Yeah I have that codec. Should I uninstall it? But I kinda need it though.

Don't uninstall the codec.

Go here:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com

Register your game.

They'll help you out there.

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Added on January 23, 2011, 12:49 amIf you look at the menu of the forum, there is My Games, go there register your serial key. Then you can see the EU3 support forum. Current games/Europa Universalis III

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 23 2011, 12:49 AM

owh n i pretty like how the histroy are written..when i bought the coplete pack, it was quite cool seeing some notes on each ruler when u resign the game. but now, it is like reading a histroy book. n it was freaking good n super sweet hahahaa

Alright, I think I fixed it, thanks. Needed to copy the patched exe. Btw is there any manual for the game? The tutorials don't explain many things.

There is a manual. Check in your steam game library, should be a link to the manual.

Also on the paradox forums, once you've registered your game, you can access the FAQ sub forum and download the strategy guide.



This post has been edited by frags: Jan 29 2011, 03:23 PM

Hmmm contemplating starting a France EU3 grand campaign(with Divine Wind of course) AAR OR a Victoria II AAR of a smaller nation. Which should I do?

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 29 2011, 03:23 PM

I vote for EU3 so I can see how it plays

But I am partial since I don't own Vic2

EU3 for me too! But i wouldnt mind Vic2 also since i'm not familiar with the game at all, and this would be a great chance to get me interested.

Eu3 please... but i don't have DW expac lol.

France at the turn of the 15th century is a nation splintered by smaller duchies and vassals.


Ruled by King Charles VI, she was gifted with a great ruler and huge manpower. Unfortunately at 1399, she had a very small land army. One regiment with 9,000 men and the other just with 1,000 men.


The smaller independent states started fighting with each other immediately(might be realistic) as Burgundy, a rather large faction on the North East of France declared war on Bar, a one province state that frankly shouldn't be a problem for Burgundy. Burgundy only has one regiment of 1,000 men. France looks on and is neutral in this engagement. King Charles considers a reconquest war against Burgundy to increase France land holdings, but not before she has grown her army. So she awaits for his second regiment to recruit more men before striking.



PS : Not sure if I'll stick with thumbnails but it is less bandwidth intensive.

This post has been edited by frags: Jan 30 2011, 01:22 AM

tis type i wan lookin for..huhu..

Due to the fact that Europe was made up of small states that were allied with each other, going to war with Burgundy will mean England, Britanny, and a bunch of other nations going to war with me. Not something France wants to get into at this time. King Charles has to grow his kingdoms prestige the hard way. There are a bunch of single province states that are vassals. If France manages to keep her vassals for 10 years with very good relations, she can force vassalise them. Something really odd happens. England offers an alliance on 1401. So France and England are now allies.


By the end of 1401, France has got an heir. King Charles throne is safe. In 1403, the Papacy called for a crusade against Algiers. France joined in the crusade and sent her army(7,000 men strong) to the coastal province of Bone. With other nations like Castille and Portugal side by side in the crusade, the defending Algiers force got cut down by other crusader armies. Generally leaving the French crusader army safe.


As the French crusaders captured Bone, back home in France, rebels sprung in Toulouse. King Charles ordered the Northern standing army to move down south and put down the rebels. It was a blood bath. No one was spared. France southern remained a little testy and rebellious so King Charles placed his Northern army temporarily in the South while the Crusader worked their way to the next Algerian province. The Algerians offer white peace to France which the King quickly dismissed. Perhaps having a base of operation in the holy lands is a good strategy he wondered.



This post has been edited by frags: Feb 1 2011, 03:23 AM

nice! But i wished it was those step by step i always liked to follow it.. and then try on my own to see the differences.

All right my game is screwed. Hard disk crapped up so the France EU3 Divine Wind save is gone. Thinking of restarting a new, not France. Or maybe Victoria 2. Any suggestions on what country to pick if I do an EU3 divine wind?

I actually (finally) jumped in EU3 recently (minus DW though) and after trying a few countries I ended up playing at Castille which turned out to be very interesting in that period.

First you have to finish the Reconquista against the last Moore settlements in south then try to unify the peninsula while keeping France and Portugal out of your backs (a unified France is a terrifying threat...)

Then options are very opened on what you can/want to do:

- I took over Portugal (big infamy hit but that was a major threat out of my back and very rich provinces) and then had practically no competitor for colonization of the New World/Africa
- Fooled around in North Africa battling against Maroco/Alger, took over few of the first provinces meaning I had good defensive positions near Gibraltar and controlled entry/exit to Mediterranean sea
- Had some huge attrition war against unified France in the 1500-ish and goddammit do they have huge armies and manpower!~ (which is actually very accurate to what it was historically)
- England tried quite a few times to take over my first colonies in Azores or Madere islands, I almost tried a Sealion style invasion but their navy was really too tough (again perfectly accurate)

I think I may start again in medium difficulty (was on Easy for first game) with another country as for now I don't have much opposition except maybe France and I am the only country actually colonizing America/Africa so it can only get easier and easier.

I didnt take any screenshot or notes since it was my first real serious game (and I was quite fooling around with mechanisms...) but I would say it's an interesting choice to try out if you havent done so yet

One thing though, to actually finish a campaign with a country for the full lenght (the one starting in late 1390 or something), it can takes a VERY VERY long time, even longer than HOI2 or 3!

For people starting up there is a strategy guide on the Paradox forums with some very good info up to Heir to the Throne expac (name is HeirtotheThrone_strategyguide) and it helped me a lot to read it first and then jump into the game and go back to the guide if I had some stuff I wasnt sure of.

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 18 2011, 01:52 PM

What? I didn't even know you could select a difficulty setting in their games. I've always thought the difficulty was based on the power of a nation when starting.

Ha ha ha, yar you can choose the difficulty and the aggressiveness of the AI.

When you select Single Player you have then the whole map where you can choose your country.
Then at the bottom right corner you have "Options".

There you can choose quite a lot of settings and that includes difficulty of the game and aggressiveness.

From my experience with HoI I wouldnt put the aggressiveness too low as otherwise it's quite boring (Germany never DoW France/England/USSR in HoI3 makes for snooze useless games...)

I got screwed up in my Castille game by choosing Historical figures (advisors, admirals etc.) which mean you can't recruit Explorer/Conquistador before the historical dates the great persons were actually born. Made it quite troublesome when I was trying to start Colonization earlier than what Spain did it historically. You can edit your saves to change that back to "Normal" but I would say to just leave it at Normal in the starting options

It's the same emplacement in HoI games btw, I admit the button in EU3 is much less noticeable though

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 18 2011, 02:02 PM

Paradox just announced a new game they are working on. It's called Sengoku. Yes it is taking place in Japan. The timing of the announcement couldn't be more awkward.



It's a character driven game like crusader kings. So you have your family etc. It's not like EU.

Crusader Kings was quite interesting and different so in Japan it can be nice.

Though I thought they were already developing CK2 so it's kinda overlap if it's just CK in Japan.

Wait and see I guess

A Let's Play thread on another forum convinced me to take a closer look on this game. Where would be best to get this game?