Populist attraction due to unusued trade routes

[Thorv]

In my current game, populists have 263% political attraction, 200% of which is due just to a couple of "unused trade routes". Because of this, the populist faction is rapidly growing out of control. Is this a bug or is it working as intended?

If I fill all the trade routes, that 200% populist attraction goes away. However, trade route filling is an exercise in boredom and frustration, especially when no internal routes are available. I don’t like this at all. I don’t fancy the idea of micromanaging trade routes just to keep the populists at bay. Is there an easy modding solution to this?

(I am playing Magna Terra 1.31 with beta patch 2.31c)

 

[Achab]

common\defines.txt

0.30 # _CDEF_ALIGN_INACTIVE_TRADE_ROUTES_FACTOR_

 

[Thorv]

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply!

Problem solved. (The overblown populist attraction was due to a compatibility problem between beta patch 2.31c and Magna Terra 1.31. After fixing it, I found that the default value is not so bad, so I’ve left is as it is).

Note for Camara:

I've compared the defines.txt of beta patch 2.31c with the definex.txt of your mod, Magna Terra 1.31:

Beta patch 2.31c:

# Populist party factors
3.0 # _CDEF_ALIGN_WAR_EXHAUSTION_FACTOR_
30 # _CDEF_ALIGN_WAR_EXHAUSTION_MAX_
1.0 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LACK_OF_FREEMEN_FACTOR_
20 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LACK_OF_FREEMEN_MAX_
0.25 # _CDEF_ALIGN_MILITARY_SUPPORT_FACTOR_
50 # _CDEF_ALIGN_MILITARY_SUPPORT_MAX_
0.30 # _CDEF_ALIGN_INACTIVE_TRADE_ROUTES_FACTOR_
15 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LACK_OF_OMEN_
0.125 # _CDEF_ALIGN_UNBUILT_BUILDINGS_FACTOR_
0.5 # _CDEF_ALIGN_YEARS_OF_PEACE_FACTOR_
40 # _CDEF_ALIGN_YEARS_OF_PEACE_MAX_YEARS
5 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LOOTED_PROVS_FACTOR_
50 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LOOTED_PROVS_MAX_EFFECT_

Magna Terra 1.31:

# Populist party factors
3.0 # _CDEF_ALIGN_WAR_EXHAUSTION_FACTOR_
30 # _CDEF_ALIGN_WAR_EXHAUSTION_MAX_
1.0 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LACK_OF_FREEMEN_FACTOR_
20 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LACK_OF_FREEMEN_MAX_
0.33 # _CDEF_ALIGN_MILITARY_SUPPORT_FACTOR_
0.30 # _CDEF_ALIGN_INACTIVE_TRADE_ROUTES_FACTOR_
15 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LACK_OF_OMEN_
0.125 # _CDEF_ALIGN_UNBUILT_BUILDINGS_FACTOR_
0.5 # _CDEF_ALIGN_YEARS_OF_PEACE_FACTOR_
40 # _CDEF_ALIGN_YEARS_OF_PEACE_MAX_YEARS
10 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LOOTED_PROVS_FACTOR_
50 # _CDEF_ALIGN_LOOTED_PROVS_MAX_EFFECT_

The parameter CDEF_ALIGN_MILITARY_SUPPORT_MAX_ is missing from Magna Terra’s defines.txt. That omission causes a bugged populist attraction of 130% for each unused trade route!