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[unmerged(38918)]

:rofl: Sure cant you just click on the units name and edit it there

I just tried that and it worked!!!!
I am truley amazed!!!! I had no idea that could be done, this is great. I'm gonna have loads of fun naming my armies. Ah I just thoght of one, what about 'Sergent Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band... Corps' I should make a list... THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[unmerged(38918)]

I presume this thread is for asking for help without spamming the forum with help I'm a n00b threads?

Yeah, that seems to be the idea...

 

[OriginalRafiki]

Well, anyway I played Transvaal and ran out of money where I'm now playing Belgium and I've also run out of money. I got nailed vs. The Netherlands and I my max manpower is -13 so I can't resupply my armies, how do I improve this?

For the money, take a look at http://victoria.nsen.ch/wiki/index.php/How_to_get_an_economy_running

As for manpower, the FAQ has some advice to offer:

At the start of the game, my manpower is (very) negative; why so, and what do I do?

At one point (patch 1.01?) manpower was changed so that standing armies deduct from the manpower total. However, the scenarios weren't updated to reflect this with an increase in the soldier POPs to weigh up for this, resulting in most nations starting with negative manpower.

To "fix" this, simply convert more POPs into soldiers, disband existing units and/or make sure your military spending is as high as you can get it.

 

[durecellrabbit]

Well, I've kind of got a positive income however when I build railroads my income drops for about a month a I need full tarrifs to compensate. Also I've build rail roads in all the provicnes of one of my states but I can't see a difference at all.

When I ran out of money I sold tech to Brazil and my prestige drop, which I guess makes sence, but then when I ran out of money again I did not get a open negotiation button.

Also my man power was not negative at the start, it just droped by about 30 points when I made peace with The Netherlands.

What time am I suppost to colonise the Congo?

 

[noddysseus]

I just tried that and it worked!!!!
I am truley amazed!!!! I had no idea that could be done, this is great. I'm gonna have loads of fun naming my armies. Ah I just thoght of one, what about 'Sergent Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band... Corps' I should make a list... THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meh, I just guessed that too

 

[King]

Your income will go negative if you build railways if you have the items you need set to buy in WM screen. The minute you build a railway then the game will start buying again. If you are producing the items then if you build a railway these items stop getting exported and start going into your stockpile again. Income will drop in that case as well.

 

[noddysseus]

A question that has most likely been answered before:

Whats the dealio with capitalists?
Do they just sit vacant as pops in provinces, or do I have to do anything with them after converting them?
I have just converted 2 clerk pops into capitalists in two seperate states where there are factories. Now why aren't these fat top hat wearing suits not adding anything to the tax of rich people and also, should there be a significant change in the income of the national budget?

(Both pops were around 1k large)

 

[unmerged(45852)]

A question that has most likely been answered before:

Whats the dealio with capitalists?
Do they just sit vacant as pops in provinces, or do I have to do anything with them after converting them?
I have just converted 2 clerk pops into capitalists in two seperate states where there are factories. Now why aren't these fat top hat wearing suits not adding anything to the tax of rich people and also, should there be a significant change in the income of the national budget?

(Both pops were around 1k large)

Capitalists are great, but your problem is that 1k is a really small pop. It is better to convert pops into capitalists that are 50k+ (my biggest pops), and especially do it in my most industrialized states. This way they will give a bonus to every factory you have there.

Capitalists don't get assigned to anything, they just sit around making you lots of cash.

 

[OriginalRafiki]

A question that has most likely been answered before:

Whats the dealio with capitalists?
Do they just sit vacant as pops in provinces, or do I have to do anything with them after converting them?
I have just converted 2 clerk pops into capitalists in two seperate states where there are factories. Now why aren't these fat top hat wearing suits not adding anything to the tax of rich people and also, should there be a significant change in the income of the national budget?

(Both pops were around 1k large)

Take a look at http://victoria.nsen.ch/wiki/index.php/Capitalist_Overview and http://victoria.nsen.ch/production_output/ and you'll see how capitalists influence your production.

Take a look at http://victoria.nsen.ch/wiki/index.php/POP_Income_Formulae to see how they get their income.

Short story of it all: 1K POPs don't make much of a difference

 

[Gwalcmai]

Well, I've kind of got a positive income however when I build railroads my income drops for about a month a I need full tarrifs to compensate. Also I've build rail roads in all the provicnes of one of my states but I can't see a difference at all.

Building railroads in just one province will only make a noticeable difference if that is the "factory province" (when in infrastructure map mode, one of the provinces of each state containing factories will have a factory icon. That province is the first on the list of provinces for that state, too. And the effect is not apparent when you click to build, you only get the bonus when it's completed. A bit before a railroad is completed in a factory province, check out the production of industries in that state. Then, when that RR is completed, check again. It should show a nice increase in production.

Do they just sit vacant as pops in provinces, or do I have to do anything with them after converting them?

They just sit there and emanate productivity. But you need to have large quantities. 100 thousand for a 10% increase in productivity (at base values for the bonus).

 

[noddysseus]

Danke mein Herrs.

I am actually going to convert some pops into capitalists now in my new game as Belgium. It shall be a while though before they grow to the vast heights of 100k.

Now here is another question for ye:

Reading an AAR by Stonewall, who was playing as Netherlands, and with an older version of VIP, I came across something that interested me:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176442

Seeing the great untapped potential that was housed in our East Indian colonies, a decision was made to grant statehood to Sumatra and Batavia (I gave Javan as a state culture). All inhabitants would now be Dutch citizens, complete with all the rights and responsibilites that come from citizenship. A new steel mill and clothing factory was founded in Batavia and a furniture and lumber mill was founded on Sumatra. Skilled workers flocked to these factories and soon expansions were ordered to keep up with demands of both consumers and employers.

What I want to know is how did he manage to grant statehood to those states? In normal Victoria this is impossible because none of the provinces in this region have a majority Dutch population. So I just want to confirm that this is only possible in VIP and that you can also only choose specific cultures to be made state culturs in VIP too.

Thank you

 

[OHgamer]

Now here is another question for ye:

Reading an AAR by Stonewall, who was playing as Netherlands, and with an older version of VIP, I came across something that interested me:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176442



What I want to know is how did he manage to grant statehood to those states? In normal Victoria this is impossible because none of the provinces in this region have a majority Dutch population. So I just want to confirm that this is only possible in VIP and that you can also only choose specific cultures to be made state culturs in VIP too.

Thank you

Easy - he modded the initial .inc file beyond what VIP does to make Javanese a state culture along with Dutch. Any colony that has a plurality of a state culture in one province can become a state. You can do the same with vanilla, just add to the list of cultures in the .inc file any culture you want to include.

Stonewall clearly indicated that he himself added this to his game, so I would not call it cheating at all, if you change the parameters of the game from the start and use them throughout.

And that is what makes Paradox games so wonderful, the ability to customize the game as suits your personal taste.

 

[noddysseus]

Easy - he modded the initial .inc file beyond what VIP does to make Javanese a state culture along with Dutch. Any colony that has a plurality of a state culture in one province can become a state. You can do the same with vanilla, just add to the list of cultures in the .inc file any culture you want to include.

Stonewall clearly indicated that he himself added this to his game, so I would not call it cheating at all, if you change the parameters of the game from the start and use them throughout.

And that is what makes Paradox games so wonderful, the ability to customize the game as suits your personal taste.

Thanks, sounds cool. I didn't spot that he had edited that file specifically, but I had a sneak suspicion. By the way, is there any other way of granting statehood to the colony of Sumatra (as its called in vanilla) without editing? Or any way you would recommend?

 

[unmerged(33144)]

I can't open negotiations with anyone in the diplomatic screen. I just don't get the option. What's wrong?

 

[noddysseus]

I can't open negotiations with anyone in the diplomatic screen. I just don't get the option. What's wrong?

Hover over the option, and it should tell you why you cannot.
I predict you don't have enough money to pay for negoitiations.
The better your international rating, the cheaper it will be to negotiate with the big boys and even cheaper with the small boys.

 

[OriginalRafiki]

I can't open negotiations with anyone in the diplomatic screen. I just don't get the option. What's wrong?

If you have negative prestige, no-one wants to talk to you.

The better your international rating, the cheaper it will be to negotiate with the big boys and even cheaper with the small boys.

Uhm, I think you mean, the better your relationship with the country in question, the cheaper you'll be able to get given deals?

 

[unmerged(38918)]

Meh, I just guessed that too

I'm sorry I ever doubted you. There, are you happy now?

 

[noddysseus]

I'm sorry I ever doubted you. There, are you happy now?

No it wasn't that. I knew you never doubted me, hence why you tried it out.
However King of Minors was unsure if it could have been done, and to be honest, I just said it cause somebody else pointed it out

 

[unmerged(38918)]

No it wasn't that. I knew you never doubted me, hence why you tried it out.

Good point. Actually it kinda happened by accident, my finger had a spaz attack and clicked on the army name and I saw the wee flashy cursor and started typing.

 

[noddysseus]

If you have negative prestige, no-one wants to talk to you.

Uhm, I think you mean, the better your relationship with the country in question, the cheaper you'll be able to get given deals?

I dunno...
today playing Belgium I had a terrible international rating (200th at one stage) due to quite a big national debt. The bad international rating was due to my terrible industrial score.

Anyway when I tried to open negoitiations with UK or anybody big, I was quoted £1,000!!!
However, once I finally realised that I wasn't using any tariffs o, I eventually improved my international rating to 16th, industrial score to around 50 and voila, it was only costing me £150 or thereabouts to open negoitiations with UK or any of the great powers.

Whilst this was going on, my prestige hardly changed, but only gradually grew from 15 -> 29 (10 years).