This hopefully is a really simple question.
In the vanilla game the Merchants Wharf is supposed to create a new trade fleet and its corresponding trade lane on the map. Due to trade fleets being hard coded to the ports in the Vanilla game this did not work as it was supposed to. The port upgrades added a new trade fleet instead like in RTW. Modding the files could not fix this as it was apparently hard coded in. It was later fixed in the Kingdoms expansion games to work correctly though for those 4 games.
What I would like to know is, Was a solution ever found or is there some modding tool where I can play the vanilla campaign running on the kingdoms build so the merchants wharves and trade fleets work correctly?
I know there are builds where people have done their version of the vanilla game with new provinces and troops etc. I dont want that. I want the original game with just this wharf/trade thing fixed up and if there are other game breaking bugs I dont know about yet, those are fixed too.
I have modded the pike and gunpowder and naptha throwers to work correctly for the vanilla game and did the diplomacy fix too. If I can just get the trade to function as it was meant to then I will have the vanilla experience I am looking for.
I know there are fantastic mods that make the game so much better etc too. I dont want that. I just want the game as the devs envisioned it. After more than 20 years of TW modded games I just want to experience the original thing as it was supposed to be.
If you can help me achieve this you will have my eternal gratitude but not the soul of my firstborn child. There are hard limits!