Quote Originally Posted by Mr Frost View Post
This makes playing France a touch untenable {the fight over America was far from one sided} unless you play France rather cheesy for the first 10-20 turns . I hate games that force you to "mini-max" and such .

I hope they get those damned mod tools out soon so I can fix the giant pile of W.T.F.s {I was going to list some examples here , but where does one begin !} .
Hint: You don't need a mod tool to change this if you are really bugged about it. You just need to modify the campaign script file to either: (1) change your own conditions to absorb Louisiana, or (2) change the turn at which Spain and GB absorb their respective colonies.