How Trade works

[Jason X]

nice post monsieur

So, if you are playing as, say, the French, only France works at first. If you capture say, the United Provinces, their starting port won't trade until you've also got Flanders from the Spaniards.

the fact that the goa port stopped working when i "liberated" it in my maratha campaign would be a bug by your explanation, correct?

[Kobal2fr]

nice post monsieur



the fact that the goa port stopped working when i "liberated" it in my maratha campaign would be a bug by your explanation, correct?

I think so, yes. But I'm not sure my understanding of things is 100% right, either :)

One thing I forgot to say : if you have two provinces with plantations/fur hunters, and they are connected to each other, then only one needs a trade port I believe, the other's goods will be transported to the first one by road, and then shipped.
At least that's what I gather from the French campaign in which both Montreal and Quebec have fur traders, only Quebec has a port and the imported fur total changes when Montreal's fur lodge is upgraded.