Trade Links

[Alexandre]

Later this week, I'm going to post a list of trade links in the FAQ section. I'd like to hear from other people about what you'd find most useful.

The format that I've got the information in is:

County Name
Trade Link 1
Trade Link 2
Trade Link 3

For each trade link, I have:

Kingdom/duchy/country/Province ID/Number of Trade Links that the other city has (or province name if only one trade link)

Am I forgetting anything else that would be useful, or not seeing a better way of organizing the data?

Alexandre

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Is it default kingdom & duchy?

 

[Alexandre]

Is it default kingdom & duchy?

Yes, it is; wouldn't be too useful otherwise.

Alexandre

 

[Canenald]

What exactly is a trade link?

 

[Olaus Petrus]

 

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Trade links are the spread neighbours or links existing between two provinces on the map that are not direct neighbours. For example Byzantion and Venice. They count as neighbouring provinces for the purposes of spread events, including, but not limited to, tech spread and plague spread.

I think it sounds pretty good plan Alexandre. I'd love to see someone draw a readable map of trade links though.

 

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Trade links are the spread neighbours or links existing between two provinces on the map that are not direct neighbours. For example Byzantion and Venice. They count as neighbouring provinces for the purposes of spread events, including, but not limited to, tech spread and plague spread.

I think it sounds pretty good plan Alexandre. I'd love to see someone draw a readable map of trade links though.

If you get a map that would be all that was needed otherwise a lot more might be.

 

[Alexandre]

I'd love to see someone draw a readable map of trade links though.

Draw a map? That's doable. Make it readable? That's the hard part.

Alexandre

 

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I know, my attempts at making a trade link map turned out rather like a mess really.

 

[Alexandre]

I know, my attempts at making a trade link map turned out rather like a mess really.

It might work if you use different colors so that overlapping links remain distinct, but since I'm good with tables and figures . . .

 

[unmerged(21937)]

It might work if you use different colors so that overlapping links remain distinct, but since I'm good with tables and figures . . .

I tried just that, but the problem was certain areas like Adriatic sea and English channel, where there are just so absolutely humongous numbers of links going through a narrow area.

 

[unmerged(2456)]

I tried just that, but the problem was certain areas like Adriatic sea and English channel, where there are just so absolutely humongous numbers of links going through a narrow area.

You could always do a zoomed in map for the English Channel.

 

[Alexandre]

I think it sounds pretty good plan Alexandre. I'd love to see someone draw a readable map of trade links though.

Hi Byakhiam:

I tried to post, but was told that the FAQ forum isn't accepting any new posts. Do you want me to start a new post in this one, and let a moderator move it or have I been doing something wrong?

Alexandre

 

[Gaute65]

Hi Byakhiam:

I tried to post, but was told that the FAQ forum isn't accepting any new posts. Do you want me to start a new post in this one, and let a moderator move it or have I been doing something wrong?

Alexandre

Post it here.

 

[caknuck]

I think it sounds pretty good plan Alexandre. I'd love to see someone draw a readable map of trade links though.

(/me drifts off into a fantasy world, where he's on the design team for CK2)
Instead of a map overlay, it would make more sense to have subtle trade link lines/arrows appear when you click on a province.

For instance, you click on Barcelona, and subtle lines radiate out towards Mallorca, Genoa, Cadiz, etc...

Of course, this option would be toggleable in the new Display Options menu...
(/me awakes from his dream sequence)

 

[Grosshaus]

Hi Byakhiam:

I tried to post, but was told that the FAQ forum isn't accepting any new posts. Do you want me to start a new post in this one, and let a moderator move it or have I been doing something wrong?

Alexandre

Sounds like a good approach. Byakhiam can do the moving himself.

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Hi Byakhiam:

I tried to post, but was told that the FAQ forum isn't accepting any new posts. Do you want me to start a new post in this one, and let a moderator move it or have I been doing something wrong?

Alexandre

As Grossie says, start a new thread with appropriate informative title in here and I'll get it moved.