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[Hitti-Litti]

I started again my old save in Crusader Kings. I started as Apulia, small duchy in the Italian peninsula. Now I have provinces in Russia, Balkans, Italy, Spain, North Africa(only one-two), Iceland, Georgia and Middle East, including Jerusalem.

Pretty good, eh?

 

[Olav]

Great empire there!

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I expanded in to Veneto a minute ago, I vassalized them.

Apulia is a fairly easy country, easiest among duchies. You just have to first rush to Sicily to get Kingdom-title and then fight against Muslims/Pagans everywhere. Just make sure you don't get to Golden Horde's way, in my game they have conquered Bohemia. And they are at war with Ayuubids, so they may expand to Middle East.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

Here is a pic of my progress as Germany in HoI:



I think it's going well so far, it's 1939 and I've annexed Austria, Checkoslovakia and Poland...next step is to invade either France or Russia.

It took me a while to figure out how you move divisions from one army to another, but apart from that it's all good.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

You declared war on Poland early? That could lead to some problems with the USSR, so watch your border there

Usually, there's an event in August '39 in which Germany and the Soviets agree to split Poland, then the 'second world war' events trigger at the end of that month. It keeps them off your back while you take on western Europe.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

Yeh I got Austria and Checkoslovakia via events but I went for Poland under my own steam

Yes, I'm sure it will lead to problems for the USSR.

Those sound like words I'll be eating in a couple game-years....

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

We'll see, I've never tried attacking Poland early or going against the USSR in such a fashion - in all German games it's the big enemy. Many other players have though, but keep that border well-guarded.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Does anyone else here have Crusader Kings? If yes, then someone wise could tell me how to prevent vassals loyalty decreasing? About 10 of my vassals have broken free, though about 7 have came back, 1 I have conquered and 2 were so far away/poor, that they weren't worth a war.

 

[Olav]

If I remember correctly it's good to keep the vassals taxes low and have a good reputation. Long time since I played CK, so not 100% sure.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I keep my scutage at 0. Maybe I fight too much...

Golden Horde conquered Germany. Uh-oh.

Waiting still for Il-Khanate in Persia...

 

[Berrie]

Just started a new HoI2 game as the Soviets. I think I've discovered how the Spanish Civil War works - whichever side you support will lose.

Not true.
It depends mostly on what territories both sides get with the start of the civil war. And it happens that some countries don't intervene while they normally do and otherwise.
As Sweden I managed to get the republicans to win with massive aid of supplies. But it helped that Germany didn't send the Condor legion.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I was joking with that post

Usually as Germany (and most other nations) I see the Republicans win, when I want the Nationalists to. When I played as the Soviets I wanted the Republicans to win...and they lost quite spectacularly.

 

[Berrie]

I was joking with that post

Usually as Germany (and most other nations) I see the Republicans win, when I want the Nationalists to. When I played as the Soviets I wanted the Republicans to win...and they lost quite spectacularly.

Oh, OK...

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Have you had problems with the screen size on EU2? It is installed on laptop, but the game is about 1/4 of maximum.

 

[Olav]

I play it on a laptop, and have never had any problems with the graphics. Have you tried to change the screen resolution?

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I changed screen resolution to 1024/768(?), which is max resolution of EU2. But the laptop is "widescreen", so that may cause the problem.

Same problem with CK.

And FM07, though it started only a while ago.

I've had graphical glitches on the normal "not-laptop" computer after removing MyMap. Then I tried to re-install it but it freezes when copying core files. Maybe I should re-install MyMap and remove it again, I think some of the files are still there, I messed with the uninstalling.

 

[Olav]

Too bad it didn't work Graphical problems is always frustrating.

Yeah, I have also experienced big glitches with the map after removing both MyMap and WATK - first I tried to remove the maps-folder, and then paste in the backup folder of the old maps. The map got fine again, but then other problems came up. So the only solution was to do a complete reinstall... So now I only stick to ACGEEP

 

[Hitti-Litti]

HAHA! The uninstalling works!

So, after re-installing, I'll install MES(Mongol Empire Scenario, I highly recommend) and AGCEEP. After patching, of course.

My problem was and useless video file. When I selected "Repair" it installed another avi-folder. I removed other one, but then uninstallation froze. So I took it back from trashcan.

 

[Rossiya]

You know EU2, am I the only one that finds the massive gaps in the map really, really crap?

 

[Rossiya]

I started again my old save in Crusader Kings. I started as Apulia, small duchy in the Italian peninsula. Now I have provinces in Russia, Balkans, Italy, Spain, North Africa(only one-two), Iceland, Georgia and Middle East, including Jerusalem.

Pretty good, eh?

What game is that?