SSHIP - General Discussion

[Jurand of Cracow]

Don't know if this has been asked before, but I can't seem to find it previously mentioned.
Is there any way to recruit diplomats as the Serbs? I'd hate to have to convert my capital, as I haven't expanded eastward yet and it provides a nice defense/recruitment center.

Hm, you're right. The diplomats are recruited from City Halls, and at the very first level, but in the current version it's not available in the castles:

building city_hall{
  levels town_hall council_chambers city_hall mayors_palace
  {
    town_hall city requires factions { northern_european, middle_eastern, eastern_european, greek, southern_european, } and building_present_min_level builders builders2 and not building_present_min_level grasslands nomad_encampment
    {
      capability
      {
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { northern_european, } and hidden_resource capital
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and hidden_resource capital
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { eastern_european, } and hidden_resource capital
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { greek, } and hidden_resource capital
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { southern_european, } and hidden_resource capital


        agent_limit diplomat 0        
        agent_limit diplomat 1 requires factions { all, } and hidden_resource capital
        
        law_bonus bonus 2
        population_health_bonus bonus 1 requires event_counter new_era_begins 1        
;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; UPKEEP/INCOME        
        income_bonus bonus -50
      }
      material wooden
      construction  4
      cost  2000
      settlement_min large_town
      upgrades
      {
        council_chambers
      }
    }

You need to conquer somebody else capital (Esztergom, Constantinople, Venice) or to conquer a city and then get a Theologians' guild and be after the reforms:

building guild_theologians_guild{
  levels theologians_guild m_theologians_guild gm_theologians_guild
  {
    theologians_guild city requires factions { northern_european, middle_eastern, greek, southern_european, hungary, poland, russia, kievan_rus, }
    {
      capability
      {
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { northern_european, }
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { middle_eastern, }
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { eastern_european, }
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { greek, }
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { southern_european, }


        agent_limit diplomat 1


        agent_limit priest     0
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { middle_eastern, }
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter lateran_council3 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter lateran_council4 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { poland, } and event_counter POLAND5_COUNCIL_OF_LECZYCA 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { hungary, } and event_counter GOLDEN_BULL_HUNGARIAN 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA 1
        agent_limit priest  1  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN3_SHOTA_RUSTAVELI 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { northern_european, } and not event_counter lateran_council4 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter lateran_council4 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { southern_european, } and not event_counter lateran_council3 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter lateran_council3 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { hungary, } and not event_counter GOLDEN_BULL_HUNGARIAN 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { hungary, } and event_counter GOLDEN_BULL_HUNGARIAN 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { poland, } and not event_counter POLAND5_COUNCIL_OF_LECZYCA 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { poland, } and event_counter POLAND5_COUNCIL_OF_LECZYCA 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and not event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { byzantium, } and not event_counter anna_comnena 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { serbia, } and not event_counter SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA 1


        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { georgia, } and not event_counter GEORGIAN3_SHOTA_RUSTAVELI 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN3_SHOTA_RUSTAVELI 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { middle_eastern, } and not event_counter rumi 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { middle_eastern, } and event_counter rumi 1    


        trade_base_income_bonus bonus 1        
      }
      material wooden
      construction  1
      cost  2000
      settlement_min city
      upgrades

		if I_TurnNumber = 200		and I_SettlementOwner Ras = serbia						; at least the capital is in the Serbian hands
		
			historic_event SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA factions { byzantium, hungary, poland, hre, venice, kievan_rus, cumans, sicily, pisa, rum, }
			
			if not I_IsFactionAIControlled serbia
				inc_event_counter serbian3_saint_sava_player 1
			end_if
				
			terminate_monitor
		end_if

In Constantinople you'll have a university but you need the same reforms to get access to a second diplomat:

;==================================================================================================================================;===================   University  ================================================================================================
;==================================================================================================================================
; pro memoria: Peter Lombard turn 40-56, Privilegium turn 96, science_maths_zero_europe 140, Summa 284


    university city requires factions { northern_european, abbasid, egypt, turks, zengid, rum, moors, poland, hungary, russia, kievan_rus, greek, southern_european, } and building_present_min_level builders builders4 and building_present_min_level paper paper3a_parchment and building_present_min_level temple_catholic cathedral or building_present_min_level temple_orthodox cathedral_o or building_present_min_level temple_muslim jama 
    {
      capability
      {    
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter PRIVILEGIUM 1
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter PRIVILEGIUM 1
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { hungary, } and event_counter GOLDEN_BULL_HUNGARIAN 1
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { poland, } and event_counter POLAND4_LOCATION_OF_CRACOW 1
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { kievan_rus, russia, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1    
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA 1
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN2_GOLDEN_AGE 1        
        agent diplomat  0  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and event_counter omar_khayyam 1


        agent_limit diplomat  0
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter PRIVILEGIUM 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter PRIVILEGIUM 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { hungary, } and event_counter GOLDEN_BULL_HUNGARIAN 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { poland, } and event_counter POLAND4_LOCATION_OF_CRACOW 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { lithuania, cumans, } and event_counter MINDAUGAS 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { kievan_rus, russia, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1    
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { byzantium, serbia, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN2_GOLDEN_AGE 1
        agent_limit diplomat  1  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and event_counter omar_khayyam 1


        law_bonus bonus 4


        population_growth_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { northern_european, } and not event_counter THE_BOOK_OF_SENTENCES 1         
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter THE_BOOK_OF_SENTENCES 1 and not event_counter science_maths_zero_europe 1
        population_health_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter science_maths_zero_europe 1 and not event_counter summa_theologica 1
        population_health_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { northern_european, } and event_counter summa_theologica 1
        
        population_growth_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { southern_european, } and not event_counter THE_BOOK_OF_SENTENCES 1         
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter THE_BOOK_OF_SENTENCES 1 and not event_counter science_maths_zero_europe 1
        population_health_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter science_maths_zero_europe 1 and not event_counter summa_theologica 1
        population_health_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { southern_european, } and event_counter summa_theologica 1
        
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { hungary, poland, } and event_counter OSTSIEDLUNG 1 and not event_counter science_maths_zero_europe 1
        population_health_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { hungary, poland, } and event_counter science_maths_zero_europe 1
        
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { lithuania, cumans, } and event_counter MINDAUGAS 1
        
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { kievan_rus, russia, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1    
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter SERBIAN3_SAINT_SAVA 1
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN2_GOLDEN_AGE 1
        
        population_growth_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and not event_counter jazari 1
        population_growth_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and event_counter jazari 1 and not event_counter baitar 1
        population_health_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and event_counter baitar 1 and not event_counter khaldun 1    
        population_health_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { middle_eastern, } and event_counter khaldun 1


; UPKEEP/INCOME        
        income_bonus bonus -400
      }
      material stone
      construction  12
      cost  12000
      settlement_min large_city
      upgrades
      {
        great_university
        education6_house_of_wisdom
      }
    }

The best way is to have a FL/FH daugher and use her as an diplomat. The script should give you a royal lady quite soon as you must be sometime around 1160 if you initial diplomat has died.

character Pavle, diplomat, male, age 31, x 225, y 157
traits NaturalDiplomatSkill 2 , GoodDiplomat 1

        if I_EventCounter serbialady > 28            ;            and I_IsFactionAIControlled serbia


            log ------ can spawn serbia lady
            if I_SettlementOwner Ras = serbia
                and RandomPercent < 5


                log ------ spawn Jovanka
                spawn_character serbia Jovanka, princess, age 19, x 225, y 157           ; Charm 4
                console_command give_trait "Jovanka" IAmPrincess 2
                console_command give_trait "Jovanka" Princess_Royal_Blood_Serbian 1
                console_command give_trait "Jovanka" PrettyWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Jovanka" HumbleWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Jovanka" SpiritedWoman 1


                set_event_counter serbialady 0


            end_if


            if I_EventCounter serbialady > 28
                and I_SettlementOwner Skadar = serbia
                and RandomPercent < 5


                log ------ spawn Radojka
                spawn_character serbia Radojka, princess, age 19, x 218, y 149           ; Charm 3
                console_command give_trait "Radojka" IAmPrincess 2
                console_command give_trait "Radojka" Princess_Royal_Blood_Serbian 1
                console_command give_trait "Radojka" PrettyWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Radojka" GoodPrincess 1


                set_event_counter serbialady 0


            end_if


            if I_EventCounter serbialady > 28
                and I_SettlementOwner Ras = serbia
                and RandomPercent < 5


                log ------ spawn Ivana
                spawn_character serbia Ivana, princess, age 19, x 225, y 157           ; Charm 1
                console_command give_trait "Ivana" IAmPrincess 2
                console_command give_trait "Ivana" Princess_Royal_Blood_Serbian 1
                console_command give_trait "Ivana" PrettyWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Ivana" PretentiousWoman 1


                set_event_counter serbialady 0


            end_if




            if I_EventCounter serbialady > 28
                and I_SettlementOwner Skadar = serbia
                and RandomPercent < 5


                log ------ spawn Dragica
                spawn_character serbia Dragica, princess, age 19, x 218, y 149           ; Charm 2
                console_command give_trait "Dragica" IAmPrincess 2
                console_command give_trait "Dragica" Princess_Royal_Blood_Serbian 1
                console_command give_trait "Dragica" BigotWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Dragica" HumbleWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Dragica" FaithfulWoman 1


                set_event_counter serbialady 0


            end_if


            if I_EventCounter serbialady > 28
                and I_SettlementOwner Ras = serbia
                and RandomPercent < 5


                log ------ spawn Milica
                spawn_character serbia Milica, princess, age 19, x 225, y 157            ; Charm 5
                console_command give_trait "Milica" IAmPrincess 2
                console_command give_trait "Milica" Princess_Royal_Blood_Serbian 1
                console_command give_trait "Milica" PrettyWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Milica" HumbleWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Milica" SpiritedWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Milica" UnchasteWoman 1


                historic_event noble_lady_spawn_serbia
                set_event_counter serbialady 0


            end_if




            if I_EventCounter serbialady > 28
                and I_SettlementOwner Skadar = serbia
                and RandomPercent < 5


                log ------ spawn Snezana
                spawn_character serbia Snezana, princess, age 19, x 218, y 149           ; Charm 6
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" IAmPrincess 2
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" Princess_Royal_Blood_Serbian 1
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" PrettyWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" TolerantWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" SpiritedWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" FaithfulWoman 1
                console_command give_trait "Snezana" FairWoman 1


                historic_event noble_lady_spawn_serbia
                set_event_counter serbialady 0


            end_if


        end_if

[LuckyPistol]

The best way is to have a FL/FH daugher and use her as an diplomat. The script should give you a royal lady quite soon as you must be sometime around 1160 if you initial diplomat has died.

The Serbs dont start with a diplomat

[Jurand of Cracow]

Perhaps he's added during work on ver. 098 over the last couple of months. The code I've added is from my working version, so he'll be there in the 098.

[LuckyPistol]

Thanks. Another question: I've got the mines built in in Transylvania but I don't see the peasants as recruitable. Is this because I'm the Serbs and not Catholic?

[Jurand of Cracow]

It's because there're no Saxons yet - you must be before Ostsiedlung.

; only for province Transilvania - so called Saxons:		recruit_pool "Transilvanian Peasants"  1   0.04   2  0  requires factions { hungary, hre, poland, } and hidden_resource hungary and hidden_resource teutonic_knights_chapter_house and not event_counter OSTSIEDLUNG 1
		recruit_pool "Transilvanian Peasants"  1   0.09   3  0  requires factions { hungary, hre, poland, } and hidden_resource hungary and hidden_resource teutonic_knights_chapter_house and event_counter OSTSIEDLUNG 1
        recruit_pool "Transilvanian Peasants"  0   0.07   2  0  requires factions { venice, scotland,  england, france, portugal, spain, aragon, moors, pisa, papal_states, sicily, hre, norway, denmark, poland, russia, lithuania, cumans, zengid, turks, rum, jerusalem, egypt, abbasid, byzantium, kievan_rus, serbia, mongols, slave, georgia, } and hidden_resource hungary and hidden_resource teutonic_knights_chapter_house and event_counter OSTSIEDLUNG 1

Part (otherwise there're specific mechanisms for the 3 factions) of the code for Ostsiedlung:

    ;====================================================================================================== OSTSIEDLUNG    ;---------- Ostsiedlung event
	;
	; Historically it was essential for many factions in the Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, HRE, but also Denmark, Norway, Serbia, Kiev, Novgorod).
	; It impacts on those factions through buildings' capabilities, but also through other mechanisms (eg. mercenaries).
	; In this section there's the fall-back option for all factions for turn ca. 145.
	; Three factions: Poland, Hungary, HRE have their own triggers to prompt it earlier.


    set_event_counter hungary_ostsiedlung_player 0
    set_event_counter poland_ostsiedlung_player 0
    set_event_counter hre_ostsiedlung_player 0
	
    monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionType slave


		if I_EventCounter OSTSIEDLUNG > 0									; in case it was prompted earlier by factions' triggers
			terminate_monitor
		end_if
		
		if I_TurnNumber > 140												; fall back in year 1208
		and RandomPercent > 90
		
			historic_event OSTSIEDLUNG										; so important that should be known to the whole world
			
			if not I_IsFactionAIControlled hungary
				inc_event_counter hungary_ostsiedlung_player 1
			end_if


			if not I_IsFactionAIControlled poland
				inc_event_counter poland_ostsiedlung_player 1
			end_if


			if not I_IsFactionAIControlled hre
				inc_event_counter hre_ostsiedlung_player 1
			end_if
			
			terminate_monitor
		end_if


	end_monitor

[LuckyPistol]

Ahhh looks like I'm about 30 turns away. Thanks! I wasn't certain which event Ostiedlung was.

[Jurand of Cracow]

Some new coding to assist the AI:

* knights: for those recruited from Landowners building (see few entries below) the AI will get additional poll-refill for every level (this is needed because the player can be much more economical with elite troops)

; AI support

        recruit_pool      "Norse Axemen"                    1    0.04    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter early_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
        recruit_pool      "Viking Raiders"                    1    0.04    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter early_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1


        recruit_pool      "Feudal Knights"                    1    0.05    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter high_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
        recruit_pool      "Dismounted Feudal Knights"        0.8    0.05    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter high_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1


        recruit_pool      "Chivalric Knights"                1    0.06    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter late_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1            
        recruit_pool      "Dismounted Chivalric Knights"  0.8    0.06    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and event_counter late_era 1 and not event_counter is_the_player 1
            
        recruit_pool      "NE Bodyguard"            1    0.05    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and not event_counter is_the_player 1 and not event_counter late_era 1 
        recruit_pool      "NE Late Bodyguard"        1    0.05    2  0  requires factions { denmark, } and not event_counter is_the_player 1 and event_counter late_era 1

* given that the AI is likely to recruit generals from its buildings or through MotH events (what player is much less likely), there's a danger of periodic extinction of the bloolines (but not permanent: there's a mechanism of the bloodline re-establishment should the previous died out). So to limit this danger additional triggers were introduced for those not-from-the-family AI generals. Obviously, this made for the gameplay: it makes the bloodlines appearing more often thus making the "marrying of Princesses to a foreign general" more attractive (and the player has more Princesses due to a special script).

;------------------------------------------Trigger Royal_Blood_English_AI_Boost
 WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart


 Condition not FactionIsLocal
       and Trait Royal_Blood_English < 1
       and FactionType england


 Affects Royal_Blood_English 1 Chance 5

EDIT: the code in the final version is actually a bit different - to save the turn time:

;------------------------------------------Trigger Royal_Blood_English_AI_Boost
 WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart


 Condition FactionType england
       and IsGeneral
       and not FactionIsLocal
       and Trait Royal_Blood_English < 1


 Affects Royal_Blood_English 1 Chance 5

[AlberdoBalsam]

Joined TW forums when i first wrote in Kostic thread, i think. SSHIP seemed like something SS failed to achieve. Lets be honest, SS 6.4 is not the final version, the mod just died.

[Jurand of Cracow]

I think 6.4 was very advanced version and it's the final one. From then on, there're two major mods - Titanium and SSHIP - and I consider them as a follow up versions. I really wish Meloo would move ahead with Titanium. It goes in a slightly different direction than SSHIP, but is a very good and polished one. With the SSHIP we're trying to give indeed more historical flavour and mechanics.

[AlberdoBalsam]

Just looked into Titanium. Its said to be also historical project on SS. If Titanium and also SSHIP are trying to make the mod more historical, why not making same mod? What's up with Titanium going to different direction?

[Jurand of Cracow]

Just looked into Titanium. Its said to be also historical project on SS. If Titanium and also SSHIP are trying to make the mod more historical, why not making same mod? What's up with Titanium going to different direction?

this thought mirrors mine, and one of the explanations is:

Each time I see such a reasonable fine-tunning, I wonder why the hell we don't have a good team working on a Medieval 2 mod for the Middle Ages that would resemble EBII in historical quality. There're many modders in the past, there're a few teams, but at the end they would either split or cease to exist. And there're modders who prefered to do everything on their own (hey, it so easy when you don't need to negotiate the details with the others - everything is just fit for you wish, you don't need to convince anybody, nor to back you choices with arguments, nor describe what you'd done). The result is: no finished, fully-fledged historical mod.

one of the problems is:

Discontinuation is not a planned process, it's just an accident of people losing the joy of modding. I think it happens very rarely that one moder is able to hand over the button to another one. This requires a very self-aware moder either to cater for a successor, or just a moder modest enough to allow somebody to take over. Very difficult given the oversized ego of the moders (as Gigantus once described in an interview).
We are really lucky that the EBII project hasn't floundered despite the disappearance of Foot years ago. Even with the vast community the project stalled at that time, if I'm not mistaken.
I think the SSHIP stands out in this respect - Fair Prince handed over the lead to Lifthrasir, and last year Lifth handed it to me. I'd like to do the same in the future, once I'd run out of energy to do something with the mod.

From what I know, the original creators of the SSHIP (Fair Prince and Ichon) already worked on the SSHIP when the Titanium project started.

Anyway, Titanium is dead for like 2 years now?

[AlberdoBalsam]

I see. So Titanium was made by one person, or what? More importantly, what is the idea behind Titanium that was supposed to make it stand out from everything else?

Just a side note. SSHIP is trying to be like EB2? I mean in a way that its more of a management and historical accuracy game, unlike the original Medieval 2, which is a sandbox game that lets you completely rule the world, if you can. I don't think its even possible to conquer the map in EB2.

[Jurand of Cracow]

I see. So Titanium was made by one person, or what? More importantly, what is the idea behind Titanium that was supposed to make it stand out from everything else?

Just a side note. SSHIP is trying to be like EB2? I mean in a way that its more of a management and historical accuracy game, unlike the original Medieval 2, which is a sandbox game that lets you completely rule the world, if you can. I don't think its even possible to conquer the map in EB2.

by many, but they'd disappeared over the years.

I think SSHIP has historical accuracy in its name. And if you try to be somehow historical (without being orthodox about every detail), then conquering the whole map should not be possible, should it?

In EBII Roma_Victrix arrived to turn 1000, and was in like 2/3 of conquering the map.
In SSHIP 092 Alaviaria conquered the whole map in 200 turns. But I don't think it's possible in the current version.

[Kilo11]

I think SSHIP has historical accuracy in its name. And if you try to be somehow historical (without being orthodox about every detail), then conquering the whole map should not be possible, should it?

In EBII Roma_Victrix arrived to turn 1000, and was in like 2/3 of conquering the map.
In SSHIP 092 Alaviaria conquered the whole map in 200 turns. But I don't think it's possible in the current version.

This is something I think we have been doing pretty well though. The map cannot just be painted in your color, like it can in basically every other TW title, but if the player is really careful, really diligent, and maybe a bit gamey about a thing here or there, one can conquer the world. Ours (and EBII's) campaigns are built to have you play in the sandbox of a small corner of the world, but each player can definitely set him- or herself the goal of conquering everything, and that can be done. It just requires much more work and planning (and luck) than is the case in any other mod. And as Jurand said, that is only right and historical; sometimes a whole region of the world did get conquered by a people, but that only happens rarely, and only when a whole lot of things line up right.

[AlberdoBalsam]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Turns out there is some kind of patch that lets you have more than 500 max units.

[Jurand of Cracow]

I think this is a patch for Rome TW Remastered.

[Gigantus]

map regions were 200.....

[The Despondent Mind]

Will the problem of Sicily always going to war with Papacy and getting excommunicated be ever solved? Its really frustrating and not very interesting when that happens every time, and I have never seen this problem persist in other mods.

[Jurand of Cracow]

Will the problem of Sicily always going to war with Papacy and getting excommunicated be ever solved? Its really frustrating and not very interesting when that happens every time, and I have never seen this problem persist in other mods.

Thanks TDM for pointing at this issue. We'll try do to fix it.

I hope that the issue of an aggressive pope conquering all Europe has been fixed?

[AlberdoBalsam]

Hmm i thought that the same idea can be applied to Rome 1 and Medieval 2 as they run on the same engine. Well, i guess you will have to stick with the hardcoded limits.