Can't create trade companies (converted CK2)

[ebs]

Playing the Empire of Ireland, I wanted to create trade companies, but I get 'Your Technology Group does not allow for Trade Companies'. Of course, Ireland is in the western technology group. Do I get this, because this is a converted game from CK2?

 

[xxilef]

You do get this because it is an issue with the converter which overwrites "technology.txt" in the "common" folder.
Go to your mod folder (probably looks like this: documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\mod\Converted_XYZ\common), open the file technology.txt and then add the line "trade_company = yes" to this block:

western = {
modifier = 0
start_level = 3
cav_to_inf_ratio = 0.5
}

restart the game and all should work.

 

[ebs]

Hey, thank's for the tip! That worked

 

[Brometheus]

I'm having the same problem (playing as Scandinavia, Western tech group, own nearly all of several trade company regions, getting the same message), but when I go to the mod folder you mentioned, it's completely empty. I tried copying and pasting the regular technology.txt file into the folder, but still had the issue. The only thing I can think of that's different from ebs' situation is that I have Norse culture and religion, but that still doesn't explain why the mod folder is empty. Should I bug report this?

Edit: Actually, I figured it out. I had to go to my Crusader Kings folder instead of my EUIV folder, and I found the mod and the file under the eu4export folder. Now the companies are working fine.

 

[wetblowdryer]

Converter is doo doo.