Hi,
Sorry to have been absent. Have gotten a new computer to try HOI3 and was disappointed beyond belief in the product. Don't know if the problems have been fixed or not. Anyway I've found that HOI2 rocks under a new computer, but faced a number of issues, including the increased sophistication of virus writers. One of my findings is that one of my scanners actually detected one of the no-time limit mods (I forget which) modified HOI2.exe to have a virus. Now if you know antivirus technology this could be a false positive. But it was kind of scary. Anyway to make a long story short, I have discovered I was spending too much time with HOI2, and have decided to cut the time way back. I hereby give permission to other developers to continue my work under the following provisions:
1) Change the name. Suggested names are
Cold War 3 (since your product would be a 3rd generation product)
Fatherland 3 (same reasoning)
Cold War Extension 2 (if you just want to use the tech tree alone in your project)
"HOI3 version" of any of the above
2) Design your own introductory graphics screens
3) Change the panel graphics (the ones that show in the scenario list)
4) Include me and all people whom I have credited in your own credits.
5) All other graphics may be used as is without further credits.
The download links will probably continue to work for a long time. However, the mediafire links will probably function better, as sometimes Rapidshare freezes out free users.
If I get the time I will for the sake of completeness complete Cold War and Fatherland for HOI2.Volunteer contributions to that end (especially country data files and the like) are welcome.
Good luck to all of you. I hope you do not spend excessive time but also use the game to improve your understanding of history and perhaps develop new perspectives, as I have.
Sincerely,
nomonhan