American Dictator for 1.33

This is a fast paced world conquest mod, fun and challenging.  Plays much like the original game so just download and start playing.  You can read the full description later.  

Returning players please see Change Notes for more details.

This mod is something I started on several years ago just to make my world conquest more enjoyable playing as the USA.   It is an alt-reality, single player mod, good for role playing or regular play.  You play as the American Dictator with a 11 year mission to rule the world.  One of my main design goals was to make it fun and something that you could replay and enjoy each time you play a game. 

The Scorecard is how the Black Zeos Consortium tracks the progress of the American Dictator in his mission to control the world. After 11 years from the start of his leadership his performance will be judged.   The deadline date is 09/01/1945, if he fails to meet at least 18 goals by that time, he could face termination as Chairman of the Board of Directors and possible removal from office as leader of the American Empire.   The Scorecard will be locked and not updated if any of the following happens: reach 22 goals, reach game date 01/01/1947 or become a subject of another country.  If you capitulate and are eliminated your game is over and the game will automatically change to the vanilla end games score screen, when in doubt take a screen-shot of the Scorecard.

* A powerful America with a new flag.
* Scorecard – tracks the progress of the American Dictator in his mission to rule the world.
* Scorecard goal choices are Recruit, Regular and Veteran.
* New USA focus tree with some original and some new focuses.
* New ideals, events, and decisions.
* Adjusted Rules, Ideologies, Party, Laws, and Government.
* Some AI changes and enhancements.
* Land Doctrine has been buffed.
* Buffs to Special Forces (if not using AAT DLC).
* Supply Hub and Railways build time have been vastly speed-ed up.
* Small changes to technologies.
* New Agency Branch Upgrade – Operation Black Zeos.
* Changes to Recruited Operatives, colonies & integrated puppets contribute toward operatives.
* Receive a new operative for every six agency upgrades the maximum number is 12.
* Ship production has more Naval Dockyards for Carriers, Battleships and Heavy Cruisers.
* Increased resources with three options (Increased Resources Event mod).
* More Admirals and Generals to lead your forces (requires All American Commanders mod).
* No Collaboration, no US Congress and no MTG Naval Treaty.
* Improved Peace Conferences: AI should not take much land occupied by the player.
* Many other small changes and balance adjustments.

Required DLC’s
– Man the Guns
– La Resistance
– No Step Back
 
DLC Compatibility
I tested the mod with & without the following DLC’s and it works fine.
– Waking the Tiger
– Together for Victory
– Death or Dishonor
– By Blood alone
– Arms Against Tyranny

– Battle for the Bosporus – I do not have this DLC.

– Single Player
– Difficulty – Regular
– Historical AI Focuses
– No Custom Game Rules

My gaming style, which influenced the balancing I used to tweak AI and Scorecard goals.
– I mostly use battle plan but do some min/max as needed.
– Mostly a laid-back gamer but I do play to win.
– If I am sleepy I will have "OH CRAP" moments.
I have been playing the game since June 6, 2016.

Required mod
All American Commanders (used several generals’ portraits). This mod being outdated is not a problem.
No Man’s Land Updated – Plus – I list it as required but you can play without it for now.

Mods I use while playing game.
Click link: AD Collection

American Dictator is likely to be incompatible with any mods that change anything affecting the USA and USA Man the Gun files. Several other files have also been changed, but I did attempt to keep changes to a minimum.  Use other mods with American Dictator at your own risk. Support is not provided for issues related to conflicts.

Mods that conflict
Any peace mod would be a conflict.
Any mod that changes USA files.
Any mods that change the map
Using mods of any kind you do take a risk of incompatibility.

Bugs
I am only one person, and while I have tested the mod and tried to catch as many errors and bugs as I can, many will remain undetected without mass-play testing.   These should be minor and not game-breaking, but if you find any, please report them to the Bug and Errors Discussions on Steam.
Note: A lot of issues and bugs are out of my hands, as they are a result of unmoddable assets from Paradox.

Please let me know about your gaming experience and suggestions on how to improve the game play.
I have PINNED discussions for:
– Bugs and Errors
– Suggestions, Balance Issues, and Exploits
– Game Play Questions

Known Issues
– Scorecard only updates one time per day, so some totals will not update as fast as the game.
– Scorecard Casualties are estimated and are also affected by the daily update limit.
 
– Toolpack is helpful if you have any glitches with the map ( I had very few ).
– Toolpack 2023 Link: Toolpack

Game Lag
I have made no effort to reduce lag. On my system, the game plays smoothly at 4K; it does slow down or hang just a little before peace conferences and major civil wars and other random times.   I use three monitors and watch videos and have many other programs open while playing the game.
My system:
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Processor
RX 7900XTX
64 gb ram
NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive
Windows 11 Pro

Having Issues?
You should try some of the following if you’re having issues:
– Purge your cache
– Restart your computer
– Start a new save file

Currently Supported Languages
– English

Credits
Although I am the sole creator of this mod, I did borrow from or was inspired by other mods (see list below).

– Increased Resources Event – included in this mod with permission.
– Ledger – inspired the Scorecard.
– Faster War Goals – inspired Fast Track war goal.
– The Agency and Additional Operatives (10 Spies) – inspired changes to agency and operatives.
– Many other mods I have used and studied over the years.
I thank all the players for their Mods.

– Balancing as needed.
– Implementing suggestions from players.
– Other changes to be announced later.

Thank you Paradox for such a great game and your continued support for modding.