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Chaunsey said:

Thor Head said:

I've always wanted a native American mod with charging painted, feathered warriors, but this mod is really just rehashing part of what the 1866 team is already doing.  It's even set in the same time frame, roughly.  Red Cloud's War happened in 1867. The only difference is they are covering the southern plains tribes plus Mexico, and you have the northern tribes.

Why not make this native American mod set in the 1830s, the time of the mountain men?  Only singleshot black powder firearms, (except for double barreled firearms) very few whitemen, no white military presence and more emphasis on war between tribes.

Or you could set it in the mid-late 1700s before whites made it onto the northern plains.  The northern tribes already had horses, acquired from the southern tribes by trade and raiding and they had very very few guns, which were acquired by trade and raiding from eastern tribes.  Virtually nobody on the northern plains had ever seen a whiteman until the Lewis & Clark expedition of 1803-1806.  This whiteman-free, yet horse-riding time was actually the peak of the mounted warrior culture of the plains Indians.

You might also want to add Blackfoot and Crow tribes.  Very important northern tribes. 

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i have to agree, a more unique setting would be earlier.


you want to avoid the civil war years cause thats a complex setting needing its own mod.

i think1830s-1850's is perfect, there are enough whites to make a faction, but not enough that they are the overwhelming force.

you could have groups of mountain men, the player could even play as one.

there is a good variation of weapons available, bows and arrows for most indians, with some of their high tier troops using guns, and white men would be using mostly flintlocks, the lower tiers with smooth bore, upper tier with rifles, and some of the very top would even have percussion weapons.

it would make for a very interesting fun mod.

no need for artillary, the size of battles in M&B would actually be realistic to the setting, and you definitely gotta add in hunting, allowing you to gather furs, the fur trade played a huge role in commerce, conflict and culture on the frontier in those years.

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Deyshawn said:

Will this mod only take place in the 2 years of the Red Cloud War, or will it take place over a much larger time period? If it is in the 1860's (those 10 years) then the major event would have been the American Civil War, as such, you would have a USA and CSA faction. However, the war was over by 1865, so the mod's timeframe could begin in 1866. However there is already a mod for this:  http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,30110.0.html

If this mod starts in the 1840's, you will have a lot more options.  Factions would be:
Republic of Texas
USA
Mexico
Apache
Navajo
Comanche
(Other indian tribes)

The main focus of this mod however, would be the tension between Texas, USA, and Mexico. The Indian Tribes were mainly nuisances. Again, this time frame of the 1800's will be covered in the 1866 mod.

Now these are all good ideas, but someone has to make them, and coming onto these forums telling people that you have all of these great ideas, but no way of making them, and as such, are looking for a team, is no way to go about making a mod. I would suggest learning the python module system, and moddling in Wings 3D, before trying to take on such a large scale project as this.  Coincidentally, a friend an I were just about to start on an Indian Mod are selves, though it is based in a very different time period, and I won't be saying anything about it for a very long time. Anyway, get some experience with modding in general before trying to do something like this.

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harrison001 said:

I'm Intrested in testing it if you want....
Woot... great idea BTW

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Kongol Khan said:

This actually could be interesting..... Native Americans chose to side with the Federation and some with the Confederates for both reasons: defending their land.... there were Natives who did not trust either also, knowing "the white man" would just eventually screw them in time when given the opportunity (they happened to be right). It was a war no one could avoid and only 1 could benifit, the American Federation. But I wouldnt say this is more "native american" but rather the american civil war since all residents in what's modern USA participated.

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Kongol Khan said:

What about Navajo? I dont know much of their history though, just know they were very common.

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pentagathus said:

My heart says Rhodoks.
And my head has lost the ability to say anything anymore
I like using Rhodok spearmen, swadian missile troops (or vaegirs if I can get em) and mercenary infantry so I can fight a bit like a  scot. If we had formations then I could fight even more like them.

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