210 turns into a S-P 3 way PBEM - please tell me unification events work properly

[undercovergeek]

Me and a few guys are into a PBEM and were on about turn 210, Polombieres has fired and i just want to make sure unification events fire properly for S-P - its taken 6 months so far and really all ive done at my end is balance the books for S-P and click next turn as i have not much to do until unification

is there anything i can do to help it along, should i just attack Tuscany and Sicily?

and afor a bit of help - how do i upgrade my troops once advancements have been achieved

thanks for any help chaps

[loki100]

The bit that won't happen is an Austrian attack on Piedmont. The AI is too intelligent to enter a war it knows it will lose. So in that sense you need to force the pace a bit and there is no reason not to unify south of the Po by a series of invasions.

Dealing with Austria longer term is a matter of opportunism, if you have a look at my older AAR you'll see how I managed this vs the Austrian AI.

Upgrades are automatic, but will drain your manpower and resource pools. Best is to have a unit in green (passive) stance on a depot, they will upgrade first. Naval upgrades work for the first 3 levels (ie increasing the armour etc on sail ships), after that you into a process of scrap and rebuild (or send older ships to quieter sectors)