Divergences In The Darkness - Alia's Cut mod

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Thanks for making me aware of this. It's a remnant bug from somewhere. Sometimes inventions don't fire. That said, that shouldn't be happening for actual base technology research. Can you tell me what the exact issue is? Can you build everything BUT regulars? Or can you ONLY build irregulars, basic cavalry, and infantry?

I'm sorry you feel this way - I haven't had time to yet write an article or discussion of WHY I made changes, let alone what, or the path forward. But to answer your question:

* The Russian cultured pops are very strong in base DVG, for the most part unchanged what they were in base. So I don't know how you could say they have lower pops. They are just split over multiple states. As for WHY, splitting up the Russian culture was something we back when base DVG was being developed had planned. There is simply no way with the events having gone the way they did, that Russian culture remains the same culture - the centralization of Russian culture was something that took a very long time OTL, and because of conscious efforts by the Russian state (similar to France, which did all it could to wipe out the separate cultures of France). Russia is meant to be hard in DVG, it's not supposed to be a cakewalk, always was.

* Again, my fault from not explaining, but the Teutonic Knights are back in Transylvania only recently from the game start period, after they lost their war with the HRE (under Bohemia), and a PLC which had elected a Jagellion, same dynasty as the Emperor. That's why the new German pops are mostly soldiers in Transylvania.

* Pontus was centered in Trebizond, i.e. Trabzon province and that state. I haven't modified the states's borders yet, so having it stretch into the Safavids for now would be dumb. As for why, it's another rebelling part of the Ottoman Empire (this is basic DVG, it's been in civil war for decades). Why do you think every other part is flying off?

* The Mughal Empire would never exist in the first place! The Mughal Empire is a remnant of the Timurids, and Babur's decision to finally invade into India was only due to circumstances that simply don't happen here. The "Mughal" like dynasty in DVG has always been in Shiraz, and as part of developing that, I renamed it the Mirzani Empire. Without Babur attacking the Delhi Sultunate, it still limps along. As for why Rajastan, that's simple - Mewar, under the Sisodas, were one of the dynasties most poised to rapidly conquer the chaotic North India at the time. Just a desert? Have you seen the historic populations of Rajastan? And if low populations are a barrier to conquering India, then how did Babur manage it? And weak? At the time, Mewar was one of the strongest states, Delhi was an emaciated skeleton of a state at the time.

* You'll have to describe these smaller things. Please tell me what redditor ******** you're talking about.

As for Scandinavia, the eventual idea is they can choose which direction to expand into. I'll try to elaborate some time soon hopefully.