Seeing as there are a fair share of questions that get asked more than a few times, I figured I'd take it upon myself to start putting together a FAQ for the forum, based on what I've seen myself in the game and upon what others have reported. In other words; much of this FAQ can be attributed to the people of the forum who have taken the time to share their experiences and thoughts about the game with the rest of us. I'd like to use this occasion to say a collective "thank you" to everyone for providing the info used in putting this FAQ together.
DISCLAIMER: I am not one of the developers, and my knowledge of the game is far from perfect, so do not take all things presented here to be undeniable truths. If you read things here that don't add up with your own experiences, start a discussion-thread about it, and I'll use it to keep improving and adding to the FAQ.
DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD! I hope to keep it "clean" and uncluttered. I've set up a seperate comment thread where you by all means should feel free to contribute, especially when it comes to errors in the FAQ and suggestions as to what might be nice additions.
Rafiki
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCLAIMER: I am not one of the developers, and my knowledge of the game is far from perfect, so do not take all things presented here to be undeniable truths. If you read things here that don't add up with your own experiences, start a discussion-thread about it, and I'll use it to keep improving and adding to the FAQ.
DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD! I hope to keep it "clean" and uncluttered. I've set up a seperate comment thread where you by all means should feel free to contribute, especially when it comes to errors in the FAQ and suggestions as to what might be nice additions.
Rafiki
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- What is Victoria
- How does Victoria compare to other (Paradox) games?
- Where can I get it?
- What do other people say about it?
- How do I know if I've been playing the game too much?
- Relevant links
- Game mechanics
- How do I load the game as a different country than the one I played previously?
- The game starts in 1836 and ends in 1920. Is there any way of changing this?
- Where can I find patches for the game?
- When will patch 1.04 be released?
- Why can't I load a game from within the game?
- Does the AI cheat in Victoria?
- I have the Mac version of Victoria. Where can I go to get help with any technical problems I've got?
- Interface
- What do all these buttons, icons, symbols and boxes mean and do?
- Economic matters
- Other than generating income to varying degrees, what happens at different tax levels?
- My budget shows a surplus, yet I'm losing money consistently. Why?
- How do I go bankrupt?
- What happens when I go bankrupt?
- Argh! What's up with these countless stock market crashes?
- POPs and their concerns
- What is Consciousness (CON)?
- What is Plurality (PLU)?
- How does clergy affect my POPs?
- How come my POPs have MIL 10? I thought I had been nice to them?
- What decides how extreme POPs are politically?
- My POPs aren't particularly militant, yet there is a significant revolt risk in my provinces. How come?
- When do POPs merge?
- When do POPs split?
- How do I encourage immigration to my country?
- Industry and production
- What is the difference between using craftsmen and clerks in my factories?
- How does POP allocation to factories work?
- How come I have such a hard time getting Machine Parts?
- How does POP size affect production?
- How does POP culture affect production?
- How do capitalists affect production?
- Why aren't my factories producing anything?
- Colonies & states & provinces
- How does colonization work?
- What are the differences between states and colonies?
- What are the criteria for granting statehood?
- Military matters
- At the start of the game, my manpower is (very) negative; why so, and what do I do?
- The AI units have a much higher morale than mine?!? (And related questions)
- Is there an overview of unit and attachment values/modifcators?
- How can I reinforce all units in an army?
- Many of the leaders I get are not very good, and seem to have more negative modifers than positive ones. What's the point with them?
- What is "mobilization"?
- How do I change the size of my mobilization pool?
- I'm playing an uncivilized nation. Can I have a mobilization pool?
- What happens when I mobilize?
- What happens when I de-mobilize?
- How is my military score calculated?
- What determines whether or not I can use the canals?
- Diplomacy and affairs of state
- How do I annex other nations?
- How many provinces is it possible to get in a peace deal?
- What determines how much prestige I loose when declaring war?
- What is "badboy"?
- How can I see how much "badboy" I've got?
- How can I see how much "badboy" other nations have?
- What is a "badboy"-war? When do they occur?
- How do I get the AI to sell me provinces?
- What is a "satellite"?
- How do I create a satellite?
- Which benefits do I get from creating satellites?
- Which long-term gains do I get from satellites?
- How can I get rid of satellites or get rid of my satellite status?
- What is a "dominion"?
- How does prestige and badboy affect diplomacy?
- How can I get provinces for my allies as part of peace deals?
- Technology and research
- How does research work, actually?
- Why can't I select research in a certain field?
- How does the game pick research projects to choose from?
- I've researched all the prerequisite techs for an invention, but still, it won't trigger. Why is this?
- My Research Points suddenly went negative. How did that happen?
- Why do some techs cost 9 RP and others 10?
- Modifying Victoria
- What can I change myself in Victoria?
- Where can I find information on how to do it?
- Are there any mods made for the game? E.g. like C.O.R.E and AGC/EEP?
- Other things
- What do I need to do in order to become civilized?
- I can't find an answer to my question here; what do I do now?
- Latest additions and changes
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