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During the End

Attention survivors of the apocalypse: this mod is undergoing revitalization after a 18 month hiatus and you can expect a compatibility patch and even updates in the future!

For now, enjoy this legacy description:

The sirens sound above as you rush to your shelter; the bombs will surely follow. When you gather with your band of fellow survivalists, preppers, and end-times prophets, you wonder: is surviving a nuclear war only the beginning?

During the End 0.3 "Gotterdammerung" for Crusader Kings II 3.1 and After the End Fan Fork 0.4

During the End takes the post-apocalyptic vision of After the End and runs it backwards to the apocalypse itself: you start as a survivor of a nuclear war, hunkering in your shelter and waiting for the fallout to dissipate enough to go out into the world once more. When you do, you will find a world in ruins and chaos, waiting for a ruler worthy to bring civilization back to the wasteland. Are you up for the challenge?

IMPORTANT NOTES:

-This is a sub-mod for After the End Fan Fork. You must be running ATEFF in order to run During the End.
-Steam frequently messes up large mods and sub-mods. This is both. If you are having trouble getting the mod to work, I suggest extracting the .zip file from any of the following links directly into your mod directory (documents/paradox interactive/crusader kings ii/mod/) instead of using Steam's version:

{LINK REMOVED}http://www.mediafire.com/file/2s3kibe6evoajqp/DuringTheEnd.zip/file
https://www.filehosting.org/file/details/799375/DuringTheEnd.zip
https://www.moddb.com/mods/after-the-end-fan-fork/downloads/during-the-end

Release 0.3 adds scavenging, nuclear programs, and later-game story, in addition to various mechanic improvements. Please keep in mind that a few things may be somewhat off thanks to everything that was changed in CK2 for 3.0, but I've had no trouble running it. Hopefully, you will have the same experience.

It is named "Gotterdammerung" in honor of V-E Day, May 8, 1945 (74 years ago release day), when the National Socialist Reich of Germany, which had attempted to build a racialist civilization-to-end-all-civilizations met its own apocalyptic end in the face of Western advances and the sheer brutality of the Red Army repaying atrocity for atrocity. It was not only the fall of the self-proclaimed messiah of Germany, who gleefully watched his people's destruction, but also the beginning of a new apocalyptic terror as an iron curtain swept over a liberated Europe...

As always, I appreciate feedback, but keep in mind that this is a one-man operation and progress is often slow and halting. Insistent begging for an update doesn't help anyone. If you have any difficulties, please spell out the nature of your difficulties clearly (i.e. just saying "it won't run!" and "it keeps crashing!" tells me nothing I can use).

FAQ:

Is this compatible with...?
No. Probably. You're welcome to try, but don't get your hopes up. Between me and ATEFF, so many files are messed with that something's bound to conflict.

Do I really need Sword of Islam?
Yes, actually. I use vanilla's bifurcation of the world into muslim and non-muslim worlds to instead divide the timeline between immediate post-apocalyptic civilization and later societies. I'm still working on getting it to work perfectly, but it's an important coding feature I can't use without incorporating SoI.

How about a portrait pack?
For some reason, Steam won't let me upload my portrait mod. But it is included in the version linked above, so you're welcome to go that route if you're bored of the faces. Note that it relies on having English, German, and Aztec portraits installed to work correctly.

When's the next update?
I'm looking at compatibility with ATEFF 0.5 at present, but beyond that...sometime between now and judgment day.