Bored to death playing the same 10 nations? The game can hold up to 18 nations at the start. Only requirement: They must be Major Organized, Minor Organized or Disorganized to be playable.
Some pics:
Apart from the 10 Majors, you can add up to 18 (8 more nations). Here China, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil and Persia.
Why not Persia?
The Danish "Empire"
Yes, those pesky Danes have colonies too!
How to do it?
Well, basically we'll need these files:
VGN/Scripts/Script1850GRC.ini
VGN/Scens/1850 GC.scn
1. Of course, first of all we'll back up each of them. Just in case.
2. Then we open the Scripts file
3. Now have a look to the contents of file "Script1850GRC.ini". Each faction/nation starts with a "$". For example, the first one you find is "CreateFaction = $GBR"
4. The order of appearance of each nation in this file is very important.
For example: GBR is the first to appear, so its number is 1. Then France is the second to appear, so its number is 2. China is the tenth. And so on.
5. Now add that number to 1000000 (one million) to get a
[B]new tag number [/B] for the faction.
For example: GBR will be 1000000+1=1000001, and China will be 1000010
6. Now open the scenario file "1850 GC.scn" with a text editor.
7. We'll make China playable, for example. So will look for this number: 1000010
8. Perhaps the first number you meet it's not the tag. The tag number should be just beneath " {Faction}". Keep on searching until you find it.
9. The scenario tag number for 1850 is 2401. So will look under our faction until we find it out. It's just a few lines below.
10. Then we change the number 1 to 0
{Faction}
1000010
0
49
0
0
0
-49440
-6140
0
0
300
1
0
0
0
2401
0
1<-- change to 0
0
0
0
135
11. Now you can repeat with other countries until you have 18 in total. So you can add 8 more to the 1850 GC. Or if you start from scratch, it would be possible to have A NEW 1850GC with 18 totally new countries, ALL PLAYABLE, as I'll show you later.
12. Here is a list for the first 116 countries (factions) (there are 226 in total):
Country Tag Country Order of Appearance Tag Number
GBR Great Britain 1 1000001
FRA France 2 1000002
GER Prussia/Germany 3 1000003
AUS Austria 4 1000004
USA USA 5 1000005
RUS Russia 6 1000006
JAP Japan 7 1000007
ITA Sardinia-Piamonte/Italy 8 1000008
TUR Ottoman Empire 9 1000009
CHI China 10 1000010
NON No country 11 1000011
BAD Baden 12 1000012
BAY Bayern 13 1000013
BEL Belgium 14 1000014
DAN Denmark 15 1000015
GRE Greece 16 1000016
HAN Hanover 17 1000017
HED Hesse-Darmstadt 18 1000018
HEK Hessen-Kassel 19 1000019
HOL The Netherlands 20 1000020
HLS Holstein 21 1000021
RUM Moldavia/Rumania 22 1000022
MON Montenegro 23 1000023
PAP Papal States 24 1000024
PAR Parma 25 1000025
POR Portugal 26 1000026
SAX Saxony 27 1000027
SER Serbia 28 1000028
SPA Spain 29 1000029
SWE Sweden 30 1000030
SWI Switzerland 31 1000031
TOS Toscana 32 1000032
SIC Two Sicilies 33 1000033
WAL Wallachia 34 1000034
WUR Württemberg 35 1000035
COS Costa Rica 36 1000036
DOM Dominican Republic 37 1000037
ELS El Salvador 38 1000038
GUA Guatemala 39 1000039
HAI Haiti 40 1000040
HON Honduras 41 1000041
NIC Nicaragua 42 1000042
ARG Argentina 43 1000043
BOL Bolivia 44 1000044
BRZ Brazil 45 1000045
CHL Chile 46 1000046
CLM Colombia 47 1000047
ECU Ecuador 48 1000048
PRG Paraguay 49 1000049
PEU Peru 50 1000050
URU Uruguay 51 1000051
VNZ Venezuela 52 1000052
APA Apache 53 1000053
CHE Cheyenne 54 1000054
CRE Creole? 55 1000055
MEX Mexico 56 1000056
NZP 57 1000057
SIX Sioux 58 1000058
AFG Afganistan 59 1000059
BUK Bokhara 60 1000060
KHI Khiva 61 1000061
KOK Kokand 62 1000062
BER Rajkot? 63 1000063
BHU Bhutan 64 1000064
BIK Bikaner 65 1000065
GWA Gwalior 66 1000066
HYD Hyderabad 67 1000067
KAL Kalat 68 1000068
KAS Kashmir 69 1000069
NAG Nagpur 70 1000070
NEP Nepal 71 1000071
RAJ Rajasthan 72 1000072
TIB Tibet 73 1000073
TRA Travancore 74 1000074
ANN Annam 75 1000075
ATJ Aceh 76 1000076
BJM Banjarmasin 77 1000077
BRU Brunei 78 1000078
BUG Makassar 79 1000079
BUR Burma 80 1000080
CAM Cambodia 81 1000081
JOH Johore 82 1000082
LUA Laos 83 1000083
KOR Korea 84 1000084
PON Pontianak 85 1000085
RYU Ryukyu 86 1000086
SIK Siak 87 1000087
SIA Siam 88 1000088
SRW Sarawak 89 1000089
SUL Tarakan 90 1000090
TON Tonkin 91 1000091
ABU Abu 92 1000092
HAL Hail 93 1000093
HEJ Hejaz 94 1000094
NEJ Riyadh 95 1000095
OMA Oman 96 1000096
PER Persia 97 1000097
ADE Aden 98 1000098
ABY Abyssinia 99 1000099
EGY Egypt 100 1000100
LIB Liberia 101 1000101
MOR Morocco 102 1000102
OFS Orange 103 1000103
TRV Transvaal 104 1000104
TUN Tunisia 105 1000105
TRI Tripolitania 106 1000106
ZAN Zanzibar 107 1000107
ASA Ashanti 108 1000108
BAG Maroua 109 1000109
BAU Bouake 110 1000110
BMB Bemba 111 1000111
BEN Benin 112 1000112
BOB Impfondo 113 1000113
BUA Kisumu 114 1000114
DAH Dahomey 115 1000115
More information available here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?561199-PON-PAN-Playing-Any-Nation