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Virtual Development

Enjoy building tall without wasting development! This lightweight mod lets your counties keep scaling past Paradox’s 100 Development cap by converting surplus Dev into a parallel, buff-based “Virtual Development” (VDev).

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Virtual Development works around the hard 100 Development limit. When a county reaches a configurable threshold, the mod trades a bit of “real” Development for equivalent, stacking Virtual Development (VDev) buffs so you keep the same benefits while freeing headroom.

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• Yearly check: Once per year, each county is checked against a Game Rule threshold you set.
• Conversion: If a county’s Development is at or above the threshold, the mod removes 10 “real” Development and grants 10 Virtual Development (VDev) via a county modifier.
• Exact parity with Dev: Every 10 VDev grants:
– +5% Taxes
– +5% Levy Size
– +1500 Supply Limit
(Up to +50% / +15,000 at 100 VDev — identical to normal Development scaling.)

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• Go taller: Keep pushing your core counties past the 100 Dev dead end.
• Preserve balance: VDev mirrors vanilla bonuses, so power stays proportional and predictable.
• Set-and-forget: Automatic yearly conversion once the threshold is met.

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• No vanilla overwrites — designed for wide compatibility.
• Save-game compatible — safe to add to existing saves.
• Safe to remove — can be uninstalled from ongoing campaigns.

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• Game Rule: Choose the Development threshold where conversion begins.
Planned: Make the VDev cap scalable via Game Rules.
Planned: Powerful late-game upgrades purchasable with VDev.

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Q: Does this change vanilla files?
A: No. It uses scripted effects and modifiers, so it shouldn’t clash with other mods.

Q: Is this balanced?
A: VDev gives the same bonuses as Development, just via a modifier, so scaling stays vanilla-like.

Q: Can I uninstall it mid-campaign?
A: Yes. It’s safe to remove from existing saves.

Q: Can I set where conversion starts?
A: Yes, via the included Game Rule.

Q: Why not just raise Development Cap to 200?
A: You cannot. There seems to be a hardcoded cap in the ck3.exe that we modders cannot change.

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• The visible Development number will drop by 10 on conversion, but the county receives an equivalent VDev buff, preserving total power.

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GitHub — Issues, Source & Feedback[github.com]

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Made by kolumdium. You’re welcome to create compatibility patches or translations; please link back to this page and the GitHub.