Will EU II work on Windows XP?

Insigna · July 30, 2003, 05:00

I was just wondering if EU II will work on Windows XP?

Also how is the AI in the game?

Finaly how many nations are playable in the grand campaign?

Janbalk · July 30, 2003, 08:07

Yes, I am runninmg it on Win XP.

The AI is rather good, could be better but i think it is ok.

In EU II, All nations wich exists in EUII at the start of the GC, I belive it is somwhere between 70 and 100. But it tends to behave more logical in Europe if the player is playing one of the European nations.

Insigna · July 30, 2003, 15:07

Thanks for the info.

Oerdin · July 31, 2003, 02:13

It runs fine on my Win XP machine too.

Nikolai · August 1, 2003, 06:15

It runs fine for me too.

The AI is as sid good, if not perfect. There are in the beginning of the GC about 200 countries to play, IIRC. That is all countries that existed in 1419.

Janbalk · August 1, 2003, 06:46

There is so many? Ok I never counted them, there are a lot.

The where more nations in real life but the ones with areas considerable smaller than an EU2 province is not in.

Nikolai · August 1, 2003, 07:08

Yes, you are of course right.

Take the HRE for example!

I just lookedd at the cover of my EU2 copy, and there it stands "over 200 playable nations".

St Leo · August 1, 2003, 19:49

In EU II, All nations wich exists in EUII at the start of the GC, I belive it is somwhere between 70 and 100. But it tends to behave more logical in Europe if the player is playing one of the European nations.

Are you sure? I've just unified France and Spain as Burgundy. That doesn't seem all that logical.:P

Janbalk · August 6, 2003, 05:11

It is not illogical, Burgundy was a powerhouse. And with a few breaks and a fewer crticall deaths could have been a large nation. So for them to get France are not illogical.

The AI is not that great so if a (good or rather good) player are playing a nation THAT nation will probably go better or much better than historical, but the rest of Europe behaves resonable, If the player is playing a non-European nation I am told that Europe often gets rather weird.

Serb · August 13, 2003, 23:12

When I'm playing Russia, Russia always gets weird too. Just imagine a historical Russia+half of Sweden+ Australia+Central America+ bigger (and the most valuable "golden") half of South America+ half of Canada+ a couple of provinces here and there all around the world (India, Afrika, Madagaskar, South of modern USA.)
I just finished my Novgorod's GC.

Nikolai · August 17, 2003, 12:40

Sounds good.

At which difficulity btw?

Novgorod is nevertheless not directly easy after what I've heard.

Grumbold · August 19, 2003, 10:00

Novgorod is very hard unless you can get an alliance with a big power in the first few days. If everyone DoW's you, you're toast. Sometimes I can make Sweden or Lithuania an ally and go from there. Picking the Muscovites instead is definitely the softer option.

Serb · August 19, 2003, 21:18

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Originally posted by Nikolai
Sounds good.

At which difficulity btw?

Novgorod is nevertheless not directly easy after what I've heard.

5/5 of course. Beginning was a nightmare. Grumbold is correct. Those bastards (my greedy neighbors) tryed to capture my CoT.

Nikolai · August 20, 2003, 10:31

You mean VH and "whatever-the-highest-agression-level-is"?

I guess you play on 1.07? From 1.06 and onwards, the level was changed, so that the new normal equals very agressive. If you have the level more than normal IIRC, the AI will more or less kill itself by waging war here there and everywhere all the time. Actually, it's said to be harder to play on normal than very agressive!

Anyway, it's impressive what you've done.

Novgorod is not directly easy!

Oerdin · August 22, 2003, 07:58

It works great on Win XP.

Oerdin · August 22, 2003, 08:00

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Originally posted by Janbalk
The AI is not that great so if a (good or rather good) player are playing a nation THAT nation will probably go better or much better than historical, but the rest of Europe behaves resonable, If the player is playing a non-European nation I am told that Europe often gets rather weird.

I remember reading about a player who conquored the world using Trebizond.

Serb · August 22, 2003, 21:27

I know this player. He is from Russian League of Europe.

Nikolai · August 23, 2003, 06:40

You're kidding, right?

Professor Ebbesen is a dane, so why should he be in the Russian league?

Serb · August 26, 2003, 00:06

I was talking about Russian player Sergei Pimenov.

Nikolai · August 26, 2003, 01:42

Sergei as in CK?

If not, I've not heard about him. But Prof. Ebbesen is a star over at Paradox, you have read his AAR I presume? If not, you have something good in front of you!

Serb · August 26, 2003, 02:15

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Originally posted by Nikolai
Sergei as in CK?

I think yes.

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But Prof. Ebbesen is a star over at Paradox, you have read his AAR I presume? If not, you have something good in front of you!

Link?

Nikolai · August 26, 2003, 09:28

World Conquest for Dummies
The Timurid Scientists AAR
It Came From The Mountains
Knights of opportunity: In Hoc Signo Vinces
Persian Tales
WAAR of the Worlds(here he joined and more or less took over after a couple of pages)
The Righteous BastAARds
Asia: The Awakening
More AARs in his sig...