Magna Mundi Platinum

2008·11.7 MB·English

by  The Magna Mundi development team

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This mod is dedicated to those
who gave us a love of history

Table of
Contents

CHRISTIAN LANDS...................................43
MUSLIM LANDS.......................................44
CCCCoooonnnntttteeeennnnttttssss DHARMICS.............................................45
PAGAN LANDS........................................46
A BRIEF NOTE ON THE PLATINUM 2 RELEASE 4
VI. Reputation ............................ 48
I. Foreword...................................6
INTRODUCTION......................................49
II. General Considerations...............8 CONCEPTS.............................................49
III. Installation & Troubleshooting..13 Reputation Threshhold.......... 49
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS....................15 Quantifying vs. Qualifying.....50
TROUBLESHOOTING.................................15
The “FRAMED!” Event Pool..50
IV. Trade.......................................18
How to Survive being Framed52
GUIDING PRINCIPLES................................18
DEALING WITH A BAD REPUTATION...........53
Bonuses for Traders...............20
VII. War...................................... 54
Foreign Policy and Trade.......23
OVERVIEW.............................................55
TRADE GOODS & MARKET VALUE.............30
Naval Warfare ...................... 55
V. Religion...................................33
Attrition................................ 56
INTRODUCTION.....................................34
Expanded Army Maintenance 58
In-Depth Religions.................34
GRADUAL CONVERSION..........................35 The Calvary Tax.................... 59
Religious Conversion.............37 Seizing Provinces in War.....61
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.........................38 VIiI. Naval warfare...................... 63
HOLY LANDS...........................39 ix. National Ideas........................ 75
THE JEWS..............................................40 CONCEPTS.............................................76
Reactions to Jews...................41 SPECIALIZATION......................................76
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Groups of Ideas.....................77 THE OTTOMANS AND MAMELUKS............199
NEW IDEAS............................................78 XVII. The Order of St. John........200
SWAPPING NATIONAL IDEAS.....................79 THE GRAND PRIORIES OF ST JOHN...........200
EVENT-ONLY NATIONAL IDEAS..................80 KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN - ADVISORS............201
CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE PIRATES...........203
X. Espionage ................................82 THE TONGUES......................................204

OVERVIEW............................................88
MISSIONS..............................................89 XVIII. The Sengoku Jidai............. 206
XI. Colonialism.............................95 Choosing a Clan.................. 207
OVERVIEW............................................95 A Historical Perspective....... 209
Colonial Policy......................96 PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGNS........................214
COLONIAL IDENTITY...............................99 THE SHOGUN.......................................216
Colonial Laws........................99 The Authority of the Shogun.216
Colonial Dissent....................100 The Bakufu...........................219
REVOLUTION!.......................................103 Becoming Shogun................ 220
Independence!......................104 Abolishing the Shogunate..... 220
XII. Government.........................105 UNIFYING JAPAN..................................221
OVERVIEW...........................................106 XIX. Country Management......... 222
GOVERNMENT TITLES AND RANKS............106 Before Pressing “Start”..........251
Changing Ranks....................107
Before Unpausing the Game 252
POWER STATUS.....................................109
XX. Credits and Appendices........ 256
ESCAPE FROM TRIBALISM..........................112

ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY....................113
XIII. Modernization.....................129

OVERVIEW...........................................130
TECHNOLOGY GROUPS..........................130
Research Speed..................... 131
MODERNIZATION..................................132
Foreign Contact....................133
Socio-Economic Structure......134
Diversity and Change............136
XIV. Nation-forming....................144
INTRODUCTION....................................145
Special Cases.........................147
XV. The Holy Roman Empire.......152
INTRODUCTION....................................153
THE IMPERIAL DIET AND VOTING.............162
RELATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES............164
Events that Raise or Lower
Imperial Power.....................165
GERMANY............................................173
Forming Germany................174
XVI. Pirates of the ......................192
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Barbary Pirate Raids..............195
THE BERBER KINGDOMS.........................197
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A Brief Note on the Platinum 2
Release

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In Magna Mundi Platinum 2 you can expect the usual excellence in gameplay,
depth, challenge and plausibility that made this mod unique.
While Magna Mundi Platinum was essentially a port of Magna Mundi Gold 2 to
the new realities of the EU3:IN expansion by taking advantage of many of the
new elements available, Platinum 2 was designed from the root with those new
capabilities in mind.
The bigger difference was the coding of an array of hidden events that helped us
mod the engine for the first time. This helped us create systems that go far beyond
what the engine mechanics would allow otherwise.
Also linked to this are the new AI capabilities in terms of grand strategy available
in the mod and specifically coded for Magna Mundi.
Then we have a host of new event pools that help define and single out different
parts of the world better, while increasing dramatically the narrative the mod
provides.
All these aspects and for the first time are perfectly linked using the
event/decision/mission triad.
In Nomine gave us, for the first time, the opportunity to maximize the plausibility,
historicity and common sense of the AI through proper design choices using the
engine.
The new expansion introduced several new features that created nearly unlimited
potential for players and modders alike: the country, province and religious
decisions and the mission system. Conceptually, ddddeeeecccciiiissssiiiioooonnnnssss change gameplay by
much more than is apparent. For the first time there are options available to the
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player ready to be used when he deems fit and that can bypass any menu system
limitation. This means a much closer relationship between the player and the
situation in the game and a much greater capacity to make new content
immediately available to the player. MMMMiiiissssssssiiiioooonnnnssss provide the player with some
direction to follow in what is essentially (and that is good!) a sandbox game.
Having small goals within the greater freedom of the game enhances the overall
experience.
There are shortcomings in how both concepts were implemented, however.
Decisions are only useful when the AI can make an informed choice about when
to make a decision. Missions were used mostly as simple rewards for the player –
but can cripple the AI. The AI is simply not good enough to cope with the
strategic decisions needed to contextualize many missions and ends up hamstrung
in the long run, unable to understand when to quit and move on or keep up with
the rewards given to the player.
Our approach was for the most part different. We use decisions as balanced
options the player can choose rather than straightforward rewards, while at the
same time tying them into the complex event pools experienced by players of the
mod. This means there will probably be many decisions always available to be
taken by the player waiting for the proper moment or strategy to be enacted.
More than ever players have the ability to follow their own agendas and let the
game take a new turn every time.

The Magna Mundi mod has reached the last of its releases but we are not leaving.
For the future, you may expect a sequence of updates to make the release stable
and after that, monthly instalments with the objective of adding some small
features, adapting the mod to new patches and the upcoming expansion while
solving reported bugs.
We are going to be as active as ever in the forums in the knowledge the team in
general and myself in particular owe you MUCH.

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I. Foreword

“Eu sou o Senhor dos senhores, não o
Servo dos servos.” 1
-- João II, King of Portugal

This project began more than two and a half
years ago as a cry for greater realism and
depth from a powerful game engine that was
undermined by a rushed release and a few
unfortunate design decisions. Europa
Universalis III had so much going for it, but
many players found it to be less enjoyable
than good old EU2.
The community was polarized. On one hand, many players enjoyed the new
release. On the other, many players hated the new game, feeling it was little more
than a fantasy game with real-world names grafted in. Where, they asked, was
the History in all the Chaos? Players who enjoyed EU3 ‘As Is’ retorted that the
other side didn’t want a game, they wanted a history book.
The Magna Mundi vision grew out of a compromise between these two factions.
One side equated the pressing of the start button with the total rewrite of History,
generating random scenarios completely devoid of plausibility. The other side
held history to be sacred and demanded a procession of specific events, ignoring
the changing conditions caused by luck or player intervention in every new game.
Magna Mundi stood in the middle, neither on one side nor the other. And
standing in the middle of the trenches, let me tell you, is sometimes the wrong

1 ““““IIII aaaammmm tttthhhheeee LLLLoooorrrrdddd ooooffff tttthhhheeee lllloooorrrrddddssss,,,, nnnnooootttt tttthhhheeee SSSSeeeerrrrvvvvaaaannnntttt ooooffff tttthhhheeee sssseeeerrrrffffssss”””” - Spoken shortly after taking the throne,
when he stripped all nobles from their titles only to make them kneel before him, demanding from
them to kiss his ring while granting the titles back. A fitting start point for a shrewd character, with
a great diplomatic finesse, very strong military sense and the greatest administrative skills, all tied in
an ambitious but realistic project that enabled a backwater European country to take the center
stage of Europe at the dawn of the XVI century. He would be Portugal’s greatest King and, in his
time, was the most powerful man in Europe.
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place to be. We were accused of being “determinists”, we were accused of being
“randomizers” and we were accused of going nowhere.
Two years and a half later, judging by the popularity of the mod and the direction
official expansions have taken, it is obvious our vision went somewhere on strong
legs that can not only walk, but run. Our numbers show a silent majority
supports our vision - and our criticisms about the unmodified EU3 release, often
referred to here as ‘Vanilla.’
So, what is Magna Mundi?
In a nutshell, MMMMaaaaggggnnnnaaaa MMMMuuuunnnnddddiiii iiiissss aaaannnn eeeeffffffffoooorrrrtttt ttttoooo lllleeeeaaaadddd tttthhhheeee ggggaaaammmmeeee tttthhhhrrrroooouuuugggghhhh hhhhiiiissssttttoooorrrriiiiccccaaaallll
pppprrrroooocccceeeesssssssseeeessss ttttoooo aaaalllllllloooowwww tttthhhheeee ggggaaaammmmeeee ttttoooo fffflllloooowwww ffffrrrreeeeeeeellllyyyy wwwwiiiitttthhhhiiiinnnn tttthhhheeee ccccoooonnnnssssttttrrrraaaaiiiinnnnttttssss ffffaaaacccceeeedddd hhhhiiiissssttttoooorrrriiiiccccaaaallllllllyyyy,,,,
tttthhhhuuuussss ccccrrrreeeeaaaattttiiiinnnngggg ppppllllaaaauuuussssiiiibbbblllleeee aaaalllltttteeeerrrrnnnnaaaatttteeee rrrreeeeaaaalllliiiittttiiiieeeessss.... We ask why something happened and
come up with rules that can allow it to happen again if those conditions repeat
themselves – or not, if they don’t. Throughout every version of the mod we have
kept this vision as our goal when we discuss what to implement and how to
implement it.
For this release, you can expect a refinement of most of the systems previously
developed, and the introduction of new ones in the never-finished quest to
provide at your fingertips a living, breathing world where you can dive in and
achieve the Holy Grail of gaming: suspension of disbelief.

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II. General
Considerations

“Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.” 2
-- Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France

2 ““““TTTThhhheeeerrrreeee iiiissss oooonnnnllllyyyy oooonnnneeee sssstttteeeepppp ffffrrrroooommmm tttthhhheeee ssssuuuubbbblllliiiimmmmeeee ttttoooo tttthhhheeee rrrriiiiddddiiiiccccuuuulllloooouuuussss....””””
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For the full enjoyment of the mod, tttthhhheeee ssssttttaaaarrrrttttiiiinnnngggg ooooppppttttiiiioooonnnnssss (such as
leaders, monarchs, and lucky nations) are set by the mod and sssshhhhoooouuuulllldddd
nnnnooootttt bbbbeeee ttttoooouuuucccchhhheeeedddd. In addition, Magna Mundi was designed from the
ground up to be played ffffrrrroooommmm aaaa 1111444455553333 ssssttttaaaarrrrtttt. It is playable at other dates,
but you should notice inconsistencies in gameplay if you start at other
dates, some of which may be severe. You are welcome to do so, of

course, but be warned that you are sailing in uncharted waters.
As befits the Europa Universalis era, total wars are a rare happenstance in Magna
Mundi Platinum. By hhhhaaaallllvvvviiiinnnngggg eeeeaaaacccchhhh nnnnaaaattttiiiioooonnnn’’’’ssss rrrreeeeppppuuuuttttaaaattttiiiioooonnnn lllliiiimmmmiiiitttt we better simulate the
fine balance of power by making each nation more sensible when judging the
power-mongering of other nations. Players also must be much more careful about
when, what and whom they conquer. YYYYoooouuuurrrr rrrruuuulllleeeerrrr’’’’ssss ddddiiiipppplllloooommmmaaaattttiiiicccc rrrraaaattttiiiinnnngggg hhhhaaaassss ddddoooouuuubbbblllleeee
tttthhhheeee iiiimmmmppppoooorrrrttttaaaannnncccceeee in determining your nation’s reputation limit. Given the
precarious nature of your reputation, you will receive friendly warnings when
your reputation starts to grow. Ignore these warnings at your own
risk! Continuous aggressive behaviour is also punished by linking it to revolt risk.
IIIInnnntttteeeerrrrnnnnaaaallll rrrreeeevvvvoooolllltttt rrrriiiisssskkkk aaaannnndddd ssssttttaaaabbbbiiiilllliiiittttyyyy aaaarrrreeee sssseeeerrrriiiioooouuuussss ffffaaaaccccttttoooorrrrssss oooonnnneeee mmmmuuuusssstttt mmmmaaaannnnaaaaggggeeee ttttoooo bbbbeeee
ssssuuuucccccccceeeessssssssffffuuuullll. Religious tolerance has less of an impact on managing revolt risk.
Cultural and religious rifts have a deeper impact in a country; conversely,
humanist ideas are more important for multi-cultural or multi-religious states.
With the rrrreeeevvvvoooolllluuuuttttiiiioooonnnnaaaarrrryyyy ddddyyyynnnnaaaammmmiiiicccc ccccoooorrrreeee ssssyyyysssstttteeeemmmm that gives different times to gain
cores depending on province <-> country affinities, the international claims make
more sense and the internal problems gain a new dimension.
National Ideas have a comprehensive event system to support and accommodate
the big changes they introduce. CCCCeeeerrrrttttaaaaiiiinnnn iiiiddddeeeeaaaassss wwwwiiiillllllll bbbbeeee uuuunnnnaaaavvvvaaaaiiiillllaaaabbbblllleeee nnnnoooorrrrmmmmaaaallllllllyyyy aaaannnndddd aaaarrrreeee
mmmmaaaaddddeeee aaaavvvvaaaaiiiillllaaaabbbblllleeee oooonnnnllllyyyy bbbbyyyy eeeevvvveeeennnntttt – and mmmmaaaannnnyyyy iiiiddddeeeeaaaassss aaaarrrreeee rrrraaaaddddiiiiccccaaaallllllllyyyy ddddiiiiffffffffeeeerrrreeeennnntttt ffffrrrroooommmm
VVVVaaaannnniiiillllllllaaaa EEEEUUUU3333.
Colonization is handled in a very different way from the standard EU3 experience.
The ffffiiiirrrrsssstttt ddddiiiissssccccoooovvvveeeerrrriiiieeeessss ooooffff tttthhhheeee NNNNeeeewwww WWWWoooorrrrlllldddd aaaarrrreeee nnnnoooowwww aaaaddddvvvveeeennnnttttuuuurrrreeeessss tttthhhhaaaatttt ssssttttaaaarrrrtttt bbbbyyyy tttthhhheeee
ppppllllaaaayyyyeeeerrrr ddddeeeecccciiiissssiiiioooonnnn.... By the fifteenth century, the nations that would become the great
colonial powers already had enough advantages to ensure they would be the
reach the New World one step ahead of competitors that only began preparing at
the start of the game. Other countries may still become colonial powers, but only
by single-minded determination and sacrifice. Colonization is no longer a matter
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of simply adjusting sliders and taking a single national idea. Colonists may be hard
to come by, and many colonies will fail in the early years. OOOOnnnnllllyyyy tttthhhheeee aaaalllllllloooottttmmmmeeeennnntttt ooooffff
sssseeeevvvveeeerrrraaaallll nnnnaaaattttiiiioooonnnnaaaallll iiiiddddeeeeaaaassss aaaannnndddd mmmmaaaannnnyyyy rrrreeeessssoooouuuurrrrcccceeeessss ttttoooo ccccoooolllloooonnnniiiizzzzaaaattttiiiioooonnnn ccccaaaannnn gggguuuuaaaarrrraaaannnntttteeeeeeee aaaa ssssttttrrrroooonnnngggg
pppprrrreeeesssseeeennnncccceeee iiiinnnn tttthhhheeee NNNNeeeewwww WWWWoooorrrrlllldddd.... To help make this sacrifice worthwhile, tttthhhheeee sssspppprrrreeeeaaaadddd ooooffff
kkkknnnnoooowwwwlllleeeeddddggggeeee aaaabbbboooouuuutttt nnnneeeewwwwllllyyyy ddddiiiissssccccoooovvvveeeerrrreeeedddd pppprrrroooovvvviiiinnnncccceeeessss wwwwaaaassss aaaallllssssoooo ccccuuuurrrrbbbbeeeedddd ddddrrrraaaammmmaaaattttiiiiccccaaaallllllllyyyy. It
now takes between 75 and 200 years for knowledge about a discovered province
to spread to countries of the same technology group.
Magna Mundi Platinum offers more to colonies than ever before. CCCCoooouuuunnnnttttrrrriiiieeeessss wwwwiiiillllllll
bbbbeeee aaaabbbblllleeee ttttoooo ddddeeeeffffiiiinnnneeee ccccoooolllloooonnnniiiiaaaallll ppppoooolllliiiicccciiiieeeessss ttttoooowwwwaaaarrrrdddd nnnnaaaattttiiiivvvveeeessss, ranging from benevolent
integration, to the callous, racist policies of fear and enslavement. CCCCoooolllloooonnnniiiieeeessss ccccaaaannnn
aaaallllssssoooo hhhhaaaavvvveeee ssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaalllliiiizzzzaaaattttiiiioooonnnnssss, helping them to have a single place within the player’s
colonial empire. NNNNaaaattttiiiivvvveeeessss ccccoooommmmeeee ttttoooo lllliiiiffffeeee wwwwiiiitttthhhh tttthhhheeeeiiiirrrr oooowwwwnnnn eeeevvvveeeennnntttt ppppoooooooollll and will play a
significant role in how the colonies develop being a presence throughout the game.
EEEEmmmmiiiiggggrrrraaaattttiiiioooonnnn was also reworked. Expect to see migration from Europe to the
colonies once cities are large enough. This in turn will lead to a events where
rrrreeeelllliiiiggggiiiioooonnnn aaaannnndddd ppppoooolllliiiittttiiiiccccssss ccccoooommmmeeee iiiinnnnttttoooo ppppllllaaaayyyy. Colonies will also develop colonial cultures
that reflect their origins in the Old World but also their experiences in the New.
Later in the game, players will experience dynamic ccccoooolllloooonnnniiiiaaaallll iiiinnnnddddeeeeppppeeeennnnddddeeeennnncccceeee
mmmmoooovvvveeeemmmmeeeennnnttttssss like never before.
In the economic sphere, the trade system has been rewritten from the ground up.
NNNNoooo lllloooonnnnggggeeeerrrr ccccaaaannnn aaaannnnyyyy ssssiiiinnnngggglllleeee ccccoooouuuunnnnttttrrrryyyy aaaassssppppiiiirrrreeee ttttoooo ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll eeeevvvveeeerrrryyyy cccceeeennnntttteeeerrrr ooooffff ttttrrrraaaaddddeeee iiiinnnn tttthhhheeee
wwwwoooorrrrlllldddd.... As was the case in reality, there are limits to what you can do, making it
more important to strategize your trade. Small-time traders will find it easier than
ever to turn a small profit, but it is harder than ever to dominate trade. Centers
of trade are more expensive to develop and the decision to destroy one carries
great consequences for your country. TTTTrrrraaaaddddeeee ggggooooooooddddssss hhhhaaaavvvveeee aaaallllssssoooo bbbbeeeeeeeennnn eeeexxxxppppaaaannnnddddeeeedddd
ggggrrrreeeeaaaattttllllyyyy.... Provinces can supply new goods such as gems, livestock, beer, millet,
hemp, brazilwood, glassware or opium – over forty in all. Prices for these goods
are more sensitive, with many elements that can cause price fluctuations at once
or over time. Wars, specific buildings or the number of countries all influence the
price of a certain trade good. Expect luxury prices to fall during periods of war
and strife while the price of basic goods goes up.
With the influx of colonial goods and the ever-more complex nature of trade in
the era, all advanced nations experienced some inflation; to reflect this, iiiinnnnffffllllaaaattttiiiioooonnnn iiiissss
nnnnoooowwww hhhhaaaarrrrddddeeeerrrr ttttoooo ccccoooonnnnttttrrrroooollll – indeed, one should expect some inflation in any game of
Magna Mundi!
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