Decision: Form USA, having problems, help?

[glennandre22]

ok this is what I have done

country_decisions = {
form_USA = {
potential = {
OR = {
tag = IRO
}
NOT = { exists = USA }
}
allow = {
technology_group = new_world

owns = 961 # Oneida
is_core = 961

war = no
}
effect = {
religion = protestant
government = constitutional_republic
primary_culture = american
technology_group = western
missionaries = 1
random_owned = {
base_tax = 1
}
centralization_decentralization = -1
prestige = 0.05
change_tag = USA

}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 1
}
}
}

I wanted to create it like that so I could become them right at the start but I am having a little problem, for some reason I still cannot build forts or have the western army and I dont know what to do, what am I doing wrong? also is there possible to change the rulers to americans? or do I have to change the whole countries rulers and heirs? Thanks in advance

[Vegose]

your tech is probably becoming western but you still need to advance it a bit to build your forts

[MichaelM]

For western units, you'll need to add

unit_type = western

like the westernization decisions have.

[glennandre22]

Ok, so I just have to insert western units and wait to I get the land lv to build forts? thanks

[Adam Smith]

When you finish this, could you post it in forum? I'd like to play around with it a little bit.

[glennandre22]

country_decisions = {
form_USA = {
potential = {
OR = {
tag = IRO
}
NOT = { exists = USA }
}
allow = {
technology_group = new_world

owns = 961 # Oneida
is_core = 961

war = no
}
effect = {
government = constitutional_republic
unit_type = western
religion = protestant
primary_culture = american
technology_group = western
missionaries = 5
random_owned = {
base_tax = 1
}
centralization_decentralization = -1
prestige = 0.05
change_tag = USA

}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 1
}
}
}

This is the finnished versjon, most of the things should turn the country to USA but be aware of this, you have the western units but your units still looks like new world units but thats the only thing I think that stays unchanged, I tried to change it to but I didnt figure out how, so if you play with this untill 1800 USA will look like a big and powerfull high tech barbarbic country, I made one for Canada as well, you are free to use it if you want to.

country_decisions = {
form_CAN = {
potential = {
OR = {
tag = HUR
}
NOT = { exists = CAN }
}
allow = {
technology_group = new_world

owns = 988 # Huron
is_core = 988

war = no
}
effect = {
unit_type = western
religion = protestant
government = constitutional_republic
primary_culture = english
technology_group = western
missionaries = 5
random_owned = {
base_tax = 1
}
centralization_decentralization = -1
prestige = 0.05
change_tag = CAN

}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 1
}
}
}

and sadly you cant build military buildings like armoury, forts will do but not armoury I couldt change this matter either, this is mostly the reason because you changed if from a new world country, but it SHOULD be able to change totaly to a western nation, why? I do not know, im not that experienced with modding

[Adam Smith]

That's odd, because I've actually played a New World campaign where I've gone through the normal westernization process and you definitely can build armories and other military tech buildings when doing normal westernization. I'll have to see if I can figure out the issue.

[glennandre22]

Yea its really odd, I also know that you can build armoury after westernization, but I couldt figure out how to do it, but then again im not that experienced with modding that I can find out mostly the reason for everything, the only modding i can do is modding provinces, event, decision, units, counties and governments, mostly only these

[mechaerik]

Wouldn't the conversion to Protestantism have an effect on the game, since the religion wouldn't be enabled yet?

I'd also suggest maybe tossing in an "ai = no" statement to the potential, especially if you leave the file in.

[glennandre22]

No, I dont think I would effect the game, the only thingis that you can convert them to protestant, and maybe protestant is enabled earler, this is what I think, I dont know if its true or not. yea, I should add an "ai = no" in the file, but where? were it stands "ai will do"? I haven`t bothered to figure out so much about what the AI is able to do yet, so I have just ignored that issue

[mechaerik]

"ai = no" can go into either the Potential or Allow blocks of code. Potential is probably better, because if you put it under allow you'll have a little useless snippet in the popup about having to be human to take the decision.

[glennandre22]

Thanks, but I think I try to learn it a little closer later, but were it already stands "ai = will do" is what I should cange to "ai = no" in order to revent AI from using it

[xcrissxcrossx]

you can also change the ai_will_do factor to 0 and they won't do it.

[glennandre22]

Isnt that just a more complex method with the same effect of ai = no???

[ZomgK3tchup]

Isnt that just a more complex method with the same effect of ai = no???

Sorta. Using "ai_will_do_factor = 0" means that the decision appears for the AI but will never be activated. Using "ai = no" means the decision will not appear for the AI at all.

In effect, it's the same thing since you are never on the AI's interface to notice.

[glennandre22]

Ok, in that case why bother write that in the first place? "ai = no" is much less to write (not so much) but well yea, people do have different tastes and what they think is the best option, this were not a waste since now I know about it so I am grateful for you to tech me that