They Came From Outer Space!

[RedZeppelin]

THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE!

What is this mod?​

This is a mod about aliens invading earth... during WW2.
As absurd a concept that sounds it certainly is one that provides both a fantastic challenge and fun world to play it in. Development on this will be very on and off since i'm at the moment both working on this primarily by myself and I have plenty of other responsibilities that I have to deal with so don't worry if i'm gone for months on end. Any suggestions on improvements or any new ideas are welcome but please keep in mind that I may or may not decide to use whatever you may suggest because i'm very limited in the amount of time I have to spend on this mod.

Right now there are two scenarios,
-Worldwar: In The Balance has you fight against The Race across the entire planet in 1942.
-Resistance: Fall of man has you fight against the Chimera in an alternate 1946

Screenshots:

Menu

Worldwar - Europe

Worldwar - America

Resistance - Europe

Resistance - Asia

credits:
The_Red_Star
dakota2148
And special shout out to kodak, if it weren't for him and his editor, this mod would never have been made.

V2
Download Link:
https://mega.nz/#!b0dX1Jba!cuAJkTHD59xqmfjOi1rzguAdVxQXZZHx5gHs6rrjMVs

That's it then, have fun playing the mod and feel free to share you're survival stories against their onslaught as well as telling me about anything that needs fixing would be much appreciated.

 

[bloomoonneptun]

Interesting concept, very unique, definitely something else. Just a question, how do you plan on making the different alien invasions pan out? Are the aliens going to start invading right at the beginning? Or is this like an endgame type thing? Seeing as you said that you're quite new to modding?, don't be afraid to ask if you get stuck, we're all here to help. Good luck and may your mod turn into something great.

 

[novapaddy]

Good to see a new mod getting started. And smart that you don't need to do a new map, as needing a new map is usually the bit of modding that brings mods to early ruin.

Best of luck with it! If you get stuck ask, as there are plenty of guys hereabouts who can help and advise you.

 

[RedZeppelin]

Interesting concept, very unique, definitely something else. Just a question, how do you plan on making the different alien invasions pan out? Are the aliens going to start invading right at the beginning? Or is this like an endgame type thing? Seeing as you said that you're quite new to modding?, don't be afraid to ask if you get stuck, we're all here to help. Good luck and may your mod turn into something great.

Thanks for the support! In answer to your question, it depends on the scenario. In the first scenario, World War In The Balance the invasion starts immediately with them landing at various points around the world. So that scenario is all about the invasion, whereas another scenario might have a more semi-random start with the aliens arriving at a randomized point a year.

Good to see a new mod getting started. And smart that you don't need to do a new map, as needing a new map is usually the bit of modding that brings mods to early ruin.

Best of luck with it! If you get stuck ask, as there are plenty of guys hereabouts who can help and advise you.

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

 

[commanderx]

You could create an off map faction , so it could be picked at start of the game. Add some decisions like ''Landings'' and so fourth. So every time you play as Aliens , it could be different, like select landings at first in Africa, India , Asia , or France, UK, Span , something along those lines.

Also you could add one simple tech ''Aliens'' that would disable all of the regular tech for the start. If you need I have gotten proficient in unit making and I have a lot of unit skins that I have gathered over the years, Alien skins included. I could make a seperate 4 units for start like Alien Inf, Alien Armour , Alien Fighter , and Mothership or something. These units then you could enable with that one tech that would be enabled at the start of the game.

Also for ministers you could create separate traits , that would have commands like foreign manpower use -100% , so Aliens wouldnt just ''recruit'' regular peasants to serve in their army

 

[novapaddy]

Just an idea:

You could have "aliens in human form" already in place on the Earth before the invasion, and then they "rebel" and this prepares some provinces for easy acceptance of the alien invasion proper. That would work.

 

[Andrei Gijgorev]

And that brings me right back to what this mod is all about. Alien Invasions! I want to create a mod that allows you to be: steamrolled, vaporized, disemboweled and pushed to your very limits by a varying degree of alien races, most of whom invaded because we have such delicious faces .

Brilliant idea!

Since you didn't mention any particular aliens, let me make a suggestion:

Spoiler

You did say steamrolled, vaporized and disemboweled.

 

[RedZeppelin]

You could create an off map faction , so it could be picked at start of the game. Add some decisions like ''Landings'' and so fourth. So every time you play as Aliens , it could be different, like select landings at first in Africa, India , Asia , or France, UK, Span , something along those lines.

Also you could add one simple tech ''Aliens'' that would disable all of the regular tech for the start. If you need I have gotten proficient in unit making and I have a lot of unit skins that I have gathered over the years, Alien skins included. I could make a seperate 4 units for start like Alien Inf, Alien Armour , Alien Fighter , and Mothership or something. These units then you could enable with that one tech that would be enabled at the start of the game.

Also for ministers you could create separate traits , that would have commands like foreign manpower use -100% , so Aliens wouldnt just ''recruit'' regular peasants to serve in their army

I was actually planing along those lines in terms of tech and models. If you could create something that would be fantastic, I like the sound of your idea for the aliens picking where they land but that would have to be for another scenario.

Just an idea:

You could have "aliens in human form" already in place on the Earth before the invasion, and then they "rebel" and this prepares some provinces for easy acceptance of the alien invasion proper. That would work.

If by that you mean creating partisan army's to overwhelm people like a zombie invasion, that would have to be in another scenario.

Brilliant idea!

Since you didn't mention any particular aliens, let me make a suggestion:

Spoiler

You did say steamrolled, vaporized and disemboweled.

For now i'm just working on the World War In The Balance Scenario, I may be able to add other alien invasions later.

 

[Red_Comrade00]

Will there be a new tech for humans, based on alien technology?

 

[RedZeppelin]

Will there be a new tech for humans, based on alien technology?

I might make it possible for the humans to research the alien tech

 

[Goldblooded]

is this mod actually going to be released? Always dreamed of a mod like this hahaha

 

[commanderx]

Well I am working on integrating alien skins and unit pics , so for starters anyone could download it and use vanilla alien mechanics(typing in console alien default alien event) , just with the new alien skins

 

[RedZeppelin]

is this mod actually going to be released? Always dreamed of a mod like this hahaha

Fingers crossed

 

[commanderx]

I broke my internetz :C so here is pic of current state of Alien units - Infantry , Armoured , Tripod, uploaded from even more broken tablet. In any case stay tune.

 

[General Awesome1234]

Awesome

 

[Korsteeni]

The tripod design seems to be influenced by the ones in Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds, am I right?

 

[Gungsong Gungts]

The tripod design seems to be influenced by the ones in Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds, am I right?

Clearly, The only major difference I can spot is the eye color

 

[RedZeppelin]

Update:
Okay, sorry for the long absence, but with the combination of real life taking a huge turn for the stressful combined with the many frustrations of trying to figure out what's causing all the errors there wasn't exactly much to update about... UNTIL NOW!

Soooooooo yea, I've done ministers, the map, made a unique alien country, as well as a couple of the events for the aliens to actually land. Still working on the decisions though... those things are really confusing. Oh well, wish me luck!

 

[Korsteeni]

Looks pretty nice, actually.

Wait, the aliens read News of the World? Think that could be improved with some sufficiently alien letters/language

 

[The_Red_Star]

Now what off earth is this mod? Well, let me answer your question with a question, WHY OFF EARTH WASN'T THIS MADE SOONER? But alas, allow me to explain. Back in the dark: ancient, mysterious days of 2006, there was a mod started for Hearts of Iron 2 called the Turtledove alien mod. This mod allowed you experience the feeling desperately fighting against the overpowering alien invasion featured in Turtledove's World War series and even had a brief AAR.
(https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...rld-war-hearts-of-iron-2-doomsday-aar.335194/)

Sadly, all the pictures are gone now and the mod was discontinued a long time ago . But that did not stop our glorious lord and savoir, Migthy from starting his own AAR based on the same concept!
(https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-alien-invasion.696920/)

And that brings me right back to what this mod is all about. Alien Invasions! I want to create a mod that allows you to be: steamrolled, vaporized, disemboweled and pushed to your very limits by a varying degree of alien races, most of whom invaded because we have such delicious faces . The first version of this mod will just contain the first scenario in the World War portion of the mod, (World War in the Balance) as well some events linked to the book like the invasion of Britain, the battle of Chicago etc. Later versions i'm hoping to add scenarios for every year of World War as well as a post & pre war scenario. I'd also like to add a battle scenario for a War of the Worlds invasion of Britain where the goal is only to survive long enough for the environment to take hold.

I hope that this mod doesn't suffer the same fate as the mod that inspired it since i'm starting my work on this mod alone, without much experience, and I have other full time commitments . But I will try my best, and hopefully any like minded individuals who are more mod savvy can help out .

Oh and before you ask, I hope to have it out before the end of the year.

Update: I'm no longer working on this alone as commanderx has agreed to help out with units and skins, props to him .

Consider me...interested.

I can help do research and try my hand at some codemonkey tasks though I can't say I'm particularly experienced at modding yet.