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Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

So my CSA game taking 10 years to end the civil war because units take 3 months to get across Montana was a bug?! :psyduck:

Do I just download the new BETA? When was it released?

# ? Nov 19, 2013 18:58

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 03:40

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Beamed posted:

So my CSA game taking 10 years to end the civil war because units take 3 months to get across Montana was a bug?!

Do I just download the new BETA? When was it released?

Sunday. Scroll down to Latest BETA. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?529944-Kaiserreich

# ? Nov 19, 2013 19:02

Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

Kavak posted:

Sunday. Scroll down to Latest BETA. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?529944-Kaiserreich

Thanks; so does it matter if I flip the 0 to 1 or not, or is it just cosmetic, as GrossMurpel posted?

Now to contemplate if I should start over, since 1943 is way too late by my standards and I want to see what I can do with faster movement, or if I should see how corrupt it will make my savefile..

# ? Nov 19, 2013 19:10

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Beamed posted:

Thanks; so does it matter if I flip the 0 to 1 or not, or is it just cosmetic, as GrossMurpel posted?

Now to contemplate if I should start over, since 1943 is way too late by my standards and I want to see what I can do with faster movement, or if I should see how corrupt it will make my savefile..

I would probably start a new game, all the unit stats are different, among other things. I think GrossMurpel is right, which means that every mod released since April that didn't change its units has been fundamentally broken :suicide:

# ? Nov 19, 2013 19:23

uPen: Jan 25, 2010; Zu Rodina!

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

Well you aren't really supposed to march across Siberia anyways, that's what strategic redeployment is for. Unless that's not a thing in Kaiserreich (I never played it)

Strategic redeployment is a thing but this is definitely a bug. Before this was fixed (has it been fixed?) infantry moved at .8 km/h in friendly territory at peace with perfect infrastructure. A division ordered to march from Berlin to Danzig would be marching for over 2 months during peacetime with nothing interdicting their movement. Armored and motorized units can move at a blistering .9 to 1.5 km/h depending on terrain.

# ? Nov 19, 2013 19:33

GrossMurpel: Apr 8, 2011

uPen posted:

Strategic redeployment is a thing but this is definitely a bug. Before this was fixed (has it been fixed?) infantry moved at .8 km/h in friendly territory at peace with perfect infrastructure. A division ordered to march from Berlin to Danzig would be marching for over 2 months during peacetime with nothing interdicting their movement. Armored and motorized units can move at a blistering .9 to 1.5 km/h depending on terrain.

In which version did you get this? I played plenty of Beta 2 and I think the highest speed my ARM divs reached was about 5 or 6 km/h. Only went down to 0.8 in jungles and mountains and in other terrain they went at least 2 km/h.

Kavak posted:

I would probably start a new game, all the unit stats are different, among other things. I think GrossMurpel is right, which means that every mod released since April that didn't change its units has been fundamentally broken

Heh, I was getting used to 0.8 km/h (didn't play in a while before) and actually thought making them slow as gently caress was the way it was supposed to be :v:

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By the way, increasing the Mj General army size was drat genius, no more running out of them or Lt Generals.

# ? Nov 20, 2013 23:13

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

GrossMurpel posted:

By the way, increasing the Mj General army size was drat genius, no more running out of them or Lt Generals.

That was a Darkest Hour Full thing the mod finally adapted. I just increased the command limits manually before this.

# ? Nov 20, 2013 23:20

ExtraNoise: Apr 11, 2007

Alright goons, I could use some help with the Divided We Stand Mexican states! Here's what I've drawn up so far:

These are based on an 1860 map, an 1863 map, a modern map, and a couple of alt-history maps I found doing a google image search.

I have only a passing knowledge of Mexico (things like holidays, major cities, what Cinco De Mayo is all about, etc) and I'm sure this proposal is offensive to at least someone. I'd like to rectify that before I start, so if anyone has any suggestions before I begin making flag graphics and nation files, now's the time to voice them!

# ? Nov 21, 2013 08:26

Magissima: Apr 15, 2013; I'd like to introduce you to some of the most special of our rocks and minerals.; Soiled Meat

ExtraNoise posted:

Alright goons, I could use some help with the Divided We Stand Mexican states! Here's what I've drawn up so far:

These are based on an 1860 map, an 1863 map, a modern map, and a couple of alt-history maps I found doing a google image search.

I have only a passing knowledge of Mexico (things like holidays, major cities, what Cinco De Mayo is all about, etc) and I'm sure this proposal is offensive to at least someone. I'd like to rectify that before I start, so if anyone has any suggestions before I begin making flag graphics and nation files, now's the time to voice them!

Looks fine as far as I can tell on divisions, but consider renaming California to Baja California and adding accents to Rep�blica de Yucat�n, M�xico, Michoac�n.

# ? Nov 21, 2013 08:41

Proposition Joe: Oct 8, 2010; He was a good man

Republic of Rio Bravo should probably be the Republic of the Rio Grande instead.

# ? Nov 21, 2013 08:42

ExtraNoise: Apr 11, 2007

Puella Magissima posted:

Looks fine as far as I can tell on divisions, but consider renaming California to Baja California and adding accents to Rep�blica de Yucat�n, M�xico, Michoac�n.

I was hoping to incorporate Baja California into the California that currently exists (Californian Republic). Should I not? Should they be two separate nations? Baja California or California Sur?

Also, the game doesn't allow accents.

Proposition Joe posted:

Republic of Rio Bravo should probably be the Republic of the Rio Grande instead.

Perfect!

# ? Nov 21, 2013 08:47

ModernMajorGeneral: Jun 25, 2010

Beamed posted:

In case anyone was having the Kaiserreich instability I was, I found the reason: DH it seems doesn't play nice with giant gently caress-off resolutions. When I toned it down to 1024x768 it stopped crashing.

What kind of trouble were you having with the new KR? Something has been badly broken by the new beta for me. The game runs fine but in two games so far the later saves after ~1943 or so just crash without any error message so I can't figure out what the problem is.

# ? Nov 21, 2013 09:55

Magissima: Apr 15, 2013; I'd like to introduce you to some of the most special of our rocks and minerals.; Soiled Meat

ExtraNoise posted:

I was hoping to incorporate Baja California into the California that currently exists (Californian Republic). Should I not? Should they be two separate nations? Baja California or California Sur?

California is already a huge powerhouse, so I don't think it needs any more land/resources, but it's up to you. Definitely Baja California, unless you split it into Baja California del Norte and Baja California del Sur.

ExtraNoise posted:

Also, the game doesn't allow accents.

Isn't it on some province names though?

# ? Nov 21, 2013 14:38

DrSunshine: Mar 23, 2009; Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!

ExtraNoise posted:

I was hoping to incorporate Baja California into the California that currently exists (Californian Republic). Should I not? Should they be two separate nations? Baja California or California Sur?

Also, the game doesn't allow accents.

Perfect!

How about a decision by one or the other Californias that grants them cores on the rest? Like after you invent Manifest Destiny, perhaps majority Yanqui California can get "Glory of the Golden State", which grants them cores on Baja California, while majority Mexicano Baja California can get "Viva California!", which grants them cores on California and Jefferson.

Really it would be pretty nice to see a lot of new decisions and events. (Actually I offered to help with this in my last post about this, if you didn't see it). It'd be nice to have a bunch of decisions to form sub-USA regional entities, like the North German Federation decision for Prussia.

DrSunshine fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Nov 21, 2013

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Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

I'm curious to see how you're going to model the Caste War. Or is the mod completely alt-history?

# ? Nov 21, 2013 15:57

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

ModernMajorGeneral posted:

What kind of trouble were you having with the new KR? Something has been badly broken by the new beta for me. The game runs fine but in two games so far the later saves after ~1943 or so just crash without any error message so I can't figure out what the problem is.

Check the crash log, because this might be the solution:

quote:

The good new: That means that the self-propulsed anti air are causing a crash, and based in what I have seen so far, is due to the unit no being defined while still used in the tech tree. To fix it, replace the KR file db\units\brigadessp_ati_air.txt with the one from DH full, and then go to db\units\brigade.txt and change
code:
sp_anti_air = {
	#ID			28
	list_prio	= -1
}
To:
code:
sp_anti_air = {
	#ID			28
	type		= land
	name		= NAME_SP_ANTI_AIR
	short_name	= SNAME_SP_ANTI_AIR
	desc		= LDESC_SP_ANTI_AIR
	short_desc	= SDESC_SP_ANTI_AIR
	value		= 0.0
	list_prio	= 90
}
The other way is erasing all the reference to that brigade in the save file... and forbidding the tech that allow them.

# ? Nov 21, 2013 16:38

ExtraNoise: Apr 11, 2007

DrSunshine posted:

Really it would be pretty nice to see a lot of new decisions and events. (Actually I offered to help with this in my last post about this, if you didn't see it). It'd be nice to have a bunch of decisions to form sub-USA regional entities, like the North German Federation decision for Prussia.

I am absolute rubbish when it comes to writing events. I've tried to do it in the past and I just can't get them to work. If you'd like to volunteer your services, I would be really grateful.

I'll have a release of DWS here in the thread hopefully tonight or tomorrow. Events, like Yucatan's Caste War, would be pretty great. There's lots of room for all sorts of events in a Balkanized North America. Feel free to use your discretion and imagination!

# ? Nov 21, 2013 22:14

DrSunshine: Mar 23, 2009; Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!

Phlegmish posted:

I'm curious to see how you're going to model the Caste War. Or is the mod completely alt-history?

Hm. The way I'd do it is to have an event (or several) pop up that increases the militancy and consciousness among Mayan pops in certain provinces. Sort of like a mini American Civil War. Then if it reaches high enough, a Maya state will split off from Yucatan and drag Yucatan into a war.

ExtraNoise posted:

I am absolute rubbish when it comes to writing events. I've tried to do it in the past and I just can't get them to work. If you'd like to volunteer your services, I would be really grateful.

I'll have a release of DWS here in the thread hopefully tonight or tomorrow. Events, like Yucatan's Caste War, would be pretty great. There's lots of room for all sorts of events in a Balkanized North America. Feel free to use your discretion and imagination!

Glad to offer my assistance! I think I'll start off with national formation decisions, since they're a bit easier to do than event chains.

# ? Nov 21, 2013 22:29

ExtraNoise: Apr 11, 2007

DrSunshine posted:

Glad to offer my assistance! I think I'll start off with national formation decisions, since they're a bit easier to do than event chains.

Wonderful! Thank you so much.

I hadn't planned to release this, but if you want to get started I'll throw it in the thread. Divided We Stand, version 0.2:

https://www.mediafire.com/?yuddr96c8rn9t85 (1861 start)

I've made a few changes to the western states and cleaning up some of the OOB files:

Edit: DrSunshine, let me know if you need me to create new nations for events. I'd be happy to.

ExtraNoise fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Nov 21, 2013

# ? Nov 21, 2013 23:46

Alchenar: Apr 9, 2008

Johan on Pdox posted:

Hi.

Here is what we are going to try to do, if all technical issues works out well..

As the non-steam version is taking way too much time in maintaining, as well as holding us back from adding more functionality, like decent multiplayer, we want to progress away from that version.

We will stop updating the Gamersgate version, and provide those that bought the game there steamkeys for their ck2 games and dlc, so they can get everything in their steam-library instead.

Oh god please yes thank you give me my steam key and let me divest myself of the badness that is gamersgate.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 01:00

V for Vegas: Sep 1, 2004; THUNDERDOME LOSER

I had been waiting for an 'Everything CK2 :20bux:

sale' on Steam, but this is even better.

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A GIANT PARSNIP: Apr 13, 2010; Too much fuckin' eggnog

EUIV is 50% off on steam right now.

Does anyone have any experience with the DLC? It looks like everything except American Dream is also 50%. What should/shouldn't I buy along with the vanilla game?

# ? Nov 22, 2013 02:53

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

A GIANT PARSNIP posted:

EUIV is 50% off on steam right now.

Does anyone have any experience with the DLC? It looks like everything except American Dream is also 50%. What should/shouldn't I buy along with the vanilla game?

Just get the base game.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 03:29

reignonyourparade: Nov 15, 2012

DrSunshine posted:

Hm. The way I'd do it is to have an event (or several) pop up that increases the militancy and consciousness among Mayan pops in certain provinces. Sort of like a mini American Civil War. Then if it reaches high enough, a Maya state will split off from Yucatan and drag Yucatan into a war.

Honestly I'd just suggest making Yucatan be Mayan.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 03:42

the JJ: Mar 31, 2011

A GIANT PARSNIP posted:

EUIV is 50% off on steam right now.

Does anyone have any experience with the DLC? It looks like everything except American Dream is also 50%. What should/shouldn't I buy along with the vanilla game?

Just got this. Are there any good starter nations/is there a run down post on the big EUIII to EUIV changes? I;m not sure how this power poo poo is supposed to work.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 05:23

Dibujante: Jul 27, 2004

the JJ posted:

Just got this. Are there any good starter nations/is there a run down post on the big EUIII to EUIV changes? I;m not sure how this power poo poo is supposed to work.

Play France, have fun.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 05:35

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

the JJ posted:

Just got this. Are there any good starter nations/is there a run down post on the big EUIII to EUIV changes? I;m not sure how this power poo poo is supposed to work.

Dibujante posted:

Play France, have fun.

Yeah, France is a fine starter nation: they start in the middle of a war, but it's pretty easy to win, and afterward, you're, well, France.

Other good options are the Iberian nations (Portugal, Castile, maybe Aragon?), for a colonial game, or the Ottomans, for a 'conquer everyone, everywhere, forever' game.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 05:51

burnishedfume: Mar 8, 2011; You really are a louse...

Bohemia is pretty good since while you are surrounded by big scary nations, if you can jump on Hungary or Poland while they are weak or alongside a coalition, you can get real mean real quick. It's way harder than France but it teaches you to be patient better I feel.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 06:16

reignonyourparade: Nov 15, 2012

Bohemia makes me miss how in EU3 you could ally with Poland or Hungary, use them to force a PU on the other, and then use the one you just forced a PU on to force a PU on your original ally for eventual cores on all of central Europe while also being the loving emperor. (Also a choice is doing it as Poland for the extra Lithuania if you don't want to be emperor.) The whole "no one starts with an heir" thing can be convenient.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 06:23

Morzhovyye: Mar 2, 2013

I managed to do well as Denmark in my first game, though maybe turning protestant the instant five or so of my provinces converted wasn't such a good idea. :dawkins101:

# ? Nov 22, 2013 06:23

Pornographic Memory: Dec 17, 2008

the JJ posted:

Just got this. Are there any good starter nations/is there a run down post on the big EUIII to EUIV changes? I;m not sure how this power poo poo is supposed to work.

Paradox actually put together a pretty good guide to differences between EU3 to EU4:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?705323-EU3-vs-EU-4-summary

I'm not sure if any patches since the game was released have made it outdated in any significant way but regardless if you're already familiar with EU3, it's a good guide to help you hit the ground running.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 06:40

RabidWeasel: Aug 4, 2007; Cultures thrive on their myths and legends...and snuggles!

the JJ posted:

Just got this. Are there any good starter nations/is there a run down post on the big EUIII to EUIV changes? I;m not sure how this power poo poo is supposed to work.

Ottomans are the easiest "learn the game" nation because of how strong they start out, they won't be as powerful as the westerners in 200 years (unless you play right) but who cares?

# ? Nov 22, 2013 09:45

wargames: Mar 16, 2008; official yospos cat censor

RabidWeasel posted:

Ottomans are the easiest "learn the game" nation because of how strong they start out, they won't be as powerful as the westerners in 200 years (unless you play right) but who cares?

I think Portugal is the go to nation for easy starts in EU4.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 10:02

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

If you ally Spain and focus on trade and colonization, you can build up an incredibly profitable trade empire as Portugal. The only danger is if Spain decides to get into recurrent wars with France, since your manpower and force limit will basically never be high enough to be able to beat them back.

Edit: you know, I've always wondered how in the 16th century tiny Portugal was able to dominate trade halfway across the world. Even that early they must have had comparatively good ships and guns.

Phlegmish fucked around with this message at 10:23 on Nov 22, 2013

# ? Nov 22, 2013 10:17

RabidWeasel: Aug 4, 2007; Cultures thrive on their myths and legends...and snuggles!

wargames posted:

I think Portugal is the go to nation for easy starts in EU4.

I guess it depends if you like colonising America, I hate playing as any of the traditional colonial nations and haven't played as any of them since pre-expansion EU3 so I wasn't going to go recommend it to someone else :v:

# ? Nov 22, 2013 10:43

ZearothK: Aug 25, 2008; I've lost twice, I've failed twice and I've gotten two dishonorable mentions within 7 weeks. But I keep coming back. I am The Trooper!

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2021

Phlegmish posted:

If you ally Spain and focus on trade and colonization, you can build up an incredibly profitable trade empire as Portugal. The only danger is if Spain decides to get into recurrent wars with France, since your manpower and force limit will basically never be high enough to be able to beat them back.

Edit: you know, I've always wondered how in the 16th century tiny Portugal was able to dominate trade halfway across the world. Even that early they must have had comparatively good ships and guns.

They did, and they mostly had a monopoly on trade routes, given they were the ones to discover a way across the Horn of Africa and from there to Asia. One of the things I find most frustrating in the way the game develops is that the Portuguese AI rarely establishes trade posts or bases in the east.

# ? Nov 22, 2013 14:18

ModernMajorGeneral: Jun 25, 2010

Kavak posted:

Check the crash log, because this might be the solution:

Thanks for this! The French Republic lives again :france:

# ? Nov 22, 2013 15:43

LP97S: Apr 25, 2008

ExtraNoise posted:

Wonderful! Thank you so much.

I hadn't planned to release this, but if you want to get started I'll throw it in the thread. Divided We Stand, version 0.2:

https://www.mediafire.com/?yuddr96c8rn9t85 (1861 start)

I've made a few changes to the western states and cleaning up some of the OOB files:

Edit: DrSunshine, let me know if you need me to create new nations for events. I'd be happy to.

The file is currently set to private, could you please change it to public? Unless that was supposed to be a private beta thing then never mind.

LP97S fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Nov 23, 2013

# ? Nov 23, 2013 01:32

QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

ExtraNoise posted:

Alright goons, I could use some help with the Divided We Stand Mexican states! Here's what I've drawn up so far:

These are based on an 1860 map, an 1863 map, a modern map, and a couple of alt-history maps I found doing a google image search.

I have only a passing knowledge of Mexico (things like holidays, major cities, what Cinco De Mayo is all about, etc) and I'm sure this proposal is offensive to at least someone. I'd like to rectify that before I start, so if anyone has any suggestions before I begin making flag graphics and nation files, now's the time to voice them!

Baja California should probably be group with Sonora because it really does not have any population or industry to support itself in the 1800s. I like the idea of giving California cores on the territory following a Manifest Destiny style event.

As was mentioned prior, the Republic of Rio Bravo should be renamed to the Republic of Rio Grande. If you want to create conflict, you could give Rio Grande cores on southern Texas because it did claim the land historically.

Otherwise, the divisions look fine.

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 03:40

the JJ: Mar 31, 2011

NVM the Save Game Converter is on sale as well. Going to try and WC or something with my silly big Britannia game from way back.

# ? Nov 23, 2013 02:57

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