EU4 - Dev Diary - November 26th 2015

[FieldMedic]

I'm sure there's a reason why you'd want one super ocean instead of land ... but for the life of me I can't figure it out. In fact my only complaint with RNW is that there's too much water.

 

[ahhheygao]

I like how that 5th screenshot highly resembles North America.

I'm sure there's a reason why you'd want one super ocean instead of land ... but for the life of me I can't figure it out. In fact my only complaint with RNW is that there's too much water.

It's the whole "Columbus was right!" fantasy. And of course, there are those who actually believe Old World is Best World and nothing else should exist.

 

[ZangoZett]

Gitgud is best province.

 

[ahhheygao]

Gitgud is best province.

Obviously going to be the capital of my new colonial nation!

 

[themunck]

A shame it isn't possible to just have a huge ocean anymore; at least it is modable.

Are the tiles saved as pictures in the files? (Yes I am impatient and instead of generating RNWs again and again it would be easier to just go to the files.

Also can you reveal who Secret Denmark are? Is it Vinland? Also is there a list in the files over fantasy countries?
Or Vinland.

Didn't they specifically mention Vinland and Secret Denmark in the same sentence, implying the two scenarios are different?

 

[The Valkyrier]

Quick question for the Devs: How hard do you think it would it be to make a mod that makes the entire world random with the new generator?

 

[Wagonlitz]

I'm sure there's a reason why you'd want one super ocean instead of land ... but for the life of me I can't figure it out. In fact my only complaint with RNW is that there's too much water.

Because it would be fun once in a blue moon that you are sending out explorers and they never end up finding anything, you are scratching your head, and suddenly you find China. Though I guess that would be spoiled by how exploration is missions now and you can see which are will be explored.

Didn't they specifically mention Vinland and Secret Denmark in the same sentence, implying the two scenarios are different?

Don't know.

 

[themunck]

Because it would be fun once in a blue moon that you are sending out explorers and they never end up finding anything, you are scratching your head, and suddenly you find China. Though I guess that would be spoiled by how exploration is missions now and you can see which are will be explored.

Don't know.

Somewhere in http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive/v/26738376, I think

 

[GChapman]

still not convinced about the RNW. It looks like a lot smaller, so less provinces.

 

[Randomblaofdoom]

Considering we're pretty close to the release of 1.14, I feel like I have to ask...
Is it known/anticipated if it will or will not be save-game compatible?

 

[Oorlog]

I'm intrigued by the "columbus was right"-scenario, where the world is a lot smaller and you can actually sail west to find china at the distance we currently find Mexico. This would require the map to be smaller in width. This will not be possible with your current code, but how difficult would it be? Would it mean a complete rewrite and checking the entire source code, or just a few defines and a map?

Should be possible to modify naval distances for the RNW area right?, but that still leaves the huge pacific

 

[JoeSteel]

Will this be compatible with transferring a sunset invasion CKII game over?

 

[Jolt]

Will this be compatible with transferring a sunset invasion CKII game over?

Yes, but the invading Aztecs won't have a homeland in RNW.

 

[Golladan]

still not convinced about the RNW. It looks like a lot smaller, so less provinces.

Provinces are smaller.

 

[GreatM]

Will modders be able to dynamically (via event) change the name/flag of an existing country? The engine seems to have all it needs to support this. This feature would have made Florence tag unnecessary.

 

[PhroX]

I like how that 5th screenshot highly resembles North America.


It's the whole "Columbus was right!" fantasy. And of course, there are those who actually believe Old World is Best World and nothing else should exist.

Thing is, if Columbus was right, there wouldn't be nothing but ocean - you would run into China about where America is now. A "nothing but ocean" setup would the the "everyone else from that time was right" fantasy.

 

[Sobisonator]

Is it possible to make the world entirely random? No Eurasia either, just all random tiles.

 

[Jorlem]

Will sea zones be marked as inland seas when appropriate, or will they just be normal sea zones?

Looking at this map, for example:

 

[SolSys]

have you considered adding tiles that are sort of reference tiles, like say westeros, or valinor. I mean I get that there are trademarks to consider but it'd be fun to get to find stuff that looks curiously familiar.

Probably but mods aren't the same as including something in the vanilla game.

You know what else might be fun to try?
No lawsuits

 

[SolSys]

Is it possible to make the world entirely random? No Eurasia either, just all random tiles.

Yes, via mods [just as now].