Controlling Outremer...

[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.