Russia-Only WWI Triggers Odd Events
I attempted to post this over on the cfuchs site as a ticket, but it kept saying that TypePad detected it as potential spam and would not post, so I guess I'll post it here -
Playing as Russia, after denying immediate aid to the serbs, both france and england refuse to assist if I attack Austria. Ok, so I mobilize secretly, fund resistance, and go to war with Austria early in 1916. Shortly after, Germany enters the war allied with Austria. So far, so good.
However - france, england, etc NEVER enter the war at all - the entirety of WWI is in reality a war of Russia vs Austria-Hungary and Germany, with a minor early role played by Bulgaria until they requested a white peace which I accepted. Ottomans never entered the war either, so it's down to a long, slow, push across Austria/Germany.
After pushing to a strong line from Rostock, around Berlin, down through Prague, and then a line east/se across Austria to the Romania/Bulgaria border, Austria-Hungary withdraws from the alliance with Germany as I begin my assault on Vienna. This is where the weirdness begins - as soon as they withdraw from the alliance, it causes immediate peace between Russia and Austria, returning to the pre-war borders, with no interaction on my part as the player, and all of my troops in Austria being deployed home.
Ok, so I attempt a couple times to load from save, and at least get a better negotiated peace with Austria prior to the forced white peace, but they constantly refuse all demands, even with a better than 70% war score, and asking as low as 20% on requests. I finally give up on reloading, and just let it play out as it initially had, watching as czech, hungary, and serbs/croats are formed from the former austria-hungary while my troops return once more to the front lines in Germany.
I now quickly take Berlin, encircling the divisions defending it and destroying them, before moving on to the southwest. With the new Russian held portion of Germany stretching from Abenra to Bayreuth, Germany finally suffers the military defeat event in August of 1921. Germany leaves the alliance with Bulgaria, finally drops the military access given to Austria (Austria had dropped the access when leaving the alliance earlier) and "accepts" peace with Russia (again, no player interaction) - with a notice that FRANCE, as the leader of the alliance (which again, Russia was never in an alliance with France, nor did France ever even enter the war), decides on the reparations required of Germany...
Savegames can be provided as needed, just let me know which ones are required - I've got autosaves every 3 months, plus miscellaneous additional saves as the war went on.
