I've just reinstalled EU2 and AGCEEP after a lengthy time away and tried to play one of my usual games(a couple of times before, I'd chosen Muscovy/Russia at the start of the Grand Campaign, and wanted to see how Russia would fare if they were given the Latin technology tree from the start and had roughly the same benefits re technology-level as the United Kingdom/England - so, normally, I would enter in the event 3423"Peter The Great's Reforms"(the 1st option) which gives me exactly that), and then I enter in the event-code 3427 twice and, each time, choose the 2nd option so as to get rid of the 2 manufactories thatevent-code 3423 gives me.
The trouble is that, this time, unlike previous occasions, as soon as I activate 3423 event-code, the coat-of-arms at the top-left of my screen disappears completely leaving an empty black space, so that I can no longer change the quality/aristocracy/religion etc. settings any more.
Why does this occur in this latest patch? Regardless, can anyone tell me how to give a specific country (that one is playing) the Latin technology-tree without having to use the above method, now that it's failed?
I reckon some people may well argue that this is "against the spirit of the game" or something similiar. However, I find it dispiriting that some countries, such as the UK, get automatic benefits with certain events without even trying, while other countries are deliberately sabotaged with relatively artificial events designed to break up their empire(eg:- losing cores).My primary reason for playing EU2 is to imagine "what if" things had been different and the Ottoman Empire, say, had had the same rate of technological advancement as the United Kingdom etc.
Lastly, is there any point in buying and playing EU3(or indeed Hearts of Iron 3?). I've read that Paradox tends to produce a pretty rubbish, incomplete first version of its games, then produces a pretty good 2nd version, with the 3rd version usually being a disaster, with the wrong things "improved".
The trouble is that, this time, unlike previous occasions, as soon as I activate 3423 event-code, the coat-of-arms at the top-left of my screen disappears completely leaving an empty black space, so that I can no longer change the quality/aristocracy/religion etc. settings any more.
Why does this occur in this latest patch? Regardless, can anyone tell me how to give a specific country (that one is playing) the Latin technology-tree without having to use the above method, now that it's failed?
I reckon some people may well argue that this is "against the spirit of the game" or something similiar. However, I find it dispiriting that some countries, such as the UK, get automatic benefits with certain events without even trying, while other countries are deliberately sabotaged with relatively artificial events designed to break up their empire(eg:- losing cores).My primary reason for playing EU2 is to imagine "what if" things had been different and the Ottoman Empire, say, had had the same rate of technological advancement as the United Kingdom etc.
Lastly, is there any point in buying and playing EU3(or indeed Hearts of Iron 3?). I've read that Paradox tends to produce a pretty rubbish, incomplete first version of its games, then produces a pretty good 2nd version, with the 3rd version usually being a disaster, with the wrong things "improved".
