Paradox Interactive Forums - Victoria 2 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:27:09 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Paradox Interactive Forums - Victoria 2 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ Noob questions: Rule of thumb for influencing nations? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696851-Noob-questions-Rule-of-thumb-for-influencing-nations&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:02 GMT So I know that influencing nation depend on 3 major factors: relationship, score difference, and proximity (share border, on different continent) I am also aware that higher priority setting will guarantee that targeted nation with higher priority will receive higher influence base point compared to lower priority nation. The part I am not certain is how the distribution of influencing nation works What is the base influence point for each GP? (Is it fixed or is it calculated by some factors?) Could this be improved (not the multiplier but the base itself)? Also, is there maximum proportion of base influence point that can be targeted at one nation? (i.e. you can only use up to 75% of your base influence point to one nation and other 25% will have to be spent on other nation(s) ) I usually influence around 3~4 nation at the same time but I realized if i can focus my influence point in one nation with 100% efficiency then it would mean instead of 3~4 nations being added to my sphere at the same time. I will have 3 nations entering to my sphere early and thus would provide me more benefit overall. Thanks in advance for all the tips and advice. So I know that influencing nation depend on 3 major factors: relationship, score difference, and proximity (share border, on different continent)

I am also aware that higher priority setting will guarantee that targeted nation with higher priority will receive higher influence base point compared to lower priority nation.

The part I am not certain is how the distribution of influencing nation works

What is the base influence point for each GP? (Is it fixed or is it calculated by some factors?) Could this be improved (not the multiplier but the base itself)?

Also, is there maximum proportion of base influence point that can be targeted at one nation? (i.e. you can only use up to 75% of your base influence point to one nation and other 25% will have to be spent on other nation(s) )

I usually influence around 3~4 nation at the same time

but I realized if i can focus my influence point in one nation with 100% efficiency then it would mean instead of 3~4 nations being added to my sphere at the same time. I will have 3 nations entering to my sphere early and thus would provide me more benefit overall.

Thanks in advance for all the tips and advice. ]]> Victoria 2 mustachewarfare http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696851-Noob-questions-Rule-of-thumb-for-influencing-nations <![CDATA[Continuously losing prestige and I don't know why]]> http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696809-Continuously-losing-prestige-and-I-don-t-know-why&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:02 GMT This showed up one day in the game, and I don't know why. I tried anything to get rid of it, but nothing works. When I tried to search if someone else had this problem, nothing showed up.

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]]> Victoria 2 UnfIguess http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696809-Continuously-losing-prestige-and-I-don-t-know-why Is Ostend Manifesto decision worth it? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696802-Is-Ostend-Manifesto-decision-worth-it&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:56:27 GMT I am just wondering if any body uses Ostend Manifesto decision. Yeah you gain core to Cuba and you gain infamy that is lower than what you would gain as maximum infamy from "Place in the sun" CB but your relationship with all other Great Power drops by 150. Also it is the maximum infamy that is higher than the infamy from Ostend Manifesto so it may be possible that the difference in infamy gain would be smaller.

Wouldn't it be better (under the assumption that USA wants Cuba) to just use "Place in the sun" Justify War option? Or is there some other benefit from this decision that I am not aware of? ]]> Victoria 2 mustachewarfare http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696802-Is-Ostend-Manifesto-decision-worth-it Capitalist investments http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696749-Capitalist-investments&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:11 GMT I currently have only 18 capitalists in the Tohoku region, but yet there are 180 capitalists throwing down on a luxury clothing factory there. As I understand it, only the capitalists who live in the region are able to profit off of factories. Do capitalists spend their money on factories they won't be getting any direct profit from? It's not as if the extra domestic luxury clothing can help their own industries since it's an end product. ]]> Victoria 2 Christian D http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696749-Capitalist-investments War Justification while at war http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696712-War-Justification-while-at-war&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:22:19 GMT Hello all,

I have a question regarding war justifications. I am playing HoD with the newest patch. I am Germany, and would like to attack Austria to force them to release Hungary, and to add them to my sphere (they have been a secondary power since after my first war with them). So I decided to justifiy a war to free Hungary (just the one region). Then I immediately start to justify the "add the sphere" wargoal. Then I declare war. However, as soon as I declare war, the justification for the other wargoal disapperars. There is no notification of this.

If I remember correctly, in AHD this would have worked. In fact, I could have just added the wargoal directly without justifying. I find this nearly impossible to do in HoD because of the jingoism requirements. I don't mind the infamy, but my people apparently are not warlike enough.

Is there something I am doing wrong?

Thanks! ]]> Victoria 2 galdor123 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696712-War-Justification-while-at-war Deleting Alaska Purchase and Hawaii annexation decisions http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696702-Deleting-Alaska-Purchase-and-Hawaii-annexation-decisions&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:44:05 GMT Okay so I'm halfway through a game and the US has no land on the west coast, so obviously when they bought Hawaii and Alaska I thought this was a bit ridiculous!

I want to delete the Alaska Purchase and Hawaii Annexation decisions, at least for this game, but every time I remove the decision from the ACW file in the 'Decisions' folder the game won't let me save the file! It just says 'please check if file is open in another program' even though I don't have Victoria II running!

I'm using 1.2 vanilla and Notepad++ for the editing.

So how do I get them deleted/fixed? ]]> Victoria 2 UFOash http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696702-Deleting-Alaska-Purchase-and-Hawaii-annexation-decisions How to use gunboat diplomacy? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696642-How-to-use-gunboat-diplomacy&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:01 GMT I see references everywhere on the forums, but when i place my navy near an indebted and bankrupted nation i see nothing :( Any tips on how to do it? I see references everywhere on the forums, but when i place my navy near an indebted and bankrupted nation i see nothing :( Any tips on how to do it? ]]> Victoria 2 Caladria http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696642-How-to-use-gunboat-diplomacy POP needs? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696627-POP-needs&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:05:10 GMT What exactly does it do when your pops are fulfilled with all of their needs? Increases promotion rate? What exactly does it do when your pops are fulfilled with all of their needs? Increases promotion rate? ]]> Victoria 2 Christian D http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696627-POP-needs Turning populous, wrong culture colonies into states http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696605-Turning-populous-wrong-culture-colonies-into-states&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:55:42 GMT According to some posts I've read, it seems to be much easier in HOD to turn African, and perhaps even Indian, colonies into states, despite it being potentially hard to get 1% right-culture bureaucrats into such a colony. How is this done. Has colonial migration been boosted? ]]> Victoria 2 calvinhobbeslik http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696605-Turning-populous-wrong-culture-colonies-into-states Culture prestige gain http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696588-Culture-prestige-gain&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:00:46 GMT For the Culture prestige +5% bonuses can anyone confirm that they actually work? I checked the declare warscore screen and I would get 70 warscore for taking from sphere from France, after researching Impressionism it was still 70. For the Culture prestige +5% bonuses can anyone confirm that they actually work? I checked the declare warscore screen and I would get 70 warscore for taking from sphere from France, after researching Impressionism it was still 70. ]]> Victoria 2 Christian D http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696588-Culture-prestige-gain How to turn USA into something other than a democracy? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696559-How-to-turn-USA-into-something-other-than-a-democracy&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:30:06 GMT Topic. Should I just let the rebels take control? Topic. Should I just let the rebels take control? ]]> Victoria 2 sadhukar http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696559-How-to-turn-USA-into-something-other-than-a-democracy Perpetual War bug http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696553-Perpetual-War-bug&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:52:07 GMT Steps to reproduce:

Prerequisites: Be a great power, and have a crisis situation

1) Have the crisis kick in, but do not become the crisis leader. Join the crisis but on the other side of your target great power.
2) Have a war with another great power and the great power's ally (which must be a secondary power and uninvolved in the crisis) over a fourth party's territory. For me, I was sphere master of Argentina and Brazil attacked Argentina but brought GB along with it. GB was the leader of a current crisis, I had already joined the other side of the crisis before war started.
3) Join the opposite side of the great power in question
4) War starts
5) End the crisis war against the other side, doesn't matter how
6) The first war can no longer be stopped, because the game sees that you are no longer at war with the war leaders in question (the crisis war has forced peace upon you 2) but you both are at war with the secondary power

I don't know what happens if I joined GB's side in the crisis, would be interesting to see the real definition of 'frenemy'!

As an addendum, does anyone know how to force peace on us? Argentina is completely occupied btw. ]]> Victoria 2 sadhukar http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696553-Perpetual-War-bug Factory competition http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696508-Factory-competition&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:15:37 GMT As I understand it factories don't compete by offering different prices (there's just one price for each good). But do factories compete with each other via wage differences for craftsmen and clerks if there aren't enough in the area? ]]> Victoria 2 Christian D http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696508-Factory-competition Performance improvements in HOD http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696487-Performance-improvements-in-HOD&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:36 GMT Hey, I am looking to buy Heart of Darkness and I was wondering if there were any improvements in terms of game performance and speed, because I remember in AHD that the game started out fine but by the end of the centaury it usually started lagging to an unbearable degree, it would also lag if you play for extended amount of time and have to restart the game. did you notice any improvements in this area? thanks Hey, I am looking to buy Heart of Darkness and I was wondering if there were any improvements in terms of game performance and speed, because I remember in AHD that the game started out fine but by the end of the centaury it usually started lagging to an unbearable degree, it would also lag if you play for extended amount of time and have to restart the game. did you notice any improvements in this area?

thanks ]]> Victoria 2 sgt.stickybomb http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696487-Performance-improvements-in-HOD Finally Able to play as India (thanks Paradox),yet How to Rebuild http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696453-Finally-Able-to-play-as-India-(thanks-Paradox)-yet-How-to-Rebuild&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:38:29 GMT The most thankful thing I like in Heart of Darkness is the ability to play as India now (although be it in a geographical mess), yet a good question is in which direction to take it.A good direction probably is while I gradually modernise to subjigate some neighbors (since I start with a 45,000 man army) and try to befriend a superpower that is a fierce rival of the UK. After I westernise I begin triggering a crisis to get the other Indian states into my country after I get into a sphere of another superpower who does not have colonies I have cores on. How would you begin with India? Should I just focus on my economy and not worry about unification until much later or just keep building and preparing for a war with the UK, or is there something else you would try or change? The most thankful thing I like in Heart of Darkness is the ability to play as India now (although be it in a geographical mess), yet a good question is in which direction to take it.A good direction probably is while I gradually modernise to subjigate some neighbors (since I start with a 45,000 man army) and try to befriend a superpower that is a fierce rival of the UK. After I westernise I begin triggering a crisis to get the other Indian states into my country after I get into a sphere of another superpower who does not have colonies I have cores on.

How would you begin with India? Should I just focus on my economy and not worry about unification until much later or just keep building and preparing for a war with the UK, or is there something else you would try or change? ]]> Victoria 2 Minuteman1000 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?696453-Finally-Able-to-play-as-India-(thanks-Paradox)-yet-How-to-Rebuild