I know, I know, there is a FAQ that covers precisely the same question. I have read it many times but I still don't quite understand how to do it. Here is proof that I have read it 
5. Yeah, but I want to change this in my current savegame !
To be on the safe side:
1) First start a new campaign with your current scenario.
Ok, presumably if I am playing the grand campaign scenario I should start another grand campaign, right? If I am playing the Fantasia I should start another Fantasia scenario?
2) Save immediately and quite the game.
This one I can do.
3) Make a new copy of the scenario as described above.
What is contained "above" is this:
"4. How do you edit the game to remove major status from a country ?
The only way to modify Majorpower status is to "erase" the countries you don't want to be unconquerable from a copy of the scenario-file (.eug). So if you want to play the Grand Campaign as France, wanting to annex the whole world, make a copy of the GC file and erase all countries but France from it and start your campaign from it."
The part I don't get, is "erase all countries but France from it". How EXACTLY do I "erase all countries"? What lines do I have to delete?
My guess, is that the answer lies in step three below, but I am not sure.
4) Start a new campaign with your newly edited scenario and save imediately.
I also don't get this. I need to start ANOTHER new campaign? How to start another new campaign with my newly edited scenario? If I have edited it then its a savefile and I can only load it as a savegame.
My guess is I should edit the grand campaign SCENRARIO file not the GAME file, so that every time I start the grand campaign scenario it will be an edited version......am I correct?
5) Open up your two savefiles and incorporate all differences between the two to the savegame you originally wanted to change.
Be carefull though as even very small errors can lead to frequent crashes.
Ok I am extremely confused here. So there are 3 files now. File 1 is the completely "clean" one created from step (1). File 2 is the edited version of the beginning of the campaign game file created under step (4). File 3 is my savegame. The part I don't understand, is the "incorporate all differences" part. Can someone elaborate? An example would help greatly.
For those not wanting to do it the hard way, Graf von Bismarck, posted this condensed howto description on the German board. It's been confirmed to work by other players with 1.07C. However as future patches might change things in the savefile that might affect the correct procedure, return to the above "safe" solution if the below method doesn't work properly.
1.) Load savegame in a text editor (wordpad, ultraedit etc).
I can do this
2.) At the beginning You´ll find entries for all selectable countries. Delete every entry except the one for Your own country.
What entries are these? What are the exact lines I have to delete?
3.) Using the search function, find the entries, where all the info for the various countries are listed. Those entries always begin with
country = {
tag = xxx
You´ll have to find the entries for the countries You want to be annexable now.
ok. I am confused. After I have deleted some "entries" in step 2, I have to find some other "the entries" in step 3 to delete. OR is it that "the entries" you refer to in steps 2 and 3 are actually the same entries?
My guess is that you are talking about the same thing in steps 2 and 3. Step 2 is the general direction and step 3 is the detailed instructions. I maybe wrong though.
4.) In every such entry change the line "major = yes" to "major = no"
I can do this.
5.) Now, at the end of the file You´ll find entries beginning with "eyr= {" for all the selectable countries. Delete those blocks for all countries save Your own.
What exactly do I have to delete? Do I delete everything after "eyr = {" or do I also have to delete "eyr = {" as well? Some more eloboration will help.
6.) Lastly, at the end of the file You´ll also see the entries "landtech", "navaltech", "army", "navy" and "size". You´ll have to delete the entries for the soon to be annexable countries there.
See (5).
7.) Save
8.) Start a game and load the edited savegame. The countries in question should be annexable now.
Maybe I suck. Maybe the FAQ is written with people with an IQ = 100 in mind while mine is somewhere hovering above 0 (I hope its above and not below). Maybe its because English is not my first language. But in any case, I am confused and any help is appreciated
Thanks.
5. Yeah, but I want to change this in my current savegame !
To be on the safe side:
1) First start a new campaign with your current scenario.
Ok, presumably if I am playing the grand campaign scenario I should start another grand campaign, right? If I am playing the Fantasia I should start another Fantasia scenario?
2) Save immediately and quite the game.
This one I can do.
3) Make a new copy of the scenario as described above.
What is contained "above" is this:
"4. How do you edit the game to remove major status from a country ?
The only way to modify Majorpower status is to "erase" the countries you don't want to be unconquerable from a copy of the scenario-file (.eug). So if you want to play the Grand Campaign as France, wanting to annex the whole world, make a copy of the GC file and erase all countries but France from it and start your campaign from it."
The part I don't get, is "erase all countries but France from it". How EXACTLY do I "erase all countries"? What lines do I have to delete?
My guess, is that the answer lies in step three below, but I am not sure.
4) Start a new campaign with your newly edited scenario and save imediately.
I also don't get this. I need to start ANOTHER new campaign? How to start another new campaign with my newly edited scenario? If I have edited it then its a savefile and I can only load it as a savegame.
My guess is I should edit the grand campaign SCENRARIO file not the GAME file, so that every time I start the grand campaign scenario it will be an edited version......am I correct?
5) Open up your two savefiles and incorporate all differences between the two to the savegame you originally wanted to change.
Be carefull though as even very small errors can lead to frequent crashes.
Ok I am extremely confused here. So there are 3 files now. File 1 is the completely "clean" one created from step (1). File 2 is the edited version of the beginning of the campaign game file created under step (4). File 3 is my savegame. The part I don't understand, is the "incorporate all differences" part. Can someone elaborate? An example would help greatly.
For those not wanting to do it the hard way, Graf von Bismarck, posted this condensed howto description on the German board. It's been confirmed to work by other players with 1.07C. However as future patches might change things in the savefile that might affect the correct procedure, return to the above "safe" solution if the below method doesn't work properly.
1.) Load savegame in a text editor (wordpad, ultraedit etc).
I can do this
2.) At the beginning You´ll find entries for all selectable countries. Delete every entry except the one for Your own country.
What entries are these? What are the exact lines I have to delete?
3.) Using the search function, find the entries, where all the info for the various countries are listed. Those entries always begin with
country = {
tag = xxx
You´ll have to find the entries for the countries You want to be annexable now.
ok. I am confused. After I have deleted some "entries" in step 2, I have to find some other "the entries" in step 3 to delete. OR is it that "the entries" you refer to in steps 2 and 3 are actually the same entries?
My guess is that you are talking about the same thing in steps 2 and 3. Step 2 is the general direction and step 3 is the detailed instructions. I maybe wrong though.
4.) In every such entry change the line "major = yes" to "major = no"
I can do this.
5.) Now, at the end of the file You´ll find entries beginning with "eyr= {" for all the selectable countries. Delete those blocks for all countries save Your own.
What exactly do I have to delete? Do I delete everything after "eyr = {" or do I also have to delete "eyr = {" as well? Some more eloboration will help.
6.) Lastly, at the end of the file You´ll also see the entries "landtech", "navaltech", "army", "navy" and "size". You´ll have to delete the entries for the soon to be annexable countries there.
See (5).
7.) Save
8.) Start a game and load the edited savegame. The countries in question should be annexable now.
Maybe I suck. Maybe the FAQ is written with people with an IQ = 100 in mind while mine is somewhere hovering above 0 (I hope its above and not below). Maybe its because English is not my first language. But in any case, I am confused and any help is appreciated
Thanks.
