RUS under EAW Engine

[Nikel]

He left this site for good, yes.

As you can see lodilefty still visits this forum.

Miguel (HQ) seems to be also gone.




I sent a message to him through this link in his site.

https://strategygamestudio.com/contact-us/


He then answered by e-mail.

[Zenvar]

He left this site for good, yes.

As you can see lodilefty still visits this forum.

Miguel (HQ) seems to be also gone.




I sent a message to him through this link in his site.

https://strategygamestudio.com/contact-us/


He then answered by e-mail.

Thank you.

[ERISS]

What a wonderfull EAW mod. Maybe due to you I'll finally play to (your) RUS

[Zenvar]

Battle report updated.

[Zenvar]

What a wonderfull EAW mod. Maybe due to you I'll finally play to (your) RUS

Nice to hear Why haven't you played RUS yet?

[Zenvar]

How cities look like now.

[Zenvar]

First 100 Leader Portrets

[deguerra]

I'm liking all of your visual changes. Do you know what gameplay alterations you want to make at this stage?

Thanks!

-deguerra

[Zenvar]

I'm liking all of your visual changes. Do you know what gameplay alterations you want to make at this stage?

Thanks!

-deguerra

There are a lot of ideas, I often think about them. Some I write down, some I discard, some I keep changing in my head if I come to the conclusion that it would be better to implement them in some other way. One example is visible in the picture. (transition to 7-days turns)

There are ideas for various changes of events or new events.
There are ideas for implementing a number of campaigns. (Every of them ends in December 1923, so I will only list the start dates).
1. autumn 1917
2. summer 1918
3. autumn 1918
4. summer 1919
5. autumn 1919
6. summer 1920
The pool of playable factions (and therefore more varied gameplay) has also been expanded.
Early campaigns: KOMUCH, Siberian Provisional Government, Southern Whites, Don Cossacks, Reds.
In later campaigns and the ability to connect in later stages of earlier campaigns: Anarchists, Ukraine, Poland, Eastern Whites.
Playing for the white factions will become more difficult due to the fact that they will have less forces at the start, and in order to get more, they need to unite with other white factions (absorb them by some decisions). (Western White Army, Northwestern White Army and Northern White Army are initially separate factions). A new system for upgrading units - only by gaining experience. New system for obtaining new units for recruitment. New units are added to the pool for occupying new territories. For the loss of territory, territories are taken away, which imitates the greater human resource opportunities in more densely populated territories. Specifics of games for small factions:
1. Ukrainians preserve their territories, fighting off all enemies along the perimeter.
2. The Poles should expand their influence on Belarus, part of the Baltic states, and Ukraine as much as possible.
3. The Don Cossacks, under the leadership of Krasnov, completely separate from the whites and reds, uniting all the Cossack regions under their leadership.
New regional solutions and changes to old ones.

Here are some of the significant points that quickly came to mind. They will likely be subject to change more than once, but this list can give some rough idea of the range of changes.

By the way, the visual part of the changes is mostly completed. (Not including portraits of troops and leaders). So today I’m starting gameplay changes.

[ERISS]

Why haven't you played RUS yet?

The UI is not pleasant enough for me. I had enhanced it a little in RusGold, but it's far not enough (playing is still too boring for me). I love the game, but the game does not love me back

The pool of playable factions (and therefore more varied gameplay) has also been expanded.
Early campaigns: KOMUCH, Siberian Provisional Government, Southern Whites, Don Cossacks, Reds.
In later campaigns and the ability to connect in later stages of earlier campaigns: Anarchists, Ukraine, Poland, Eastern Whites.

The Don Cossacks, under the leadership of Krasnov, completely separate from the whites and reds, uniting all the Cossack regions under their leadership.
New regional solutions and changes to old ones.

Yeay, as I say, Don Cossacks land is the "ukraine of Ukraine": Freedom for ukrainians cossack, but freedom for the Don cossacks too (like Basque country in France/Spain): Louhansk(UKR), Donetsk(UKR) and Rostov(RUS). Sure nor Ukraine nor Russia wants this.

[Zenvaro]

A little visual of the progress of the work. 1st Infantry Division of the Volunteer Army.

[Zenvaro]

2nd Infantry Division

[deguerra]

The writing is a bit difficult for me (but that could be an issue with the cyrillic font more than anything else) but I love the clean, crisp, wonderful images!

-deguerra

[Zenvaro]

3rd Infantry Division

[Zenvaro]

The writing is a bit difficult for me (but that could be an issue with the cyrillic font more than anything else) but I love the clean, crisp, wonderful images!

-deguerra

Thank you! I think it really has to do with the Cyrillic alphabet. It would also be more difficult for me to perceive text not in Cyrillic or Latin.

[Zenvaro]

1st Cavalry Division

[deguerra]

A thought, just for ease of identificaiton - is it worth trying to copy the image of the horse behind all cavalry units?

-deguerra

[Zenvaro]

A thought, just for ease of identificaiton - is it worth trying to copy the image of the horse behind all cavalry units?

-deguerra

Hmm, I think this is a great idea! In general, in the previous mod (Sons of War), I “mounted” the riders on horses, and it looked more or less acceptable only because the pictures were not of very good quality and were small in size. Here I didn’t dare to do that (I think my skills are still not enough to make it look acceptable enough). However, placing a horse behind a person is quite possible and really visual!

[Zenvaro]

Volonteer Army

[Zenvaro]

Northern Front of the Don Army

[Zenvaro]

I'm practically done with the Don army. Here are some screenshots that briefly reflect its composition.

[deguerra]

They look lovely, even though I can't read the details. One question from a game balance perspective: it seems like quite an increase to what the Don Cossacks start with in the base game. Will the Reds be augmented accordingly or how do you propose to handle that?

-deguerra

[Nikel]

Indeed they look very good, thanks Zenvaro.

Except the Khaki uniform soldier, that I do not like

There are also a few errors in the names.


deguerra, to get a more detailed pic right click in any of them, open image in a new tab and it will take you to another site where you may even zoom.

[Zenvaro]

They look lovely, even though I can't read the details. One question from a game balance perspective: it seems like quite an increase to what the Don Cossacks start with in the base game. Will the Reds be augmented accordingly or how do you propose to handle that?

-deguerra

In general, yes. I try to set up the troops as historically as possible and with approximately the same balance. Among other things, the Don Cossacks have a number of disadvantages, despite their numbers. Firstly, most of the units have 50-80% of the composition. Secondly, they have little artillery, and the troops are mainly cavalry, which is still unlikely to allow them to achieve the main goal of the first stage of the game - the capture of Tsaritsyn. And yes, the Reds will still have a fairly large southern front, as well as troops of the southern curtain, and they can always transfer troops from the center. Plus, the Reds, due to the powerful industrial center, can easily replenish troops, while the Don Cossacks have big problems with resources and it will probably not be easy for them to even fully staff their troops in the near future. In general, don't worry about the Reds, it seems to me that they are always in a rather advantageous position, since their faction is united from the start, has large and industrially powerful territories, many good commanders, a reserve of troops, so at the start of any campaign the Reds have a large reserve of strength. The only thing that can sharply turn the situation against the Reds is if at some point all the newly formed national states come out against them.

[Zenvaro]

Indeed they look very good, thanks Zenvaro.

Except the Khaki uniform soldier, that I do not like

There are also a few errors in the names.

If you mean the soldier on the big card, I don't like him either, but it's extremely hard to find examples of some troops. This is literally the only one. Unfortunately, I don't have the artistic skills to bring the picture to a more acceptable level. It might be replaced with a picture of regular foot Cossacks or a slightly less suitable but higher quality picture.

Yes, I noticed the mistakes in the names a couple of hours later and corrected them. Thank you.

[Zenvaro]

I finally decided to change the picture for the Gundorovsky regiment.

[Zenvaro]

Troops of the Northern Army of the Whites. In June 1918, this was mainly a small number of invaders and hastily assembled detachments.