Controlling Outremer...

[TeutonicKnight]

Since you've already used cheats ...

add_population Antioch -30000

End your squalor and overcrowding issues. I prefer extermination myself.

[Shahed]

Nope, I have'nt used cheats.

I used them to test and see if the place is manageable or not, and it's not, then I reloaded back to my campaign. It's already easy enough, with cheats it's pointless to play. Since then, as I posted already, I let it rebel, pull out and exterminate.

I could change the files so I can convert to castle, but never mind I'll leave it as is. More fun this way.

Actually wait !!!

I HAVE used cheats other than this test. And here's what I did.

Gave approximately 1,000,000 FL to EVERY faction (except Aztecs since I can't get there yet AFAIK) in increments of 200,000 every 5 turns. I also give away any money in excess of 30K I have at the end of each turn to a random faction.

Only faction I have yet to give are the Mongols and they just arrived. However, since they are now facing MASSIVE Turkish and Egyptian armies, they have'nt settled yet. But I think they will, they're sneaking up on Aleppo while the Turks and Egyptians duke it out near Baghdad.

That million FL cheat to every faction is one I REALLY recommend, it's made my game totally awesome. I regularly face Broken Lances, Teutonic Knights, Santiago, Bombards, you name it, AND not just one stack. 3-4 on average before it quietens down for a few turns. basically every faction is like the Mongols, even worse. They have like 7-9 full stacks and multiple little stacks running around. Specially Egyptians, they are now a real challenge in Jerusalem. I don't dare go out of the city or I'm TOAST. However if I see something small... OUT goes the cavalry on the gallop !!!

HRE is tough too, but I have a bridge near Antwerp, and I can beat them 1vs1, Egypt has a far better economy than mine, that's the problem.

[Quillan]

Move your capitol to Marseilles or Genoa. If you don't own them, conquer them and then move your capital there.

I had problems controlling Antioch as Spain with my capitol in Valencia. It wasn't too bad as Venice or as the Byzantines, but I don't want to even think about trying it as the English.

[Shahed]

Thanks, that's an idea.

Right now it's under control though, occasionally I can get out of the city and whenever I can, I let it rebel. Now it's not so bad and I think I can stay holed up for another 10 turns, maybe 8.

I will move the capitol from LONDON (sob, whine, whinge).... eventually.

[nikolai1962]

I never exterminate the crusade cities. Just sack. If you want to create a crusader kingdom then grab a castle nearby and you have a base to take it back when it rebels. As england i normally sail home afterwards leaving all the cheap pilgrims to garrison. Feels more historical to me and you get a ton of money from it before it goes.

[Furious Mental]

Outremer should be able to pay for a fairly large garrison. I just train all my merchants there and rake in the money. Well worth it.

[sapi]

@Sinan - re: that trick with giving the AI money; have you considered just making the king's purse 10k for every faction except yours, or am I missing something?

[TevashSzat]

If you do that though, you are gonna need to edit the game files every time you wish to play a different faction in campaigns