I've just been elected as papal controller - what do I need to do/not do?

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For the first time in CK my king has been elected papal controller. Now I wonder: What can I do with all this power? Muahahhahahaaah *caugh*...errm sorry. While restraining my power rush I wonder what I should most definitely NOT do?

I have a vassal who's excomunnicated. Can I revoke that? What potential problems are there?

What happens if I excommunicate someone? The duchess of Toscana has long been an arch enemy of my king so it'd be nice to give her some payback

 

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I halfway found out myself. I'm limited by the prestige of the pope. I need A LOT of prestige to excommunicate one of the leaders I don't like. The pope only has 71 prestige. So it's not possible unfortunately. It seems I don't have all that power I hoped for

Revoking an excomunnication works the same way I guess? No text pops up when I try though so I can't tell for sure?

 

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I halfway found out myself. I'm limited by the prestige of the pope. I need A LOT of prestige to excommunicate one of the leaders I don't like. The pope only has 71 prestige. So it's not possible unfortunately. It seems I don't have all that power I hoped for

Revoking an excomunnication works the same way I guess? No text pops up when I try though so I can't tell for sure?

Actually you can revoke excommunication at any time as Papal controller, regardless of the Pope's prestige.

Also, the target's piety is a significant factor in the cost of excommunication. Rulers with zero or negative piety cost almost nothing to excommunicate.

 

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If you have DV, you can only revoke excommunication since the 2.1beta patch. There was some bug which didn't allow to revoke.

 

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Hmm maybe I have the bug then? I play without patch since I thought it wasn't needed when I have the complete package with CK & DV in one?

I can select revoke excommunication, but I can't actually do it? Nothing happens when I click. Also the "Back" function don't work.

 

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Hmm maybe I have the bug then? I play without patch since I thought it wasn't needed when I have the complete package with CK & DV in one?
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The complete package doesn't come with the latest beta-patch (that of october 2008), so you will always have to update

 

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Aha, I will search for the patch then. If I install it now what will happen to my savegame? Will it still work?

 

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Aha, I will search for the patch then. If I install it now what will happen to my savegame? Will it still work?

I don't think there should be a problem, but you never know for sure.

 

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Sorry for taking this thread slightly off topic, but now I have a new question regarding the patch.

For safety precautions I'd like to copy my savegames into a separate folder BEFORE installing the patch I just downloaded. Where do I find the folder with saves? I have found one, but it doesn't contain ALL my saves? I still play a game which I named Germany, but I don't see that in the folder? My previous game named England I do see though?

 

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Sorry for taking this thread slightly off topic, but now I have a new question regarding the patch.

For safety precautions I'd like to copy my savegames into a separate folder BEFORE installing the patch I just downloaded. Where do I find the folder with saves? I have found one, but it doesn't contain ALL my saves? I still play a game which I named Germany, but I don't see that in the folder? My previous game named England I do see though?

You can find your save-games in

C:\....\Paradox Entertainment\Crusader Kings\scenarios\save games

 

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Thanks that's exactly where I'm looking. But I only have one called England.eug? Can it be that all my saves are simply assembled under one name which happens to be the top one? Anyway I'll make a copy and try with the patch.

 

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Thanks that's exactly where I'm looking. But I only have one called England.eug? Can it be that all my saves are simply assembled under one name which happens to be the top one? Anyway I'll make a copy and try with the patch.

No that can't happen

Do you have Vista or Windows 7 ? If yes, then where did you install the game ?

 

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Update: Just installed patch and not only do my saves still work now I can also see them unlike before where only the one named England showed up. Nice!

Also the whole Papal Controller thing now works the way it's supposed to! I can now revoke excommunication and also the "Back" button works now!

VERY GOOD

Thanks for the help