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Modding question. Anytime I mess around with the crusade target weight in the landed_titles file, I encounter this bizarre bug where parts of Scandinavia and the county of Cologne become wastelands. It's driving me insane.
I have confirmed that this only happens when touching any of the 'crusade target weights', I just don't understand why this is happening. I remember being able to change them years ago without any issue. Also, certain mods in the workshop make changes to crusade target weights and they work fine, but if I then go and any changes to the landed titles file in that same mod (even just a colour change), save it, and load it, this exact glitch will happen again. i just don’t understand what’s going on. Very weird.
u/SijilmasanGoldTrader — 19 hours ago
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Help with Viceroyalties
I think I grew too big for my britches before getting the viceroyalties law for my empire. I granted several kingdoms before the law was established. Do I have to revoke those kingdom titles now to get them back in order to give them as viceroyalties? Is there a safer way that makes me not a tyrant?
Separately, this is my first time with viceroyalties. Any advice on how to use them?
u/dchitt94 — 1 day ago
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Interesting tips for 867 start (survivor achievement)
Hi, so I attained both Seven Centuries with Saka Huns (interesting playthrough, see the thread) and now I am closing in on the 1066 to 1453 with HRE (also pretty nice), so I am looking for really interesting characters to play in 867. Since I have some more achievements to tick off, I will probably combine some, but hit me with your beloved Old Gods characters.
u/Vladivoj — 20 hours ago
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I think this is the fastest I've ever achieved full control of the British Isles. 769 Circinn ironman start.
u/Cosmos1985 — 1 day ago
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how to break Free from China
Hi! I'm trying to form the Empire of Outremer, but after a succession I ended up becoming a tributary of the Chinese Empire. With my previous character, I tried to rebel against the Eastern Protectorate, but they quickly fielded around 200,000 troops. I managed to hold out for a while, but my character eventually died.
Since all of their territory is in the east and my armies suffer massive attrition whenever I try to invade, I have no idea how I'm supposed to break free from this protectorate. Does anyone know the best way to get out of it?
u/Zymirov — 1 day ago
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I named my horse Chancellor
That is a reliable Chancellor...
u/CaparezzaVita — 2 days ago
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I think the devs didn't think of this option being available to a female ruler
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u/WipowiliwopiW — 2 days ago
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Literally just about to form the outremer and get the achievement. But my biggest vassal got installed as king of Sweden
Gonna kms
u/Revolutionary-Let226 — 3 days ago
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Tutorial Tuesday - August 18, 2026
Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday!
Whether you need some help with your current game or are simply curious about a game mechanic, system, or mod, that's what this thread is for!
If you've had something you've wanted to ask but weren't sure it merited its own post, you can ask it here too. This thread is for any and all CK2 questions!
Veterans are encouraged to check back regularly or follow the post, so you can get updates when someone has a question!
u/AutoModerator — 2 days ago
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Can someone explain this massive troop deficiency?
For context, I have a massive empire several centuries into a random world. This is how the levies and garrisons look in my capital. I have not raised these levies or had an enemy come even close to my capital for like 200 years, and yet they are always depleted. My other holdings are doing fine except one with like 5-10% missing at all times. I'm missing like 8000 demesne levies at all time despite not using them.
Also the red cog is a recent smugglers ring that does not effect troops.
u/Mountain-Diet5456 — 3 days ago
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Game zoomed in on start-up?
Hi all,
Does anybody know why my game is so zoomed in upon starting it up? I’ve tried messing with the settings both of the game files and my laptop + uninstalling and reinstalling the game but nothing has worked so far. Has anybody seen this before and knows how to fix?
Thank you!
u/Charlie_S17 — 3 days ago
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How many troops do you need to defeat the Sunset Invasion if you're tribal?
So I never really played with that DLC on, but turned it on some time ago in order to get the achievement. Just never really played on untill they actually arrived yet.
I started a game recently with the intention of doing a chill Isle of Man tall MR run. Alas, I discovered the beauty of NK mode for a tribal with tanistry, and all of a sudden I've found myself as emperor of half of Europe with insane amounts of retinues, and now I'm just gonna roll with it and stay tribal for the rest of the game. The Welsh will conquer everything, and you'll only be spared if you can spell Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
But back to them Aztecs. As far as I've understood it, they've got pretty poor troop compositions, just a lot of them. Quantity over quality is how I roll as well, but how many would you realistically need to win against them, if you're basically on your own and just have tribal troops available? I can mix in the cultural retinue with trapper retinues to trigger massive longbow volley tactic, so that should help.
Thanks in advance
u/Cosmos1985 — 3 days ago
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Chronicles of the House Lo Ve. Chapter 3: Life of Dark King Strjuang the Apostle.
The following story is part of a succession game series, played and written together by members of this Community. The previous episodes were:
- Succession Game : Player 1, Report of the life of Count Croque of Urgell
- SuccessionGame_Player2: The life of Queen Flamula "the Tenacious"
In the year 942, at the ripe age of 41 finally the crown arrived but with a whore of a wife and children away with her that hated me I rushed to finish the Crusade for Egypt and get back home to defend Galicia.
Rougly one year later my mother was beatified. It was a cold comfort to the family. Afterall, she hoped to become a saint after death.
I sought power but the price of joining the Assassins was to much to bare. I directed my attention towards Lucifer's Own and on August 945 they admitted me inside their ranks..
Three months after that we had won the Crusade. Victory gave me the money I needed and my nephew a duchy under the new king. Now, with the help of all the Catholics returning home I could protect the last bastions of Christianity in Iberia.
After 10 long years of defending myself against various Ummayad vassals and with the support of others good Christians I reached a short peace. During that time I focused on killing my wife but to no avail. Scared of me she died in hiding at the age of 52. I used this opportunity and married a young Byzantine Princes
Then I tried reaching my son only to find out that he died from depression. Then like a good father I avenged him by killing the sources of it: his sons and wife.
At the age of 58. On October 14, 959 I had cheated death! Lucifer had healed me and restored me to my prime
In 961, after conquering County of Navarre from King of Aquitaine I tried recovering some holdings from my family homeland since the Umayyads were in a civil war which I almost won but they crushed the revolt to fast and I was forced to sign white peace and defend my lands from their vassals in some others wars.
After that disaster and fearing the power they had in their unity I accepted the arrival of the Knights of Calatrava to my lands since their money and protection are in great need.
In 973, when the enemies gave me a breather I noticed that even with allies I was to weak and decided to unify the Kingdom of my Mother by forcing vassalage on Carinthia and Pongau.
Two years after that war I had become the High Priest of the Lucifer's Own. My carrer in the society had its upsides and downsides. I possessed and inducted there my own wife. After I nearly died in 959 I've become obsessed with my health and longevity - 16 years later I absorbed life force of one of my daughters. In 979 fate played a cruel trick on me. As a form of revenge, my rival gifted me head of one of my sons
Throughout my life, I struggled with endless holy wars launched against me by the Umayyad vassals. However, each attempt to seize my lands was effectively thwarted by my determination. In 978, when I was 77 years old, an opportunity arose for a coordinated counter attack. I managed to convince the Pope to change the Crusade's target from Pomerania to the lands of the Umayyads, which moments ago declared themselves Emperors of Iberia.
But I was not given to witness my own victory. Shortly after my 78th birthday I died from to much stress. Ordonnobolt, my youngest son, became my successor. Altough just a boy he is capable of winning this crusade for the Pope and (most importantly) our Family.
I leave to him family artifacts, including a book I wrote myself.
And on his court there is left my daughter that is married matrilineally to Khazar Prince to secure their bloodline. But also a there is secret demon spawn!
My other sons worth mentioning are Mauregato, Strjuang Junior and Ioseph. Their progeny will one day take over lands held currently by other Dynasties. Also, Ioseph currently is an heir to Ordonnbolt.
With succession secured, with realm enlarged, with family influence projected my spirit can rest now. I will look for my mother and grandfather in the afterlife.
u/juant675 — 3 days ago
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Jacked up text size
Weird question hoping for some kind of answer. I just got ck2 and went into the menu to adjust the text size. Tried to make it slightly bigger, but misdialed something and it is so large that it’s unusable. I uninstalled hoping that would fix it but to no avail. I literally cannot navigate to the menu to reduce the text size. Any advice?
u/washingtonhatanon — 3 days ago
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Another rare Seljuk Sultanate: Buddist and blue, tributary to China.
u/Lord_Vacuum — 3 days ago