Which of the steps were unnecessary?
1. Exiting the save game. (And possibly exiting the program.)
2. Opening said save game in notepad (or text editor of choice)
3. Finding the right line of code and changing it. (Likely with the help of a province ID number map.)
4. Saving and reloading save game. (And possibly starting the program again.)
If there's a faster way, let me know!
Also, taking minutes to do something that would otherwise take seconds in game doesn't sound like an improvement...
I just doing get the arguments against it really. It's either immersion breaking (and note pad isn't?), or it's exploitable (There's
still exploits in EUIII
and there's plenty of new game mechanics in Victoria II that could be exploited. Should we do away with everything?).