What affects culture conversion?

[johho888]

I think I read somewhere that the amount of power you gave nobilty, clergy etc affected the chance of culture conversion but now I can't find the thread. Could someone refresh my memory?

When looking for that thread I found another where it was said that for culture spread to happen you had to be at peace, border the province (geographically or through trade route) and you could only own every second province yourself. What is the logic behind the last criteria?

 

[Varyar]

[...]and you could only own every second province yourself. What is the logic behind the last criteria?

None AFAIK. I've reported it as a bug.

 

[Alexandre]

When looking for that thread I found another where it was said that for culture spread to happen you had to be at peace, border the province (geographically or through trade route) and you could only own every second province yourself. What is the logic behind the last criteria?

I've never found that to be a requirement -- I've definitely had culture spread within territories that I've owned contiguously in 1.05 beta. I doubt that anything has changed in 1.06.

Alexandre

 

[Varyar]

With the official 1.05 patch. If we assume that Praha has a different culture, and all other requirements are fulfilled, then culture will spread as illustrated below(in my experience).

Green arrows indicates possible culture spread, red arrows impossible. It would seem that culture cannot spread directly from one demesne province to another within the same demesne.

 

[Jayavarman]

Do not build any religious buildings (churches, monasteries, Templar houses, etc.). Build roads, docks, schools, libraries, royal posts, palaces, and such.
Increase the power of burghers and nobles to at least 35% each. Adding increments of 10 points afterwards up to 55% will further reduce MTTH.
Of course, if you are going for religious conversion, increase the power of the clergy up to 55%, and put down the peasants.

 

[Varyar]

It'd be great if someone else could spare a half-hour or so and repeat the tests that I did, as to confirm that the culture conversion event indeed does not work within a rulers demesne (as it should).

 

[Jayavarman]

It'd be great if someone else could spare a half-hour or so and repeat the tests that I did, as to confirm that the culture conversion event indeed does not work within a rulers demesne (as it should).

Hmmm... I suppose it may be true. The one province adjacent to my capital has not changed religion nor culture while plenty of my other more recent overseas acquisitions have.

 

[Ericus1]

It'd be great if someone else could spare a half-hour or so and repeat the tests that I did, as to confirm that the culture conversion event indeed does not work within a rulers demesne (as it should).

edit: Actually, you probably are right. I take that back. Every culture conversion I've had has come from spreading how you describe.

 

[Yakman]

Can culture cross straits?

 

[Varyar]

Can culture cross straits?

If you mean via 'spread neighbours' (like the trans-Mediterranean Provence-Napoli-Byzantion) then yes, it can.

 

[Yakman]

If you mean via 'spread neighbours' (like the trans-Mediterranean Provence-Napoli-Byzantion) then yes, it can.

Are there trans-mediterranean connections? for instance, can certain european provinces, will culture spread from there to africa or the near east?

 

[Ericus1]

Are there trans-mediterranean connections? for instance, can certain european provinces, will culture spread from there to africa or the near east?

Well, before I edited my response, I had said that I had three culture conversion events in the first 200 years of my game. Venice, Genoa, and Byzantium, so it seems that the spread can travel along the same adjacencies as tech spread can.

 

[Varyar]

Are there trans-mediterranean connections? for instance, can certain european provinces, will culture spread from there to africa or the near east?

The spread provinces are the same as those for tech spread, and yes there are several Europe-Africa connections, and Europe-Asia ones.

 

[Yakman]

do you know some of these connections?

 

[Varyar]

There's a list of all the trade links in the FAQ section. Some are true key points, like Cadiz which connects to Saintonge, Valencia, Provence, Mallorca, Cebta and Massat.

 

[Jayavarman]

There's a list of all the trade links in the FAQ section. Some are true key points, like Cadiz which connects to Saintonge, Valencia, Provence, Mallorca, Cebta and Massat.

How do I manually trigger the conversion events for lands adjacent to my capital; Or do I have to edit the save file?

 

[Varyar]

How do I manually trigger the conversion events for lands adjacent to my capital; Or do I have to edit the save file?

AFAIK you cannot trigger spread events, so you'll have to either edit your save file or script an event of your own to trigger. I believe someone else created an event in a recent thread on the same subject.

 

[Varyar]

I've made a map showing all trade connections except those located in the southeast corner of the map(Mecca, Esfahan etc.). Sometimes it's nice to have these things visualized

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/varyar/Spread_neighbours200.jpg

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

I've made a map showing all trade connections except those located in the southeast corner of the map(Mecca, Esfahan etc.). Sometimes it's nice to have these things visualized

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/varyar/Spread_neighbours200.jpg

Great work, you should ask one of the moderators to put this in the FAQ section that deals with trade-links, or else this post might get lost in all the other posts.

 

[unmerged(20077)]

Hmm, if trying to trigger the event in the province itself causes a crash, has anyone tried the culture conversion provevent code in the adjacent province from which the culture would be spreading?