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[Dakorma]

Was browsing steamDB looking to see if theres anything new bundle wise, found this, could be something, could be nothing. http://steamdb.info/sub/30121/

[forsaken1111]

Was browsing steamDB looking to see if theres anything new bundle wise, found this, could be something, could be nothing. http://steamdb.info/sub/30121/

That is the official CK2 save game converter. It will be 10 bucks after EU4 releases or free with a preorder iirc

[Dakorma]

Was browsing steamDB looking to see if theres anything new bundle wise, found this, could be something, could be nothing. http://steamdb.info/sub/30121/

That is the official CK2 save game converter. It will be 10 bucks after EU4 releases or free with a preorder iirc

Oh that's nice been awhile since I preordered so I hadn't checked the store page since about June.

[EnigmaticHat]

Whoa... there's going to be an official save converter?  Yay, I'll be to enter EU4 already owning all of Europe!  That'll be totally worth playing.

On a more serious note I'd probably just jump between rulers whenever one died, that way I'd get an alternate history world that isn't totally consumbed by a deathball.

[Teneb]

I'm currently making an extremely crazy world to convert. Doing a lot of character-hopping and observe mode. Started on The Old Gods bookmark. So far:
Denmark has formed, owns more than half of Britain and Ireland and is orthodox. All pagan religions have been reformed, and zoroastrianism has had it's priesthood restored. The Karling realms have not merge into one death-blob, and Burgundy has emerged. Non-Rurikovich Rus formed. Umayyads and West Francia are fighting over iberia, with what little remains of Asturias trying to survive. And, based on one event I got as Norway (explorers finding land to the west of iceland) I may get a sunset invasion (which I'll then manipulate to avoid them from overruning Europe, but still achieving a foothold).

I guess I could share the save when EUIV launches.

[EnigmaticHat]

One thing I've wanted try is hopping between each major religion/culture group (the lines would be pretty arbitrary), going in order from most powerful to least powerful, and attempt to use a single character's lifetime to RUIN that particular group as much as I could.  Basically just playing a bunch of insane and treasonous rulers.  The main rule is that I couldn't play as a ruler that controlled their entire religion, because that would be too easy.

Not sure if it would be fun or not.  It can be such a time investment to get going on a CK2 game and I still have a few floating around, never enough time to do everything I want to.

Also... observe mode?  What's that?

[Dutchling]

I think I'll stick to the 1444 start when it comes out, and when that gets bored I will convert ck2 start dates.
Saves tend to be so messy .

I did notice that the EU4 demo runs faster than CK2, even though it was on a higher resolution. I don't think I'll ever touch CK2 again

Also... observe mode?  What's that?

Open the console and type 'console' and then 'fow'.

You are now nobody and can watch the AI play ck2. It's a fun thing to do while studying or reading a book c:

[EnigmaticHat]

That's awesome.  You'd think they'd just add an observe button if the code already works.

[Dutchling]

If you die on EU4 there is such a button.

[Teneb]

Open the console and type 'console' and then 'fow'.

A small correction, you open the console (I use Alt+numpad2+numpad1) and type 'observe', not 'console'.

EDIT: Save here if you want it.

[a1s]

And, based on one event I got as Norway (explorers finding land to the west of iceland) I may get a sunset invasion (which I'll then manipulate to avoid them from overruning Europe, but still achieving a foothold).

I actually wonder how the Aztecs would be ported from CKII to EUIV, since they would be very far from normal Aztecs, and will either doomblob all over the Americas, or all Native nations will be uplifted to a similar level of technology. Or, of course, there could be a really easily conquerable block of land in western Europe, where France and Spain Castile usually are.

[Dutchling]

Open the console and type 'console' and then 'fow'.

A small correction, you open the console (I use Alt+numpad2+numpad1) and type 'observe', not 'console'.

EDIT: Save here if you want it.

How did I not notice typing that o.O?

[Teneb]

And, based on one event I got as Norway (explorers finding land to the west of iceland) I may get a sunset invasion (which I'll then manipulate to avoid them from overruning Europe, but still achieving a foothold).

I actually wonder how the Aztecs would be ported from CKII to EUIV, since they would be very far from normal Aztecs, and will either doomblob all over the Americas, or all Native nations will be uplifted to a similar level of technology. Or, of course, there could be a really easily conquerable block of land in western Europe, where France and Spain Castile usually are.

Paradox actually talked about this. If sunset invasion was active during conversion (even if the invasion itself never triggers) there will two doomblobs on the Americas. The Aztecs themselves and the Inca (they are mentioned in some events in SI and may have gunpowder).

[Lightning4]

I'm currently making an extremely crazy world to convert. Doing a lot of character-hopping and observe mode. Started on The Old Gods bookmark. So far:
Denmark has formed, owns more than half of Britain and Ireland and is orthodox. All pagan religions have been reformed, and zoroastrianism has had it's priesthood restored. The Karling realms have not merge into one death-blob, and Burgundy has emerged. Non-Rurikovich Rus formed. Umayyads and West Francia are fighting over iberia, with what little remains of Asturias trying to survive. And, based on one event I got as Norway (explorers finding land to the west of iceland) I may get a sunset invasion (which I'll then manipulate to avoid them from overruning Europe, but still achieving a foothold).

I guess I could share the save when EUIV launches.

That's... a very interesting world indeed. That's the kind of oddness people would want to play on as an alternate history map.

I tried an observer game myself, but since I didn't interact with it at all, things didn't go quite how I thought they would.

I'll describe it behind the spoiler.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Notable stuff:
Kingdom of Ireland formed, and kicked out the Norse invaders of Scotland. By the end of the game they were equal to England in size, and Scottish culture no longer existed.
They became extremely strong towards the late game. In addition to Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall, they own most of southern Spain, and lands in France.
They also own most of Morocco.

Things went completely berserk in the Christian world in the last 150 years of the game. The Karlings had a lucky inheritance of the still-strong Byzantine Empire. This essentially formed a mega pseudo-Roman empire (Catholic, so I don't think the empire itself could form).
It promptly blew apart into constituent states, but once the Byzantines finally settled back down to Greek emperors, the damage was done. The Emperor was a Catholic.
The Schism was mended, the Catholics won.

Seemingly prompted by this, the Orthodox faith moved eastward. The Ilkhanate became Orthodox, and the Orthodox Mongols ended up conquering everything on the entire east side of the map. They conquered and converted as far north as Russia, as far south as the coast of Persia, and as far west as the border of Hungary.

Too bad the Timurids came and ate up the Ilkhanate. They reconverted most, but not all of the provinces to Shia.

The Karlings are still around, no surprise. But they lack the power of the start of the game. They had been falling from and rising to power for some time. The only kingdom they have left by the end of the game is Italy. They still own duchies and counties here and there.

Central to Western Europe is essentially a mass of unassociated states, at least, the ones that aren't controlled by the major kingdoms.

Reverse Spain. I don't know how to describe it other than this. The Muslim states that remain are in the north, the Catholics apparently never bothered to kill them off. Ireland owns a good chunk of land in central Spain, and has already spread some Irish culture there.

Empire of Carpathia is a thing. The King of Hungary inherited Galicia.

The Papal States are no longer in Rome, or even in the game. For unexplained reasons, the pope packed up and left Rome for Irish Scotland. The pope is also Irish, of course. Since no provinces up there are bishoprics, he's seemingly content with having no real power of his own anymore.

The Muslim world is almost entirely Shia. Not entirely sure what happened to cause this. I think it started with the defunct Egyptian Empire, and was continued with the Arabian Empire.

Denmark is another strong Kingdom. They own most of Scandinavia and a good chunk of central Europe.

[Rakonas]

And, based on one event I got as Norway (explorers finding land to the west of iceland) I may get a sunset invasion (which I'll then manipulate to avoid them from overruning Europe, but still achieving a foothold).

You get the greenland and vinland events regardless of sunset invasion. You will get an aztec invasion if and only if you have the dlc enabled.