Victoria: Revolutions (compatibility with other games)

[dagorkan]

OK I'm still on my EU3 game (Prussia carving out an empire in west Africa), but I'll ask this now because my intention is to continue this game with Victoria using a savegame converter.

-What is the best patch/mod for Victoria? I've heard of a thing called Vicky improved or something which seems to be the most popular. What are the up/downsides of the different choices?

-Has anybody tried converting an EU3 game to Victoria? Is there any weirdness that results from it?

Eg, I've heard some people on the Paradox forums talk about a game going from 1068 (Deus Vult) and taking it into 1953 (Doomsday).

Now the thing is I don't see how that could work, I've played Doomsday and I know that there are many country specific events, eg the invasion of France which occurs at a time along a route that matches reality very well - you have to fight the game just to get an extra few months before France falls. So what happens if in EU3+HOI France doesn't exist or has been isolated to one province, or Germany never formed or the Kingdom of Bohemia has taken over everything from Salzburg to eastern Turkey (as in my game)?

-Is this 'epic game' thing worth doing or should I just skip and start a normal Victoria game which is more my thing anyway?

 

[kris]

The best converter of them all is the EU2->victoria. The ones to Hoi works as intended and wars start, but due to locked resources and other factors it ain't likely to become a balanced and fun game. I tried it several times with little succes in the fun department.

Problem with an overall long game. You will be to powerful.

I haven't tested the EU3->Victoria converter yet, I was of the impression it was not finished yet.

 

[Erzherzog]

Vicky is simply short for Victoria. The expansion pack being nicknamed Ricky.

Events don't fire in HoI2 unless you you played the 1914 campaign and had a more or less historical game.

I'm not sure if they've handed out a patch for Revolutions yet. As for the most popular mod, it has to be VIP. I haven't given that a look at what they change at all. I think they butcher Austria in it (historical maybe, but there's the fun factor...) so that's my excuse for ignorance.

 

[dagorkan]

Started a Ricky game and for some reason they've taken out the Transvaal republic and a bunch of other countries I wanted to play. Going with Bolivia, anyone got any tips for playing that country?

 

[Araanor]

Transvaal may have been under UK rule then, check another date? Same for the thers.

There are some excellent articles on the VickyWiki- like this one: http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/ind ... ew_Players

Victoria can be very opaque. Make use of the wiki.

 

[Araanor]

Like these:
http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/ind ... ted_Guides
http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/ind ... evolutions
http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/ind ... alists_FAQ

Good to have when you don't understand how something is working.

 

[dagorkan]

Transvaal may have been under UK rule then, check another date? Same for the thers.

No, default Victoria starting on the same date has it as an option and there are walkthroughs for it, but for some reason the VIP people decided to take it out, all the Boer areas except Bloemfontein (Oranje) are part of the Xhosa kingdom.

As for those guides, I've already got them all downloaded.

 

[Araanor]

"For some reason" is likely historical accuracy. Maybe Transvaal is supposed to come into existance by event at some point.

 

[dagorkan]

You're right, it was founded in 1852, the default Paradox scenario is wrong