[MOD] VIET Events Reborn - a reboot of the flavor event mod

[cybrxkhan]

VIET EVENTS 2.0.12 "DEATH" HAS BEEN RELEASED!
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Strange—is it not?—that of the myriads who
Before us passed the door of Darkness through,
Not one returns to tell us of the road
Which to discover we must travel too.
- Omar Khayyam

Hello to any following this - it's definitely been a long while (exactly a half year) since my last update, and a lot of things have happened since then, so here's a somewhat hefty update for your enjoyment (especially for those of us still stuck at home). I don't think I added any silly events this time, due to the more thoughtful topic of death, though a few may have understated gentle humor.

My plan is to have a couple more updates before CK3 releases, then I'll switch to doing an equivalent to VIET for CK3.

Anyhow, here's the 2.0.12 changelog:

• Added 52 Death themed events
• Added 2 event chains: Lost Love and Dream of the Final Journey
• Re-added events from old VIET: 4 time themed events
• Added a few new event pictures
• Fixed missing French localization I forgot to add in half a year ago
• Fixed a few province events’ localization saying prosperity will be decreased when it is actually the opposite
• Fixed Cinnamon Toast Crunch event chain triggering if Serious game rule is turned on
• Fixed Nine Divines road travel dialogue event not triggering properly
• Miscellaneous minor typos and bugfixes

And screenshots of new stuff from the update:

 

[cybrxkhan]

VIET EVENTS 2.0.13 "RHAZES" HAS BEEN RELEASED!
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“The doctor's aim is to do good, even to our enemies, so much more to our friends, and my profession forbids us to do harm to our kindred, as it is instituted for the benefit and welfare of the human race, and God imposed on physicians the oath not to compose mortiferous remedies.”

Rhazes (854 CE - 925 CE) was a Persian polymath, alchemist, and physician. As one of the topmost medical experts and researchers of his day, who was also widely respected for his deep sense of compassion and charity to everyone, including the poor and downtrodden, whom he often treated for free. Even after his death, his medical texts were studied for centuries in the Middle East and Europe.

New update up with some events old and new, not much else to say.

And the 2.0.13 changelog:

• Added 9 Medicine themed events
• Added 20 Spices and Herbs themed events
• Re-Added events from old VIET: 10 toothbrush and oral hygiene themed events
• Rebalanced chances of province events triggering to be generally rarer
• Tweaked Lost Love event chain to have more time between some of the events
• Added decadence increases or decreases to several previously added events that didn’t have these effects before
• Reduced chances of Ostrakon artifact event firing for anybody outside of Europe, the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

Screenshots of new stuff from the update:

 

[cybrxkhan]

VIET EVENTS 2.0.14 "GUY DE CHAULIAC" HAS BEEN RELEASED!
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Guy de Chauliac was a French physician who was active in the mid-14th century. As the Pope’s official physician, he witnessed the events of the Black Plague and sought to understand it from a scientific, rational viewpoint, even to the point where he may have contracted the disease itself - and survived. His seminal work was Chirurgia magna, which covered a variety of medical topics based on his work and the texts of earlier Islamic and Graeco-Roman scholars.

Hey all - this will be my second to last update for VIET ever, as I plan to have one last update for next weekend before I move to CK3 modding.

At the moment, for any wondering, my tentative plan will be to work on a VIET Events equivalent in CK3 called Events About Simple Things (EAST), to go along with an Immersion Pack equivalent mod called Assortment of Socio-Cultural Immersive Add-Ons (ASIA) (acronym subject to change). As you all can see, although it's been around 8 years since I've modded CK2, I still love dumb puns.

Anyhow, here's the 2.0.14 changelog:

• Added 9 events about being stuck inside
• Decreased chances of clutter artifact events triggering
• Increased chances of clutter artifact destruction events triggering
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

Screenshots of new stuff from the update:

 

[cybrxkhan]

VIET EVENTS 2.0.15 "SCARBOROUGH FAIR" HAS BEEN RELEASED!
This will be the FINAL official update to VIET.
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Scarborough was an important trade entrepot for the Kingdom of England in medieval times. It hosted the great Scarborough Fair, a major trading event that attracted merchants and travelers from as far away as the Byzantine Empire. Later on, it would feature in one of the most famous English folk ballads, also called “Scarborough Fair.” In the traditional lyrics of this song, the singer tells his or her ex-lover through an intermediary that if they wish to become lovers again, they must accomplish a series of impossible tasks such as washing a shirt in a well where water has never sprung nor rain never fell. The opening refrain of the song is thus:

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

For the five of you reading this, the 2.0.15 version released 8/30/20 will be my final official update for VIET (aside from major bugs or issues). It includes a few miscellaneous goodies, as well as events including some old favorites for the VIETerans like a revamped version of the Qi Ma the Liar event chain. I will be moving to CK3 and after playing it and getting used to it, I will start work on a VIET equivalent which I’m tentatively calling Events About Simple Things (EAST, because dumb acronyms).

Please see below for the changelog of the final version of VIET, and a few preview screenshots as usual:

Spoiler: ”Changelog”

• Added 12 generic, mundane events
• Added two new artifacts: Reliable Lockpick and Decorative Drum
• Re-added the Qi Ma the Liar events from old VIET as a standalone event chain, with several new potential options; unlike other major event chains, this can reoccur
• Re-added 10 eye candy events from old VIET
• Added several new event pictures
• Misc bugfixes

Spoiler: ”Final Screenshots”

As many of you know, I’ve been around on and off modding CK2 for 8 years (with several years of retirement/hiatus in between). It’s been a long journey when I made my first CK2 mod in August of 2012 when I was still fresh in college, and I released my first official version of VIET around Christmas of that year. These whole 8 years (far surpassing the amount of time I spent modding any other game, even if you take my hiatus into account) have been some of the most interesting in my life, both good and bad. I’ve had ups and downs in my life medically, professionally and academically, socially, intellectually, romantically, and more.

I can rest assured that modding CK2 was one of the good things during that time. As someone whose lifelong passion is creative writing, CK2 was one of the more unusual and interesting ways for me to express myself in writing - long-time VIETerans probably recognize some of the signature elements of VIET include not just my trademark humor involving stuff like baklava and Elder Scrolls references, but also the occasional random introspective musing, and sentimental stories here and there.

When my younger self eagerly (and naively) uploaded that first version of VIET all those years ago, there was no way he could’ve imagined all that has transpired in my life and the CK2 world in the past 8 years, and the circumstances surrounding this final release version of VIET. Who knows what things will be like, 8 years from now? And so to conclude, I wish to thank everyone who’s helped and supported my mod work over the years, whether you worked with me directly, provided me with improvements to my codework or helped me maintain it, or simply just enjoyed playing my mods. Modding wouldn’t be anywhere near as rewarding without the community. For those who are sticking with CK2, I hope my “final” version of VIET (and my other mods) will keep you entertained for a long time. For those who will be moving with me to CK3, I hope to see you there.

Cheers,

cybrxkhan

 

[cybrxkhan]

Hello all - for any who have moved onto CK3, I just wanted to give you a heads up that I have created the thread for VIET Events for CK3! (As it turns out I was too attached to the name so I decided to stick with it.) Currently only a beta is available on Github, but I hope to get a full first release this weekend. Thanks!

 

[Truewhit]

Hello all - for any who have moved onto CK3, I just wanted to give you a heads up that I have created the thread for VIET Events for CK3! (As it turns out I was too attached to the name so I decided to stick with it.) Currently only a beta is available on Github, but I hope to get a full first release this weekend. Thanks!

We love you and your creativity bro.