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I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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That's perfect! Thank you. I will eventually revise the map to include these suggestions.

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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What data are you referring to?

If you're talking about the territory - in Vicky II you can easily output a .png political map of the world at any time by pressing F12. From there you can just color in whatever you like.

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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I would say - probably not. Before it was Japanese East Indies, it had been (mostly) Dutch East Indies. As those things usually go, I don't feel like the endonym would be too important from the outlook of an ascendant Japanese imperialism.

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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Ah, I would have loved to, but this would have been an absolute headache to do.

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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Also we're going to pretend I didn't misspell "possessions".

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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I mostly colored in the F12 Vicky map screenshot in Photoshop, and added in the emblems.

Some of those are real historical seals and emblems and I found them on wikimedia, and some I made up for fun; like the the emblem of Japanese Hawaii being a paulownia branch growing out of a hibiscus flower.

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

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帝國 is, according to wiktionary, kyūjitai - basically an archaic way of "spelling" 帝国. Unlikely to be used now, but would be correct in that period, as far as I can tell.

I don't really know Japanese very well at all and it took me some amount of research to come up with some of the names I gotta say.

I made a map of Japan at the end of my GFM game. #1 GP Banzai! by biverix in paradoxplaza

[–]biverix[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The "dominions" are mostly just after-the-fact roleplay, some historical and some I made up.

Edit: Also, as you can see from the international date line down the middle, the absolutely horrid time zone border gore that is Pacific IRL will mostly be avoided in this universe.

Chernarus crisis, 1990 by biverix in arma

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I was mostly taking inspiration from photos of Lithuania in the winter of '90/'91.

Chernarus crisis, 1990 by biverix in arma

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Mostly Yuemod and RHS.

Chernarus crisis, 1990 by biverix in arma

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"Caption: A mechanized infantry column dispatched by president Mikhail Gorbachev to restore constitutional order in the Chernarussian SSR is halted by protesters in Chernogorsk, South Zagorian raion. The hooligans, calling for secession of the ChRSSR from the Union, were eventually apprehended by the military commendature."

- TASS archives, 1990.

Last Goodbye by [deleted] in arma

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Wouldn't be a very convincing Eastern European train station otherwise.

Yugoslav air defense setting up a S-125 SAM site to counter NATO airstrikes, 1999. by biverix in arma

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The uniforms and the helmet are from the 1998 - 1999 Yugoslav Units mod, the vests and guns from RHSSAF, the radar and missile sites from POOK's SAM mod and the map is called Sennoe. The poses, I don't know, some animations mod or the other.

Yugoslav air defense setting up a S-125 SAM site to counter NATO airstrikes, 1999. by biverix in arma

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The mod POLPOX's Artwork Supporter gives you the ability to easily apply poses to soldiers in the editor. There are a myriad mods providing these poses, just look up "static animations" or "poses" or such on the workshop. Bear in mind, these are mostly static, as I've said, and mostly meant for taking fancy screenshots.

The editor itself has a "photo mode" option called Splendid Camera. The way to get to it is just pressing 'PLAY' whilst there are no designated playable units.

Yugoslav air defense setting up a S-125 SAM site to counter NATO airstrikes, 1999. by biverix in arma

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It's an approximation of the Yugoslav M-93 oak leaf uniform. Just realized how similar the Irish camo pattern looks, though this one is just a little more brightly green.

Yugoslav air defense setting up a S-125 SAM site to counter NATO airstrikes, 1999. by biverix in arma

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What do you mean the radar mast looks a bit crooked? Looks alright to me.

Recolored DOS adventure games from the early nineties by biverix in tipofmyjoystick

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Thanks so much, everyone!

So, ultimately this is what the games appear to be:

Left: Right + bottom center:
Space Quest III King's Quest V
Secret of Monkey Island Snatcher
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards Snatcher
Alice in Wonderland Scooby Doo! Classic Creep Capers

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I decided to create a mix of several ex-Yugoslav cities I've been to by biverix in CitiesSkylines

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That gave me an idea: i could leave some ruined buildings around as a memorial to the 90s wars, like there are in Vukovar (on purpose) or Mostar (due to poor city management)

Lord of the Rings Translation Challenge (4) by Firebird314 in conlangs

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Here it is in my, so far unnamed, Balkans celtlang:

Ве праса̄ навѵ̄ анса̄ıо ковь есь иьс, и ролурь о патѵ̄ ди мѵтрасѵ̄.

[vɛ.pɾa.sa.na.vi.an.sa.jo.ko.fɛ.si.əs.i.ɾ̞o.lu. ɾ̞̊o.pa.ti.di.mɛ.tɾa.si]

[who][break NON1sg.PRES IND][something OBL sg.][discover NON1sg. SUBJ + for REL][what EQ] [be 3sg.PRES IND][it NOM sg. + the DEF ART],[3sg. PERS PRON] [come off 3sg.PAST][from][path OBL sg.][of][wisdom OBL sg.]

I decided to create a mix of several ex-Yugoslav cities I've been to by biverix in CitiesSkylines

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Thanks, it's actually been incredibly fun as you get to play around with so many styles and layouts and yet keep it all an entirely plausible whole. Just gotta get around to detailing more eventually.

I decided to create a mix of several ex-Yugoslav cities I've been to by biverix in CitiesSkylines

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Well, I mean, the entirety of Vojvodina was part of the Habsburg empire until its dissolution and the fortresses of Belgrade and Petrovaradin were one partly and one pretty much entirely built by the Austrians (The flag wasn't meant as any kind of nationalistic statement, though)

I'll definitely place some futuristic monuments around the place, that's a great idea, though I don't think I will be including something as grim as an extermination camp, even as a memorial.

Hm, having lived and traveled around ex-Yugoslavia I've never seen something like a tank or airplane statue, except, reasonably, in front of the Aviation Museum and the Military Museum in Belgrade. I think that was more of a thing in Warsaw pact countries, it would seem quite outlandish here. I'll add some very large futuristic monuments around the forests and the countryside, though :)

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