How to allow mercenaries overseas (modify a file? which file?)?

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Currently mercenaries are not allowed to be built overseas.

How do I allow mercenaries to be built overseas?

Is there a file entry I can change to allow mercenaries overseas?

Which file can be modified to allow mercenaries to be hired overseas?

Thanks.
 

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It's hard-coded in the executable. You would need to make the whole world be a single continent to allow e.g. Europeans to hire mercenaries outside Europe.
 

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Is there an entry in a file that states which continents are 'overseas' to Europe?

Maybe I can change that entry, depending upon what it does and its complexity (though there may be other effects from this change)?
 

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Is there an entry in a file that states which continents are 'overseas' to Europe?
All provinces on a different continent to your capital are overseas, unless you have a direct land connection to them.

So you would have to make the entire world be Europe.
 

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Currently mercenaries are not allowed to be built overseas.

How do I allow mercenaries to be built overseas?

Is there a file entry I can change to allow mercenaries overseas?

Which file can be modified to allow mercenaries to be hired overseas?

Thanks.

If you register your game on the website you can access the modification sub-forum where you may find more answers. The mod forum is restricted to users that have registered their game. Paradox forum moderators will likely move/lock this post.
 

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If you register your game on the website you can access the modification sub-forum where you may find more answers. The mod forum is restricted to users that have registered their game. Paradox forum moderators will likely move/lock this post.

I have registered EU4 (but nothing shows EU4?).