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[Stefan Härtel]

Events layout for my newest scenario:

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Weißenburg
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^WEIßENBURG STORMED
^August 4th. Combined Bavarian and Prussian forces fight together for the first time in history.
1460 German soldiers died, the French casualities total 2100 men. Little preparation with the artillery and futile infantry attacks-these mistakes of the German strategy showed up. The German army won because of troop quantity; not of suprerior strategy.
ENDTEXT
JUSTONCE
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Wörth
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMAN VICTORY AT WÖRTH
^German infantry forces from Württemberg, Silesia, West Prussia, Thuringia, Hessen,Westphalia and Bavaria win an overwhelming victory at Wörth and Weissenburg. The Prussian army is now able to move forwards into [Elsaß].
ENDTEXT
JUSTONCE
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=French General
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMANS DEFEAT ARMY OF MAC-MAHON
After a long battle that lasted for 15 hours, the 5th Prussian Corps under the command of general von Montbary defeats the army of the French general Mac-Mahon. The German casualities are by far higher than those of Weißenburg: 10,153 soldiers and 489 officers died.
ENDTEXT
JUSTONCE
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=French General
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^FRENCH TROOPS RETREAT FROM SAARBRÜCKEN
French troops retreat from Saarbrücken and await the Germans at Spichern and Forbach; 23000 Infantrists, 2400 Cavalrists and 90 Artillery cannons are stationed here under the command of General Fossard.
ENDTEXT
CREATEUNIT
unit=Fossard
owner=Imperial French
veteran=true
homecity=none
Locations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=French General
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
MOVEUNIT
unit=French Infantry
owner=Imperial French
maprect
....
....
....
....
moveto
....
numbertomove:10
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=French General
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
MOVEUNIT
unit=Field Piece
owner=Imperial French
maprect
....
....
....
....
moveto
....
numbertomove:9
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=French General
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
MOVEUNIT
unit=French Cavalry
owner=Imperial French
maprect
....
....
....
....
moveto
....
numbertomove:8
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN=Spichern
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMANS STORM FRENCH OCCUPIED FORTRESS OF SPICHERN
4648 German soldiers and 223 officers died at the fatal storm of the French-held fortress of Spichern.
"The Infantry must stop the Bersecer-like storming against the foe," says Bismarck, "because good blood as our soldiers have it is rare in the world".
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Nancy
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMANS STORM NANCY
"It takes 5 German horsemen to storm a city of 60,000 people" (French quote). It took 150 German cavalrymen to take Nancy. The city was plundered and vandalized. 50,000 Francs where taken.
ENDTEXT
CHANGEMONEY
receiver=Germans
amount=50
@ENDIF

[@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Colombey
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^BAZAINE HALTS GERMAN ADVANCE
In an attempt to meet with the army of Mac-Mahon at Chalons-sur Marne to prevent the Germans from advancing to Metz, General Bazaine met with the German army at Colombey-Noully. The battle ended undecided, but the Germans won time.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF]

[@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=Bazaine
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^BAZAINE HALTS GERMAN ADVANCE
In an attempt to meet with the army of Mac-Mahon at Chalons-sur Marne to prevent the Germans from advancing to Metz, General Bazaine met with the German army at Colombey-Noully. The battle ended undecided, but the Germans won time.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF]

Any comments?

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Follow the masses!
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[St Leo]

Thumbs up.:-)

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[Mao]

Is this your "great surprise"?

[techumseh]

Bravo! Can I help?

[Captain Nemo]

Stefan, this looks like some great events...

Are you going to have a specific Human player? If you set the French up as the Human player, do look at my events1 for Red Front there are some tricks to getting an aggressive AI (Prussians) to move consistently. But if it's for play from the Prussian/German side, I think it doesn't matter... The French were very "static" in 1870.

Some important units:
Observation balloons, also used by Gambetta to escape from Paris.
German had breechloading rifles and cannon the French still had mostly muzzle-loading weapons.

A few minor suggestions on your events text:

^^WEIßENBURG STORMED
^August 4th. Combined Bavarian and Prussian forces fight together for the first time in history.
1,460 German soldiers killed, the French casualties total 2,100 men. Insufficient artillery preparation and futile infantry charges cost the Germans dearly. They carry the day only because of their numerical superiority nad not on superior strategy.

^^GERMAN VICTORY AT WÖRTH
^German infantry forces from Württemberg, Silesia, West Prussia, Thuringia, Hessen,Westphalia and Bavaria win an overwhelming victory at Wörth and Weissenburg. The Prussian army is now able to move forward into Alsace [Elsaß].

^^GERMANS DEFEAT ARMY OF MAC-MAHON
After a battle that lasted 15 hours, the 5th Prussian Corps under the command of general Von Montbary defeats the army of French general Mac-Mahon. The German casualties are by far higher than those at Weißenburg: 10,153 soldiers and 489 officers killed.

^^FRENCH TROOPS RETREAT FROM SAARBRÜCKEN
French troops retreat from Saarbrücken and await the Germans at Spichern and Forbach; 23,000 Infantry, 2,400 Cavalry and 90 Artillery pieces are positionned there, under command of General Fossard.

^^GERMANS STORM FRENCH OCCUPIED FORTRESS OF SPICHERN
4,648 German soldiers and 223 officers are killed storming the French-held fortress of Spichern.
"The Infantry must stop this Berzerker-like storming against the foe," says Bismarck, "because good blood as our soldier's is rare in the world".

^^GERMANS STORM NANCY
"It takes 5 German horsemen to storm a city of 60,000 people" (French quote). It actually required 150 German cavalrymen to take Nancy. The city was plundered and vandalized. 50,000 Francs were taken.

^^BAZAINE HALTS GERMAN ADVANCE
In an attempt to meet up with the army of Mac-Mahon at Chalons-sur-Marne and to stall the German advance on Metz, General Bazaine fights the German army at Colombey-Nouilly. The battle is undecided, but the Germans have gained time (momentum?).

[Stefan Härtel]

"Is this your "great surprise"?"

No, my great surprise was published last night on CSC.

"Bravo! Can I help?"

Sure! Every help is accepted! Please eMail me and I'll tell you what I need.

Nemo: How did you know what this scenario is about ? Well, seems obvious, eh?

It'll be a simple scenario about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. I made this events file last night. It is only a rough start, going from Weißenburg to the first part of the battle of Metz. It will be playable from either the German or the Imperial French side. Further civs included: Republican French, Neutrals.
Release date: I believe February.
I need a lot of units!!!!!!!!!

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Follow the masses!
30,000 lemmings can't be wrong.

[Stefan Härtel]

Here is the rest of the German events file. I will do something for the French tonight as well:


@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=French Camp
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^FRENCH CATCH GERMANS BY SURPRISE
After a German surprise attack at a French camp near Vionville, the Germans are being caught totally by surpries by the French troops.
Desperately, the Germans send the Magdeburg Cavalry nr.7 and the Ulan division nr.16 into the nearby forest. 7 officers, 363 cavalrymen and 409 horses are lost.
ENDTEXT
MoveUnit
unit=Ulans
numbertomove=8
maprect
...
...
...
...
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Vionville
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^FRENCH ARMY SUCCEEDS AT VIONVILLE AND MARS-LA-TOUR
The German army marches into Vionville, but is caught by surprise by the French army. The German Infantry faced a long, bloody combat that was stopped in the night undecided.
ENDTEXT
CREATEUNIT
unit=Imperial Infanty
owner=Imperial French
homecity=NONE
veteran=true
locations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Vionville
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Imperial Infanty
owner=Imperial French
homecity=NONE
veteran=true
locations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Vionville
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Imperial Infanty
owner=Imperial French
homecity=NONE
veteran=true
locations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Vionville
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Imperial Infanty
owner=Imperial French
homecity=NONE
veteran=true
locations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=St. Privat
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^DECISIVE DEFEAT AGAINST BAZAINE'S ARMY
^"Fist only, no head and we still win" -Bismarck
^
^The Prussian army under the command of Prince August von Württemberg with ^assistance of the 12th Saxon Army corps soundly defeat the French army under ^the command of marshall Canrobert at Saint-Privat near Metz.
^The first German attack was the result of the prince's impatientness. He ordered to storm the well-defended city without proper preparation. It was halted halfways towards the city.
The arriving Saxon army immediately stormed the city. It was burned to the ground in street battles. The final resistance was crushed on the cementary.
The rest of the French army flees to Metz.
The Prussian army lost 307 officers and 7923 men.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=Napoleon
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^NAPOLEON III ABDICATES!
"As it was not granted to me to die in the midst of my soldiers, I have no other choice than to lay my sword into the hands of your majesty king Wilhelm of Prussia. I will be your majesties loyal brother Napoleon.
Sedan, September 1st 1870." -Napoleon's capitulation
After it was clear that Napoleon had no chance of escaping, he ran behind a mitrailleuse and fired against nearing Prussian soldiers. This last resistance had no effect, Napoleon was captured. France is now a republic. Vive l'empereur!
ENDTEXT
MAKEAGGRESSION
who=Republican French
whom=Germans
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Sedan
attacker=Germans
defender=Imperial French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMANS WIN DECISIVE VICTORY AT SEDAN
After a long and bloody battle, the Germans finally defeat the French army. "Yesterday and the day before cost France 100,000 men and one emperor" Bismarck writes to his wife.
250,000 Germans soundly defeated the French army of 130,000 French soldiers. "We finally have them in the mousetrap", the German general Moltke said.
The French general Mac-Mahon announced to his troops: "We stand before the Bavarians, renowned as the worst marchers of the whole world!"
Victorious Germany celebrates three days. Although emperor Napoleon III officially capitulated, the war is been carried on under republican leadership.
ENDTEXT
MAKEAGGRESSION
who=Republican French
whom=Germans
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=St-Denis
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMANS BEGIN SIEGE OF PARIS
As France refuses to agree to the capitulation reached by emperor Napoleon III, the Germans move towards Paris. The first suburb, St-Denis is reached. The French citizens of the surrounding area flee inside the city walls. The siege of Paris begins; 120,000 men infantry, 24,000 men cavalry and 622 field pieces surround a city of 2,000,000 people.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=St-Germain
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^SIEGE OF PARIS CONTINUES
As the Germans advance closer towards Paris, the ring around the city gets closer, and the situation for the population gets worse. Although having planned the most spectacular strategies, the French cannot do anything against the Germans.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Versailles
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^SIEGE OF PARIS AT IT'S HEIGHT
With the taking of the last suburb, Versailles, the Germans now completely surround Paris. The situation of the citizens of Paris becomes so terrible, that they have to shoot animals of their zoo and eat them.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=Orleans Battalion
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMAN VICTORY AT ORLEANS
The German army pushes forward towards central France, defeating the French army at Orléans at the Loire. Meanwhile, the German army continues it's siege of the cities Paris and Metz.
ENDTEXT
CREATEUNIT
unit=Siege artillery
owner=Germans
veteran=true
homecity=none
locations
(Metz)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Metz
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^METZ CAPITULATES BEFORE THE GERMANS
After a nearly 3 months lasting siege, the strong fortress of Metz capitulates before the Germans. The victory gives the Germans all posessions on the eastern side of the Mosel river.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Strassbourg
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^With the taking of the important French city of Strassbourg on the Rhine, the Germans finally get all of Alsace under their control.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF


@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=Coulmiers
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^HOPELESS SITUATION AT COULMIERS
The German army, hoping for a quick victory, find themselves surrounded by French troops. After a bloody battle, they retreat to Orléans.
ENDTEXT
MOVEUNIT
owner=Germans
unit=Zündnadel
numbertomove=10
maprect
(Orléans)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Orléans
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMAN TROOPS OCCUPY ORLEANS
On their way to Paris, German troops march into Orléans. The Besieged Paris has little chances to win the war.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
TEXT
^^BREAKING NEWS!
^^WILHELM OF PRUSSIA PROCLAIMED EMPEROR OF GERMANY
January 18th 1871. In the mirror hall of Prussian-occupied Versailles, king Wilhelm of Prussia is proclaimed emperor Wilhelm I. of Germany.
This act leads to the foundation of the German empire under Prussian control.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
TEXT
^^WILHELM I. BECOMES GERMAN EMPEROR
January 18th. In a great ceremony in the mirror hall of Versailles, the Prussian king Wilhelm I. is proclaimed emperor of Germany by the German nobles.
With this ceremonial act in the defeated land of the enemy, the German national state -long dream of the liberal popular movement- becomes reality. Before the background of the siege of Paris, in the circle of Military officers and diplomats, the assembled German nobles also back the claim of the politically suprerior position in the new German national state.
As strong as the symbolic ceremony and national joy may be, it remains -as Otto von Bismarck formulates- "a difficult emperor birth". Until the end, Wilhelm refused to accept the title of a "German Emperor". This is the title of a "Character major", only a name, that doesen't give special rights or power. If it had to be, then he wanted to be "Emperor of Germany". His son-in law, the Grand Duke of Baden, went around this problem as he shouted out "Hail to Kaiser Wilhelm!".

Ein dreifaches Hoch auf Kaiser und Reich!
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Siege artillery
owner=Germans
veteran=true
homecity=none
locations
(Paris)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Siege artillery
owner=Germans
veteran=true
homecity=none
locations
(Paris)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Siege artillery
owner=Germans
veteran=true
homecity=none
locations
(Paris)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Siege artillery
owner=Germans
veteran=true
homecity=none
locations
(Paris)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
TURN
turn=(January 18)
@THEN
CREATEUNIT
unit=Siege artillery
owner=Germans
veteran=true
homecity=none
locations
(Paris)
endlocations
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Paris
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMANS TAKE PARIS
The French population of Paris capitulates before the German army, ending a month-long siege.
At the height of the siege, the situation was so terrible, that the French even had to eat the animals from their zoo!
With this act, the French finally end the Franco-Prussian War that lasted since July 19th.
The German army marches into the city to show themselves as the suprerior victors.
ENDTEXT
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Paris
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMAN-FRENCH PEACE TREATY
May 10th. The leaders of the German and French delegations, Jules Favre and Otto von Bismarck, sign a peace treaty in the "Schwanenhotel" in Frankfurt am Main. Defeated France has to sieze Alsace-[?]Lothringen and pay five billion Francs reparations.
ENDTEXT
DESTROYACIVILIZATION
who=Republican French
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Paris
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
DESTROYACIVILIZATION
who=Germans
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Paris
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
DESTROYACIVILIZATION
who=Imperial French
@ENDIF

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Paris
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
DESTROYACIVILIZATION
who=Neutrals
@ENDIF


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Follow the masses!
30,000 lemmings can't be wrong.

[William Keenan]

I don't think thise moveto commands are going to work because all AI units have orders unless they were just created. Nemo, can you confirm this?

[Mao]

Dumb Question: Will this be for ToT or FW?

[Mao]

@IF
CITYTAKEN
city=Paris
attacker=Germans
defender=Republican French
@THEN
TEXT
^^GERMAN-FRENCH PEACE TREATY
May 10th. The leaders of the German and French delegations, Jules Favre and Otto von Bismarck, sign a peace treaty in the "Schwanenhotel" in Frankfurt am Main. Defeated France has to sieze Alsace-[?]Lothringen and pay five billion Francs reparations.
ENDTEXT
DESTROYACIVILIZATION
who=Republican French
@ENDIF

Don't you mean "cede" instead of "sieze"?

[Kull]

I hope you have Michael Howard's book, "The Franco-Prussian War". It's very readable, and contains lots of useful information. No graphics, though.

[Mao]

Looks interesting, when can we expect to see it?