As the image shows, I can't declare war on ming. Hovering over the option says that I can't declare war on an ally, but I broke the alliance a few years ago. Do I need to clear my map cache or something to fix this?
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As the image shows, I can't declare war on ming. Hovering over the option says that I can't declare war on an ally, but I broke the alliance a few years ago. Do I need to clear my map cache or something to fix this?
No, I don't and now that you mention it there are some other bugs seeping through as well: Menu screen says i'm an empire (despotic monarchy), and all my monarchs are named "emperor x".
I get the feeling i have to clear my map cache, how would I go about doing that?
I get the feeling i have to clear my map cache, how would I go about doing that?
The place is in the name \europa universalis iii\map\cache
You have to delete the cache folder
You have to delete the cache folder
I actually had a similar issue with Ming in a recent game: we had been allies in a horde war, and then they lost their border with the horde, and while we were both "at peace" we were still "allied in a war" for centuries thereafter. I finally had to remove the offending wars from the save file.
okay I deleted my map cache, and that just removed everyone's flags...where in the savegame can I edit out the wars?
Why are you able to see the units of Ming if you are not allied ?
Doubt it's a spy mission yet
Doubt it's a spy mission yet
That's an extension of the bug, I suppose: The game thinks we're allied, so I can see their stuff.
This is a 5.1 game, and I'm not currently at war with a horde.
This is a 5.1 game, and I'm not currently at war with a horde.
Wars are pretty easy to find in the save file: just search for "active_war". They have a format like:
active_war=
{
name="Golden Horde-Georgian War"
history=
{
}
attacker="GOL"
defender="GEO"
original_attacker="GOL"
original_defender="GEO"
action="1399.10.14"
}
You can delete the entire thing if it's a phony war you're not worried about keeping history of.
active_war=
{
name="Golden Horde-Georgian War"
history=
{
}
attacker="GOL"
defender="GEO"
original_attacker="GOL"
original_defender="GEO"
action="1399.10.14"
}
You can delete the entire thing if it's a phony war you're not worried about keeping history of.
Argh, notepad won't let me edit the save! Whenver I try to delete the phrase it basically freezes for half a minute and does nothing....Ugh.
I have the same problem in my game as Nepal (5.1 Divine Wind).
The game thinks I'm allied with Rajapatana - I went trawling through the save file on notepad looking for the alliance but it doesn't seem to be listed there. I've tried declaring war on all his allies (Ming, Tibet) but he never bothers to join in. I'm also concerned because for the last 100 years or so he was allied with Behar who I was at war with - and Rajapatana never joined in either side of that (despite supposedly being allied with both of us the whole time).
Any idea how I can fix it? I was thinking about modifing the save so that it says NPL and RAJ are allied - and then breaking it in game. But I'm not sure exactly how to go about that,
The game thinks I'm allied with Rajapatana - I went trawling through the save file on notepad looking for the alliance but it doesn't seem to be listed there. I've tried declaring war on all his allies (Ming, Tibet) but he never bothers to join in. I'm also concerned because for the last 100 years or so he was allied with Behar who I was at war with - and Rajapatana never joined in either side of that (despite supposedly being allied with both of us the whole time).
Any idea how I can fix it? I was thinking about modifing the save so that it says NPL and RAJ are allied - and then breaking it in game. But I'm not sure exactly how to go about that,
How big is the file?
Do you have Windows 7 or Vista and is your game installed in Program Files? If so it could be a Windows UAC issue.
Could also try using WordPad or NotePad++ instead.
Could you go into more detail about the 5.2 beta patch?
Specifically - is it coming out soon (non beta) would downloading the beta (if I can) fix the bug?
OR possibly how to work around it right now so I can finish the game without a free ally?
Specifically - is it coming out soon (non beta) would downloading the beta (if I can) fix the bug?
OR possibly how to work around it right now so I can finish the game without a free ally?
It's not a bug, different religions have different names for forms of govt (I only found out recently, although it was pretty obvious). Take a look at muslim nations, vassals aren't called vassals, they are called emirates. Similarly, all despotic monarchies are called empires for east asian nations.
Also, it might be that your stability is very low, in the screenshot you have -2 stability. I'm not sure if you can declare wars while being -2, it might only be -3 I'm about to go to bed so I can't be bothered to look it up.
the bug is that when horde wars end, they dont end in the files-if you cant use the beta patch, destroying the horde in question will end your unwanted alliance.....declaring war is only barred at -3 stability.
How do I find out which horde is the war in question? (or is it all hordes that are next to Rajapatana?)