How do you start before 1066 with the Old Gods DLC installed?

[pgroves]

Hi - I've only just picked-up CK2, but am a long-time Europa Universalis player (since EU1!). I'm liking CK2 so far, though it seems more complex than EU4! Anyway, I'm really interested to play in the pre-1066 period, which I understand you can do with the Old Gods DLC installed (I now have all the DLC apart from Sons of Abraham, as picked it up cheap over Christmas), but I can't figure out how to do this - the game won't seem to let me set the year before 1066, even though I have the Old Gods DLC enabled - any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[jakt]

Hi - I've only just picked-up CK2, but am a long-time Europa Universalis player (since EU1!). I'm liking CK2 so far, though it seems more complex than EU4! Anyway, I'm really interested to play in the pre-1066 period, which I understand you can do with the Old Gods DLC installed (I now have all the DLC apart from Sons of Abraham, as picked it up cheap over Christmas), but I can't figure out how to do this - the game won't seem to let me set the year before 1066, even though I have the Old Gods DLC enabled - any suggestions? Thanks!

when you start up you are selecting all the DLC and when you start the game in the bottom-leftish is there an icon for the old gods? there should be a bunch of them in a row

simply going to the earlier bookmark should get you there.... seems weird that it doesnt

 

[DC123456789]

You can only play the 867 bookmark. It should be above the normal 1066 Norman Invasion bookmark. You can't play dates between 867 and 1066.

 

[pgroves]

You can only play the 867 bookmark. It should be above the normal 1066 Norman Invasion bookmark. You can't play dates between 867 and 1066.

Okay, I see it now, thanks! Can you play a 867-start game all the way through to the normal end game period?

 

[General Karthos]

Okay, I see it now, thanks! Can you play a 867-start game all the way through to the normal end game period?

Yes indeed. There's an achievement for that if you do it in Ironman as well.

 

[Labrynian Rebel]

Okay, I see it now, thanks! Can you play a 867-start game all the way through to the normal end game period?

Not only that, but you can also import said game into EUIV and continue it there

 

[stilgarpl]

Okay, I see it now, thanks! Can you play a 867-start game all the way through to the normal end game period?

Yup, 867-1453.

 

[yezhanquan]

867-1.1.1453.

 

[Nyrael]

Okay, I see it now, thanks! Can you play a 867-start game all the way through to the normal end game period?

Yes, you can play either 867 - 1453... or 867 - 1821

 

[pgroves]

Yes indeed. There's an achievement for that if you do it in Ironman as well.

Great, I only ever play EU4 on ironman, so will likely do the same for CK2 as well

 

[pgroves]

Not only that, but you can also import said game into EUIV and continue it there

Indeed!

BTW if you do that, does that mean you have to start your EU4 game in 1453?

 

[BisnessPirate]

Indeed!

BTW if you do that, does that mean you have to start your EU4 game in 1453?

No, it magically transports you back a couple of years(or forward if you were still before the start date of EU IV).

 

[stilgarpl]

Great, I only ever play EU4 on ironman, so will likely do the same for CK2 as well

You can't play that in Ironman, CK2 imported saves are treated as mods.

 

[grumphie]

IIRC next patch(the 14th) theyre gonna change ironman so you can play it with mods and the like but just wont get any achievements.

you probaly wont be able to play the game from the ToG start to 1444 or 1453 within a week.

 

[pgroves]

IIRC next patch(the 14th) theyre gonna change ironman so you can play it with mods and the like but just wont get any achievements.

Makes sense

you probaly wont be able to play the game from the ToG start to 1444 or 1453 within a week.

No, indeed! I can see quite a learning curve, even for an experienced EU4 player....

 

[grumphie]

even if youre expierienced, running the game at speed 5 non stop is simply undoable and even then it takes HOURS upon HOURS to finish a game. you'd need to play 24h a day at very high speed with little pausing to finish a game in that time.

 

[pgroves]

even if youre expierienced, running the game at speed 5 non stop is simply undoable and even then it takes HOURS upon HOURS to finish a game. you'd need to play 24h a day at very high speed with little pausing to finish a game in that time.

I don't like to rush things, I usually play EU4 on speed 3, with a fair amount if pausing...

 

[stilgarpl]

even if youre expierienced, running the game at speed 5 non stop is simply undoable and even then it takes HOURS upon HOURS to finish a game. you'd need to play 24h a day at very high speed with little pausing to finish a game in that time.

Experienced players play at Speed 2, because they know how to enjoy the game and that you miss too much if it's too fast

 

[balmung60]

Speed 2 is far too slow. Speed 3 is best normal speed. It's slow enough that you won't miss anything and can still pause on any given day on demand, but not so slow as to be dull. Higher speeds are best for if you're just waiting for something in particular to happen.

 

[Vinroke]

You're all wrong. long time PDS fans know that their games have only 2 speeds - speed 5 and paused
Anyway, IIRC speed 5 in CK2 is determined by CPU so 867-1453 could take as little as 20 hours if you play nonstop and auto-click every event for option 1