Hi there guys, well im a bit of a noob for this game, first cudos to the developers for making a cracking strategy game, and greetings to all u vets of this community.
So, I am basically making a mod that does not change the core gameplay but instead alters the representation of political parties, of the choice events, the United Planet proposals, and other elements, to add a sense of 21st century politics, cynicism, and so called 'realism'
My idea, is that by the end of it, the game will be a more harrowing experience of political and social responsibility, one that will very 'serious' in nature. I find this element intriguing, especially for would be after action reports etc, and so anyway, I have made a start, to the political parties. (I will be altering the governments.)
My idea is not to make parties that represent every kind of possible ideology... but simply parties that would reflect in my opinion realistic political factions, (from true true, a primarily human perspective.)
In the C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Data\English folder, just replace the PoliticalParties.xml with the one available from the link below (please make a backup remember!)
http://www.newagefilm.co.uk/PoliticalParties.xml
(if it just opens the page in html when you load this link, just save the file onto the game directory listed above.)
Feel free to make suggestions and to discuss, tho bear in mind, at the mo im really not wanting to go changing all the benefits here and there (so ive changed the parties cosmetically in their names and descriptions.)
Changes will only take effect in a new game.
