Victoria 2 Message Board  

I'm playing as Prussia, i try to stay off Austrias radar for as long as possible, but at one point i wanna annex Bavaria, or maybe even get territory from Austria, but they just Blitz me, literally maybe 20 armies, consisting of maybe 600k or 700k total, i cant beat those guys, but i want their territory !!!!! grrrr, lol.

Does any1 have any tips ?

Locate AUS_oob.txt in Victoria_2_dir\history\units\ and delete some Austrian units...
U can simply occupy any province with the changeowner command.

[Edited by loritibi, 8/19/2010 7:40:21 PM]

Alternatively, then if you want to settle for peace with them then use the "tag" option of consolecheats, ie:

1) Pause the game
2) Send them a peace offer

THEN

3) Get up the console (either by the top left button ((§½ - I have a scandinavian keyboard so I cant do it)) or alternatively by pressing: Left Alt, Num 2 and Num 1.

4) Then write: tag [country]

Where country is a 3-letter code, for instance PRU for Prussia or SWE for Sweden.

5) THEN accept the offer as the other country

6) THEN switch back yoo your original country by using the TAG cheat again.

Its a little too easy to do all the time, but good of you really need it to get on...

[Edited by nick_bang, 8/20/2010 3:46:39 AM]

Best way to beat those big stacks without cheating is to build a couple forts along the border, then fill those forts with an army just over the supply limit.

When u go to war have secondary armies to reinforce those getting attacked. You can pretty much destroy most of their army and by ping ponging their incursion stacks this way.

Then as you are racking up war points you can slowly add war goals and get peace + what ever land you can afford. Just know when to withdraw your troops if their getting creamed and swap for fresh ones.