Some quick questions

[nerdymidgetkid]

Hey guys,

I'm playing as Super Germany in 1909. About 10 years ago, I fought a Great War with Russia and France, and my primary action in the peace treaty was to create the nations of Lithuania and Ukraine, to act as a buffer zone between myself
and Russia. However, I cannot ally with Ukraine as I own a couple of their core provinces. I'm be happy to give up this small piece of land to get them on side, but the game won't let me release the territory, as the nation already exists.
I couldn't release the nation during the war either, as for some reason that's against the rules. Is there any way for me to give Ukraine the land they want?


Secondly, I fought a war against the Swiss in the previous year to humiliate them. Their score is now about 460 while the Netherlands has over 500. The game also says that the Netherlands is ranked 8 and Switzerland is 9. However, the new year has come and the Swiss are still a Great Power. Do I just need to wait a bit longer (i.e. it takes 1 year for them to change around) or is this some sort of bug?

 

[DrZoidberg]

1. I dont think so.

2. Just wait abit longer. I think Netherlands needs to have a higher ranking in 6 months before they become a GP.

 

[Joemit]

I think Ruthenia has cores on the land that both AH and Ukraine have and it's only about 4 provinces. If you release them you'll be able to be friends with Ukraine.

 

[El Jojo]

It takes one full year to fall out of GP status (and they can't fall during a crisis or a great war).

As for the ukrainian lands, you could just open the savefile and change the owner (or delete the ukrainian cores). The game can't handle peaceful exchange of lands so once in a while when it really makes sense, might as well give it a hand.

 

[nerdymidgetkid]

Thanks for the advice, everyone! And yeah, Jogo, that needs to be fixed in Victoria III.

 

[Gnorf]

It's a lot easier to use the console if you want to change a few provinces. Command 'showprovinceid' to tell you the id of the province and then 'changeowner UKR province id'

 

[nerdymidgetkid]

Thanks Gnorf!

 

[Gnorf]

Thanks Gnorf!

No problem.