American Dictator 1.11 – Legacy Version

Welcome to the American Dictator

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 10 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 10 years from the start of his leadership his performance will be judged. The deadline date is 09/01/1944, 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 01/01/1946 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.
* Superior Firepower Doctrine has been buffed.
* Buffs to Special Forces (they should be special).
* 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 and integrated puppets contribute toward operatives.
* Receive a new operative for every six agency upgrades. The maximum number of operatives 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 Before Dishonor
I own and use the first five DLC’s.

– 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.
– Not a min/max player.
– Mostly a laid-back gamer but I do play to win big.
– 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).

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
– No Man’s Land – any version – I have included my mod into AD.
– Expert AI 4.0
Any peace mod would be a conflict.

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 un-moddable 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.
– Occasionally after a Peace Conference, you might get a country with random small pockets of provinces on the map, which makes it hard to draw front lines. This usually happens when China capitulates. This is not a game-breaking problem, but you might want to use the ‘Toolpack’ mod (if needed) to clean up after Peace Conferences. It’s best to save the game before making changes. You can also move your divisions around the map and reclaim land.
– Toolpack Link: Toolpack

Game Lag
I have made no effort to reduce lag. On my system, the game plays smoothly; it does slow down or hang just 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™ 7 1800X Processor
GTX 1080ti
16 gb ram
SSD drive

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.
– Enhanced Peace Conference AI – inspired better peace deals.
– 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 other players.
– Hard Mode.
– Other changes to be announced later.

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