Westernizing as Kongo

[thegreatuniter]

I'm trying to get the african power achievement in 1.8.1 and have had some mild success, but too little too late. Now i've encountered the problem that in the new patch i can't westernize of a
completed colony, not a colony in progress, an actual portuguese core in Africa. I have to actually go to tangiers and take fez or a province like that, vassalize something next to it (for coring range) and then westernize. If i remember correctly, this didn't use to be the case. Is this working as intended? I've found no people with similar problems except, oddly, my roommate with Zazzau.
So in short: Why can't i core of portuguese (completed) colonies in Africa as Kongo(/Zazzau), if this is intended, why? It really ruins the african nations for me.

 

[Squirrelloid]

I'm trying to get the african power achievement in 1.8.1 and have had some mild success, but too little too late. Now i've encountered the problem that in the new patch i can't westernize of a
completed colony, not a colony in progress, an actual portuguese core in Africa. I have to actually go to tangiers and take fez or a province like that, vassalize something next to it (for coring range) and then westernize. If i remember correctly, this didn't use to be the case. Is this working as intended? I've found no people with similar problems except, oddly, my roommate with Zazzau.
So in short: Why can't i core of portuguese (completed) colonies in Africa as Kongo(/Zazzau), if this is intended, why? It really ruins the african nations for me.

I westernized by colonizing S. America... Dumb, but it was the only way to get adjacent to a european.

 

[thegreatuniter]

To be clear: in my multiple attempts i was next to either portuguese (south-african) cape, or to their colony next to mali, by conquering mali. Both didn't work. I received the message i could westernize the first time i settled next to his colony near mali, but after 1.8.1 it dissappeared (or after loading the game). This all happened in 1.8/1.8.1, with DLCs Conquest of Paradise, Art of War, Wealth of Nations, Res Publica without any mods. All my provinces next to portugal were cored, i had +3 stability, no overextension, was enough techs behind, had religious unity (catholic) and was a despotic monarchy.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

You can't westernize off trade companies.

If you can't just take the province off Portugal, do note that inland provinces can't be trade companies in western Africa.

 

[thegreatuniter]

No trade companies involved, i double checked. I'm almost sure that the problem lies with it being overseas territory, or that it being a trade company is not displayed in my game correctly (with the HRE-province-like sign in the province view)

 

[rayyuri]

No trade companies involved, i double checked. I'm almost sure that the problem lies with it being overseas territory, or that it being a trade company is not displayed in my game correctly (with the HRE-province-like sign in the province view)

As long as the province is in a trade-company region (you can see the region in a mapmode), it doesn't count. I say so because even if I turn off the DLC to disable trade company, these provinces still don't count.
In my last Ming game I westernized by colonizing Brazil.

 

[thegreatuniter]

Ah thanks! i thought they had to manually add it to the trade company and it would be visible somewhere. That solves my headache!

 

[Squirrelloid]

As long as the province is in a trade-company region (you can see the region in a mapmode), it doesn't count. I say so because even if I turn off the DLC to disable trade company, these provinces still don't count.
In my last Ming game I westernized by colonizing Brazil.

*facedesk*