Couple of questions here. I know it's late but the man the legend Johan Al-Ghaib himself is still up and last response was only some time ago, so there's a chance of response:
1) never did a world conquest in any PDX game, but we all know strategy players only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting. It's possible to do a one market run? One market as in one tag/faith/culture/whatever world conquest.
2) in the picture of the european markets you've shown there seems to be some locations in the English market that are landlocked within the French market in the area between Brittany and Normandy (my french internal geography is not very good, I don't know the name of the place). How does that work? If the French embargo the English market those living in the landlocked locations are gonna starve?
3) does that mean that in 1337 or whenever the screenshot has been taken London is not the English capital? Where wan then? Also Pest is not the Hungarian capital but that is probably because is separated from Buda
4) related to the previous question, the Astrakhan market capital is the only one shown not only without a star, but also without the small white rhombus, it's indicated only by a small black dot. What does that mean?
5) by the way you phrase it, seems that's gonna be only or mainly a sea thing. It's banditry a problem also on land? As I live in a small countryside Italian mayorality that was possibly founded by bandits that were active in the period project Caesar is set I will be very upset if that's not a thing.
YES!
6) it's possible in some way in game (I don't mean via modding) to make trades happen without regard of the internal demands? Maybe a certain good would be more profitable to sell away than to sell at a lower price within the market, or maybe a foreign power could force a weaker county to sell a certain amount of goods via some form of diplomacy?
7) about the a response, does that mean that you can bypass some markets ompletely? Like to trade between Krakow to Köln without involving Praha or any other node in between the two? Or it just means that you can go around Praha via Lubeck?
8) related to that, I assume it's possible for maritime trade to use sea that is not claimed by any market, otherwise transoceanic trade it's not gonna work, but is possible to cut off a market by passing through unclaimed sea? For example going from the Portuguese/Castilian market directly to the London market bypassing the Bordeaux market
9) this doesn't seem right, is there any particular reason why? Controlling and taxing land trade seems much easier than maritime commerce
10) how much time takes a location to swap market? Is instantaneous? Yearly? Once a comet gets sighted?
11) any reason? Is Gibraltar not a strait and why?
12) since we are talking the entrance to the Mediterranean, might as well ask it: is the Suez canal or any other big canal connecting two big bodies of water buildable? And if yes how it's gonna work trade wise?
Now onto the TT itself.
13) in the first screenshot there is a good called sturdy grains. What are non sturdy grains? Are those even a thing? I'm sorry but I'm quite ignorant on agrarian matters
14) seems like the Riga market is low on sand. 1337 Baltic trade experts I summon ye! Why is that? Doesn't the Baltic sea have big ass beaches with huge sand dunes?
15) the language of the Riga market is called Baltic. Probably it's Baltic German but might as well ask if it's some other kind of Baltic. Also on what is based the market language? The language of the market capital? The most spoken language within the market? Other? And how do I change it?
16) what does the little hand holding a little heart icon show on the side of the wine, fine cloth and gold trade goods prices in the first screenshot mean? Complete lack of that good in the market? Stagnant prices?
17) is the Hanseatic Kontor shown in the second screenshot a special building?
18) can you talk about what changes price stability through the game?
19) can you make some examples of the countries that have completely isolated themselves from foreign trade that you mention? I don't recall any county in the world having that situation in 1337. Also are countries able to close themselves to the outside world through the game? How do you do that? It's like an embargo everyone button? It's a viable strategy for a player or the AI, or just roleplay?
20) if a market chooses to ban trade of a certain good, can ban only import and only export or has to ban them both at the same time? If I have a market populated by Muslims and I unban alcohol it's gonna generate some form of unrest or some kind of economic/not economic problem or it's just not gonna be sold?
21) in the last screenshot which names correspond to locations and which names correspond to provinces? I ask it because if the city of Königsberg alone in 1337 consumes more food that an entire region that means that cities are gonna consume lots and lots of food.
22) since it seems is gonna be pretty convenient to establish a national market, is there any hindrance to establish a market in your capital besides the 1000 gold/ducats cost? I ask because otherwise there's the risk of market bloating through the game.
23) can you tell how does trade works in uncolonized areas? And when I found a new colony, let's say I'm the Netherlands and I found a city called Nieuv Amsterdaam on an island located on the north American east coast, does that colony start with a new market? If not colonizing it's gonna be pretty expensive and not very worthwhile in the short term, which is historical, but also does mean that the natives who presumably hold the markets in the Americas are gonna profit from European colonization, which is kinda historical but also kinda weird from a gameplay point of view.
24) can you please tell us if 25 questions at about 01:30 pm CET are too much or too late to get responses? I've the suspicion it's both too much and too late, but you never know...
25) I want to get to 25 questions because.... reasons. I like round numbers, and also like multiples of 5, so I will invent a 25th question that has nothing to do with any of this. As with any other question feel free to respond or not. How are you Johan? Is everything fine? Are you being held hostage at the Tinto HQ to make the absolute banger of a game that Project Caesar seems to be? Blink once if yes, blink twice if not.
1) never did a world conquest in any PDX game, but we all know strategy players only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting. It's possible to do a one market run? One market as in one tag/faith/culture/whatever world conquest.
2) in the picture of the european markets you've shown there seems to be some locations in the English market that are landlocked within the French market in the area between Brittany and Normandy (my french internal geography is not very good, I don't know the name of the place). How does that work? If the French embargo the English market those living in the landlocked locations are gonna starve?
The star means it's a capital of an independent country.
Needless to say, mapmodes and icons at this stage are WIP WIP WIP
3) does that mean that in 1337 or whenever the screenshot has been taken London is not the English capital? Where wan then? Also Pest is not the Hungarian capital but that is probably because is separated from Buda
4) related to the previous question, the Astrakhan market capital is the only one shown not only without a star, but also without the small white rhombus, it's indicated only by a small black dot. What does that mean?
5) by the way you phrase it, seems that's gonna be only or mainly a sea thing. It's banditry a problem also on land? As I live in a small countryside Italian mayorality that was possibly founded by bandits that were active in the period project Caesar is set I will be very upset if that's not a thing.
YES!
6) it's possible in some way in game (I don't mean via modding) to make trades happen without regard of the internal demands? Maybe a certain good would be more profitable to sell away than to sell at a lower price within the market, or maybe a foreign power could force a weaker county to sell a certain amount of goods via some form of diplomacy?
7) about the a response, does that mean that you can bypass some markets ompletely? Like to trade between Krakow to Köln without involving Praha or any other node in between the two? Or it just means that you can go around Praha via Lubeck?
8) related to that, I assume it's possible for maritime trade to use sea that is not claimed by any market, otherwise transoceanic trade it's not gonna work, but is possible to cut off a market by passing through unclaimed sea? For example going from the Portuguese/Castilian market directly to the London market bypassing the Bordeaux market
9) this doesn't seem right, is there any particular reason why? Controlling and taxing land trade seems much easier than maritime commerce
10) how much time takes a location to swap market? Is instantaneous? Yearly? Once a comet gets sighted?
11) any reason? Is Gibraltar not a strait and why?
12) since we are talking the entrance to the Mediterranean, might as well ask it: is the Suez canal or any other big canal connecting two big bodies of water buildable? And if yes how it's gonna work trade wise?
Now onto the TT itself.
13) in the first screenshot there is a good called sturdy grains. What are non sturdy grains? Are those even a thing? I'm sorry but I'm quite ignorant on agrarian matters
14) seems like the Riga market is low on sand. 1337 Baltic trade experts I summon ye! Why is that? Doesn't the Baltic sea have big ass beaches with huge sand dunes?
15) the language of the Riga market is called Baltic. Probably it's Baltic German but might as well ask if it's some other kind of Baltic. Also on what is based the market language? The language of the market capital? The most spoken language within the market? Other? And how do I change it?
16) what does the little hand holding a little heart icon show on the side of the wine, fine cloth and gold trade goods prices in the first screenshot mean? Complete lack of that good in the market? Stagnant prices?
17) is the Hanseatic Kontor shown in the second screenshot a special building?
18) can you talk about what changes price stability through the game?
19) can you make some examples of the countries that have completely isolated themselves from foreign trade that you mention? I don't recall any county in the world having that situation in 1337. Also are countries able to close themselves to the outside world through the game? How do you do that? It's like an embargo everyone button? It's a viable strategy for a player or the AI, or just roleplay?
20) if a market chooses to ban trade of a certain good, can ban only import and only export or has to ban them both at the same time? If I have a market populated by Muslims and I unban alcohol it's gonna generate some form of unrest or some kind of economic/not economic problem or it's just not gonna be sold?
21) in the last screenshot which names correspond to locations and which names correspond to provinces? I ask it because if the city of Königsberg alone in 1337 consumes more food that an entire region that means that cities are gonna consume lots and lots of food.
22) since it seems is gonna be pretty convenient to establish a national market, is there any hindrance to establish a market in your capital besides the 1000 gold/ducats cost? I ask because otherwise there's the risk of market bloating through the game.
23) can you tell how does trade works in uncolonized areas? And when I found a new colony, let's say I'm the Netherlands and I found a city called Nieuv Amsterdaam on an island located on the north American east coast, does that colony start with a new market? If not colonizing it's gonna be pretty expensive and not very worthwhile in the short term, which is historical, but also does mean that the natives who presumably hold the markets in the Americas are gonna profit from European colonization, which is kinda historical but also kinda weird from a gameplay point of view.
24) can you please tell us if 25 questions at about 01:30 pm CET are too much or too late to get responses? I've the suspicion it's both too much and too late, but you never know...
25) I want to get to 25 questions because.... reasons. I like round numbers, and also like multiples of 5, so I will invent a 25th question that has nothing to do with any of this. As with any other question feel free to respond or not. How are you Johan? Is everything fine? Are you being held hostage at the Tinto HQ to make the absolute banger of a game that Project Caesar seems to be? Blink once if yes, blink twice if not.
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