Hello folks,
First off, I wish to thank Paradox from the bottom of my heart for being so kind and supportive to us game buyers and players! Although the game is far from perfect, it's a REAL gem of a game, and your continued support of the gme and listening to fans is very impressive.
Since the new version came out, I've played a new solo game, as well as doing some games in MP modes. The following bugs are ones I have found that don't seem to have recieved much attention....
1) The 'Forced Loan' bug.
In a MP game, if you are NOT the host, and you have automerchant ON, then at the end of the month, if you do not have enough money to pay for a merchant, a loan is taken out to pay for it. This does NOT happen in the solo game OR if you host a MP game. If you don't have the money for a merchant in those cases, then you don't send it out -- which, IMHO, is the RIGHT thing to do. I use auto because there is so much else going on allready.....
2) The 'Forced Loan Take 2' bug.
In the same game setting as the above (when you are not hosting a MP game), sometimes when you go to upgrade a fort or buy a official or troops, and you have plenty of money, and when you are done buying you have like 15 or 20 left, suddenly, you have a un neeed loan. Once this happens in a game, there is no way to prevent it except by being VERY carefull when you buy things. Quitting the game totally (back to Windows) and coming back seems to help for a few years.
3) Hey! When do we do get there!
AGAIN, in the same situation as above, when you assign units to move, the 'green bar' that shows their progress in moving does'nt work. You don't know when the unit will get there.
4) Why did the band stop playing?
Sometimes, in both solo and MP games, the music will cut out for no known reason and there is no way to bring it back except by quitting the game totally.
5) Darn it, why won't you join me?
In one game in MP mode, I was playing Turkey and was trying to annex Crimea. ALL the conditions that the game calls for are there -- I had a border with them, more then 10 years had passed since they became a vassal, we were the same religion, we had a royal marriage and they were in my alliance, I had a dip, and neither nation was at war. Yet the option to offer annexiation never came up. It was like this for years.
6) I defeated you allready!
In another MP game, I was playing England and was in a alliance -- NOT the leader. I went to war with Scotland, who was in Spain's alliance. I crushed their armies and took all their lands. But the option to annex never came up. I'm SURE I could annex nations I defeated before even if I was'nt the alliance leader...did the rules change?
In addition, although the sudden 'crashes to desktop' are MUCH better in this new patch, they are still happening, I'm afraid.
About once or twice every six hour gaming session, I would estimate.
If anyone has any information/suggestions/fixes for these bugs, PLEASE let me know.
Thanks, Greg
First off, I wish to thank Paradox from the bottom of my heart for being so kind and supportive to us game buyers and players! Although the game is far from perfect, it's a REAL gem of a game, and your continued support of the gme and listening to fans is very impressive.
Since the new version came out, I've played a new solo game, as well as doing some games in MP modes. The following bugs are ones I have found that don't seem to have recieved much attention....
1) The 'Forced Loan' bug.
In a MP game, if you are NOT the host, and you have automerchant ON, then at the end of the month, if you do not have enough money to pay for a merchant, a loan is taken out to pay for it. This does NOT happen in the solo game OR if you host a MP game. If you don't have the money for a merchant in those cases, then you don't send it out -- which, IMHO, is the RIGHT thing to do. I use auto because there is so much else going on allready.....
2) The 'Forced Loan Take 2' bug.
In the same game setting as the above (when you are not hosting a MP game), sometimes when you go to upgrade a fort or buy a official or troops, and you have plenty of money, and when you are done buying you have like 15 or 20 left, suddenly, you have a un neeed loan. Once this happens in a game, there is no way to prevent it except by being VERY carefull when you buy things. Quitting the game totally (back to Windows) and coming back seems to help for a few years.
3) Hey! When do we do get there!
AGAIN, in the same situation as above, when you assign units to move, the 'green bar' that shows their progress in moving does'nt work. You don't know when the unit will get there.
4) Why did the band stop playing?
Sometimes, in both solo and MP games, the music will cut out for no known reason and there is no way to bring it back except by quitting the game totally.
5) Darn it, why won't you join me?
In one game in MP mode, I was playing Turkey and was trying to annex Crimea. ALL the conditions that the game calls for are there -- I had a border with them, more then 10 years had passed since they became a vassal, we were the same religion, we had a royal marriage and they were in my alliance, I had a dip, and neither nation was at war. Yet the option to offer annexiation never came up. It was like this for years.
6) I defeated you allready!
In another MP game, I was playing England and was in a alliance -- NOT the leader. I went to war with Scotland, who was in Spain's alliance. I crushed their armies and took all their lands. But the option to annex never came up. I'm SURE I could annex nations I defeated before even if I was'nt the alliance leader...did the rules change?
In addition, although the sudden 'crashes to desktop' are MUCH better in this new patch, they are still happening, I'm afraid.
About once or twice every six hour gaming session, I would estimate.If anyone has any information/suggestions/fixes for these bugs, PLEASE let me know.
Thanks, Greg