I have a few questions about how colonisation works in the game, specifically with the AI countries.
First of all, do the Native Americans nations (those who start out in the New World Tech group) colonize on their own? And if they don't, why not?
In all the games I've played with EU3 HttT, I've never seen the Native Americans colonize any provinces near them, so is there some limitation that keeps them from doing this, or are they programmed to not colonize? (i.e. is there some deliberate intent to not have them expand?).
How is all this controlled in the game? Is there some AI file that tells some countries not to try colonising? If so how would I modify it?
Also in a related question, how does colonial range work for the AI countries, because I don't think it works the same way that it does for me. For instance in my current game, Austria (which has only a small coast in the Balkans) managed to somehow colonize Mauritius in 1534, and from there they got a core province which has allowed them to start colonizing the whole southern Hemisphere in the 1600's (they now own Australia and New Zeeland, etc). But I've loaded the game up as Austria and their colonial range should never have allowed them to get Mauritius in the first place (they don't even have "Quest for the New World"), so how are they able to do it?
Also in my current game Burgundy won their war against France and has captured most of that territory and is one of the most powerful countries in Europe, but they haven’t colonised a thing by 1650. In the mean time (and probably helped by the absence of France), England, Holland, Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Milan and even a Catholic Granada have become the major colonial powers. It makes no sense for Burgundy to completely neglect colonisation when they are in fact in a prime position to do so, their AI is just dumb. My only guess is that Burgundy's AI has been programmed not to bother with colonising because it is assumed that they will be beaten by France and France will take that role, well not in this game. I don't understand why the AI can't see its good position and exploit it.
First of all, do the Native Americans nations (those who start out in the New World Tech group) colonize on their own? And if they don't, why not?
In all the games I've played with EU3 HttT, I've never seen the Native Americans colonize any provinces near them, so is there some limitation that keeps them from doing this, or are they programmed to not colonize? (i.e. is there some deliberate intent to not have them expand?).
How is all this controlled in the game? Is there some AI file that tells some countries not to try colonising? If so how would I modify it?
Also in a related question, how does colonial range work for the AI countries, because I don't think it works the same way that it does for me. For instance in my current game, Austria (which has only a small coast in the Balkans) managed to somehow colonize Mauritius in 1534, and from there they got a core province which has allowed them to start colonizing the whole southern Hemisphere in the 1600's (they now own Australia and New Zeeland, etc). But I've loaded the game up as Austria and their colonial range should never have allowed them to get Mauritius in the first place (they don't even have "Quest for the New World"), so how are they able to do it?
Also in my current game Burgundy won their war against France and has captured most of that territory and is one of the most powerful countries in Europe, but they haven’t colonised a thing by 1650. In the mean time (and probably helped by the absence of France), England, Holland, Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Milan and even a Catholic Granada have become the major colonial powers. It makes no sense for Burgundy to completely neglect colonisation when they are in fact in a prime position to do so, their AI is just dumb. My only guess is that Burgundy's AI has been programmed not to bother with colonising because it is assumed that they will be beaten by France and France will take that role, well not in this game. I don't understand why the AI can't see its good position and exploit it.
