Transport Fever 2

Transport Fever 2

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Ceylon: Devastating Emily
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Scenario: Tropical, Asia
Map/Savegame: Map
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27 Jul, 2020 @ 10:33am
27 Jul, 2020 @ 2:21pm
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Ceylon: Devastating Emily

Description
The story

In 1869 a previously unidentified fungus struck the coffee plantations of Ceylon, one of the great coffee origin lands of the 19th Century. In a very few years the blight known by colonial English planters as “Devastating Emily”, and later its scientific name Himileia Vastatrix, destroyed the coffee economy of the Island. Ceylon’s coffee never recovered, and in time it was replaced by planting tea.

But though coffee became a commercial and personal financial disaster, tea was already being grown successfully by the pioneer James Taylor. As there was a plantation system in existence it was relatively straightforward for the remaining coffee planters to make the switch to tea, and the rest is history.

The mod

From 1850 to 1896, this map is a scenario:
  • Industries are dynamic: new industries open regularly, and sometimes they change or close.
  • No game is the same: industries change randomly
  • The Ceylon Times annual newspaper keeps you updated on changing industries and other news.
Afterwards, it's free play.

Several typical features:
  • New supply chains and industries: coffee, tea, cinnamon, rubber, coconut oil, gold
  • Padda boats: flat-bottomed, punt-shaped barges called Padda boats were the prime method of transportation in 19th century Ceylon.
  • Elephants
The map
  • Large 1:2 map
  • Hand-painted map of the tea country near Kandy and the capital Colombo
  • 2 large cities, 15 small villages
  • Lots of plantations, a port and an auction house.
The author
I like to make Transport Fever maps that tell a story. I do research, make scripts and build new models specifically for a map. By combining all this, I try to give the map a certain typical feel. I am therefore not interested in releasing parts of these mods separately: I feel that the parts are stronger together.

If you like this map, you should also check out my campaign:

And my other story maps:
And please leave a comment below, or consider supporting me via [www.paypal.com]. Thank you!
21 Comments
Mats  [author] 24 Apr, 2021 @ 11:40am 
Hi guys, check out my new campaign !
Mats  [author] 22 Dec, 2020 @ 8:13am 
Aderod 14 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45pm 
@Mats It's fantastic news that you are making a new map. Can you share any info about where new map will be placed and when you will release it?
Mats  [author] 14 Dec, 2020 @ 5:08am 
@Aderod Yes, I am working on a new map :) Thanks for asking.

@Aksorn I like to make maps and create objects specifically for those maps in order to give the maps a certain feel. Together, they tell a story. Separately they do not, which is why I am not really interested in releasing parts of the mod as standalone mods. Furthermore, I think that the quality of those separate parts is good enough for the story map, but not good enough on its own.

@sandy_beograd: interesting, show me what you've got :) (in a private message)
Aderod 6 Dec, 2020 @ 6:35am 
@Mats: are you going to create any new maps?
Aksorn 5 Dec, 2020 @ 10:31am 
Hi, would you provide paddle boats and elephants in a standalone mod ?
sandy_beograd 3 Dec, 2020 @ 5:25am 
Hello Mats!
You really made an excellent story, scenario, map....very nice!

I have some script and map, so I want to ask you for cooperation, help; If you are interested in further making of scenarios??
jwebond 8 Nov, 2020 @ 11:59am 
No worries. I figured it out. Dud
jwebond 6 Nov, 2020 @ 4:17pm 
Nice map. But how do you supply Food and and Machines to the other towns?
Mats  [author] 21 Oct, 2020 @ 9:14am 
Thanks guys!