Central Powers: Events

[Allenby]

Jolly good!

It seems reasonable just to take the historic figures of how many people died from the 'flu and translate and interpret it into manpower figures.

It may be more wise to have a standard dissent figure across the board for all countries, as 27% does seem a bit much for the United States.

Perhaps 8-10% would be reasonable?

 

[nizze]

8-10% sound´s god.

 

[Allenby]

If we are to end the war with treaty events, which I think, would be the best way, then we ought to consider what they should involve.

For the Central Powers we have the obvious:
Germany (Versailles)
Austria-Hungary (St. Germain)
Turkey (Sèvres)

For the one defeated ally, Russia we have Brest-Litovsk.

But what about France and Britain? Where would Germany drag these two to accept a peace diktat?

My suggestion is that France is dealt with at a fictional 'Treaty of Leipzig' (where the Prussians and Austrians caused Napoleon to retreat in 1813), and that Britain could capitulate in a 'Treaty of Berlin'.

We'd have to consider what terms Germany would put on Britain as well. From an historical point of view, I'd argue that Germany would have difficulty in levying any terms on Britain due to its inferiority at sea.

 

[StephenT]

I thought it was about time I did some more event coding, so here's a fun little one for the German player. For context, see the Russia thread.

event = { 
    country = GER 
    id = 21020 
    random = no 
    style = 0 
    name = "The Sealed Train" 
    desc = "Russia is currently in the grip of revolution.  The
 Bolshevik agitator Lenin, currently in exile in Switzerland, wishes
 to  return home, which would mean crossing German territory.
  He will doubtless stir up all kinds of trouble in Russia - which
 would weaken them, to our benefit.  However, assisting such a
 notorious Communist might cause some problems for us in the
 long term."

    trigger = { 
        event = 48100 
    } 

    date = { day = 3 month = april year = 1917 } 
    offset = 1
    deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 } 

    action_a = { 
        name = "Send Lenin to Russia" 
        command = { type = trigger which = 48102 } 
        command = { type = alignment which = communist value = 5 } 
        command = { type = alignment which = fascist value = -5 } 
    } 
    action_b = { 
        name = "Deny permission" 
        command = { type = alignment which = communist value = -5 } 
    } 
}

 

[Shadow Knight]

You should have an option c: Kill him as he comes through. With the appropriate large push to fascism, and perhaps a 1 or 2 percent dissent increase.

 

[StephenT]

They didn't do that kind of thing in 1914-18. It would have been ungentlemanly!

 

[Shadow Knight]

Originally posted by StephenT
They didn't do that kind of thing in 1914-18. It would have been ungentlemanly!

Oh right, right. What I actually ment good sir, was that a train mistakenly hit him as he was leaving the platform.

 

[Allenby]

...or the train drivers mistook Mr. Lenin for coal and accidently fed him into the furnace powering the train

 

[Shadow Knight]

Originally posted by Allenby
...or the train drivers mistook Mr. Lenin for coal and accidently fed him into the furnace powering the train

LOL

 

[unmerged(19669)]

Hmmmm...I'll have to report you all to the KGB Commandant. Now...what was i going to say...oh yeah! Not sure if I should post this here but I might as well anyway. I was asked to do the event chain for the German bombardment of England, so here it is. btw, allenby, i hope you'd be able to do the name and descrp. for me as i know nothing about this particular event.


# HoI - Great War Mod - Bombardment of Yorkshire Coast Event
#
# written by Zampolit


###############################
# Bombardment of Yorkshire Coast - Germany #
###############################

event = {
id = 8789
random = no
country = GER
trigger = {
war = { country = GER country = ENG }
}

name = "EVT_8789_NAME"
desc = "EVT_8789_DESC"
style = 0

date = { day = 16 month = december year = 1914 }

action_a = {
name = "Bomb the English!"
command = { type = dissent value = 2 }
command = { type = trigger which = 8788 }
}

action_b = {
name = "Take no action"
command = { }
}

}

##################################
# Bombardment of Yorkshire Coast - British Empire #
##################################

event = {
id = 8788
random = no
country = ENG
#Triggered by GER 8789
name = "EVT_8788_NAME"
desc = "EVT_8788_DESC"
style = 0

action_a = {
name = "They will pay for this!"

command = { type = industry which = 490 value = -5 }
command = { type = infrastructure which = 490 value = -15 }
command = { type = dissent value = 4 }
}
}

 

[unmerged(19669)]

wow i just realized i registered incorrectly. my name is supposed to be zampolit, no zampolir. anyone know how to fix that, or do i have to re-register?

 

[Shadow Knight]

Originally posted by Zampolir
wow i just realized i registered incorrectly. my name is supposed to be zampolit, no zampolir. anyone know how to fix that, or do i have to re-register?

You can send a Personal Mail (PM) to one of the Mods. It would probably help if you were appropriately subservient, groveled, etc.

Welcome aboard, Glad to have the help. Btw I do not think the ID's are correct for that event, but the rest looks good at a quick glance. (Check the thread titled Forum and thread link, stickied up at the top, for a link to the ID thread.)

Allenby, I see you have started to sub-contract out now, huh?

 

[Allenby]

Originally posted by shdwknightx
Welcome aboard, Glad to have the help. Btw I do not think the ID's are correct for that event, but the rest looks good at a quick glance. (Check the thread titled Forum and thread link, stickied up at the top, for a link to the ID thread.)

Allenby, I see you have started to sub-contract out now, huh?

I've been out recruiting Mr. Zampolit seems to be proficient in coding - something I haven't the patience or ability for. My supervisor at work says I always get other people to do my work for me (which is an obvious load of crap), but it might just be true in this case.

Now I'm sure someone will be so kind as to give the events appropriate IDs and test them...

 

[unmerged(19669)]

i will be sure to do my groveling to get my name changed. anyway, sorry about the event ids. i'm very new and didnt know we were even throwing in correct ids, so i just threw in random ones lol. i'll get them changed and repost in a minute

 

[Allenby]

Originally posted by Zampolir
i will be sure to do my groveling to get my name changed. anyway, sorry about the event ids. i'm very new and didnt know we were even throwing in correct ids, so i just threw in random ones lol. i'll get them changed and repost in a minute

Not a problem I probably should have told you about the IDs when I asked you to code the events.

 

[unmerged(12761)]

What about "27. Jägarbataljonen"? It was a force of about 2000 men. Any point of doing an event out of it?

 

[Allenby]

Originally posted by Merlin_111
What about "27. Jägarbataljonen"? It was a force of about 2000 men. Any point of doing an event out of it?

What happened exactly?

 

[unmerged(12761)]

Originally posted by Allenby
What happened exactly?

They fought alongside the Germans, and about 1200 of them helped in the civil war, since the others were crippled or dead.

 

[StephenT]

Zampolit's events:
Currently used event IDs for Germany are 21001, 21020, and 21100 to 21105 and 21200 to 21205. I suggest 21002 for your event.

Britain: 56001 to 56013, and 56100 to 56102 are in use. 56014 seems reasonable...

For the text, I suggest something like this:

"Our navy has seen an opportunity to slip a force of battlecruisers past the British blockade and shell their coast line. Such a failure by the English fleet to safeguard their people will be a huge embarrassment to them, and is likely to increase popular unrest. However, striking at civilian targets in this way might cause us a few political problems at home."
The action name should be "Bombard the English!" (Ships bombard, aircraft bomb. Don't ask me why: that's the English language for you! )

For the British event:

"Ships of the German navy have slipped past our defences and shelled the coastal towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. 137 people were killed, including women and children. By allowing the German ships to carry out this work of barbarism, the Royal Navy stands openly accused of failing in its duty."
Action name: "This must never happen again!"

In my opinion, the dissent hit is fine but the IC and Infrastructure reductions are much too big. As you see above, the Germans only killed 137 people, and the three towns are basically fishing villages and holiday resorts, not centres of industry

 

[Allenby]

Originally posted by StephenT
Zampolit's events:
Currently used event IDs for Germany are 21001, 21020, and 21100 to 21105 and 21200 to 21205. I suggest 21002 for your event.

Britain: 56001 to 56013, and 56100 to 56102 are in use. 56014 seems reasonable...

For the text, I suggest something like this:

"Our navy has seen an opportunity to slip a force of battlecruisers past the British blockade and shell their coast line. Such a failure by the English fleet to safeguard their people will be a huge embarrassment to them, and is likely to increase popular unrest. However, striking at civilian targets in this way might cause us a few political problems at home."
The action name should be "Bombard the English!" (Ships bombard, aircraft bomb. Don't ask me why: that's the English language for you! )

For the British event:

"Ships of the German navy have slipped past our defences and shelled the coastal towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. 137 people were killed, including women and children. By allowing the German ships to carry out this work of barbarism, the Royal Navy stands openly accused of failing in its duty."
Action name: "This must never happen again!"

In my opinion, the dissent hit is fine but the IC and Infrastructure reductions are much too big. As you see above, the Germans only killed 137 people, and the three towns are basically fishing villages and holiday resorts, not centres of industry

Reasonable. Upon reflection the attacks had above all, a psychological effect. Therefore it would be sensible to remove the IC and Infrastructure hits.