Quick questions / Quick answers Thread

[delra]

How to unify india???

As Panjab? I don't think there's a realistic way to do that without modding or cheating.

Do unemployed pops vote socialist?

You can open the POP screen for them, and then hover over the socialist ideology to see what influences POPs drifting towards it. Unemployment is one of those things.

ok so i was playing as greece,allied with russia and attacked the O.E while they were in a war with austria.russia wouldnt answer my call to war,so i rebalated all my core areas,albania and some bulgarian areas before they accepted.when they did we conquered all of the O.E's lands except from cyprus and african parts. Russia wouldnt sail there,they had 100nds of ships blockading but none invaded them. so..
1) why didnt they? is the A.I dum?
2) i had added a lot of war goals (totall war score needed was 132) and the warscore was stuck at 99%
3) I switched as russia and attacked cyprus and africa,when i tagged back to greece russia accepted THEIR OWN GOALS ONLY!!!
4) All my ships were destroyed in naval battles (all 5 of them lol) but then i couldnt make more,even though i had stockpile at 100

1. I guess...
2. You can't win the war more than 100% and ask for more than 100% in the peace settlement.
3. Them preferring their own goals to yours is actually pretty realistic and logical. I think it's easier using the UK to beat the Ottos, they have no apparent claims, unlike Russia.
4. Maybe there weren't no ships left for you at the market. Countries with low score get to buy after everybody else.

[panosmel]

As Panjab? I don't think there's a realistic way to do that without modding or cheating.



You can open the POP screen for them, and then hover over the socialist ideology to see what influences POPs drifting towards it. Unemployment is one of those things.



1. I guess...
2. You can't win the war more than 100% and ask for more than 100% in the peace settlement.
3. Them preferring their own goals to yours is actually pretty realistic and logical. I think it's easier using the UK to beat the Ottos, they have no apparent claims, unlike Russia.
4. Maybe there weren't no ships left for you at the market. Countries with low score get to buy after everybody else.

thanks,but still they should have demanded more to weaken O.E they were left with 3 militatary score... i should add that i was using the PDM but i cant post there.thanks again

[KevinG]

Is it normal to have 0 population growth as most European countries? Every pop I gain through pop growth quickly emigrates despite having 0% unemployment, all POPs meeting their life/everyday needs, 0 militancy, and lots of political reforms. When I check to see why they are emigrating it says they have a high CON. Is there a way to counter this or am I just screwed?

[delra]

What version of the game do you have? In AHD 2.31 migrations are very much nerfed. You can boost your growth rate with the chemistry line of techs (medicine and so forth, they not just boost the growth directly, they also prevent famines and epidemics), by enacting healthcare social reforms or by making your country more free so it attracts immigrants rather than making people leave.

If you have the base game, you should get at least the latest patch, and do all the above there.

[KevinG]

I was playing with AHD 2.21 when I was having those emigration problems. Now I patched it to 2.31 but I have another question.

When I play as belgium in 2.21 my POP growth was anywhere from +4 to +100 a day (the green # next to my POP population). Now at the start of 1836 I'm getting like +800 to +1.2K POPs a day. Is this normal or are my growth rates out of control???? My checksum is OWZA so I think the patch installed correctly, but my population growth is an order of magnitude higher in 2.31 compared to 2.21.

[delra]

Yes. It's one of the changes in the 2.31 patch.

[KevinG]

Another observation, it seems like factories are only useful to increase IND score because they certainly aren't profitable. I have a LF government as Belgium in 1880 with most of the commerce/ind techs researched. My capis have built and closed literally every factory type in the game dozens of times because no factory type stays profitable for more than a year. Even ones like liquor and regular clothes eventually go bankrupt, and when they don't go bankrupt they still aren't as profitable as ANY RGO in Belgium.

[delra]

Look at prices in the trade screen, massive French and British subsidies allow them to flood the market and crash the prices of pretty much everything. You can help them by switching to a state capitalist partyand cornering the market for cars/planes/tanks/radios/telephones when you enable those before AI does (colonize rubber in Africa though).

In the end, it's going to be a prestige game though, whoever has a better score will get to sell more.

[Jakalak]

Really stupid question, but are there any advantages to keeping colonies as colonies? What are the pros and cons?

[Avindian]

Really stupid question, but are there any advantages to keeping colonies as colonies? What are the pros and cons?

There really isn't a downside, except in one specific circumstance. Converting colonies into states lets you build factories there. However, they are also figured into your literacy. If the colony is large but also has low literacy, it may be counterproductive.

[el_zilcho321]

Really stupid question, but are there any advantages to keeping colonies as colonies? What are the pros and cons?

In the 1900s you get some events which give you prestige and other bonuses for having good colonies, I don't know exactly though as I've only had one twice.

[LimaWhiskey]

Is it possible to annex Korea (or at least get most of their regions) in first war with Chinese Empire?
AHD 2.31, China and Korea are uncivilized.

I'm not able to add a wargoal to Korea because they are China's puppet.
I can annex (establish protectorate) them in second war after I release them from China.

[delra]

It isn't, you first need to unpuppet them, then use Conquest in the 2nd war. Or you can wait for Boxers to win in China, it'll free Korea around 1900.

[LimaWhiskey]

It isn't, you first need to unpuppet them, then use Conquest in the 2nd war. Or you can wait for Boxers to win in China, it'll free Korea around 1900.

Thanks! One more thing. How does boxer rebellion work in game? I've seen it only once and I was quite confused with results.
I was in the middle of taking land from Chinese Empire (Russia was too in their own war). Rebels popped up in great numbers in both occupied and still under chinese control territority. When I made peace they disapeared from my conquered provinces and some time later suceeded in China, I got new casus belli (cut down to size) and my truce expired immediately.
No part of China was in my SOI if it matters.

[delra]

If Boxer rebels hold a single province for 365 days, they will massacre Christians there and collapse China (free states/puppets and give all GPs a CB against themselves). Typically happens at war with Russia or on Taiwan when Chinese fleet isn't able (or doesn't want to) to deliver reinforcement (you can help with that).

[desertfalcon]

Quick question on the attract immigrants national focus, does this make the state more appealing to immigrants from across the world or just from within your own country?

[delra]

I think only a dev can answer to the specifics of this NF, after looking at the code. A lot of people will claim, it boosts foreign immigration but I consider this an urban legend and consider this NF to be only useful if you want national culture to move to a colony to turn it into a state by making them bureaucrats there. For the bulk of your time in the game, you should be NF-ing to get a better clerks/clergy/crats ratios, or at least turning craftsmen.

[BerserkFungus]

75% of my Arstians are getting none of their needs. It's 1858, and I have tarrifs at 0%. I've got no countries in my SOI. Taxes for lower class are 49%, middle 24% and rich 1%.

[delra]

Cut middle to 0?

[BerserkFungus]

Didn't make a diffrence. But seriously, I would like to know what's wrong with the arstians. My economy is taking a dive due to this.