alt Hacker NewsI wonder how Paradox handles this stuff in their games like Europa Universalis. Have they ever made a "the pope wants you to switch calendar systems" event which changes the actual in-game date?
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Macha • today at 4:40 PM
EU3 and EU4 at least had no leap years. I assume 1, 2 and 5 are the same.
Checking the wiki, eu5 has an advance (guess these are like the nation ideas in eu4?) for Julian calendar which gives you +10% to orthodox or miaphysite nations. I doubt it has any effect in the calendar system in the games UI.
Sounds like they just ignore any calendar weirdness. I don't envy anyone the task of trying to properly program this. You basically have to decide for everything time related in the simulation whether it is tied to the calendar or the physical passage of time. Sometimes you would have to split variables, like characters are legally older, but no closer to old age. Bonus points if your solution allows characters to get into conflict with each other about stuff like when a treaty ends or whether their loans are due 15 days sooner.