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Removing Limits on Recursive Events

EU4 events can be recursive, meaning that an event can be defined in and of itself. A great example of this is the Oxford Symposium event for England / Great Britain where every 10 years the event has a different option than the previous iteration. Previously Rakaly restricted how nested this event could become, but a new method was implemented to allow an unlimited depth.

Breaking Down Data Tabularly and Visually

EU4 savefiles contain plethora of data about the world. Part of the data describes where a country gets its income, both recurring and one time windfalls. There isn’t a one size fits all approach to interpreting this data, so Rakaly allows one to see the income breakdown in a chart so one can easily spot anomalies or in a table for closer scrutiny. In addition to the magnitude of each income factor, Rakaly allows one to view factors as a percentage of the total income to answer questions like “which countries are most dependent on gold income as a percentage of their total income”.

Melting an EU4 Ironman Save into a Normal Save

Click here to convert (melt) an ironman save to a normal save

There’s been a long history of converting EU4 ironman saves to their normal counterparts. Wanting plaintext saves allows one to use the EU4 to Victoria 2 save converter, console commands, and allows easier access for one to go spelunking through the save file as it can be opened in any text editor. Rakaly now provides its own take on this conversion.

Introducing Rakaly

Welcome to the launch of Rakaly! Rakaly is an unofficial EU4 achievement leaderboard that houses an in browser savegame analyzer. Since this is an initial launch, things are pretty limited. Many achievements aren’t implemented, but I didn’t want to delay any longer in order to receive community feedback.