On Circumnavigating the globe with Castille in 1506...

[DanteGalileo]

I was really expecting some sort of achievement or message acknowledging that I had circumnavigated the globe. Nada.

Is that normal or is there something specific I must do for it to register as a circumnavigation?

 

[Schlez]

Achievements are down since Paradox Connect has be disconnected. On the other hand, I don't think there was an achievement for it before it was disconnected. There was one for discovering the whole map when starting in 1399 though.

 

[gela1212]

Achievements are down since Paradox Connect has be disconnected. On the other hand, I don't think there was an achievement for it before it was disconnected. There was one for discovering the whole map when starting in 1399 though.

Sadly, it was bugged and you only needed a province from each continent. :\

 

[DanteGalileo]

Achievements are down since Paradox Connect has be disconnected. On the other hand, I don't think there was an achievement for it before it was disconnected. There was one for discovering the whole map when starting in 1399 though.

Ok thanks.

 

[Hootieleece]

And you can do it as soon as you reach trade 7.Swap an NI for QFtNW. Buy and Explorer and go. If you exploit game mechanics. Tech Rush Trade 7 and Swap NI. You can Theoretically do it by 1450. Maybe Earlier.

All you have to do is ask the locals for Military Access and rest your fleet. If you know geography you will almost never lose a ship to attrition.(Just remember to Cancel it BEFORE you come back to conquer them)

Also remember the AI will get access to your maps about 50 years after your Exploration.......and that creates ugly Colonial Empires by Ahistorical Nations like Austria, Papal States and Hansa.

 

[midget_roxx]

Also remember the AI will get access to your maps about 50 years after your Exploration.......and that creates ugly Colonial Empires by Ahistorical Nations like Austria, Papal States and Hansa.

Unless you set the spread to 200 years

 

[unmerged(337549)]

Unless you set the spread to 200 years

That's... a good idea. I'll have to try that some time.

 

[ByeNow]

Also remember the AI will get access to your maps about 50 years after your Exploration.......and that creates ugly Colonial Empires by Ahistorical Nations like Austria, Papal States and Hansa.

Didn't Austria have the Spanish colonies in a way?

 

[unmerged(80402)]

Didn't Austria have the Spanish colonies in a way?

No.

 

[ByeNow]

No.

As in personal union

 

[cacra]

As in personal union

i suppose for a time they were both ruled under the same ruler

 

[gela1212]

i suppose for a time they were both ruled under the same ruler

In that case, though, Spain would have Austria under a personal union, so the answer is still no, Austria never ruled Spanish colonies.

 

[ByeNow]

In that case, though, Spain would have Austria under a personal union, so the answer is still no, Austria never ruled Spanish colonies.

I thought he used Emperor as sort off primary tittle? Sorry if you don't quite get what i mean, im not very good in english

 

[gela1212]

I thought he used Emperor as sort off primary tittle? Sorry if you don't quite get what i mean, im not very good in english

The main house of Habsburg ruled Spain and the Spanish Empire. For example, Spain is credited with the victory in the Italian Wars, though Austria and Spain were united at the time. Following the splitting of the realms, the main house retained the colonies, Spanish Netherlands, and Spain itself. The junior branch got the German holdings.

Being Emperor is a little different, because it wasn't directly connected to Austria. Also, Spain was basically an equal in rank title to the HRE I think but I could be wrong on that.

 

[midget_roxx]

That's... a good idea. I'll have to try that some time.

It's a double edged sword. You will have much prettier borders and the AI won't have 20k stacks on troops in colonies but the smaller nations won't be able to expand as easy due to lower income

 

[Lama43]

Didn't Austria have the Spanish colonies in a way?

Austria did however start up a fairly successful East India company, but it was killed 15 years after its formation as part of a treaty with Britain. It was also basically Flemish, not Austrian.

 

[unmerged(679141)]

I was really expecting some sort of achievement or message acknowledging that I had circumnavigated the globe. Nada.

Are you thinking of Civ4?

 

[DanteGalileo]

Are you thinking of Civ4?

I'm fine with no achievement. Just making sure that, if there was an achievement, I had not done something procedural-ly wrong.

 

[Junuxx]

From an earlier thread about circumnavigation:

Yep, and Liberalism doesn't give you a free tech.

 

[unmerged(80402)]

In Civ 2, philosophy gave you free tech.