Questions about game options

[LegatusI]

I have just bought HOI2 DD and the Arma expansion in Gamer Gate, I have played HOI2 a few years ago and I love it, so i whant to play in the expansions. Im begining a new game with Portugal but i have a few questions about the game option:
- Democracy can start war (This is not dificult just to be sure)
- Full IC take Over
- Tech Team take Over
What do this option do and hoe do they change the gameplay?

 

[Red Jacket]

Democracy can start war - normally they cannot unless they have a guarantee of independence (goi) or another country is very belligerent (belligerence points) and the democracy has low enough intervention slider value. Selecting this option will allow the game to depart from historical path, as any country can now declare war (without necessarily being provoked).

Full IC take over - normally you conquer territory and annex a country you get only 20% of the IC value for non-core (ones you dont have claims on to start with) provinces. So taking this option will really boost your IC. Useful if you are a small country, but unnecessary if you are a major like Ger, USA, USSR...

Tech team take over - this will allow you to add the conquered county's tech teams to yours, giving you a potential big boost in tech research. Again, useful for a small country with poor tech teams, but no great value if you already have good techs. IIRC there is a bug with this.. but cant remember what it is. Think it has something do with liberating a country that you've annexed and that causing problems potentially with teams that are already assigned research projects.

 

[unmerged(44611)]

I find the tech team takeover has some real issues. For example as Germany I took over Hungary. I can understand a Budapest University being forced to work for you, but Horthy? You just deposed him. Even IF he was still in Hungary I doubt he would be much use. Also, I cannot seem to get Austria's techs without invading.

 

[LegatusI]

I know that the USA used Germans Scientists, after the war.

 

[Tanesis]

Tech team take over - this will allow you to add the conquered county's tech teams to yours, giving you a potential big boost in tech research. Again, useful for a small country with poor tech teams, but no great value if you already have good techs. IIRC there is a bug with this.. but cant remember what it is. Think it has something do with liberating a country that you've annexed and that causing problems potentially with teams that are already assigned research projects.

This I only ever use if playing as a micronation. It allows a player to use the tech teams of any other nation that YOU have annexed.

The bug (iirc) that if you start to research a tech with a team you've taken over only to release the owner of the techteam while the techs been researched when you finish researching the tech it will be classed as unresearched and you will not be able to research it again. This can be resolved by modding the save file.

I'm not sure how it effects releasing countries such as Spain which share the same tech teams.

Tanesis,

P.S

Also, I cannot seem to get Austria's techs without invading.

You mean from the Aunschluss? Presumably you could mod the event to give you them, but to be truthful Germany have far better tech teams already. I only use tech team takeover if playing as someone such as Guatemala and I want the Central American nations tech teams.

 

[blue emu]

I'm not sure how it effects releasing countries such as Spain which share the same tech teams.

There is no such thing as "two countries which share the same Tech team".

There are countries (such as the two Spains) which have Tech teams that look identical (same name, same stats, same specialties)... but these are in fact completely seperate Teams, each with their own unique ID code.

 

[xtfoster]

I find the tech team takeover has some real issues. For example as Germany I took over Hungary. I can understand a Budapest University being forced to work for you, but Horthy? You just deposed him. Even IF he was still in Hungary I doubt he would be much use. Also, I cannot seem to get Austria's techs without invading.

1) Only military Annexations result in Tech Team Takeover, not event Annexations (Anschluss, Chinese Minors, etc.)
2) There are 2 different bugs with this.
a) If you are using a countries Tech Teams when you release them, they don't get the Tech Team, you keep it.
b) If a third country releases a country you annexed, they don't get ANY tech teams (because you have them).