Victoria 3

[Richard Hakluyt]

Very odd. V3 used to crash on my old intel machine and is now very stable on my win11 AMD X3D machine 

[Norgy]

I run the game on an AMD rig. It works fine, but I've turned off all the bells and whistles that AMD offer with CPU and GPU.

HoI4 would not work because I had those aforementioned bells and whistles turned on.

Could you adjust the RAM speed in BIOS and just see how it goes, Syt?
Victoria 3 does have an extremely long load time even from an m.2.

[Syt]

I noticed I was missing an optional Windows update, so I installed that. I've been able to run an observer game now till 1901 (took about 2.5 hours) ... fingers crossed that this is the issue resolved.

[Syt]

One of the things that kept bothering me about Vic3 is how the events would interrupt the soundtrack all the damn time, even if you lower the volume of the event sounds all the way.

Went looking once again if anyone had a workaround .... yes! This mod:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378208147

It's simple - it modifies the file that defines all event sounds to be blank. Sure, you will no longer get the screaming/sawing sound of someone having their leg amputated or little fanfares, but the background music now plays uninterrupted.

(Previously I played music from Spotify instead )

[Syt]

I know everyone's on the EU5 train for now, but this dev diary for the Vic 3 DLC also looks nice (preview of the FREE patch content):

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-163-the-fine-print.1867438/

In short, laws become more interactive - you can try to bribe interest groups to either support or at least not oppose certain laws. It will depend on how amenable they are (comes in 4 tiers, from will not change mind at all to easily swayed).












Additionally, amendments might be added to laws during the legislative process which will also be a mechanic to further flesh out country specific laws (the dev diary cites the difference between French and British wealth voting).












Additionally, there will be new production methods for plantation, with the options to make it harder on the slaves/wage labor - esp. if low worker rights - together with making plantations more profitable, i.e. encouraging plantation economies more. They'll also add slave revolts.

And, if a monarch is underage, there will be regencies going forward.

All in all more exciting changes coming to the game.

[Tamas]

Thabks Syt sounds interesting.

[Syt]

Heads up: next patch will break pretty much all mods.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-164-marvelous-modding-monday.1868975/

However, it will make it easier to do partial overrides/maintain compatibility as they add a similar modding functions as EU5:

Code Select Expand

INJECT:key - this mode tries to inject the script into an existing entry. Errors if the respective entry does not exist.
REPLACE:key - this mode replaces an existing entry with a new one. Errors if the respective entry does not exist.


TRY_INJECT:key same as INJECT: but does not error if the entry does not exist.
TRY_REPLACE:key same as REPLACE: but does not error if the entry does not exist.


REPLACE_OR_CREATE:key = { } # Same as REPLACE: but if the entry does not exist, it will create it
INJECT_OR_CREATE:key = { } # Same as INJECT: but if the entry does not exist, it will create it

[Syt]

As part of the Spain content pack there will be a revision to coups:

Update 1.12's Coup system completely replaces the Coup! Journal Entry contained in the Voice of the People immersion pack, and makes it free to all users. As a result, we have decided to make it so that the new paid Depose Ruling Dynasty decision and country-specific patriotic sashes contained in Iberian Twilight will also be unlocked by Voice of the People.

If an Interest Group's approval is reduced below -10, and a country has an applicable military commander belonging to this interest group, they will be able to begin a coup against the government.

The chance for a successful coup is calculated off of a commander's Coup Strength compared to the sitting government's Coup Resistance. A commander's Coup Strength is calculated from their popularity, the number of units they command, their proximity to the capital, and the clout of their interest group, as well as any other bonuses or maluses provided by narrative content. The government's Coup Resistance is largely calculated from its legitimacy, as well as the presence of armed institutions that may rival the standing military in a pinch.

Once it begins, a coup will progress according to the ratio between Coup Strength and Coup Resistance. As one may see here, the progress of the coup is greatly benefited by the stunningly high popularity of His Highness Captain General Baldomero Espartero, Viceroy of Navarre, Prince of Vergara, Duke of la Victoria, Duke of Morella, Count of Luchana, and Viscount of Banderas. Historically, His Highness took the Regency of Spain over from Queen-Regent María Cristina following the Revolution of 1840, an event one may recreate if a commander coups a Regency.

A successful coup may have different effects depending on circumstances. In this case, as Spain is electing a law that the Petit-Bourgeoisie dislikes, the enactment of this law will cease and a law they prefer will be activated instead. Additionally, Spain will be forced into a Petit-Bourgeoisie dominated government for the next two years, or until the next election.

Once the progress bar reaches 100%, the coupist commander will issue a pronunciamiento. Attempting to exile or retire the coupist commander whilst this Journal Entry is active will also trigger a pronunciamiento, albeit one whose strength is reduced by a function of how premature it is. Depending on circumstances, the government will either have the chance to try and resist the coup, or it will be forced out of power. The former case will occur if a pronunciamiento has been triggered by attempting to exile or retire the coupist commander, or if the Coup Resistance and Coup Strength of government and commander are relatively evenly-matched. The latter will occur if the Coup Strength of the commander enormously eclipses the Coup Resistance of the government.

If a coup fails, a portion of the military proportional to the popularity of the coupist commander will become radicalised, as will the membership of their Interest Group.

In certain circumstances, one may orchestrate a coup against the government themselves. Those who own Iberian Twilight or Voice of the People may make use of the Depose Ruling Dynasty decision, which initialises a coup to replace the ruling dynasty of a country. If one wishes to restore King Miguel as Portugal, for example, one may do so by recruiting a Miguelist commander and getting them into a position where they may overthrow the constitutionalist government.

Vic 3 is the Cinderella story that I wish Imperator could have experienced, too

[Syt]

Also (this from the latest dev diary):
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-166-i-am-not-in-spain.1875473/

Changes to Colonial Administrations (Changing administrative language, racial segregation)
Electoral Confidence (going down if you manipulate elections)
Cultural Commonwealth (new type of power bloc - could be an interesting twist for Germany? Trying to replace the Zollverein with a Cultural Commonwealth?)
Rework of Colonial Governors
Some content for Cuba, Philippines, Morocco, Haiti/Dominica

Next dev diary will be about Portugal.