Victoria II

[LostCosmonaut]

Originally Posted by libbrit

Anyone know how i could build a country right from scratch. I want a random, relatively unobtrusive country (to startwith) that in my mind is descended from British loyalists who escape from the US after the revolution, kind of go off the radar, and re emerge a few decades later after a Boer style `trek` Id like to imagine that this British colony still considers itself British but has been all but ignored by the British because of pre occupation with the Napoleonic war, and by the time contact is re established, the colony has become quite insular and with its own identity, perhaps forcing Britain into a dominion type relationship/

How can i make said country, where would you suggest i base it, and any thoughts on its backstory?

As a suggestion for location, possibly the area occupied by one of the plains provinces of Canada (Manitoba or Saskatchewan), after the loyalists travel west following the war. It's reasonably far away from other European settlement, and probably wouldn't have much attention paid to it in the immediate postwar years. Of course, an independent state in the middle of Canada would probably affect the political status of the Oregon territory and BC.

[LostCosmonaut]

I think I have managed to find an easter egg. Observe the name of the governing party for Manchukuo.

[Zmflavius]

Originally Posted by LostCosmonaut

I think I have managed to find an easter egg. Observe the name of the governing party for Manchukuo.

Is that a mod?

[LostCosmonaut]

I added my own nation in, but Manchukuo isn't modded.

[TurkishCapybara]

What`s the Reference?

[King Nazar]

Originally Posted by TurkishCapybara

What`s the Reference?

The Manchurian Candidate

Also, whats Novaskaya?

[LostCosmonaut]

A nation I created and have been messing around with. It includes Alaska, and the Russian Pacific coastline.

[Lt.Gen 767]

Originally Posted by Zmflavius

Is that a mod?

That party is in my unmodded version of AHD

[TurkishCapybara]

Originally Posted by LostCosmonaut

A nation I created and have been messing around with. It includes Alaska, and the Russian Pacific coastline.

How did you get so much Industry on Frozen Tundra? Is most of the population Craftsmen, Capitalists and Clerks?

[LostCosmonaut]

I managed to grab the far eastern region of China (the one where Vladivostok is IRL), so that helps. I also bumped up the pops a bit at the game start. Since my capital is in Alaska, I get obscene amounts of immigration. Also, since I have about 5 or so provinces with precious metal resources, I can keep my taxes and tariffs around 5% or less.

[The Kiat]

Originally Posted by LostCosmonaut

I think I have managed to find an easter egg. Observe the name of the governing party for Manchukuo.

I like it!

[libbrit]

For someone who has never modded the game nor created a country, can someone give me the idiots guide to creating a country of my own?

[Nietzsche]

Originally Posted by LostCosmonaut

A nation I created and have been messing around with. It includes Alaska, and the Russian Pacific coastline.

Huh. Sounds like Rolisica.

[libbrit]

Anyone know of any mods to speed up colonisation?

[LostCosmonaut]

Originally Posted by libbrit

Anyone know of any mods to speed up colonisation?

Other than the usual ones (using the console to make your nation a democracy, event 60050 I believe), you could go into the province files and bump up the liferating.

[Nietzsche]

Originally Posted by libbrit

Anyone know of any mods to speed up colonisation?

By "speed up colonization" do you mean a province you are colonizing or colonization in general?

[Dom Jao II]

Help, where is the Map Cache?

[TurkishCapybara]

Originally Posted by Dom Jao II

Help, where is the Map Cache?

In the Map Folder.

[Dom Jao II]

Hmm, do mods not have a map cache anymore?

[Inquisitor Tolkien]

Originally Posted by Dom Jao II

Hmm, do mods not have a map cache anymore?

It's part of the Vic2 main map cache (its why you often need to delete it when loading up certain mods [like PDM]). There is no separate cache for mods, no. Personally, I'm just use to doing what I did with pre-expansion Vicky2, and just making a separate copy of AHD with the mod written over it, but that's just me. No need for these mod folders, no sir (also, every time I do use it like I'm suppose to now, I get black flags everywhere, and I'm too lazy to figure out what's wrong [already deleted the flags files to allow the game/mod to recompile]).

Also, any ideas for Latin America? Anyone?

Oh well, back to my research into Spanish American independence movements so I can put one together myself.