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James The 1st posted:It's because Europe is scaled up, and also projection wonkeyness. If you notice, South America is also moved north. This is done to remove worthless arctic space from the map. North America seems correct, and South America is almost correct, its north half is exactly where it should be in relationship to everything else, but Argentina and Chile are shrunk quite a bit for some reason, with the southern tip being further north than it should be. It's odd, because the northern extremes of the map don't seem to feature said distortion (and neither does Africa). I recall previous games having an enlarged Europe but looked at the map, it seems to be the right scale in relationship to Asia and Africa in this game.. It's just pushed south. Southwest, actually. Maybe it is for gameplay reasons, to get it closer to the new world for whatever reason. I'm not going to get sore over it, it just seems like an odd choice and I wonder why they made it like that. Dr. Video Games 0031 fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Looking at the EU4 map, it's just now striking me that the old world is shifted southwards from what it is in reality. Anyone know why this is? All of Africa and Eurasia is shifted like 500 miles south. London is on the same parallel as New York. It's weird. Time to cancel my preorder!
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Jul 27, 2013 02:19
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The terrain map looks satellite-ish and I like that. Maybe I'll finally try to play in it for once.
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Jul 27, 2013 02:22
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For those curious, Quill did a video about the starting position of the Purple Fuckers (better known as the Byzantines). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQV7-IPumU
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Jul 27, 2013 02:59
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So, I've started posting my Victoria 2: HoD LP. The OP is currently up, and there will be a UI update up tonight. Gameplay updates will start going up in a couple of days. So if you're interested, come on over and let me know all of the things I'm explaining incorrectly. I love it when other people contribute help and advice along with my game.
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Jul 27, 2013 03:35
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Patter Song posted:For those curious, Quill did a video about the starting position of the Purple Fuckers (better known as the Byzantines). I want to play this game.  I would also be perfectly happy if Byzantium's life expectancy was equivalent to Tripoli's in Vicky2.
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Jul 27, 2013 03:45
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:North America seems correct, and South America is almost correct, its north half is exactly where it should be in relationship to everything else, but Argentina and Chile are shrunk quite a bit for some reason, with the southern tip being further north than it should be. It's odd, because the northern extremes of the map don't seem to feature said distortion (and neither does Africa). I recall previous games having an enlarged Europe but looked at the map, it seems to be the right scale in relationship to Asia and Africa in this game.. It's just pushed south. Southwest, actually. Maybe it is for gameplay reasons, to get it closer to the new world for whatever reason.
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It might also encourage Spain and Portugal to actually colonize South America and not Canada.
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The Nozzle posted:It might also encourage Spain and Portugal to actually colonize South America and not Canada.
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Dibujante posted:Isn't there some kind of tradewinds simulator in EU3 that helps fix that? It's faster to go from Iberia to Central/South America than it is to go to North America. There is as in the real world, but it's constantly ignored when Spain and Portugal run into natives from the northern continent, getting a tribal conquest casus belli and ending up owning Florida by 1470.
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Vodos posted:
I don't know but it's going to make nabbing two provinces off them to try to form a nice looking Romania that much harder.
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Rejected Fate posted:I don't know but it's going to make nabbing two provinces off them to try to form a nice looking Romania that much harder. There's probably still a Form Romania decision so at least you'll have claims (which reduce coring cost, nation-forming decisions don't give cores any more)
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Jul 27, 2013 09:41
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Can anyone clue me in on how well Paradox games work on Mac? I'm thinking of buying the new MacBook Air but I'm worried it won't be powerful enough to play EU4 smoothly. Maybe somebody playing CK2 on Mac can shed some light.
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Vegetable posted:Can anyone clue me in on how well Paradox games work on Mac? I'm thinking of buying the new MacBook Air but I'm worried it won't be powerful enough to play EU4 smoothly. Maybe somebody playing CK2 on Mac can shed some light. CK2 works perfectly on my MBP. The only issue I ever really encounter is right-clicking all the time when I only have my trackpad available. Also, they need to port Victoria 2 
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Jul 27, 2013 10:17
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In the years I've played EU3, I've finished exactly one game. With this final one, I hope to make it to two. I actually hadn't played EU3 since HoD came out and I was expecting to be a bit bored, but it's still remarkably fun, partially because of this, which will never not be fun:
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Jul 27, 2013 12:06
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CK2 is Steam's daily deal, and all DLC -- including Old Gods -- is 75% off. (The perennial question: Sword of Islam lets you play as Muslims. Legacy of Rome doesn't unlock any characters, but adds flavor to Greeks and retinues for everyone. The Republic lets you play as patricians. Old Gods lets you play as pagans. Strictly speaking, none are necessary, but all supply new twists on the experience that have generally been very well-received.) KICK BAMA KICK fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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Jul 27, 2013 18:11
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Holy poo poo, this morning I was looking into getting CKII, but I decided it was probably too much to get both it and Total War: Rome II in the fall, so I play some TF2 instead. Then I think to myself "...Maybe I'll get CKII instead.... I'm gonna look at it on Steam again", and HOLY poo poo SUDDENLY 75% OFF. Today is a good day. 
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Jul 27, 2013 20:01
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Dibujante posted:Yes, although Japan should absolutely be a legitimate target for this event, given that Japanese high society spent most of this time period emulating China (poorly). It wouldn't be because of Japan that it wouldn't be a legitimate target, it would be because of China.
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A Violence Gang posted:CK2 is Steam's daily deal, and all DLC -- including Old Gods -- is 75% off. One note about this, the CK2 Collection does not include The Old Gods. TOG is still 75% off, but you have to buy it separately.
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Jul 27, 2013 20:09
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Every single CK2 DLC is on sale except for the extra songs pack for Byzantium. I can't stop giggling about that for some reason.
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Beamed posted:It wouldn't be because of Japan that it wouldn't be a legitimate target, it would be because of China.
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Vegetable posted:Can anyone clue me in on how well Paradox games work on Mac? I'm thinking of buying the new MacBook Air but I'm worried it won't be powerful enough to play EU4 smoothly. Maybe somebody playing CK2 on Mac can shed some light. Looking at the latest Air models, 1.3 GHz may be a bit low, but the 1.7 GHz should work fine, with a maybe some lag if you go at max speed. The RAM and GPU will both work fine. If it's like CK2, you should be able to turn off some things like trees, water, and certain other things. I would say it will probably run fine but max speed may produce some slow down.
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DrProsek posted:Looking at the latest Air models, 1.3 GHz may be a bit low, but the 1.7 GHz should work fine, with a maybe some lag if you go at max speed. The RAM and GPU will both work fine. If it's like CK2, you should be able to turn off some things like trees, water, and certain other things. I would say it will probably run fine but max speed may produce some slow down. I was able to play EUIII just fine with my old 2007 era laptop with 1.4 GHz (though that wasn't a Mac, and it had a pretty decent for its day graphics card). HoI2 also worked fine and I'd presume Darkest Hour does too. I'm not sure about the other games though; when I tried to run HoI3 my computer poo poo itself, and I'm sure Vicky2 and probably CKII wouldn't fare much better. I dunno what the specs are for the Air are, but you'd probably be able to play EU3 and the Europa engine games well enough.
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I bought all the CK2 DLC ever. Maybe I'll actually play it instead of just giving Johan more beer money.
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Will there be a demo for EU4? I remember they did one for CK2 , and I think for Victoria 2. I'd check the official forum, but it's basically the nerdy, eurocentric version of stormfront. That wasn't a joke 
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Ghetto Prince posted:Will there be a demo for EU4? I remember they did one for CK2 , and I think for Victoria 2. I'd check the official forum, but it's basically the nerdy, eurocentric version of stormfront. Doesn't look like it, but then I haven't been keeping super close tabs on news about the game outside of Quill's video. Seriously though, while the Paradox forum does have problems, they're not even close to Stormfront level bad dude.
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Valiantman posted:That Ulm is quite rare a sight. But why is it that no-one remembers the name of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm?
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New quill18 video about Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Bosnia and Serbia. Don't read the comments!!
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I hope Lithuania is less terrible at defending itself in the final release, it was kind of sad to see Muscovy just waltz in and start beating it up without really trying. They should really get improved tolerance as part of their starting NI so they don't have huge RR everywhere.
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Quill18 may be a youtube hero, but for someone making videos on EU4, it's almost like he played 5 hours of EU2/3 because he is completely clueless to old mechanics like culture shifting and knowing about things like why you can't forge a claim on the enemy capital province, why a 20% production efficiency mod is RIDICULOUS early, doubling or tripling your production early on, Ethopia being Orthodox, the Timurids going into India and becoming the Mughals, etc. I can't wait to play the drat game.
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RabidWeasel posted:I hope Lithuania is less terrible at defending itself in the final release, it was kind of sad to see Muscovy just waltz in and start beating it up without really trying. They should really get improved tolerance as part of their starting NI so they don't have huge RR everywhere. *Does either/both of them reduce the AI's desire to convert provinces? Likewise, does a high tolerance for your own religion increase it? rhazes posted:Quill18 may be a youtube hero, but for someone making videos on EU4, it's almost like he played 5 hours of EU2/3 because he is completely clueless to old mechanics like culture shifting and knowing about things like why you can't forge a claim on the enemy capital province, why a 20% production efficiency mod is RIDICULOUS early, doubling or tripling your production early on, Ethopia being Orthodox, the Timurids going into India and becoming the Mughals, etc. I can't wait to play the drat game.
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RabidWeasel posted:I hope Lithuania is less terrible at defending itself in the final release, it was kind of sad to see Muscovy just waltz in and start beating it up without really trying. They should really get improved tolerance as part of their starting NI so they don't have huge RR everywhere. Even if they don't take better care of themselves by release Poland will probably be a amazing bodyguard.
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Are there any downsides to the Pop Demand Mod that I'm missing on a quick glance? Looks to me like it's just NNM + more goods but I remember this thread being kind of split on that mod.
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Last time I heard the major issues were slowdown from the stupid number of different pops added, and the addition of new unneeded terrain types with extremely strict requirements for building railroads, making the whole railroad system near pointless unless you're playing a country with perfect terrain. I also heard that there were major problems with their tweaks to the combat system (mostly related to the huge flanking bonuses they gave most units) but I can't recall if they changed that or not.
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Yeah you're looking at it in reverse, NNM is PDM with the crap stripped out, so stick to that if you want the new nations and decisions but none of the garbage.
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Basically, a lot of the changes it makes stem from how the developers think the game works, not how it actually works. The changes to the support values of various brigades causes armies to not function properly in the late game, the economic tweaks are not balanced at all, etc. The developers also do not listen to feedback about these things that well, either- people have pointed out the military problems before and nothing's changed.
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Does NNM have all the events and decisions from PDM though? Just loaded up a POD (HoD version of PDM) game and most of China had -2 to -4 to railroads because of terrain and Irregulars had 1 recon while regular cav had 2.  Guess you guys are right.
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rhazes posted:Quill18 may be a youtube hero, but for someone making videos on EU4, it's almost like he played 5 hours of EU2/3 because he is completely clueless to old mechanics like culture shifting and knowing about things like why you can't forge a claim on the enemy capital province, why a 20% production efficiency mod is RIDICULOUS early, doubling or tripling your production early on, Ethopia being Orthodox, the Timurids going into India and becoming the Mughals, etc. I can't wait to play the drat game. He seems generally clueless in an inoffensive way. In one of his earlier videos, he was surprised that Lutheranism hadn't shown up yet in the 1450's. Part 11 of his England playthrough is out, by the way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPP_ksr5uWA
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So, will there be a EU4+, or is the era of Wiz's modding supremacy over?
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