, as in victory goals and such? Good work though!

[Unit065]

Grand work yet again! Cheers!

[Lazy Knight]

Is it just me, or do the other factions not have any win-conditions?

At the selection screen, the win-conditions of the last major faction i clicked are displayed and in-game it just says "Hold 0 Regions by the end of year 0".

Has anybody found out yet how to Edit/Add those?

[zowrath]

Is it just me, or do the other factions not have any win-conditions?

At the selection screen, the win-conditions of the last major faction i clicked are displayed and in-game it just says "Hold 0 Regions by the end of year 0".

Has anybody found out yet how to Edit/Add those?

There exists at least one thread about this somewhere, but I can not remember where.

[peregrino]

Wonder work buddy!

[Pickle_mole]

Is the protecterate fix in yet?

[DeadlyBlowfish]

Pickle_mole: I'm uploading a combo file at the moment It's passed the beta testing.


Megalos: No need for patch.pack


zowrath: There are no emergents, adding them in would be pointless as they would not even exist at the start of the game, probably causing a CTD. This is one of the key differences between this and the files so-far uploaded.

There are indeed no goals/etc... for unlocked factions but I always figured people didn't really care about the goals, rather about the game. I could do some research on how to add them... but at the moment it's rather difficult.

[tishar]

I get a CTD. How to fix this?

[ToussaintL'Ouverture]

SO what do we need to download to get this to work? Just the original links in the first post, or also a separate file for the protectorate scripting problems?

[freitach]

get CTD too... other Mods (late campaign for example) work fine....

[DeadlyBlowfish]

What factions are you using freitach, tishar?

Toussaint L'ouverture: The protectorate scripting file is only necessary if you wish to play as an American protectorate faction. I recommend using it anyway, however, as it is due to be integrated with the mod itself.

[cux47]

Can Pirates recruit the artillrey and cavarly now
or just 6 pirates swordsman MAX

[DeadlyBlowfish]

Still just the swordsmen, they're a naval power.

[Lazy Knight]

There are indeed no goals/etc... for unlocked factions but I always figured people didn't really care about the goals, rather about the game. I could do some research on how to add them... but at the moment it's rather difficult.

I might be only talking about myself here but I, personally, cannot play without a victory condition. I need something to work towards.

Going to see if I can find the thread about it,