Can you play other powers? Like minor ones?

TsarNick · 15-07-2007, 06:19

So I i've had Viki for 3 years now and i've recently been reading the VickiWiki and they talk about little powers like Brazil, Bavaria or pre-WWI Serbia as if you can really play them, but I dont see an option to play them on the normal screen amoung the other flags, is there some trick I need to know in order to play the smaller powers?

Any help you really be helpful

TsarNick

Friedericus Rex · 15-07-2007, 06:39

You need to right-click on one of the flags when you choose the scenario; works the same for all pdox games since EUII.

Mikon Orod · 15-07-2007, 11:17

...and it is written clearly in the nations' selection screen.

Dysken · 15-07-2007, 12:57

Wow, you have really been missing out!

Playing minor powers is the most fun!

náraiC · 15-07-2007, 13:21

This is what it says on the start up screen

Quote:

Click on one of the flags above

Right click on a flag to change it

So you should try that

EvilSanta · 15-07-2007, 13:24

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Originally Posted by Dysken

Wow, you have really been missing out!

Playing minor powers is the most fun!

Definitiely, as is case in every Paradox game.

But come on, three years?

Friedericus Rex · 15-07-2007, 13:41

I remember, when EUII came out I was all pissy when the IGC guys didn't make a mod so I could choose different countries again. Then someone helpfully pointed out the new feature to me, felt like an idiot!

Raph · 15-07-2007, 13:53

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Originally Posted by náraiC

This is what it says on the start up screen

So you should try that

There's no reason to be rude.

Swamp Rat · 15-07-2007, 20:56

In somewhat the same vein: When loading a save game and then right clicking the only active flag (the flag of the country the game is saved as) you can switch countries, but it is not possible to select any of the countries of the not active flags (ie the great powers). Any way to get around this problem?

Volga · 15-07-2007, 21:04

I don't know why but you have to go to the multiplayer screen, change your name to anything, and then back out of it and you should be able to change the flags on a saved game, don't know why, but that does it.

náraiC · 15-07-2007, 21:13

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Originally Posted by Swamp Rat

In somewhat the same vein: When loading a save game and then right clicking the only active flag (the flag of the country the game is saved as) you can switch countries, but it is not possible to select any of the countries of the not active flags (ie the great powers). Any way to get around this problem?

Or you could play with hotfix 5 where you get one open flag for specifically this reason.

hasskugel · 15-07-2007, 21:13

You can change all the flags to countries you don't plan on switching to (indian minors and stuff) before you start the game. Or you can edit the save game.

In VIP they removed all the flags but one.

Friedericus Rex · 16-07-2007, 00:16

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Originally Posted by náraiC

Or you could play with hotfix 5 where you get one open flag for specifically this reason.

Yeah, but in hotfix 6 that was reversed again...

*OHgamer* · 16-07-2007, 01:07

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Originally Posted by Friedericus Rex

Yeah, but in hotfix 6 that was reversed again...

for those that liked the single flag setup in hotfix 5, it is very easy to custom do it yourself.

(and it really is a help in single player games not having to change a bunch of files to switch nations mid-game if you so want.)

go to scenarios/1836.eug and where you see the following lines

Code:

ENG = {	}

FRA = {	}

PRU = {	}

AUS = { }

RUS = {	}

SAR = {	}

SPA = { }

USA = {	}

HOL = { }

TUR = {	}

CHI = {	}

delete the lines from FRA to CHI, so all you have is

Code:

ENG = {	}

Save and start game. One flag will appear, all nations will be scrolled underneath (including FRA, USA etc) and the easy change nation in a savegame will be possible.

Friedericus Rex · 16-07-2007, 04:52

Just to satisfy my curiosity, did the devs tell you to switch it back again OHg?

Darkhorse · 16-07-2007, 05:31

You can right click and change all the flags to minor. When and if you get bored or the become to major players you can always play the real major players.

I like Egypt the best. darn ottoman.

*OHgamer* · 16-07-2007, 16:50

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Originally Posted by Friedericus Rex

Just to satisfy my curiosity, did the devs tell you to switch it back again OHg?

no, but it was an error to included it since it screws up multiplayer games. So for the next official patch (whenever that will be, I do not know so don't even ask me) it would be with the multiple flags at start in any case.

But for single player, having the single flag is much more conveninent (hence why it is this way in VIP, which we do not recommend for multiplayer use in any case).

15-07-2007, 06:19	#1
TsarNick Recruit Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	Can you play other powers? Like minor ones? So I i've had Viki for 3 years now and i've recently been reading the VickiWiki and they talk about little powers like Brazil, Bavaria or pre-WWI Serbia as if you can really play them, but I dont see an option to play them on the normal screen amoung the other flags, is there some trick I need to know in order to play the smaller powers? Any help you really be helpful TsarNick

15-07-2007, 06:39	#2
Friedericus Rex Colonel Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deutschland Posts: 913	You need to right-click on one of the flags when you choose the scenario; works the same for all pdox games since EUII. __________________ Rise Of The Second Empire - A New Rome AAR The Victoria MP community can be found here: Blood and Iron Forums Member of the Ahistoric Association

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Mikon Orod Mikhan Çelebi Efendi Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,208	...and it is written clearly in the nations' selection screen. __________________ Reaching the man cloth space is the emperor, he is so strong and big. He even can use the original dint to create life: he is very deep to black influence understanding. He become more and more strong and big, lost his power afterwards afterwards he died; in fact he teaches own the whole skills all to disciple then his land killed him to let him going to bed. Mr.Speaker tells Gold the tragedy of Reach-the-Man

15-07-2007, 12:57	#4
Dysken Marzipanzer Kommandant Join Date: May 2005 Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯? Posts: 3,422	Wow, you have really been missing out! Playing minor powers is the most fun! __________________ "Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Conrad Hilton

15-07-2007, 13:41	#7
Friedericus Rex Colonel Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deutschland Posts: 913	I remember, when EUII came out I was all pissy when the IGC guys didn't make a mod so I could choose different countries again. Then someone helpfully pointed out the new feature to me, felt like an idiot! __________________ Rise Of The Second Empire - A New Rome AAR The Victoria MP community can be found here: Blood and Iron Forums Member of the Ahistoric Association

15-07-2007, 20:56	#9
Swamp Rat Backroom Backstabber Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lost in the 18th century Posts: 1,753	In somewhat the same vein: When loading a save game and then right clicking the only active flag (the flag of the country the game is saved as) you can switch countries, but it is not possible to select any of the countries of the not active flags (ie the great powers). Any way to get around this problem?

15-07-2007, 21:04	#10
Volga Lord of the Fly's Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wingo, Kentucky Posts: 657	I don't know why but you have to go to the multiplayer screen, change your name to anything, and then back out of it and you should be able to change the flags on a saved game, don't know why, but that does it. __________________ ~The To Live and Die in Dixie Saga~ An award winning history of the Confederate States of America, from 1861 to 1948. (currently in progress)* -------------------------------- Current AAR's ~To Live and Die in Dixie~ Doomsday * The Second Installment in the Dixie Saga -------------------------------- Come visit my Inkwell to read about the Dixie Saga and see all of my AAR. A Proud Member of the Ahistorical Association

15-07-2007, 21:13	#12
hasskugel Captain Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 419	You can change all the flags to countries you don't plan on switching to (indian minors and stuff) before you start the game. Or you can edit the save game. In VIP they removed all the flags but one.

16-07-2007, 04:52	#15
Friedericus Rex Colonel Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deutschland Posts: 913	Just to satisfy my curiosity, did the devs tell you to switch it back again OHg? __________________ Rise Of The Second Empire - A New Rome AAR The Victoria MP community can be found here: Blood and Iron Forums Member of the Ahistoric Association

16-07-2007, 05:31	#16
Darkhorse Private Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The South Posts: 19	You can right click and change all the flags to minor. When and if you get bored or the become to major players you can always play the real major players. I like Egypt the best. darn ottoman.