Released (created) vassals don't get their capital in the correct province

[unmerged(5822)]

Version of the game is 1.05.
The bug has been fairly visible for a long time now (probably in all my games longer than 50 years this far), but until recently I only thought that it was a result of the provinces revolting in an unfortunate order (making the capital province unavailable when the capital location is determined). However, I just released the Kingdom of Jerusalem (with all their "extra" provinces moved to "minimum" in the Revolter file, so that they get all "their" provinces). The KoJ entry in the Revolter file clearly states that Judea should be the capital, yet it ended up in Syria instead.

 

[Araanor]

Here's a fun fact: the game disregards the capital line, and determines what becomes the capital from the minimum provinces. The first most likely, and so on.

 

[unmerged(8523)]

'capital'ism; or, how far should you take a pun...

i noticed the same thing; after moving the correct capital into the first 'minimum' space, i get an incorrect capital maybe one out of every 20 times. i noticed rebooting after editing helps with that, too.

steph

 

[sirbruce]

This should match up with my previous bug about the capital line not working.

Bruce

 

[AndrewT]

Was this (capital line in revolters file) logged as a bug yet? I can't find it.

 

[sirbruce]

You were asking SM about it in this thread:

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=41395

Onslaught basically figured out the actual mechanism at work (unlike my speculations) but the underlying bug is the same: the capital line isn't working.

Bruce

 

[Araanor]

I just thought the capital line was an artifact?

 

[unmerged(5822)]

Is it possible that when a country is created, the game currently puts the capital in the richest province? I have a vague feeling of having observed it before, though I'm not very certain at all about it; it's just a feeling, not something I've checked yet.

If Syria is the richest KoJ-area province, and Nyland is the richest Finlandic province, the thought gets some backing though.

 

[unmerged(5664)]

Re: 'capital'ism; or, how far should you take a pun...

Originally posted by stephanos
i noticed the same thing; after moving the correct capital into the first 'minimum' space, i get an incorrect capital maybe one out of every 20 times. i noticed rebooting after editing helps with that, too.

steph

So - if you put the capital in the first slot of minimum provinces you would usually, but not always, get the capital in that province? That would explain my experience with the Canada Mod - the capital always went to Isle Royale, although it was supposed to go to Ottawa. I always thought it was because Ottawa was a trade post in the 1795 scenario...

 

[unmerged(8523)]

moving capital to first slot...

exactly; i went through the entire revolt.txt. i remember having to change about 10 or so. it saved me having to post threads about every misplaced capital

steph

 

[AndrewT]

This one was also reported in

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41395

and has been logged as a bug there.