Paradigm shift in relations

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I want to make Austria and the NGF/(soon to be GER) hate eachother. Create a serious, bitter rivalry. I've given Prussia some claims that would make the 3rd Reich proud, and Austria now wants ALL of Silesia.

Now, in the save file, there's lots of things like "befriend", "target", etc. at the top of the data block for each country. I can set relations to -200 for each, by editing under the diplomacy section for each country, plus maybe I'll add about 20 frustration as well, for good measure.

But, as it stands, the two nations are set to act like pals, except ca. 1866. I want to completely change that. Both nations are having REALLY strong games, in fact I've never seen Austria do so well. So, I figure they should start to flex their muscles, and see who deserves to be the real 'Deutschland'. So, I need some help making sure I edit everything necessary in the save file, to make this happen... there's got to be a bunch of areas that need editing, to make this a thorough job. All help is appreciated.

 

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Well it is pretty much the AI areas that need focus here. In particular:

• "befriend" - remove each of them from the other one's 'befriend list' completely.
• "combat" - enter in eachother into the other one's 'combat list' section, and give quite a high value.

High frustration and bad relations will also help as well.

 

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Thanks. There's also a "target" list, IIRC. What do you think? Not to mention another that indicates which borders they should guard more carefully with their troops... apparently.

I just want to make sure I'm not missing something major, elsewhere.

 

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Yeah you could set the major target as GER/PRU, as well as set the major target provinces to be German ones (temporarily). Also, the garrison section in which you choose to garrison certain borders (with other countries in particular) you could set to be borders with NGF/GER/PRU lands.