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We have just wrapped up this year’s edition of the Grandest LAN. For those of you who have not heard the name yet - imagine a weekend-long multiplayer game of EU4, but it’s hosted in a real, historical castle and you live next to all the other participants, forced to navigate all the diplomatic challenges facing your country by interacting with other participants in-person, in an environment where one mistake could cost you and your team your country… Sounds cool? Well, that’s the Grandest LAN for you!
To start: the mod isn’t your usual expansion mod, in a sense that we are not trying to substantially change the vanilla experience by adding new mission trees, events and such. Instead, the mod focuses on three pillars:
So let’s go through them one by one, shall we?
The Inquisition (later renamed to Order of the Dragon as it became formalized and overcame its pariah status) is a religion loosely inspired by Reformed, which allows players to switch between focuses that carried both heavy reward and heavy penalties:
On top of that, it allowed the oh-so-precious opportunity to impale your own advisors and watch them suffer, in exchange for a hefty sum of mana points (with a 15 years-long cooldown because blood is tastier when you give yourself the time to savor it)
Many decades later, in the wake of the Age of Absolutism, a new threat has emerged in the Americas, that the players now had to choose how to deal with:
The powerful nation of Enoch (played by one of our GMs), in spite of its small size, proved to be a formidable opponent that required the players to spend a long-time preparing a grand coalition before being able to best them, and the war nevertheless costed millions of lives
I will leave a lot of the nitty-gritty details of the scenario unmentioned here, as at the end of the day, this part of the mod was crafted specifically for the needs of the event, but nevertheless what I’d love you - the reader - to take away from this is that variety is the spice of life, and it actually doesn’t take that much to expand and adjust EUIV to add the things like I’ve described here. Be that new countries, religions, idea groups; if there is something that you think would be cool to add to the game I encourage you to just try and do it! Even if you don’t have much modding experience, at the very least you’ll learn something new and cool in the process :)
Wars in EU4 MP are costly and often seen as very risky, so we’ve added this mechanic as a way to encourage players to engage in “for fun” wars where they get to show off the strength of their countries and their own ability to outmaneuver the opponent while removing the frequent risk of falling way too behind other countries, which instead would elect to just grow their economies and military in peace.
Each of these domains posed a challenge to players to find them, and conquer. The victor would both obtain the physical form of the relic as well as an in-game modifier for as long as the relic remained in their control.
Screencap from Florryworry’s LAN coverage (Florry pls no kill)
A typical EUIV multiplayer game tends to be split into sessions. A community might gather once a week to play for a few hours, and then continue the week after, giving ample time for any modifications that might be necessary to keep the game running.
The control panel served no specific, constrained purpose. Instead, it was meant to allow us to react to pretty much whatever was happening in the game.
The cookies in the top-left go up with every click!
All 9 buildings, with custom artwork inspired by Cookie Clicker!
Each upgrade gives a small bonus to the relevant modifier, but can be upgraded up to level 128. If you can afford it, your armies will be invincible, you will easily be able to afford it, enemy provinces will fold with just a touch, and your expansion will go entirely unopposed.
Our advisors insist that we go to war with Bohemia. Not for the gold mine, or the great project in Prague, but instead this mountainous backwater, that holds the most valuable treasure of all.
Map of Europe, Maghreb and western-Asia in 1666Of course, this wasnt the only change that occurred. The events of the Plague caused many people to lose all hope, including their hope in the divine that was supposedly protecting them. This mass crisis of faith was only further compounded by the collapse of religious networks, be it the Catholic Church in Europe or the Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East. This led to the religions fragmenting into many local denominations, with some people even abandoning the Abrahamic faiths altogether and resorting to the faiths of their ancestors. You can see this effect being most pronounced in places where the Abrahamic religions were still new and not yet deeply entrenched in tradition.
Map of colonial regions in Europe
Preview of the start of the game event in highland countries. There are quite a few issues to tackle.Of course, overcoming great struggles should yield a great reward. To help you with that, a new mission tree will take you from dealing with the initial issues troubling your nation to reclaiming the lands formerly settled by Anglo-Saxons for their rightful Celtic owners.
Preview of the initial mission tree available to highland countries.
Map of Vinland. Huh, the colours look familiar.That worked well for a while. But as with all such institutions, this one, too, eventually has to face some turmoil. The sudden loss of contact with the homeland, the deepening relations with natives or internal power struggles are just a few of the issues the High Kingdom is facing.
( Some events from the Knife of Brutus Archaeology Site )
Due to time constraints, the unique pictures embedded in the tier buttons were all generated using AI image tools. While it’s awesome that we have access to these tools, I would have designed these icons myself if we had the time. They look good on their own, but you lose a lot of control over the art direction and finer details when using image generation. While it’s possible to correct some things when using images that are this small, they can still look out of place.
So, what are the Wacky events? Or precisely, where are they? A great question, dear reader. The scope of the mod
To me, these two weeks were a great opportunity to learn more about custom_windows and interface modding in general.
Meanwhile, the rest of our team werent slacking off. There are almost 50 unique events inside our mod, like the legendary horse Glitterhoof appearing from the CK series, the Japanese becoming Fetishist upon discovering Manga, to Julius Ceasar returning via timey-wimey stuff.
With this, I close the curtain upon the Wacky Events mod for the Modathon 2024 Season 3 series. Thank you for your attention, and may all the Gods bless you!
Please note that trying to load a save from before using these DLC’s will break it. This is why we have announced this initiative a month in advance
Rhomania is the Byzantine Empire, the premier nation in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1444, though it’s facing hard times, though through its mission tree they may fight decadence and reconquer the empire. Soxony is the successor of West Rome and the Kingdom of Soissons, and it is facing a large vassal revolt that may spell their doom.
As migrations have reshaped the face of Europe, the culture map looks radically different. Key to note is the Norse in Britain, now called Biono, that have migrated there after Scandinavia fell to the Slavs.
Of course, with such radical changes, religion is wildly different as well. The Indictian and Impotian churches have split off from Catholicism, with Manichaeism also becoming a major religion in the near east.
Arianism is a dying religion, only being present in Iberia and Germania, specifically among the Germanic states. Arianism functions much like it did in real life, and ingame has recieved custom mechanics! ! You gain Arian Fervor to spend on various actions, which is earned passively and through converting provinces.
Additionally, Impotian and Indictian have Patriarchate and Holy Site mechanics respectively.
Siescheng is the heir of Guo Hong, this timelines replacement for Genghis Khan. He was an exiled Chinese warlord that conquered most of Eurasia for the Empire of Ten-Thousand Armies. Their mission tree leads them to establish dominion over most of Eastern Europe and rule it through a vassal swarm.
(It’s part one because their vassals have their own subject-focused mission trees!)
Saxony’s mission tree is also quite large, leading them to conquer most of the east and establish a personal union with Valtea. They have also received a unique estate: the Knight Lodges!
And finally, because a mod featuring so many Roman claimants would be incomplete without some expansion of vanilla’s Rome content, the Roman Empire mission tree!
These are just some of the 35 nations with content in 1.0. However, the mod isn’t complete yet. Currently in-development is the 1.1 update, Western Dawn, which shall give new and updated content for every nation in North Africa and Iberia, as well as expanding some content in the Americas.
Herkulia is formable by the nations of Raklion, Bettia, and Mauria, and is something of a Portugal-equivalent in its playstyle. Its mission tree is very heavy on colonialism and navy, with tons of upgrades to trade companies along the way!
Finally, we have Africa, the Southern Roman Empire. It is formable by any nations of the African culture group (in North Africa) and is the largest in this update so far, with a focus on reviving the Roman Empire and spreading the Indictian faith.
We’re not stopping at 1.1, however. Below is a little teaser of what is to come . . .
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We’ve also introduced twenty-five Climates, which are roughly based on 1900 Koppen-Geiger readings. These climates are categorized along two axes — one for heat, the other for humidity. Their nomenclature was developed to reflect this while ensuring easy readability and player understanding. (Yes, Tinto, I have a simplified 9 and 16 climate setup for Project Caesar if you happen to be interested).
Finally, you will find forest modifiers present in many provinces. These can range between three sizes: Sparse, Abundant, and Dense. Forests belong to one of six types that can be grown or cleared as needed: Broadleaf, Needleleaf, Coniferous, Bane, Rainforest, and Laurel. Be careful though, as fully deforesting a terrain type which is defined by the presence of trees — Woodlands, Taiga, or Jungle, for example — will result in a nasty deforestation modifier. However, this modifier will disappear in time, so it can be worth enduring it if some trees are getting in the way of your plans.
Cultures have largely been designed around historical linguistics; after all, it's difficult to share a culture with someone that doesn’t speak the same language. There are notable exceptions to this rule, however.
While religions have not been a priority up until now, we have still added a number of new faiths. Moreover, we have recolored existing religions to correspond with colors for which they are historically associated.
Another critical aspect to cultures are “assimilated” or “settler” cultures. Should the province in question meet certain conditions, it will begin to transition to a new culture within your culture group, most of which aren’t present at game start. For example, long-term Venetian control of Crete will spawn the Italian culture of Candian. This system likewise functions in the context of colonialism. Iberian cultures are liable to transition into Brazilian, Platinean, Mexican, Colombian and more. Not every culture group has unique cultures for colonialism and assimilation, but it is an area we are eager to expand as time goes on.
Finally, while it does not currently affect gameplay, every culture group and religion group now belongs to a “family”. For example, the French, Occitanic, Iberian, Arpetan, Italian, and Romanian groups all belong to a broader “Romance” family. While purely aesthetic at this time, this serves to better inform the player of their peoples’ relation to the broader world.
Estates have also been entirely reworked, in large part inspired by our partners over at MEIOU & Taxes. To start, we added 3 new estates to all theocracies, monarchies, and republics, those being: the Court/Council, the Bureaucracy, and the Military. We’ve further reworked the way that estate privileges work. Now, they are divided into two types: Rights and Privileges. Every nation starts with their privileges preselected, like government reforms, and upgrading them can often be an involved and complicated endeavor. At this time, we’ve reworked the Nobility, Clergy, and Burghers into this new design, but more region specific estates are still yet to be done.
Indented technologies are there to differentiate various different technological starts among our myriad of technology groups.
Institutions will not necessarily spawn in the prescribed start location, though they are likely to emerge in a place with similar conditions.
52 Technology Groups
Naval units have been similarly redone. To better reflect their role, Galleys have been renamed to Littoral Ships. Now, everything from the simple Canoe to globe-spanning Battleship are part of our roster.
Green missions are required to complete the module, whereas teal missions unlock optional modules. I must further note that while these missions are playable, they are still not complete, as indicated by their placeholder icons.
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