Lepanto Event SPA 285140
In my current game as the Ottoman Empire I´m at war with the spanish alliance and winning.
Despite my ahistorical strong position and turkish fleets ruling the mediterrenean while I´m sieging Corsica, Genua and Sardinia the "Battle of Lepanto" event has fired for spain which tells my spanish AI enemies that they just won a major battle :wacko:
german Lepanto WIKI:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeschlacht_von_Lepanto
english wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto
Not that the AI spain could not need the aid of that event - but I don´t like the thought that they get +2 stab for something that they did not and could not achieve.
So I suggest to add a few conditions to the trigger of the event beyond just "war between Spain and the Ottomans".
Historically the naval battle of Lepanto happened because the Holy league became more active after the Ottomans recently assaulted Cyprus that belonged to Venice - but became active too late to actually prevent the fall of Cyprus to the Ottomans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_League_(1571)
As far as I read the WIKI Spain alone could not have won that battle. The participation of the other catholic maritime powers, especially Venice was crucial to the victory at Lepanto. Before the victory was secured part of the battle was actually lost when Uludsch Ali conquered the maltese flagship and captured their flag.
To represent that I suggest the following conditions:
1) Ottomans must be in a roughtly historical position or stronger - if weaker then Spain does not need any boost by that event and the catholic powers (especially genua and venice) would never have worked together.
2) The "Holy league" event must have fired *before* "The battle of Lepanto" - currently the battle can fire 1556-1577 but the "Holy league" event only on the historical date of 1571 and Spain must NOT have stayed neutral in the holy league event.
3) Spain must have at least one of the historical allies (KNI-Malta, VENice, GENua, SAVoy, Pope) and must not be at war with any of them while at war with TUR.
4) Spain needs access to the port where historically the league assembled their fleet (Messina, Sicily) or some other port in the eastern med.
5) Venice must still have a core on Cyprus - there is a chance that VEN peacefully cedes cyprus to the Ottomans and loses that core improving it´s relations with TUR. In that case I don´t see VEN supporting SPA at Lepanto and thus no chance to win for Spain.
6) According to the description of the battle in WIKI one of the major advantages was the use of arquebuses and muskets by the spanish and heavy use of cannons on the part of the alliance. So spain should have arquebuses and muskets which would be land 14 and naval 14 (normal year to have that 1545). A player who did not research land or naval at all should not win Lepanto.
Land 14
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showpost.php?p=366484&postcount=2
naval 14
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showpost.php?p=366489&postcount=3
Code:
#(1556-1577) The battle of Lepanto
#by Fodoron
event = {
id = 285140
trigger = {
war = { country = TUR country = SPA }
[color=yellow]event = 3161 #Holy league event
core = { province = 484 data = VEN } #Venice still claims Cyprus
NOT = {
war = { country = SPA country = VEN }#holy alliance does not fight itself
war = { country = SPA country = GEN }
war = { country = SPA country = KNI }
war = { country = SPA country = SAV }
war = { country = SPA country = PAP }
war = { country = SPA country = SIC }
}
OR = {
owned = { province = 395 data = SPA } #alliance controls one port near Lepanto
AND = { owned = { province = 395 data = SIC } #Messina historical gathering point
alliance = { country = SPA country = SIC } }
AND = { owned = { province = 395 data = SIC } #Messina
vassal = { country = SPA country = SIC } }
AND = { owned = { province = 480 data = VEN } #Crete alternative
alliance = { country = SPA country = VEN } }
AND = { owned = { province = 819 data = KNI } #Malta alternative
alliance = { country = SPA country = KNI } }
}
Land = 14
Naval = 14[/color]
}
random = no
country = SPA
name = "EVENTNAME285140" #The battle of Lepanto
desc = "EVENTHIST285140"
#-#Felipe II could dedicate very little attention and resources to the Mediterranean, as busy as he was with the rebellion in the Low Countries. However in 1565 his help was required by the Hospitallers to defend Malta against a combined assault by the Ottomans and Barbary pirates. The victory was very important because it put a clear limit to how far would the Ottoman Empire capable of projecting his power. However the Ottoman Empire was at his peak, as the capture of Tunis in 1569 demonstrated. The capture of Cyprus in 1571, triggered the formation of a Holy League, mainly formed by Spain, Venice and Papal States, with the combined fleet under command of Don Juan de Austria. The interests of Venice and Spain were very different: Venice wanted to recover Cyprus, and Spain wanted to recover her North African presidios, and they could only agree in fighting the Ottoman navy. The ensuing battle at Lepanto was the biggest naval battle in modern times with over 32,000 casualties (by comparison Trafalgar had only 3,000), 25,000 of them in the Ottoman side. The Ottoman fleet was almost completely destroyed. News of the victory were extremely well received by the Christians that suffered the Ottoman and Barbary piracy. Although the Ottomans rebuilt their fleet and recaptured Tunis a second time in 1574, their naval supremacy in the Mediterranean was destroyed forever.
date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1556 }
offset = 100
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1577 }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME285140A" #A great achievement
command = { type = stability value = 2 }
}
}
Code:
#(1571-1573) The Holy League - modified by YodaMaster
event = {
id = 3161
trigger = {
exists = TUR
OR = {
event = 3549 #PAP: The Holy League
event = 236000 #MUS: The Holy League (no Papal States)
}
}
random = no
country = SPA
name = "EVENTNAME3549" #The Holy League
desc = "EVENTHIST3549"
#-#When in 1570 the Turks sent an ultimatum to Venice asking for the ceding of Cyprus and then invaded the island after the Republic of San Marco failed to respond, a great uproar was created in the Catholic world by the facts and rumors of Ottoman atrocities in the last Christian bastion of the eastern Mediterranean. After a first failure in the summer of 1570, Pope Pius V managed to convince major Catholic nations (except France) to join a Holy League against the heathens Turks, and it was proclaimed in May 1571. The League would lead to the great naval victory of Don Juan on the Turks at Lepanto, but would not outlast this first and final triumph. Selim II is rumored to have said, after the news he had lost 200 galleys at Lepanto: At Lepanto, the Christians have shaved me. At Cyprus, I cut their arm. My beard will grow again….
date = { [color=red]day = 7 month = may year = 1571[/color][color=yellow]day = 0 month = january year = 1556 [/color] } [color=yellow] #historical date 07.05.1571[/color]
offset = 30
deathdate = { [color=red]day = 13 month = april year = 1573[/color][color=yellow]day = 0 month = january year = 1577[/color] }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3161A" #Support the Holy League
command = { type = casusbelli which = TUR value = 72 }
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = -150 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = GEN value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = ITA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = KNI value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = SAV value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = SIC value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 50 }
}
action_b = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3549B" #Let the matter fall
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = GEN value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = ITA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = KNI value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SAV value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SIC value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
[color=yellow]command = { type = sleepevent which = 285140 } #SPA: Battle of Lepanto[/color]
}
}
Any other ideas?
Edit:
As 3161 can only trigger if PAP 3549 has already fired we would need to do the same change there too:
Code:
#(1571-1573) The Holy League - modified by YodaMaster
event = {
id = 3549
trigger = {
[color=red]exists = TUR[/color] #that TUR exists is not enough they must be a threat
[color=yellow]OR = {
neighbour = TUR #the turks ante portas
control = { province = 480 data = TUR } #Crete
control = { province = 484 data = TUR } #Cyprus
control = { province = 739 data = TUR } #Tunis
control = { province = 351 data = TUR } #Vienna
} [/color]
}
random = no
country = PAP
name = "EVENTNAME3549" #The Holy League
desc = "EVENTHIST3549"
#-#When in 1570 the Turks sent an ultimatum to Venice asking for the ceding of Cyprus and then invaded the island after the Republic of San Marco failed to respond, a great uproar was created in the Catholic world by the facts and rumors of Ottoman atrocities in the last Christian bastion of the eastern Mediterranean. After a first failure in the summer of 1570, Pope Pius V managed to convince major Catholic nations (except France) to join a Holy League against the heathens Turks, and it was proclaimed in May 1571. The League would lead to the great naval victory of Don Juan on the Turks at Lepanto, but would not outlast this first and final triumph. Selim II is rumored to have said, after the news he had lost 200 galleys at Lepanto: At Lepanto, the Christians have shaved me. At Cyprus, I cut their arm. My beard will grow again.
date = { [color=red]day = 7 month = may year = 1571[/color][color=yellow]day = 0 month = january year = 1556 [/color] } [color=yellow] } #historical date 07.05.1571
offset = 30
deathdate = { [color=red]day = 13 month = april year = 1573[/color][color=yellow]day = 0 month = january year = 1577[/color] }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3549A" #Create the Holy League
command = { type = casusbelli which = TUR value = 72 }
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = -150 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = GEN value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = ITA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = KNI value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = SAV value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = SIC value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 50 }
}
action_b = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3549B" #Let the matter fall
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = GEN value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = ITA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = KNI value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = NAP value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SAV value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SIC value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = TOS value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
}
}
Same changes to alternative event if PAP does not exist:
Code:
#(1571-1573) The Holy League - no Papal States
#by Norrefeldt and YodaMaster
event = {
id = 236000
trigger = {
exists = TUR
NOT = { exists = PAP }
NOT = { event = 3549 } #PAP: The Holy League
}
random = no
country = MUS
name = "EVENTNAME3549" #The Holy League
desc = "EVENTHIST3549"
#-#When in 1570 the Turks sent an ultimatum to Venice asking for the ceding of Cyprus and then invaded the island after the Republic of San Marco failed to respond, a great uproar was created in the Catholic world by the facts and rumors of Ottoman atrocities in the last Christian bastion of the eastern Mediterranean. After a first failure in the summer of 1570, Pope Pius V managed to convince major Catholic nations (except France) to join a Holy League against the heathens Turks, and it was proclaimed in May 1571. The League would lead to the great naval victory of Don Juan on the Turks at Lepanto, but would not outlast this first and final triumph. Selim II is rumored to have said, after the news he had lost 200 galleys at Lepanto: At Lepanto, the Christians have shaved me. At Cyprus, I cut their arm. My beard will grow again.
date = { [color=red]day = 7 month = may year = 1571[/color][color=yellow]day = 0 month = january year = 1556 [/color] } [color=yellow] } #historical date 07.05.1571
offset = 30
deathdate = { [color=red]day = 13 month = april year = 1573[/color][color=yellow]day = 0 month = january year = 1577[/color] }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3549A" #Create the Holy League
command = { type = sleepevent which = 3549 } #PAP: The Holy League
}
action_b = {
name = "ACTIONNAME3549B" #Let the matter fall
command = { type = sleepevent which = 3549 } #PAP: The Holy League
}
}
Similar changes to the VEN Lepanto event:
Code:
#(1556-1577) The battle of Lepanto
#by Fodoron
event = {
id = 326041
trigger = {
war = { country = TUR country = VEN }
[color=yellow]OR = {
neighbour = TUR #the turks ante portas
control = { province = 480 data = TUR } #Crete
control = { province = 484 data = TUR } #Cyprus
control = { province = 739 data = TUR } #Tunis
control = { province = 351 data = TUR } #Vienna
}
NOT = {
war = { country = VEN country = SPA }#holy alliance does not fight itself
war = { country = VEN country = GEN }
war = { country = VEN country = KNI }
war = { country = VEN country = SAV }
war = { country = VEN country = PAP }
war = { country = VEN country = SIC }
}
OR = {
event = 3549 #PAP: The Holy League
event = 236000 #MUS: The Holy League (no Papal States)
}[/color]
}
random = no
country = VEN
name = "EVENTNAME326041" #The battle of Lepanto
desc = "EVENTHIST326041"
#-#The loss of Cyprus in 1571, triggered the formation of a Holy League, mainly formed by Spain, Venice and Papal States, with the combined fleet under command of Don Juan de Austria. The interests of Venice and Spain were very different: Venice wanted to recover Cyprus, and Spain wanted to recover her North African presidios, and they could only agree in fighting the Ottoman navy. The ensuing battle at Lepanto was the biggest naval battle in modern times with over 32,000 casualties (by comparison Trafalgar had only 3,000), 25,000 of them in the Ottoman side. The Ottoman fleet was almost completely destroyed. News of the victory were extremely well received by the Christians that suffered the Ottoman and Barbary piracy. Although the Ottomans rebuilt their fleet and recaptured Tunis a second time in 1574, their naval supremacy in the Mediterranean was destroyed forever.
date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1556 }
offset = 100
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1577 }
action_a = {
name = "ACTIONNAME326041A" #A great achievement
command = { type = stability value = 2 }
}
}
