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TheOldMan -> RE: PBEM diplomacy limitations (8/14/2005 3:35:09 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Ralegh
Who else are you at war with? The game won't let you declare war on some who is at war with someone you are at war with. To change sides, you need to go to peace with everyone, and only then declare some new wars. You will need to break the alliances before you will be allowed to declare war.
Aha! Russia was still at war (nominally) with Spain, from the start of the 1805 scenario. Once a cease fire was arranged between Russia and Spain, Russia gained the ability to declare war on Austria. Great! [:D]
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- I agree that the cease fire shouldnot have been rejected, but I note that the settings responsible for that were not among the ones you listed earlier in the post... It is possible that there is a bug here - I will try to reproduce and submit for correction.
It may be that only one box per nation can be checked in the PBEM Set Policy window. I ran two PBEM test matches.
Test Match 1: When both "Trade" and "Alliance" were checked (but "Aggressive" unchecked) by both nations concerned, cease fire offers were rejected.
Test Match 2: When only "Alliance" was checked by both nations concerned ("Aggressive" and "Trade" unchecked), cease fire offers were accepted immediately.
In Test Match 2, Russia used its September 1805 diplomatic action to cancel Russia's alliance with Austria. France and Spain each offered a cease fire to Russia in Sept 05; both were accepted.
In October 05, Russia declared war on Austria. France and Spain each offered alliance to Russia -- Russia refused both alliances!
The October results appear to indicate that, as Ralegh says, you can declare war on Austria if you are not at war against any nation already at war against Austria: The enemy of my enemy cannot become an enemy.
The refusal of the Oct 05 alliance offers, although Russia, France, and Spain all had "Alliance" mutually checked on PBEM Set Policy, may point up another restriction: You cannot form an alliance with a nation at war against a current ally. Since Russia remained allied with Britain and Sweden, both at war against France and Spain, Russia could not accept alliance with France or Spain: The enemy of my friend cannot become a friend."
Gotta try breaking the Russian-British and Russian-Swedish alliances now...
We still have a problem. Even after Russia broke its alliances with Sweden and Britain, and with Spain and France offering Russia alliance every turn -- and Russia offering an alliance to Spain or France every turn, once Russia was through dismantling its old alliances -- every Spanish-Russian and French-Russian alliance offer is rejected!
In March 1806:
Russia has no alliances, is at war with Austria.
France and Spain are allied only to each other.
France and Spain are at war with Austria, Britain, and Sweden.
France, Spain, and Russia all have "Alliance" chosen for each other on the Set Policy window.
So, what is preventing acceptance of a French-Russian or Spanish-Russian alliance? [&:]
Another question: On the PBEM Set Policy window, each nation has boxes to check for itself, as well as for the 7 other nations. Should a nation check "Alliance" for itself, or uncheck all the boxes?
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