The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th century British and Russian Empires over influence in Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and later Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia. By the early 20th century, a line of independent states, tribes, and monarchies from the shore of the Caspian Sea to the Eastern Himalayas were made into protectorates and territories of the two empires.
Foothold in India is a light overhaul modification, addressing the problems of vanilla Empire while staying true to its spirit.
It is a modular project, with all '.pack' files acting as independent modules that can be applied in any combination with each other or as standalone modifications.
The mod is designed to run on MacOS, Linux and Windows.
Hello everyone! I'm delighted to present you the 1.4.3 update. The main focus of it is to overhaul the Ottoman roster.
No Ottoman army can be imagined without a strong and numerous cavalry arm. In the new update, the Ottoman Empire acquired 2 new cavalry units:
Aside from these, the Mamluks also received a buff in training and unit size, making them more resilient in proper melee fights, especially in comparison to Deli Scouts, which used to simply surpass the Mamluks in almost everything in vanilla.
Moreover, the update introduces one infantry unit: the Anatolian Janissaries. These are an even stronger version of Cairo Janissaries, designed to be a counter to the elite infantry of the West. Incapable of forming squares, armed with sabers, with somewhat lacking shooting skills but excellent melee stats and very decent morale, this unit is almost on par with most European elites, providing the Ottomans with the needed firepower, while still keeping the focus on cavalry and artillery. Only 4 units can be recruited, in Anatolia. The unit is unlocked in grand campaign by activating tgg_unitpack_anatolian_janissaries.
In the new update, most of the cannons recruitment and upkeep costs are multiplied by a factor of around 1.3 - 1.4. This should make the AI use them less and create more balanced armies, technically balancing the artillery against other troop types. A similar strategy is used, for instance, in Napoleon Total War.
1.4.1 and 1.4.2 have seen the Russian roster receiving some minor improvements, acquiring Streltsy with firearms and optional improved line infantry in 2 different flavours.
Portugal became an absolute monarchy. The better bulk of Eastern musketeers are now capable of applying European firing drills if you choose to apply the corresponding pack. While all the new [non-vanila] units received slight stats and price adjustments to make them a bit more varied and less similar to vanilla prototypes.
And finally, 1.4.3 introduces one new loading screen: the gorgeous "Bathsheba" by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1889. So enjoy the artwork. And have fun!
Preliminary polls results analysis and ideas on further development.
New Persian roster, Shia Islam, improved late campaign and much more.
Big changes in early campaign, diplomacy adjustments, better AI and more.
Linux migration and a surprise attack on ETW community.
Napoleon battle terrain generator, pirates with mass fire and small fixes. With the latest media add-on included.
Napoleon battle terrain generator, pirates with mass fire and small fixes. Without the media add-on.
Demo of the 1830 starpos. Not compatible with FiI. Install over fresh vanilla.
Gives Britain and France territories in India in Vanilla grand campaign.
The aim of this patch is to fix the most apparent bugs and oversights of Vanilla Empire as conservatively as possible while staying true to it's spirit.
British Line Infantry starts shouting "Revolutionary Guard!" when you click them after installing a mod with new units? This tool should help you. All...
Bro when is 1830 campaign releasing?
Hi MuhammadMakhdoomUmar!
I'm close to completing the startpos for the campaign - in that domain, I need to finish automating diplomacy changes. You can check out the political map - it's already done, and I uploaded it to images right before answering you. As soon as I finish with diplomacy and testing, I will release the startpos as a demo.
However, aside from the startpos, I need to start working on:
- New era troop rosters
- New technology
- New icons and models
And that is a lot of effort. I'm working absolutely alone, so these things may take time. I think, I will be releasing them bit by bit, iteratively.
Aside from it, the startpos is also taking more time than it could have because I'm writing automation scripts in order to make startpos changes quick and easy. Using these scripts, any modder will be able to create *any campaign he would like*. In any era, with any diplomacy, any balance of power and geopolitical situation. You probably wonder why there are many different mods, which change rosters, but not that many changing the campaign? This is precisely because modding the startpos used to be hard. I'm going to make it easy for everyone.
So stay tuned! Can't promise to release it quickly, but I'm working on it. The first fruits will soon be there to try out.
Good! Carry on Bro,you are working very hard,Thanks for providing us an entirely new campaign experience.
Thank you! Hopefuly, some good updates will be there soon.
Bro how far is the demo from releasing??
Hi Guest!
Please be patient. Only two weeks passed since I answered the question. Some months will pass - for sure.
yeah yeah! some people even donot have patience.They need to understand the amount of hardwork modders put into their mods.
Thanks for appretiation, MuhammadMakhdoomUmar!
Although, I will certainly try to complete it in some reasonable timeline.
Hi everyone!
I've finally finished helping out Empire II team, fulfilling the duties I've accepted towards myself, and from now on I'm directing all my attention at Foothold in India.
Aside from this, I'm developing automation scripts, which will make editing startpos campaigns easy for every modder. When it's done, the resulting work will be shared with the community together with tutorials and examples.
The 1830 campaign will also be created using this same scripting toolset, and in itself will be a demonstration of it's capabilities.
Stay tuned!
Hello Erzya! I'm the guy who discussed the Russian infatry fix with you a while back and I would like to add another suggestion. I think you should add bavarian grenadier's vanilla units reskin for all european nations. It works well with the erasmus fix and it would fit the modularity of the mod quite well since its 2 files (1 for early period and one for mid). So you can have the first file on for the beginning of the campaign then you switch to mid and then you disable it completely since vanilla units are late 18th century anyways. Anyways let me know what you think!
Here's the link to the mod: Twcenter.net!
Hi SwordDuelist. It's great to see you still watching the mod. Consider writing a review and rating the mod, if you like what I'm doing!
As for your suggestion, I'm afraid I'm a bit too busy helping Empire II, leading a esf modding research and developing Foothold in India 2.0. I don't think I will return to patching the previous version, at least untill I have some general PoC of 2.0.
However, I checked the files, and both seem to be movies. And they don't change any unit stats, so you can actually safely apply them together with FiI. The trick with the movies is simply to find the correct name, so the pack loads in the correct order. Try renaming them to tgg_units_enh_mid and tgg_units_enh_early accordingly and see if it works. I'm pretty sure it will.
Does Britain always declare war on you by about turn 10 when are playing as Marathas? Once I even started a trade agreement with them but they declared war on time regardless.
Hi Supyar!
In vanilla it behaves the same. Also, every faction which borders you, is automatically aggressive. You can mitigate that by trying to make an alliance with them or by reducing AI aggression towards player via scripting: it is described in the README.
If you like the mod, I would appreciate if you gave a rating and made a review in the review section! More changes - coming. Although, unsure, how soon exactly. The 1830 campaign is quite ambitious.
Thanks for the reply! Also ratings done!
Thanks so much! Enjoy!