The Legacy of Skanderbeg
Welcome to "The Legacy of Skanderbeg" !
The purpose of the mod is to make Albania more enjoyable to play as. A whole new focus tree (over 75 focuses !) and various events are featured : become the power house of the region !
Version 1.0 – "Mirdashi’s Quest"
– New main theme. (Hakmarrje Rini)
– New menu wallpaper.
– Whole new loading screen.
– Albania can now be selected in the main countries select menu.
– A new marshal, Gustav Mirdashi, was added.
– Albania now possess a military staff (navy, air and army chief with military high command) and theorist.
– The country now possess 2 divisons at 1936 start instead of 1.
– Significantly decreased the size of the mod, from 420MB to 29MB.
– 3 new events were added to make your game more interesting !
Political Factions
The political part of the focus tree feature different factions that you can side with :
– The Constitutionnalists, represented by the King Zog. The are mostly the local nobles and tribal chiefs from the previous feodal regime which support the constitution of 1929 which made Albania a monarchy. They are loyal to the powers and restriction written in the constitution, mostly because it is to their advantage. They are represented in-game by the non-aligned ideology and are in power as of 1936.
– The Absolutists, also represented by the King Zog. The principal difference between the Constitutionnalists and this faction is that the Absolutists believe that the king must hold all the powers and rule withtout any opposition. The political regime they wish is based on the French absolute monarchy during the reign of Louis XIV and elements of modern fascism. This faction is backed by the Royalists and the military high command. Their ideology in the game is the fascism one.
– Çeta e Pezës, represented by either Myslim Peza or Hoxha depending on who you chose in the chairman election event. They are communist who believed in stalinist ideals. Historically, this group was directed by Peza as a resistance orgnization backed by the Yougoslavian Communist Party and the USSR. They are represented as the communist ideology in game.
– Partia e Popullit, represented by Fan S. Noli. They were pro-british liberals during the Republic of Albania. They support democratic values and a liberal economy. This faction is mostly supported by politicans who were exiled when the Albanian Monarchy was put in power. They are the democratic group in the mod.
Each faction has his own ideas, modifiers, events and occasions. Form a Pact of Defense with Romania, Yougoslavia, Greece and Poland as the Constitutionnalists ! Join the Axis and sign an important trade contract with the Germans as the Absolutists ! Fight for the ideas of liberty and side with the Allies as the Fan Noli or choose between the "Communism in One Country" or "Permanent Revolution" doctrine which gives powerful bonuses as the Communists !
It is up to you to choose which is the right faction !
Improving the country’s condition and managing relations with Italy
The second part of the focus true is focused on Albania’s relations with Italy, improving the economy, infrastructures, military, navy and airforce. As of 1936, Albania’s situation is really bad. The economic crisis which started in 1929 nearly crumbled the economy. The Italians took advantage of this bad economic condition to increase their influence by massively investing and forcing the country to rely on them. Our army is unequipped and we lack a proper airforce and navy. Thus, this part of the focus tree will make Albania rise from the ashes and put the country back on its feets. It is your job to make a superpower out of Albania !
From the moment you receive a notice that the Italians are preparing themselves to invade the country (the event is triggered by completing the focus "The Italian Affair"), you will have two options :
– Negotiate with Mussolini, which is the probably the best option if Italy decide to complete their focus "Albanian Occupation" (which sends you an ultimatum) and you know you won’t be ready in time. The terms of the negotiation depends on the choice you will make during the negotiation event : You can either choose to become their puppet (it is quite easy to broke free if you have Waking the Tiger or by triggering a civilwar) or give up parts of your economy (10% factory production and -20% ressource efficiency).
– Prepare your country to war and face Mussolini as the leader of an industrialized nation. Choosing this path will give you temporary powerful modifiers to fight.
The focus tree also gives you the options to build coastal fortifications and fortifications along the Yougoslavian border, to remove the negative debuff of the economic crisis, invite investors, construct factories and build the first railway line (significantly improve infrastructure). You will also have the mission to modernize and expand the army, navi, airforce and manpower avaialble.
More states, cities and building slots
The state of Albania was split up into 3 different provinces with each of them having a city. Doing so will prevent automatic surrender if you lose Tirana most of the time. It also increase the number of things you can build in the country. However, you won’t be able to construct anything new in the northern and southern state (the undevelopped ones historically) until you undergo the factory focuses.
I hope you will appreciate the game and the work I put in it ! Do not hesitate to comment if you have a bug, problem, advice or suggestions to make ! I would be happy to resolve your problems, hear your advices and improve the mods by integrating your suggestions. I also suggest to favorite the mod if you want to be noticed when a new update comes out.
Have fun !
