Confirmed HoI 4 - Observer Mode in Ironman Game

[Mr_Dimento]

Description of issue
Observer Mode in Ironman Game

Game Version
Barborossa

Enabled DLC
Together for Victory, Death or Dishonor, Waking the Tiger, Man The Guns, La Resistance, Battle for the Bosporus, No Step Back

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Description
There is currently a big exploit to access Observer mode in ironman.

I am 100% sure this is unintentional.

Steps to Reproduce
1. Play a country and get completely annexed, EX: Poland, and lose to the Peasants.
2. Quit out of the main menu.
3. Opt to "continue" your last saved game in main menu.
4. You are now in observer mode in Ironman.
5. You can take control of any country.

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[BlueFishedCat]

Hey Mr_Dimento! I went ahead and tested this myself with your strategy of getting Annexed as Poland and I can indeed confirm that this is a bug. I have forwarded all the information to our team and they will keep track of this, thank you for the detailed report!

 

[Mr_Dimento]

Hey Mr_Dimento! I went ahead and tested this myself with your strategy of getting Annexed as Poland and I can indeed confirm that this is a bug. I have forwarded all the information to our team and they will keep track of this, thank you for the detailed report!

Sweet, awesome!

 

[Olanov]

So, I really didn't wanna bump this considering how old it is but I'm having a problem that may or may not be related. I had an Italy run on Ironman, latest official game version, no mods and ended up in a civil war scenario. Decided to play the communists (puppeted by UK) and eventually broke free. I made sure the game was saved and came back to it today, but I'm in Observer mode somehow and no longer in Ironman, even though the save says clearly it should be, as well as my played country.




I can absolutely make a new bug report but it seems like an old bug coming back creeping around. I would assume I perhaps capitulated for the civil war to start, but I'm not sure.