[1.2.1] AI abandons fronts

[Don E]

v.1.2.1 [3d5f] AI abandons fronts completely

Description: ITA has just joined axis, and joins war against FRA-YUG entente. Immediately completely abandons Alpine front against FRA even though french troops are clearly visibel
But they join in 1940 due to Netherlands/Belgium.
DLC's: Standard setup from Cadet edition
Mods: None.

Reproduction Steps:
1. Start attached save game 14.06.39.
2. Wait for ITA to join war

Observe: ITA consistently abandons their alpine front.

 

[Pineapple Donut]

What can I tell you, the AI in this game is retarded.

Let me tell you about my recent game:

• Germany attacks Guaranteed Poland, doesn't bother to defend French front.
• Britain lands in Northern Germany because Germany doesn't garrison its ports.
• Germany doesn't bother to reinforce Northern Front until long after Berlin has fallen.
• Meanwhile France completely ignores Italian Front and gets rolled by ITA.
• Soviets attack and roll Poland because Poland has sent all its troops to Belgium.
• Britain lands in Sicily and rolls Italy like a cheap fag because ITA has left no troops in Italy and refuses to reinforce.
• Britain lands (completely unopposed) in Leningrad and proceeds to storm through Russia, because once again AI has not garrisoned the port and refuses to send troops to this front.
• Japan, having annexed China, Coerced Siam, and taken French Indochina, attacks Britain,
  and gets rolled by token Indian force because they have sent all their troops to invade PNG and the pacific islands.
  
  
• Meanwhile, AUSTRALIA is staging amphibious invasions all over Europe

 

[dog player]

Very easy to reproduce. Start as Italy in 1939. Speed 5 as you watch Germany invade Poland. They sure take their time. I have watched 5 times, 5 times November came and they didnt finish them off. When they attack the low countries, they immediately shift all their army to the west leaving the Polish border empty.

Pretty much 100% gamebreaker if you play any other country than Germany.

 

[Omghax]

Thank you for your report. This is a known issue and is being looked at.

 

[Jorlem]

Thank you for your report. This is a known issue and is being looked at.

I just had this happen towards the end of my current France game. I had finally invaded Japan, and had captured half the Home Island. I stopped my advance for a bit to do some reorganizing before pushing for Tokyo, and I noticed that the AI was pulling troops away from the front line. They are on an island (a big one, but still), so they have nowhere to go, all their faction members have fallen, and they are at literally their last line of defense before I take their capital. They have no other fronts to redeploy troops to. And they are pulling troops away from the front. I figured this could be useful, as unlike occurrences with the German/French or Italian/French borders, in this case the AI has no other front to move the troops to.

I've placed my save of that moment in a 7z file along with my two most recent autosaves (from the start of this month and the prior month), and attached it to this post. The only mods I had active were GUI adjustments. If desired, I can provide a list of said mods.

 

[ElVince]

I have the same problem in all my games. Ai plays quite well and then suddenly, it removes all troops from the main front to go protect inland, or coasts or secondary fronts with not activity. To reproduce watch germany play, and then 1 year or more after barbarossa, given that the russians gives a good resistance, germany pulls out most troop to go protect the beaches in normandy (with no activity), or puts troops at the frontier with Yugoslavia. only maybe 10% of the original troops stay in the main front...

 

[Don E]

@Omghax , in case it is of some help, I've attached an additional save game showing the Soviets wholesale abandoning the most of the fronts immediately after the war with me (GER) starts.

 

[Omghax]

@Omghax , in case it is of some help, I've attached an additional save game showing the Soviets wholesale abandoning the most of the fronts immediately after the war with me (GER) starts.

Thank you.