30YW: The Thirty Years War
I begin here a thread about a personal project for a mod devoted to the Thirty Years War (30YW).
My idea was to show how this war, in principle a minor problem between the Habsburg emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the Bohemian rebels, was extended to most of the big powers in Europe, with consequences both inside and outside of the HRE. I started the work with the map, and at the moment I have a functional, but simple map, with the main regions outlined, as shown in this image:
As I feel the 30YW was not only a German war, I've included portions of France, Sweden, Poland, and Italy, in some cases due only to geographical needs.
Regarding the factions, my idea was to prevent the presence of a large rebel faction, as it is not logical for me that having a war against the Livonian rebels, for example, represents the war against the French rebels on the other side of the map.
This would be the faction selection screen for the campaign:
I have classified the different factions present in the mod in 5 groups. I would like that each group had a different behavior pattern (we will see if it is possible).
Imperial forces:
- The Austrian Habsburgs represent the HRE power, trying to impose the catholic religion. I've assigned them the regions of: Austria, Hungary, Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Croatia.
- The Catholic League, leadered by Bavaria, is the main allied of the emperor inside the HRE. Regions: Bavaria, Passau, Augsburg, Würzburg, Mainz, Koln, Trier, Worms, Münster, Salzburg, and Trento.
- The Spanish Habsburgs, the main allied outside the HRE due to family links. Regions: Flanders, Brabant, Luxembourg, Franche Comté, and Milan. It should receive reinforcements coming from the regions outside the map (Naples, Sicily, Spain).
Anti-imperial forces:
- Bohemia is the starting point of this war due to a religion conflict. This lutheran faction helds the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, and Silesia.
- Protestant Union, leadered by the Palatinate elector (calvinist). In fact he was crowned as Bohemian king instead of the emperor at the beginning of the war. Regions: Palatinate, Württenberg, Baden, Nürnberg, Ulm, Hesse-Kassel, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Alsace, and Jülich.
- Denmark (lutheran) was the first foreign power that helped the protestant rebellion. It has only two regions: Jutland and Norway.
- Sweden (lutheran) had an important role in this war over a long period, in an attempt to gain influence in the HRE affairs and to conquer the Baltic coasts. Regions: Scania, Svealand, Götaland, and Livonia.
- France (catholic) had as main goal the weakening of the Habsburgs, mainly the Spanish ones. Regions: Ile de France, Picardie, Champagne, Bourgogne, Dauphiné, and Provence.
- United Provinces (calvinist) also wanted to follow the war against the Spanish Habsburgs. Regions: Holland and Friesland.
Other powers inside the HRE:
As commented before, the idea was to include all the regions inside a true faction, and in this way perhaps some factions are not historically accurate. In a first approach the two remaining electorates were included.
- Saxony, with two regions, Saxony-Wittenberg and Saxony-Gotha.
- Brandenburg, with three regions: Brandenburg, Prussia, and Berg.
The other four factions were chosen due to three reasons:
- Pomerania due to the partition suffered at the end of the war. Regions: Western Pomerania and Eastern Pomerania.
- Lower Saxony, corresponding to one of the imperial circles. Regions: Holstein, Mecklenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Brünswick-Lüneburg (symbol taken from it), Magdeburg, and Kalenberg.
- Westphalia, also corresponding to one of the imperial circles. Regions: Westphalia, Paderborn, Nassau, Oldenburg, and Osnabrück.
- Lorraine (symbol not shown), includes all the regions in southern Germany that cannot be included in any of the other factions: Lorraine, Frankfurt, Zweibrücken, Breisgau, and Hohenzollern.
External powers, with few participation in the war:
- Venice: Veneto and Dalmatia.
- Savoy: Savoy and Piamonte.
- Switzerland: divided in two regions.
- Poland: Mazovia, Galitzia, Malopolska, and Wielkopolska.
Rebels, that will appear in the form of horde:
- Hungarians
- Transilvanians
At the moment the mod has:
- A functional simple strat map (process accelerated thanks to Geomod tool: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=201955, and WorldWind http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...92#post3868792)
- Artwork (loading screens, etc)
- Symbols (shields made using the B. Ward's template: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=187265) and strat map banners
- A 12 turns per year script and some minor coding changes.
What is needed for strat map:
- To complete the map: ground types, level and buildings in settlements, resources
- To adapt character models from FKoC and settlement models by phoen!x. This is an draft about my idea for this adaptation
- To include historical names for the different factions, and portraits for historical characters
- To adapt the building system
- To design different AI behaviour types for each kind of faction
- To design a full script for historical events, emerging factions, etc
What is needed for battles:
- A complete units system. My idea is to adapt the models/textures from FKoC in order to speed up the process.
- Unit stats.
Any help would be very welcome, mainly in these aspects:
- Mapping: in order to finish the current strat map
- Modelling and texturing: in order to adapt the strat and battle models from FKoC
- Historical research: resources, size of settlements, historical events, units and uniforms
Finally I want to acknowledge AlphaDelta the permission to use the models/textures of his excellent units, and phoen!x for the use of the settlement/siege models.
Cheers.
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grovel, grovel drivel....
Undoubtely I will contact the development team of XVII century mod, as their contribution to swedish and polish units can be very interesting.
Originally Posted by Monkwarrior
