Cannot Annex Minor Nations

[unmerged(33062)]

I am unable to annex any minor nations.

I have conquered all of their provinces, including their capitals.

They do not have any allies.

When I offer them peace, I do not get an option to annex.

This is a recent problem, I have never had this issue in the past. Is this perhaps an issue with the 1.10 patch?

Specifically, I am playing as Russia in the Grand Campaign, and I am unable to annex Kazan, The Golden Hordre, Astrakhan, or Sibir.

 

[unmerged(33058)]

Do they occupy a provence of another nation, or perhaps one of yours?

 

[unmerged(33062)]

Do they occupy a provence of another nation, or perhaps one of yours?

No. In fact, they are nothing more than a series of 1-province nations dotting my empire. I have invaded and conquered these remaining capital provinces several times each, but I am never given the option to annex.

I always get the "Devastating Victory" with the full row of gold stars, but all I can ask for is gold because the only province they have to offer as tribute is their capital.

 

[billy bob]

No. In fact, they are nothing more than a series of 1-province nations dotting my empire. I have invaded and conquered these remaining capital provinces several times each, but I am never given the option to annex.

I always get the "Devastating Victory" with the full row of gold stars, but all I can ask for is gold because the only province they have to offer as tribute is their capital.

Perhaps their great. Were they selecable to begin with.

 

[unmerged(33062)]

Perhaps their great. Were they selecable to begin with.

No, they are not major nations; they are minor. They were not selectable at the start of the game, and they have silver (not gold) shields.

 

[Morpheus506]

Do they have peace offers to you unanswered? Look to make sure there aren't any message notifiers in the corner, that could be a problem.

 

[unmerged(33062)]

Do they have peace offers to you unanswered? Look to make sure there aren't any message notifiers in the corner, that could be a problem.

No, I always make sure that there are no unanswered peace offerings or other diplomatic messages when I offer them peace.

I've been playing this game for a long time and have never had a problem with this until just recently, and now it happens at all times -- I am never, repeat, NEVER, given the option to annex a minor nation I have conquered -- which is why I initially suspected the most recent patch.

Has no one else had this problem?

 

[unmerged(33058)]

Hmm, I recently went on a mad conquering spree with the latest patch as Russia I might add. I have a sneaky feeling that we a missing something.

 

[unmerged(33062)]

I tried starting a new game as England, and I cannot annex Scotland. I'm going to try Spain and see if I can annex Granada. I feel that there is a setting somewhere that I need to adjust.

 

[billy bob]

I tried starting a new game as England, and I cannot annex Scotland. I'm going to try Spain and see if I can annex Granada. I feel that there is a setting somewhere that I need to adjust.

Probaly. Check everything. If that dont work patch up to 1.10 and see if it fails on every patch.

 

[billy bob]

This is the 10,000 thread in the EU forum. I feel so happy.

 

[unmerged(33062)]

It's an honor to be the owner of the 10,000th thread.

Well, I can now annex minor nations again. I still don't know what was wrong, but here's what I did to fix it in case anyone else is having this problem.

First, uninstalling and reinstalling did not work. Even without applying any patches, I was still having the same problems.

So, I uninstalled again, and then I ran Registry Mechanic which cleaned out several EU registry entries that were left in the registry after uninstalling.

Then I reinstalled and repatched, and now I can once again annex minor nations.

So, it appears that something went screwy in the registry at some point, and the uninstall program wasn't cleaning it up. It's hard to understand how a screwy registry entry can affect something as subtle as whether I get the option to annex minor nations in peace negotiations, but that seems to be the case.

Strange, but true.

Thanks to all for helping out.

 

[Nikolai II]

No, I always make sure that there are no unanswered peace offerings or other diplomatic messages when I offer them peace.

I've been playing this game for a long time and have never had a problem with this until just recently, and now it happens at all times -- I am never, repeat, NEVER, given the option to annex a minor nation I have conquered -- which is why I initially suspected the most recent patch.

Has no one else had this problem?

Only if I turn the option to force-annex off

 

[unmerged(33062)]

Only if I turn the option to force-annex off

Now where were you a couple of days ago? :rofl:

That was almost certainly the problem, which is why clearing the registry fixed it.