Is this normal? Africa and the pacific left untounched

[unmerged(51844)]

In any of my games, Africa is NEVER colonized, neither is the pacific even if Australia is released. The same happens in Canada. Also, Germany is never unified even if Prussia wins the war against Austria. Sure some countries start the 1861 scenario with settlements in some places but they never go beyond that.

 

[ComradeOm]

You mean Africa is, almost, completely empty by the late game (ie 1890+)? I've never seen that happen in my games. What version are you playing?

 

[Eärendil]

Hmm.. which version of Vicky are you playing? Have you installed the latest patches?

For Prussia to unite Germany they must first beat Austria and then occupy Paris in a war against France (I believe it's after 1870). If they've done that and Germany doesn't unite, then there must be something wrong with your event files.

 

[unmerged(85185)]

In my 1836 games russia doesent colonize siberia! some provinces are empty and it looks terrible on the map. In addition, they cant stop the japanese since they have no railroad through those empty provinces. :wacko:

 

[unmerged(51844)]

You mean Africa is, almost, completely empty by the late game (ie 1890+)? I've never seen that happen in my games. What version are you playing?

Yes, even by WW1, which never happens because Germany never unifies. How common is it for germany to unify?

I'm playing vanilla with no patches installed, could this be the cause?

And something similar happens to me with Russia except China not Japan overruns it.

 

[ComradeOm]

I'm playing vanilla with no patches installed, could this be the cause?

Well there's your problem

Update to the latest patch (it should be 1.04 for non-Revolutions) and everything should be fine. IIRC in the updated game Germany unifies more often than not and Africa is always divided up early. WWI will never occur though, unless you are playing the 1914 scenario, in any un-modded version.

Edit: I agree gräddsås that Russia failing to colonise the Far East is annoying. AFAIK that is to do with the life rating of the provinces - Russia simply never gets the required tech.

 

[unmerged(51844)]

Ouch.... the game won't start up if I install a patch. Gives me something about the DB folder.

You know if there's any other way I can get africa colonized and germany unified?

 

[Orm]

Yes, even by WW1, which never happens because Germany never unifies.

WW1 never happens because there are no events leading to it in the vanilla GC.

Ouch.... the game won't start up if I install a patch. Gives me something about the DB folder.

You know if there's any other way I can get africa colonized and germany unified?

You playing Prussia would seem to be the obvious solution.
But you really need to get the patch working, can you be more specific about what happens?

 

[Zuckergußgebäck]

If nothing else works, reinstall the game and try again.

 

[unmerged(51844)]

WW1 never happens because there are no events leading to it in the vanilla GC.

Oh, thanks for the info.

But you really need to get the patch working, can you be more specific about what happens?

If nothing else works, reinstall the game and try again.

I installed the game, then uninstalled it because I messed it up with a mod, and then it wouldn't install correctly again. I get an error during the installation. The game works, but if I install a patch a error comes up saying that there's something wrong with (I think) an unit file, something about crusiers I think. anyway I don't want to make it sound like I'm spamming since I've already posted about my problem (in the tech forum)

 

[Orm]

Did you make sure all files and folders were removed after you uninstalled? Sometimes some files can be left behind that cause problems if you try to reinstall.
Edit: may also be worth the trouble to defrag your harddrive before you reinstall.

 

[Kagernaut]

This IS NOT just a vanilla deal.

I play standard Revolutions 1.1 and have seen this happen once, as well as a couple games where the AI is very late in its colonization.

 

[Gwalcmai]

Oh, thanks for the info.





I installed the game, then uninstalled it because I messed it up with a mod, and then it wouldn't install correctly again. I get an error during the installation. The game works, but if I install a patch a error comes up saying that there's something wrong with (I think) an unit file, something about crusiers I think. anyway I don't want to make it sound like I'm spamming since I've already posted about my problem (in the tech forum)

Sounds like that change from armoured cruisers to heavy cruisers (or was it the other way around?) which happened from 1.03 to 1.4 is causing you the problems. Does the error pop up when loading a saved game, or won't it start at all?

 

[unmerged(86954)]

In my 1836 games russia doesent colonize siberia! some provinces are empty and it looks terrible on the map. In addition, they cant stop the japanese since they have no railroad through those empty provinces. :wacko:

Argentina never finishes colonizing her country either. Might be a tech issue, or then she can't afford (either money or prestige required to get steamers off the world market) the colony structures.

 

[Kagernaut]

Its because Argentina AI isn't capable of making the proper decisions, and allowing their country to become the immigrant homeland.

I have only once seen them colonize that entire area; Argentina usually just ends up being so pathetic that I'm not surprised.


As for Russia, I can't understand why they don't colonize. Its a bug of some sort I suppose...

 

[unmerged(51844)]

the error comes up when loading an scenario or savegame.

i will try with the defrag, and then ill try using another patch, but it looks like ill have to change the cd. thanks again.