Myself, I just wanna be a part of the world, not dominate it!

[Neptulon]

Am i all alone? I think it's funnier getting a good reputation, some nice buddy allies that actually helps you out and have a an own little kingdom instead of playing the "Total war guy" that doesn't know what diplomatic is, and only attacks and attacks, over and over again.

Now is there any mods that could boost my kind of playstyle? Am I alone?

[Samir]

almost all mods allow and increase the fun in this game style.

I think that one of the most important factors are a bigger number of provinces than Vanilla, so that you can expand a bit without running into other factions core lands after 10 turns, run an economy and run a military. That you can start a military campaign for one province of your enemy and if you succeed you dont destroy the faction because you took their main province.

Mods in general have enhanced and more reasonable AI diplomacy too.

I usually dont expand (much) over a factions homelands. I hate it when the english empire reigns from west ireland to moscow. Honestly I never came that far except in one of my first campaigns, as it just looses the fun after a while. I usually restarted the campaign then, most often with another faction.

nowadays I play hotseat games, where I control several (sometimes even opposing) factions. Allows more different situations for me. But I dont really give much damn about my reputation, using spies and assassins as a diplomatic tool has its downsides

[Neptulon]

Im using retrofit for now, you think the AI of it is good enough orshould i get something else? and how do you play hotseat anyway :S

[Samir]

you change this in your medieval2.preferences.cfg so that it is written like below, thats for Patch 1.02.

[multiplayer]
playable = true

[hotseat]
autoresolve_battles = 0
disable_console = 0
disable_papal_elections = 0
save_prefs = 1
update_ai_camera = 1
validate_diplomacy = 1
turns = false
scroll = false

with this settings you can play also defensive battles. full guide to what does what under

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showp...7&postcount=19

to take control of a faction you either have to select it when you start a campaign or open the console and type:

control <faction>

i.e.
control HRE
control England
control Turks

just use the same faction names like in your descr_strat.txt

if you type

control HRE

again it will change the control for HRE back to AI control.

Dont forget to make the preference file read only.

[Ambiorix_thijs]

Let me get this straight.

If you type control Mongols in the console you can actually play the vanilla game with the mongols once they arrive?
That would be awesome. . Can you save it that way than too so you can start with them when you load again? or do you have to load and save it on your normal faction and than type the same thing again in the console.

[Samir]

worx only with new campaigns. but theoretically you can play the mongols.

however I sometimes get a crash to desktop if the faction I take over is not listed in the playable faction (descr_strat.txt) and I hit end turn. you can copy paste them to the playables and check whats happening though. Rebels = slave btw

if you play hotseat you have to play the factions one after another every turn.

i.e.
Turn 1 you control England, France, Egypt and Turks
you play your english turn 1 hit end turn
you play your french turn 1 hit end turn
you play your egypt turn 1 hit end turn
all other factions have their turn 1
turn 2
you play your english turn 2 hit end turn
you play your french turn 2 hit end turn
you play your egypt turn 2 hit end turn
all other factions have their turn 2
etc.
if you add another faction to your control list you can play that faction too at their next turn.

you can give back the control over the faction anytime you want to, by typing control factionname again. if you do it while you are in that factions turn, the AI will finish the turn (move some armies, etc.) and you switch to the next faction under your control or next turn. no faction looses any turns if you play hotseat.

If the AI attacks you during their turn, you get the battle intro where you can either auto resolve or fight on the battle map, after the battle the AIs turn goes on.

but you have to make your preference file write protected, because if you dont the game repairs the file to the original nohotseat version. and you have to start a new campaign for the settings to take effect.

[Zarithar]

Your avatar is so distracting Neptulon... almost hypnotic.

[masterbaker]

Your avatar is so distracting Neptulon... almost hypnotic.

I know, at first I thought it was a new British Gas advert

(apologies to non-brits)

[Praetorian_Mossop]

I like to set myself short term campaign targets, like taking the British Isles as soon as possible with England and the spain peninsula with Spain. After this initial 'blitz' I won't attack another faction and will focus on improving my economy and military, this neutral stand has been demolished in my Spain campaign because those French buggers keep attacking me! Why they think a single stack can destroy 16 provinces I don't know....


So aside from MODs, that is really the only way to go around as being a nice little empire.

[asoiaf]

I think it's funnier getting a good reputation, some nice buddy allies that actually helps you out and have a an own little kingdom

This is exactly how I play, generally setting myself my own goals at the start of a new campaign.

[Ambiorix_thijs]

I dont understand your explanation. How do i control the mongols in my russian campaign for example? and how do i typ it in the console? thx +rep

[SaxAppeal0416]

Am i all alone? I think it's funnier getting a good reputation, some nice buddy allies that actually helps you out and have a an own little kingdom instead of playing the "Total war guy" that doesn't know what diplomatic is, and only attacks and attacks, over and over again.

Now is there any mods that could boost my kind of playstyle? Am I alone?

nice avatar