u/Diligent-Software-75

So I waited until I had the decision requirements for both restore HRE and restore Rome (I also have already unified Italia.) I was playing as empire of unified italia, with empire of Francia as well. Then I form HRE, and without unpausing I reform empire of italia which was destroyed by HRE decision. THEN, without unpausing, I restore Roman Empire which destroys both HRE and italia and makes it all de jure Roman Empire. Great. But now my Roman Empire is this bright blue basically the Persian empire hue.

I have a separate save and confirmed this does not happen if I do not form italia after forming HRE — if I do HRE then Rome it’s map color is black. If I go Italian route, map color is red. But what is this bright blue? Can I change map color on console? Any help is appreciated!

I added a powerlifting/bodybuilding hybrid leg day to my program about 6 months ago, I got back into the gym after not lifting for a few years so I wanted to start low and work my way back up, I am about 30 years old. I’ve been doing a PPL split for the past few months which meant leg day sometimes twice a week and semi heavy squatting both days, which I figure may already be what my problem was but I am curious if anyone has experience with the type of pain I experienced.

I kept sets between 6-8 reps and the bulk of my leg days have been 4 sets of squats for 6-8 and 4 sets of deadlifts for 6-8, followed by some accessories for 3 sets of 10-12.

Things have been progressing nicely until last week: I did my squats as normal, this time going for 225 for 4 sets of 7. I’ve squatted 225 for months now but went slightly higher volume than I usually do. The workout felt fine, form felt solid, and I wrapped up and went home. No pain during the movement itself.

Then about an hour after finishing my workout I was laying on the couch and felt a pain in my knee I never experienced before — it felt almost like a cramp (on the inside of my knee) and it hurt to try to extend my leg. It passed on one side after about 30 seconds but then a few minutes later I experienced the same thing on the other leg. That freaked me out so I’ve since decided to take a week off at least from training legs and have been afraid to run as that taxes the knees as well. They are not hurting me but I fear they are somewhat sensitive and something may have been strained, I tried to jog a bit the other day and it did not feel very comfortable.

Does anyone have experience with this type of knee pain? Have I simply been overtraining and should be fine as long as I go back with lower volume and a few weeks rest? I also have gained some weight (about 50lbs since I started weight lifting around a year ago) but a decent amount of this has been muscle as I’ve been training very often and eating relatively clean, just at a caloric surplus. I imagine the extra weight is tough on the knees but I still sense the squatting is the root of the issue.

Moving forward I plan to train legs only once a week and lower the weights to take it easy on my knees but curious what others experience and advice would be based on the description here. Thanks very much for any help and perspective 🙏