Age of Empires III: Struggle of Indonesia

Age of Empires III: Struggle of Indonesia is a non-commercial and fan-based mega-modification for Age of Empires III. The mod features a new setting focused on the events revolving the history of Indonesia before and during the Dutch colonialization, bringing forth civilizations based on old kingdoms of Indonesia.

As of the Alpha version, installing the game would overwrite Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, and any other data you have in the Y-Pack data files. Be sure to make a copy of your installation if you do not want to lose your existing data files.

About
The mod is set in the colonial age in Southeast Asia, mainly Indonesia, with the arrival of colonists such as the Dutch, British, and Portuguese, clashing with the many existing kingdoms. The kingdoms and colonists are represented by 35 civilizations, categorized under 8 different cultures each with their own uniqueness.

Features

 * More than 35 new civilizations with 9 new cultures
 * New native settlements which provide bonuses for local civilizations.
 * New ageing up system for different cultures
 * Royal Edict feature (similar to minor gods in Age of Mythology)
 * New mercenary contract system
 * and many more...

Civilizations

 * Main Article: Civilizations

As of the Alpha version, Struggle of Indonesia includes the Javanese civilizations, Nederlands-Indie, and Aceh. More civilizations, including Batak, Johor, Malaya, Minangkabau, and Straits Settlements are to be added in the future.

Cultures

 * Main Article: Cultures

The civilizations will be divided into nine cultures: Javanese, Colonials, Malay, Borneo, Ethnics, Spices, Chinese, Moluccas, and Sulawesian.

Mercenaries
Unlike in the vanilla Age of Empires III, mercenaries are not available by default; the player must sign a contract with a certain mercenary warband to hire them. They also cost more coin, has a train limit, and does not provide bounty when trained, but are trained faster.

Some Javanese civilizations can permanently have access to certain mercenaries, often interlocked with Royal Edict choices.

Developers

 * Main Article: Development Team

Age of Empires III: Struggle of Indonesia is developed by a team known as the Struggle of Indonesia Team, consisting of four main members:
 * Pepp (Project Lead)
 * PapaBear (Visual Artist)
 * Mangaguru (Researcher)
 * Brendan Boman (Video Editor)

Trivia

 * Age of Empires III: Struggle of Indonesia is the first modification for the franchise to have ever covered Southeast Asia.
 * With 35 civilisations and many new game mechanics, this mod is one of the largest ongoing modification projects of Age of Empires III, alongside its affiliate, Wars of Liberty.