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[smjjames]

Also, the end of the learning scenario with the king of Leon said there were a bunch of tutorial scenarios that I could do, but clicking the tutorial button on the main menu only gives the special learning scenario for Alfonso of Leon. So, wheres the bunch of other tutorial scenarios?

[pisskop]

The whole game is a learning scenario.


afaik there are no more?  You win in ckii kind of like in DF:  by losing a lot first.

[smjjames]

I was just wondering as that's what it said.

[Cruxador]

If you've tried borderless or full screen set to your native resolution and you still have problems, it could actually be a problem of your monitor settings rather than the game's fault. I've had that happen before.

I was just wondering as that's what it said.

Probably they were going to make some more and then never did and everyone forgot they'd said that.

[Yoink]

My interest in this game has never really progressed beyond the 'mildly amused' level, considering I much prefer games that focus on a more micro level of things (also I'm not really fond of 'alternate history'-type settings) but I downloaded it last night and shall have a crack at it today sometime.
I'm sure it will end terribly!

[misko27]

I hope I'm ot spoiling but I thought it would be wise to mention that women become infertile at 45.

used to be 40?

a hidden 'fecund' and 'barren' trait that altered this would be nice . . .

Mods do exactly this. CK2+ in particular?

My interest in this game has never really progressed beyond the 'mildly amused' level, considering I much prefer games that focus on a more micro level of things (also I'm not really fond of 'alternate history'-type settings) but I downloaded it last night and shall have a crack at it today sometime.

Also, Paradox games are like Alternate history lite: yes things go differently than how they actually happened, but there are generally enough kicks in the pants to make sure history reasonably approximates our own, at least to the point that someone lacking in-depth knowledge of the time period won't usually have something to object to. It's only rarely that you get really "alternate" history, this is more like "The Windsor Faction" level alternate history: one person doesn't die so a man becomes a king who wasn't IRL, but while the route there is different the end result (ww2) is essentially the same.

[smjjames]

I hope I'm ot spoiling but I thought it would be wise to mention that women become infertile at 45.

used to be 40?

a hidden 'fecund' and 'barren' trait that altered this would be nice . . .

Mods do exactly this. CK2+ in particular?

My interest in this game has never really progressed beyond the 'mildly amused' level, considering I much prefer games that focus on a more micro level of things (also I'm not really fond of 'alternate history'-type settings) but I downloaded it last night and shall have a crack at it today sometime.

Also, Paradox games are like Alternate history lite: yes things go differently than how they actually happened, but there are generally enough kicks in the pants to make sure history reasonably approximates our own, at least to the point that someone lacking in-depth knowledge of the time period won't usually have something to object to. It's only rarely that you get really "alternate" history, this is more like "The Windsor Faction" level alternate history: one person doesn't die so a man becomes a king who wasn't IRL, but while the route there is different the end result (ww2) is essentially the same.

Not really.... You can go pretty dang far from history, even in EUIV.

[Tawa]

Most games, save Vicky and possibly HoI (which I haven't played) end up extremely far from real history by design. In CKII alone I usually end up with crazy shit like a proto-Ottoman Empire in Seljuk format knocking out Byzantium by 1150 while the Mongols completely wipe out the Russians and the French complete the reconquista.

[USEC_OFFICER]

HoI4 has a toggle for whether or not the AI will try to follow historical events, and I believe that HoIs 1-3 was structured to follow WW2 via mechanics, events and the like. Of course, given player agency and AI (in)compentcy, whether the game will actually follow historical events after WW2 starts is up in the air. It's not impossible for the French to hold the line or the Italians to naval invade the British Isles and the like.

Honestly it's not really different from other Paradox Grand Strategy Games. HoI4 pays a lot more attention to real world events than the nods that EU4 or CK2 give it but that doesn't set it apart. What sets it apart is its far more limited time scale. The butterfly effect is far more apparent in those two games because they go on for centuries instead of a decade or so in HoI4.

[Yoink]

Is it worth making an account for the game?
It seems to ask for a lot of unnecessary info...

[Culise]

Is it worth making an account for the game?
It seems to ask for a lot of unnecessary info...

E-mail, password, language, country, and birthday is all you actually need, looking at the form; the rest is all optional.  That required bits don't seem too outre to me, though the optional bits are a bit more significant.  That said, I don't know if it's actually worth it. I already had an account for...well, I'm not sure why, but I think it was because I've had a forum account there for a little while, and some data here and there got cross-populated when they were building their second web storefront (ParadoxPlaza, not GamersGate) and coding in all the game interconnectivity.  If not for that, I probably wouldn't have signed up; heavens know that even with the account, I didn't start signing in with the games for years.  I think they occasionally give out free stuff, but I don't know if that's actually linked to the game accounts.  It's also pretty rare and pretty unnecessary stuff; a mere one or two cosmetic DLC are all that spring to mind.

Actually, if it is tied to the storefront, that's probably also why a lot of the optional information is requested: it makes sense for a storefront to want to know your address and name, especially since they've started shilling physical merch as well.  And, since you don't necessarily want to buy stuff through there, it also makes sense to leave it optional. 

[CABL]

Is it worth making an account for the game?
It seems to ask for a lot of unnecessary info...

I don't visit ParadoxPlaza much (like, 2 times in a month), but if you want/need to report a bug, then you should make an account.

[scriver]

Or like mods, unless you have it on Steam.

[Cruxador]

Most major mods are hosted elsewhere too, but yeah. It's a lot more convenient to use the forum.

[Yoink]

Thanks guys. Been playing for a while now.

How come you can't join wars started by a vassal of yours? I want to cleanse the realm of heathens as much as the next guy, but yet when my steward declared a holy war (and I mobilised a healthy chunk of troops) I am unable to help out? Am I missing something?
Oh well, it's nice to see such initiative on the part of my droogs.