Distance between borders feature/bug

[unmerged(177849)]

Portugal. I got a lucky event, Kongo turned Christian. They love me, I am allied to them, have formed an adjacent cored colony, but still can't quite form a RM because of distance between borders (-76). But we're neighbors!

Why? What can I do?

 

[atmafox]

It's a known bug, you'll have to save and reload to get it to recognize the new borders I think. If it's the one I'm thinking.

Good luck!
-Atma

 

[unmerged(177849)]

Thanks, but it did not work. Still doesn't recognize the new border.

 

[unmerged(177849)]

Fixed this by hiring a statesman, so enough positives to override the distance negative. But now I can't vassalize because of tax base. I know this is working as intended, so I guess I'll just need to wait a long time till my tax base grows, and/or I build up other positives. Or ditch the alliance and RM and just vassalize militarily. Don't think I want to take the stability hit for ditching the RM. Maybe the next time I am curia controller, then no stab hit as I recall.

 

[TheBloke]

Please read this post, and the ones following it, for the details of what's happening here:

Rules for Distance between Borders calculations - DipVassalisation and RM

It's because they're on a different continent, and therefore your adjacent cored land is not contiguous with your capital and doesn't count for RM distances. This only applies to the RM Distance Between Borders modifier, not the DipVassalisation modifier.

Correct regarding the no-stab-hit for breaking RM as Curia Controller.

Note that you could have checked the Base Tax requirements for DipVassalisation without taking the RM - just hover your mouse over the green tick/red cross on the Offer Vassalisation button to see the modifiers that are applying. You can do this even if the button is greyed out, so you can check before you get a RM and indeed can check the modifiers that apply for any nation even if you could never vassalise them (e.g. due to not being able to get an RM at all.) And this enables you to check requirements without having a diplomat available, or when you can't send the Diplomat for 30 days, etc.

Same applies for all Diplomatic buttons. The only action where you can't the modifiers at all times is for a Peace Treaty / Sue for Peace.