Now you do an update for Austria-Hungary!
Thats my luck, downloaded it a few days ago and played as A-H then you do an update with loads of new units for them...
Oh well...
Haha. I'm also pleased with Justo's improvements of Austro-Hungary, and his screenshot is pleasing as well; I like the way the railroads look now.
But, the minimap is rather... unbefitting. It cuts out whole portions of the minimap with the gray rectangles and even the arms of the statues that additionally cover parts of the minimap.
Back to Ciaran... how far are you into your Austro-Hungary game?
My progress is surprisingly epic, and I was lucky enough for certain events and alliances, certain wars and certain peaces, to occur in my game for everything to fall into place, right into my hands at the helm of the Austro-Hungarian World Empire.
As you can see, the year is now barely 1908, and I control the third largest, and the third most populated empire in the world, as well as controlling the second-largest economy in the world according to the F11 report.
Earlier a couple pages back into this thread, I noticed some cities were being destroyed; apparently my No-Raze Patch bugged out for no reason, although it had been working. I needed to re-apply it from a fresh source, and it works again. Unfortunately, a few cities were destroyed (Vladivostok, and the eastern 2 cities of British South Africa) by the AI, but that's an acceptable loss; I don't want to quit and restart due to my tremendous progress already. I'm very certain I can lead Austro-Hungary to absolute world domination, from being a pathetic minor nation in Europe, to being one of the most powerful nations on the map (and the strongest nation in the Eurasian continental landmass).
Originally I started out by forming an army for a short time until I could attack the Balkans (my alliance with Germany disabled, as I don't need German assistance and would rather be able to conquer them later anyways once I possess such power), conquering all Balkan cities. Then it was a matter of taking Ottoman Thessaloniki (by that time, I had so many artillery pieces I sunk the entire Ottoman Navy from my own coastlines in safety), and beginning the process of true development of infrastructure, financial institutions, and industrial buildings. Then, war with Germany/Russia broke out, and after a while of allowing them to duke it out, thus wearing down Russia, I began a long campaign of conquest deep into Russia, taking Yaroslavl to Moscow to Kazan, from Gomel to Saratov to Tula, the entire Russian Caucasian region, and from Astrakhan to Astana to Surgut to Novonikolayevsk, and everything Russian south of that last line of cities. Once I took Novo my territorial ambitions were complete, with only relatively worthless cities in the tundra that were no longer much of a threat, and I made peace, assuring my place as the most far-flung empire in Eurasia. Soon, I would turn my eye to Ottoman Turkey, after war broke out between Britain and the Ottomans, and I took it before the British could possibly do so.
Then it was far less exhilarating because I began to completely develop, recently ending a war with Italy after taking their peninsula and Sardinian island.
My income shown on the screenshot is low; I'm giving heavy amounts of financial aid (to the tune of 2000 gold per turn, and a 4600 gold gift at the beginning of my financial war aid) to the Boers who are fighting the British, and have made gains. By funnelling money to the Boers, I hope to weaken the British in Africa without firing a shot myself. It's working pretty well, but the Portuguese are becoming increasingly powerful, having apparently taken advantage of the very long war between Britain and France by taking myriad British cities throughout Africa, including those the British took from many other nations.
The Ottomans are reduced to their three Iraqi cities, the Chinese have about half their nation left, the Russians have a single city left at Port Arthur, the Spanish have Cuba, Puerto Rico, and half of the Philippines left, while the Americans have most of Canada and Central America (CA being eliminated already). The Germans have lost virtually all their colonies, but have a decent empire throughout the Baltic regions, territory in the Russian far-east, and France controls the Lowlands and a good portion of former Spain. As of now, I am producing a great number of Steam Transports in the Caspian Sea for a prepared invasion of Persia and the last Ottoman haven of Iraq, in order to potentially pose a threat to the British in Asia.
