No time limit for VV?

[unmerged(55851)]

Is anyone working on a NTL for VV? I've been trying for hours to edit the exe with a hex editor but everytime I change something in there and try to start the game, an error pops up.

And yes I've seen these threads on the subject but they don't help much:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=392

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389457

 

[Descartes]

I'm working on it. My mod isn't stable when I play after original game time, but it works for a month atleast.
I just did as Cheexsta said and then edited my defines.txt.

 

[Cheexsta]

I was able to play for a few years past the end date, but by then the savegame had gotten so large and bloated that I was encountering problems almost every year.

Editing the exe with a hex editor is pretty much the only way, and my experience with 'real' coding isn't good enough to make a patcher for it. If someone else is able to do it, that would be a wonderful addition to the modding community.

 

[vanin]

Well so far you can play from an earlier start date without problems, simply by editing defines.txt, but I haven't let the game run for too many years yet, but it seems to work well. A later enddate quits the game as soon as it starts however.

 

[unmerged(55851)]

Yea thanks Vanin, I think that'll be my only option until someone makes a proper patch for it. I'll just simply change to an earlier date when the end of the game starts getting close. Only prob with that is I'm thinking some events will refire (?), so I'll just set the year to 0 or something.

Thanks guys.