Change region ownerships without FOW bug (easy method)

[shokh]

This guide should help you to make easy, safe and working region changes without needing to correct the fow bug.
Also this tutorial can be used to fix existing Fog of War bugs. (at the end of this posting)


Needed Tools:

An ESF Editor

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303205

Example Scenario:

We would give Florida to the 13 colonies. The owner from Florida is Spain.

When you now change it by editing the regions_array ( http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...php?t=272139#x) you have to correct the fow like explained in Erasmus777`s Tutorial (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303205).

But we will try now another method. its simple and safe.

1. Open your startpos.esf in the editor and go to the faction_econimics from the faction who should become the wanted region. There we will raise the starting money. I gave them 10mio Gold to be sure




2. Now save the startpos.esf and start a game with 13 colonies (or your faction who should get the new region). open up negations to Span (or the Faction from where you get the region) and give her the money for the region).
You MUST buy the region, a just given region as a gift may not work.

3. Save the game with an good name like "13 colos get florida" and close the game.

4. Open up the ESF Editor make now a hybrid startpos like explained in Husserls ESF-Guide.
In short:
Open savegame and startpos at the same time.
Delete the whole folder campain_model.
Save startpos.
Copy the campain_model from your savegame (your PC will need soe time).
Paste it now on the same position in your startpos (once again your PC is working hard)
Save startpos and you are ready.






When you just want to fix a fow bug in your startpos:
Buy the region who is bugged with another faction and save the game.
Make a hybridstartpos like explained above.
Buy the region back with your faction and save again.
Again make a hybridstartpos with the new savegame.
Fog of War should working now.


For me this was easier then the other methods and failsave too. Hope this can help someone.

This is working with non-capital-citys. If you want to do it for them with this method you can buy them a region in India, make this place their capital in ESF and then take their homeregion. After this you can destroy the faction and make it emergent. If FOW bugs in India for this faction - who cares?
But in this case its not faster then the original method.

Regards, Shokh

[husserlTW]

You do not have a crash doing 2 actions (buy the same region twice) in the same turn? Did you try to play as another faction?

[shokh]

Yes i tried it out and let turns go by.
All worked well with both factions and other factions.

[Dee Jay]

Sweet tutorial, should help with the mod im doing. +rep

[Şeyhülislam]

thanks for tutorial !