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[Possible mod] The Race for Third Place scenarios.

Playing as a true independent.

The pitch: you are an independent candidate, either Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin or Cynthia McKinney. You will compete against snother (not necessarily independent due to game limitations) candidate for the role of chief 'spoiler' in the election. Are you ready to be #3!

Renaming one of the parties as independents

Here's a "work-around" that will let you appear as an "Independent" candidate:

(Please see NOTE at end of post)

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Open c:/program files/stardock/TotalGaming/The Political Machine 2008/Data/English/Scenarios/USAModern.PM2ScenarioXML in a text editor.

Find the line that says:

Campaign 2008

Change it to say:

Campaign 2008 - Indy vs. Dem

Now, find the section that begins with

and ends with

Replace that section with this:

Democrat

Democrats

Democrats.png

10

10

255

Republican

Republicans

Republicans.png

255

10

10

Independent

Independents

Independent.png

128

128

128

Now save the file as USAModernIndyVsDem.PM2ScenarioXML

Reload the original c:/program files/stardock/TotalGaming/The Political Machine 2008/Data/English/Scenarios/USAModern.PM2ScenarioXML file

Change the line to say:

Campaign 2008 - Indy vs. Rep

Replace the section with this:

Democrat

Democrats

Democrats.png

10

10

255

Republican

Republicans

Republicans.png

255

10

10

Independent

Independents

Independent.png

128

128

128

Save this file as USAModernIndyVsRep.PM2ScenarioXML

This will give you 2 new scenarios where you can play as:

+ independent vs. a republican

+ independent vs. democrat

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You could do a similar trick for all the other scenarios too.

NOTE: This only renames one party as "Independents," so it will look like states will have a large support for "Independent" candidates.

For example, if it's the "indy vs rep" scenario, NY would have high support for Indies since it is mostly a democrat state, and it would look like it supported Indies more than Democrats. Also, it would look like the party that replaced the independent party might support or disapprove things they normally wouldn't.

So it may not be perfect, but at least you can get the appearance as running as an independent.

Also, having extra scenario files may prevent you from playing multiplayer. The game will detect it as modified files.

If you only play single player, it wouldn't be a problem. You could always move the files out of the scenario folder when you want to play multiplayer, too.

Download Custom candidates:

https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=74

Once I get the full game (hopefully this weekend.) I will experiment with editing the .PM2issuesxml files. I believe I can create true third parties.

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I would like to help. Finding out about the third party candidates and running mates should be interesting.

2008 United States Presidential Election Third Party Candidates and Running Mates:

Constitution Party (Right-wing):

Presidential Candidate: Chuck Baldwin, Florida

Vice Presidential Candidate: Darrell Castle, Tennessee

Green Party (Centre-Left):

Presidential Candidate: Cynthia McKinney, Georgia

Vice Presidential Candidate: Rosa Clemente, New York

Libertatian Party (Rejects left-right political spectrum):

Presidential Candidate: Bob Barr, Georgia

Vice Presidential Candidate: Wayne Allen Root, New York

Independent Party (Centre-Left):

Presidential Candidate: Ralph Nader, Connecticut

Vice Presidential Candidate: Matt Gonzalez, California

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Party Colours:

Constitution Party: White

Green Party: Green

Libertarian Party: Yellow

Independent Party: Grey

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Constitution Party Policies:

A Living Wage:

A strong Fed. Government:

A strong military:

Abortion Rights:

Addressing Climate Change:

Affirmative Action:

Alternative Energy:

Banning Public Smoking:

Better foreign relations:

Big Government:

Capital Punishment:

Clean Coal Tech:

Crackdown on Paparazzi:

Deficit Reduction:

Drilling in ANWR:

Expanding Ethanol Production:

Farm Subsidies:

Federal Education:

Fixing Mortgage Disaster:

Fixing Obesity Crisis:

Fuel Efficiency Standards:

Gay Marriage:

Gun Control:

Harsh interrogations:

High Gas Prices:

Homeland Security:

Illegal Immigration:

Invasion of Iran:

Improving the Economy:

Katrina Relief:

Kyoto Treaty:

Law enforcement:

Legalising Marijuana:

Missile Defence Shield:

More Jobs:

NAFTA:

Outsourcing of Jobs:

School Vouchers:

Social Security:

Supporting Israel:

Tax Cuts:

The Environment:

The War on Terror:

Tort Reform:

Traditional Values:

Uncovering alien conspiracy:

Unions:

Universal Healthcare:

Video Game Violence:

Withdrawing from Iraq:

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Green Party Policies:

A Living Wage:

A strong Fed. Government:

A strong military:

Abortion Rights:

Addressing Climate Change:

Affirmative Action:

Alternative Energy:

Banning Public Smoking:

Better foreign relations:

Big Government:

Capital Punishment:

Clean Coal Tech:

Crackdown on Paparazzi:

Deficit Reduction:

Drilling in ANWR:

Expanding Ethanol Production:

Farm Subsidies:

Federal Education:

Fixing Mortgage Disaster:

Fixing Obesity Crisis:

Fuel Efficiency Standards:

Gay Marriage:

Gun Control:

Harsh interrogations:

High Gas Prices:

Homeland Security:

Illegal Immigration:

Invasion of Iran:

Improving the Economy:

Katrina Relief:

Kyoto Treaty:

Law enforcement:

Legalising Marijuana:

Missile Defence Shield:

More Jobs:

NAFTA:

Outsourcing of Jobs:

School Vouchers:

Social Security:

Supporting Israel:

Tax Cuts:

The Environment:

The War on Terror:

Tort Reform:

Traditional Values:

Uncovering alien conspiracy:

Unions:

Universal Healthcare:

Video Game Violence:

Withdrawing from Iraq:

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Libertarian Party Policies:

A Living Wage:

A strong Fed. Government:

A strong military:

Abortion Rights:

Addressing Climate Change:

Affirmative Action:

Alternative Energy:

Banning Public Smoking:

Better foreign relations:

Big Government:

Capital Punishment:

Clean Coal Tech:

Crackdown on Paparazzi:

Deficit Reduction:

Drilling in ANWR:

Expanding Ethanol Production:

Farm Subsidies:

Federal Education:

Fixing Mortgage Disaster:

Fixing Obesity Crisis:

Fuel Efficiency Standards:

Gay Marriage:

Gun Control:

Harsh interrogations:

High Gas Prices:

Homeland Security:

Illegal Immigration:

Invasion of Iran:

Improving the Economy:

Katrina Relief:

Kyoto Treaty:

Law enforcement:

Legalising Marijuana:

Missile Defence Shield:

More Jobs:

NAFTA:

Outsourcing of Jobs:

School Vouchers:

Social Security:

Supporting Israel:

Tax Cuts:

The Environment:

The War on Terror:

Tort Reform:

Traditional Values:

Uncovering alien conspiracy:

Unions:

Universal Healthcare:

Video Game Violence:

Withdrawing from Iraq:

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Independent Party Policies:

A Living Wage:

A strong Fed. Government:

A strong military:

Abortion Rights:

Addressing Climate Change:

Affirmative Action:

Alternative Energy:

Banning Public Smoking:

Better foreign relations:

Big Government:

Capital Punishment:

Clean Coal Tech:

Crackdown on Paparazzi:

Deficit Reduction:

Drilling in ANWR:

Expanding Ethanol Production:

Farm Subsidies:

Federal Education:

Fixing Mortgage Disaster:

Fixing Obesity Crisis:

Fuel Efficiency Standards:

Gay Marriage:

Gun Control:

Harsh interrogations:

High Gas Prices:

Homeland Security:

Illegal Immigration:

Invasion of Iran:

Improving the Economy:

Katrina Relief:

Kyoto Treaty:

Law enforcement:

Legalising Marijuana:

Missile Defence Shield:

More Jobs:

NAFTA:

Outsourcing of Jobs:

School Vouchers:

Social Security:

Supporting Israel:

Tax Cuts:

The Environment:

The War on Terror:

Tort Reform:

Traditional Values:

Uncovering alien conspiracy:

Unions:

Universal Healthcare:

Video Game Violence:

Withdrawing from Iraq:

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Excellent Work! I am looking foward to this great project.

I do wish you the best!

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But how does one open the file,whenever i try to open it, it says it cant open it. Please help me.

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