This is a map i made after i noticed that the world map was too dry, with few humongous countries on the map (6 or so megacountries almost entirely encompassing europe for example).
One of the things that was great about Eu2, Eu3 was that when you started from the grand campaign, the map of europe (and the world more or less) was very lively, a lot of countries dotting the landscape and everything being possible. i think this was one of the things that gave them an enriched gameplay experience.
later scenarios, and in victoria its generally a few big countries duking out each other in rather dull oversized battles and management.
so i set out to make a more lively map. ie, map as in a Victoria R savegame.
by saying 'i made', i mean that i changed all the playable countries but one in the starting screen to obscure minors, leaving only one in the end that i can change. therefore i was able to save, load and select any major country. (after i save and load, you know - it wouldnt let you play the other, greyed out flags in the starting screen).
so, one by one i changed my playable country to a major, loaded the scenario, released every satellite i can from all major countries. france, england, austria, prussia, russia, ottoman, mexico, usa. then i edited the scenario file to abolish all satellite statuses of these satellites, and eradicated all military accesses from all countries.
also, i loaded as each major power and somewhat cut them down to size, by giving land to the satellites i created (or existing countries) through negotiations menu. (ie, increased the size of poland, moldavia for example, and so on).
i also made some absurd changes to reforms and ruling parties of some major countries that i couldnt cut down to size enough, to complicate things for them. (i instituted no voting rights, state capitalist parties etc etc for usa and france etc)
also despite cutting down to size, russia still had a humongous 32 mil pop, so i disbanded all its military units and cleared some cash so it wont be waging war on anyone anytime soon.
attached is the savegame. i also uploaded a screenshot of europe.
i think the scenario can be made even livelier, if one goes into other countries and does the same for them (ie china brasil etc). and some direct scenario file editing. especially reducing relations in between ex satellites in europe and their former parent countries etc.
enjoy.
One of the things that was great about Eu2, Eu3 was that when you started from the grand campaign, the map of europe (and the world more or less) was very lively, a lot of countries dotting the landscape and everything being possible. i think this was one of the things that gave them an enriched gameplay experience.
later scenarios, and in victoria its generally a few big countries duking out each other in rather dull oversized battles and management.
so i set out to make a more lively map. ie, map as in a Victoria R savegame.
by saying 'i made', i mean that i changed all the playable countries but one in the starting screen to obscure minors, leaving only one in the end that i can change. therefore i was able to save, load and select any major country. (after i save and load, you know - it wouldnt let you play the other, greyed out flags in the starting screen).
so, one by one i changed my playable country to a major, loaded the scenario, released every satellite i can from all major countries. france, england, austria, prussia, russia, ottoman, mexico, usa. then i edited the scenario file to abolish all satellite statuses of these satellites, and eradicated all military accesses from all countries.
also, i loaded as each major power and somewhat cut them down to size, by giving land to the satellites i created (or existing countries) through negotiations menu. (ie, increased the size of poland, moldavia for example, and so on).
i also made some absurd changes to reforms and ruling parties of some major countries that i couldnt cut down to size enough, to complicate things for them. (i instituted no voting rights, state capitalist parties etc etc for usa and france etc)
also despite cutting down to size, russia still had a humongous 32 mil pop, so i disbanded all its military units and cleared some cash so it wont be waging war on anyone anytime soon.
attached is the savegame. i also uploaded a screenshot of europe.
i think the scenario can be made even livelier, if one goes into other countries and does the same for them (ie china brasil etc). and some direct scenario file editing. especially reducing relations in between ex satellites in europe and their former parent countries etc.
enjoy.
or Darth Vader's Love Shack nations -- they aren't in the game.