Starting a game before 1419

[Demirkirat]

I am working on a scenario beginning in 1328. As a starting base I use the 1419 scenario (version 1.3 beta 29 december). I have made several country-related modifications. I have also changed the startdate in both header and globaldata files.
The scenario loads without any problem. The modifications implemented appear. The startdate is 22 august 1328 as I want to. But as soon as I start the game, the startdate gets automatically to 1 january 1419.

Is there any no limit patch required ? Or do we have to start a game from 1419 onwards ?

I appreciate any help.

 

[Nein]

Can you provide a copy of the text of your scenario files? Because there's a lot of dates you have to change for your mod to work.

Here's an example from WATKBAOI's 1337 scenario.

absolutestartyear = 1337
startyear = 1337
endyear = 1914
startdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1337 }

selectable = { MOM KIL ANJ BOI MLI SFU FAN OYO IGA FUL DAR SLL KAF GAL WLY BNY NKO RWA ANK LUB MWI LUN CHO CNG NGU TKK LOA SNH CHC MOC PWA MIK SEM MIA PUO MOH QUA CHN MDC KLA CEE COM CHY QUH MIO PAG PAL SIA BAI BIM BAJ BUT LUW KUT SUL MAO CHM AYM CAJ MIX TLA PRH MET DAK CEK LEN SHM NVJ POS POW WER BYS RAV ORM BRL OEL OPP FOI MLL GRL TRN HAD YEM MRA GHA UTR JUE SWI SAL MEI FRE GNV BRN BYL HOY BYU BRU BLC DAU NRM AMB AQI TON LIE RAG BOL ANC ACH ADA ADE AKK ASH MZB TLE ALD ARG ARK AMG AMI ASS NEV ATH ATJ HAB AUV AYD MRV AYU AZT BAD BAN BGL BEN BRG BOS BOU HAU BRA BRE BRI BEI BUG BUL BUN BUR BYZ CAM CAN CAS CHG CHA CRG CHE CHI KLE KOL CON CYP CYR DAH DAI DLH DAN DUL DUR EGY ENG EPI ERE ETH FIR FLA FRA FRI VOL GEL GEN GEO GMY STE GON GRA GUJ GUR GWA HAH HAS ARA HES HLL HUN HUR HYD ILK INC OHI JAI NIP JAU JOD JOL KNB KAR WAA KHA KNI KON KOR KTC KRN LAN LEI LIT LOR BOH MAD MAG MAI MAJ MKS MAL MLW MAN MSV MAA MEC MEW MLO MOD MGD MOL MOR MST MOS MYA MUN NAJ NAP NAS NAV NEP NOG NOR NVG NUB NUE OLD ALH ORI TUR PAP VER PEG PRM PIA POD POL POR PSK QAR PFA RYA RYU SLZ SAV SHL SCO SER SHA SIB SIC PIS SIL SND SMO SON SRI STR SUZ HEL TAU TEK TER LAT TIB TID TRE TIE TUN TVE TYR UKR ULS VEN VIJ WAL WUR WRZ XHO ZAN ZAP ZIM ZUL

# Ilkhanate succesor states.
CHB BAL MUZ UZB INJ KRT JAL
}

flagname = { }

ENG = {
countrydifficulty = 4
countryeconomy = 3
countrymilitary = 4
countrydiplomacy = 3

}

option = {
name = "Ilkhanate Succesor States"
tag = Ilkhanate
status = no
}
option = {
name = "1 option Nappy events"
tag = Nappy_Events
status = yes
}
option = {
name = "Historical Denmark Setup"
tag = Atterdag
status = yes
}
option = {
name = "End Game at 1914"
tag = End_Game
status = yes
}
}

globaldata = {
startdate = { year = 1337 month = january day = 0 }
enddate = { year = 1913 month = december day = 29 }

(This data may be separated into two files instead of one)

 

[ConjurerDragon]

I am working on a scenario beginning in 1328. As a starting base I use the 1419 scenario (version 1.3 beta 29 december). I have made several country-related modifications. I have also changed the startdate in both header and globaldata files.
The scenario loads without any problem. The modifications implemented appear. The startdate is 22 august 1328 as I want to. But as soon as I start the game, the startdate gets automatically to 1 january 1419.

Is there any no limit patch required ? Or do we have to start a game from 1419 onwards ?

I appreciate any help.

There are several existing mods that start before 1419, see:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/list-of-mods-and-scenarios.444736/

 

[Demirkirat]

Here are some extracts from my files:

#
# 1328 - The Grand Campaign (1.3 update)
#

#
# Global Data
#

globaldata = {
startdate = { day = 22 month = august year = 1328 }
enddate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1819 }

#
# 1328 - The Grand Campaign (1.3 update)
#

header = {
name = "The Grand Campaign"
startyear = 1328
endyear = 1819
startdate = { day = 22 month = august year = 1328 }

Do you think I should refer to an "absolutestartyear" as the WATKBAOI's 1337 scenario does ?

There are several existing mods that start before 1419, see:

I know. That's why I think I have done something wrong.

Do you think that using 1419 scenario as a to-be-modified basis might have an impact ?

 

[Andrei Gijgorev]

You need to change your header to this:

name = "The Grand Campaign"
absolutestartyear = 1328
startyear = 1328
endyear = 1819
startdate = { day = 22 month = august year = 1328 }

The "absolutestartyear" line is required to start earlier than 1419.

It should be noted that there are other calculations that also depend on absolutestartyear. So if you change absolutestartyear, you might also want to update all the "average_years" values in the technology files (in \db\technologies\) as well as the defines (in \db\defines.txt) that end in "_OFFSET_".

 

[Demirkirat]

I have got it. It works. Thanks for helping.