I bought Crusader Kings 2 saturday and Im enjoying it.
However, its a bit jarring to get a random event in game that has me screwing my 20 year old daughter in law and she is apparently loving it…her approval of me went way up. Its also about the only action thus far in the first four years of game time. Yet the game looks fun.
I get a message that my son has sired an heir…only to get a further message…“Oops” its really mine. The 11th century TMZ is gonna have a field day with this.
My gay ruler had seven sons, when he was 70 he nailed his great grand sons wife and finally fulfilled his lifelong dream of having a daughter. Worst homo ever.
Certain duties come with being a king, including sex with the queen. And the princess.
I admit that I laughed but the game is a bit too close to embracing rape for my taste. I wont stop playing but I kinda wish I could go into the code and delete this special event.
This game is definitely on my list - I’ll probably grab it the next time Steam has it on sale.
All of the events are moddable, so you can. Find your CK2 directory, then go into the “events” subdirectory. It looks like the file you want is “birth_events.txt”. I think you can just freely delete the events you don’t want, but I’m not 100% sure. I do know that you can change the events so they never fire though.
Warning: I strongly recommend that you step through the actual creation of a mod. Barring that, copy over all of the CK2 files into a new directory and modify that. Otherwise, when the game updates it will overwrite your work. If you use Steam, it will update automatically.
It’s great that you’re having fun. The Paradox grand strategy games have an extremely steep learning curve, but are terribly addicting. I’m really looking forward to Europa Universalis 4 this fall.
Edited to add: Check out the CK2 wiki for more information on events files. My guess is that the event sequence will never fire if you add “is_triggered_only = yes” as a line to the original event.
Also watch Gamersgate; I bought it with some of the DLC for $13 over the last weekend.
Tnank you PJG..I appreciate the very helpful advice.
I do want to moan over the fact that I have to purchase a DLC to play a Muslim realm. This is cynical profiteering IMO.
That’s silly. It took them some times to develop it properly, and the Muslims have entire rules-sets tailored to their gameplay. Its not just an arbitrary “You can now pick these guys”. Paradox actively expanded the gameplay for the mod, as they have for each mod. And on top of that, they actively upgraded the core gameplay as well so you get many of the benefits of continued development even if you don’t buy the mod.
I mean, this is almost anti-profiteering. They give things away until you buy something out of appreciation.
Right. The only benefits of the DLC that people who own only the core game don’t have are: the ability to play as Islamic rulers, a merchant ruler, or (in the next DLC) a pagan ruler. And I suppose that you also won’t see the Aztecs invade Europe either. I waited until Amazon had a great sale on the entire package of DLC before I purchased any of it. They had the core game, CK1, and all DLC for $10. If history is any guide, Steam and Amazon should be having a Spring sale in a week or two, and the package will likely be on sale again.
If any of you guys happen to notice one of these awesome CK2 sales go up, I’d appreciate a PM or even just an update in this thread. I’ll be looking out. Thanks!
I’m intrigued by this. As someone new to this type of game, would you recommend reading strategy guides first, or just jumping in? It sounds like exactly the kind of game I would love, but I’m a little worried about all the commentary/reviews talking about the “extremely steep learning curve.”
The Paradox grand strategy games don’t have a learning curve so much as a learning cliff. Once you climb the cliff though, they’re extremely engaging games. I’d recommend watching some Let’s Plays - that’s how I picked up the game. For CKII watch:
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[li]Tekk’s Tutorial - short series explaining basic game concepts[/li][li]Tekk plays Croatia - Tekk rises from the Duke of Slavonia to be King of Croatia and Hungaray; still ongoing[/li][li]quill18 plays Castille - quill18 conquers the Moors[/li][/ul]
Thanks! Pretty sure I’m definitely going to have to get this.
Make sure to wait for a sale, like Johnny Bravo. I got my copy of CKII as a package from Amazon along with all the available DLC at the time (including Sword of Islam) along with Victoria II, Magicka, and a bunch of other stuff I can’t even remember, all for $20. If I remember, I’ll post a note here when there’s a sale going on.
Will do. I added it to my wishlist on Steam, so I should get a notification if it goes on sale. MrWhatsit has also expressed interest (I showed him a PC Gamer review/demo and he is intrigued).
Amazon has the best sales on Paradox stuff. Ridiculously large bundles for $12 or $15 or so depending on which pack you pick.
I promised to post back here if there were ever a sale of CKII, and here it is! The Amazon Crusader Kings Pack includes the original Crusader Kings as well as Crusader Kings II and ALL available DLC - Sword of Islam, Legacy of Rome, Sunset Invasion, The Republic, the Ruler Designer and the various song and portrait packs - all for $15. Ridiculously good value. The only downside is that you might get tired pasting each of the keys into Steam.