I've seen some posts on the forum with people saying that changing sides with Romania ruined their game, or that you have the decision to change sides when you shouldn't have.
So I looked into the code, that I will post below.
Basically, in order to change sides you have to:
- Not be faction leader.
- Have the leader of the faction that you want to switch sides to (Allies, Comintern, Axis) be at war with you.
For Allies:
- Have either UK, US or a democracy as the leader.
- Romania is non-aligned or democratic.
Takes priority: Allies - Any USA democratic faction - Random democratic faction.
For Comintern:
- Have either USSR or a communist as the leader.
- Romania is non-aligned or communist.
Takes priority: Comintern - Random communist faction.
For Axis:
- Have either Germany, Italy or a fascist as the leader.
- Romania is non-aligned or fascist.
Takes priority: Axis - Any Italy fascist faction - Random fascist faction.
The problem with this code is that it doesn't check whether you are already in the faction you want to switch sides to.
For example, you want to switch sides to the Allies - it doesn't check whether you are already in the Allies or another democratic faction.
You can: Not be the faction leader, have a democratic leader, be in the Allies.
And you are eligible to switch sides to the Allies. But in fact the game will check for the 2nd condition, any USA democratic faction and then for random democratic faction.
All of this should be fixed by the "has_war_with = ROM" part. If Romania is at war with England, then it means Romania is at war with the Allies and it's not possible for Romania to be in the Allies, right? In theory, yes. But in practice, as I said, I've seen some posts on the forums with people claiming that the game lets them change sides to the country they are already part of.
Maybe there are some loopholes, but rather than seek&destory the loopholes, a better solution is to make other restrictions.
Which is why I suggest to:
- Add another restriction - is not in the faction it tries to switch sides to. AND:
Switch sides to the Allies: is not in a democratic faction.
Switch sides to the Axis: is not in a fascist faction.
Switch sides to the Comintern: is not in a communist faction.
(so that you would avoid jumping from the Axis to the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, or from the Little Entente to the Allies, to give 2 examples)
- I would also suggest to remove the "has_government = neutrality" for Romania when it comes to switching sides.
It makes Romania too unpredictible.
Best allow Romania to:
- Switch sides to the Allies only if democratic.
- Switch sides to the Axis only if fascist.
- Switch sides to the Comintern only if communist.
We already have "King Michael's Coup" that makes Romania become Democratic overnight even if it was 100% fascist (historically accurate) so it won't be a problem if you remove the "has_government = neutrality" condition.
If you want to create an alt-history counterpart for "King Michael's Coup", you can make below "Handle the King" on the democratic path, an exclusive "Iron Guard Coup" and "Communist Party Coup" focuses to do the same thing but in reverse, make Romania fascist or communist overnight even if it was 100% democratic.
Historically speaking, King Michael's Coup and Romania changing sides was all of a sudden, even to the Allies. You can imagine the Germans would have taken precautionary actions if they noticed Romania is slowly turning democratic.
If you want to skip all that text, in short, with my suggestions, the conditions would be these:
- Not be faction leader.
- Have the leader of the faction that you want to switch sides to (Allies, Comintern, Axis) be at war with you.
For Allies:
- Have either UK, US or a democracy as the leader.
- Romania is not in the Allies.
- Romania is not in a democratic faction.
- Romania is democratic.
Takes priority: Allies - Any USA democratic faction - Random democratic faction.
For Comintern:
- Have either USSR or a communist as the leader.
- Romania is not in the Comintern
- Romania is not in a communist faction.
- Romania is communist.
Takes priority: Comintern - Random communist faction.
For Axis:
- Have either Germany, Italy or a fascist as the leader.
- Romania is not in the Axis
- Romania is not in a fascist faction.
- Romania is fascist.
Takes priority: Axis - Any Italy fascist faction - Random fascist faction.
This will allow you to change sides only if you are ideology X, but in a faction of ideology Y, that is at war with a faction of ideology X.
In other words, you can only change sides if you are in a faction of a different ideology than yours AND are fighting against your own ideology.
So I looked into the code, that I will post below.
Basically, in order to change sides you have to:
- Not be faction leader.
- Have the leader of the faction that you want to switch sides to (Allies, Comintern, Axis) be at war with you.
For Allies:
- Have either UK, US or a democracy as the leader.
- Romania is non-aligned or democratic.
Takes priority: Allies - Any USA democratic faction - Random democratic faction.
For Comintern:
- Have either USSR or a communist as the leader.
- Romania is non-aligned or communist.
Takes priority: Comintern - Random communist faction.
For Axis:
- Have either Germany, Italy or a fascist as the leader.
- Romania is non-aligned or fascist.
Takes priority: Axis - Any Italy fascist faction - Random fascist faction.
The problem with this code is that it doesn't check whether you are already in the faction you want to switch sides to.
For example, you want to switch sides to the Allies - it doesn't check whether you are already in the Allies or another democratic faction.
You can: Not be the faction leader, have a democratic leader, be in the Allies.
And you are eligible to switch sides to the Allies. But in fact the game will check for the 2nd condition, any USA democratic faction and then for random democratic faction.
All of this should be fixed by the "has_war_with = ROM" part. If Romania is at war with England, then it means Romania is at war with the Allies and it's not possible for Romania to be in the Allies, right? In theory, yes. But in practice, as I said, I've seen some posts on the forums with people claiming that the game lets them change sides to the country they are already part of.
Maybe there are some loopholes, but rather than seek&destory the loopholes, a better solution is to make other restrictions.
Which is why I suggest to:
- Add another restriction - is not in the faction it tries to switch sides to. AND:
Switch sides to the Allies: is not in a democratic faction.
Switch sides to the Axis: is not in a fascist faction.
Switch sides to the Comintern: is not in a communist faction.
(so that you would avoid jumping from the Axis to the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, or from the Little Entente to the Allies, to give 2 examples)
- I would also suggest to remove the "has_government = neutrality" for Romania when it comes to switching sides.
It makes Romania too unpredictible.
Best allow Romania to:
- Switch sides to the Allies only if democratic.
- Switch sides to the Axis only if fascist.
- Switch sides to the Comintern only if communist.
We already have "King Michael's Coup" that makes Romania become Democratic overnight even if it was 100% fascist (historically accurate) so it won't be a problem if you remove the "has_government = neutrality" condition.
If you want to create an alt-history counterpart for "King Michael's Coup", you can make below "Handle the King" on the democratic path, an exclusive "Iron Guard Coup" and "Communist Party Coup" focuses to do the same thing but in reverse, make Romania fascist or communist overnight even if it was 100% democratic.
Historically speaking, King Michael's Coup and Romania changing sides was all of a sudden, even to the Allies. You can imagine the Germans would have taken precautionary actions if they noticed Romania is slowly turning democratic.
If you want to skip all that text, in short, with my suggestions, the conditions would be these:
- Not be faction leader.
- Have the leader of the faction that you want to switch sides to (Allies, Comintern, Axis) be at war with you.
For Allies:
- Have either UK, US or a democracy as the leader.
- Romania is not in the Allies.
- Romania is not in a democratic faction.
- Romania is democratic.
Takes priority: Allies - Any USA democratic faction - Random democratic faction.
For Comintern:
- Have either USSR or a communist as the leader.
- Romania is not in the Comintern
- Romania is not in a communist faction.
- Romania is communist.
Takes priority: Comintern - Random communist faction.
For Axis:
- Have either Germany, Italy or a fascist as the leader.
- Romania is not in the Axis
- Romania is not in a fascist faction.
- Romania is fascist.
Takes priority: Axis - Any Italy fascist faction - Random fascist faction.
This will allow you to change sides only if you are ideology X, but in a faction of ideology Y, that is at war with a faction of ideology X.
In other words, you can only change sides if you are in a faction of a different ideology than yours AND are fighting against your own ideology.
Code:
ROM_change_sides = {
# Allies
ROM_change_sides_to_allies = {
icon = decision_generic_nationalism
allowed = {
original_tag = ROM
}
available = {
is_faction_leader = no
has_capitulated = no
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
OR = {
has_government = democratic
original_tag = ENG
original_tag = USA
}
}
OR = {
has_government = neutrality
has_government = democratic
}
hidden_trigger = {
NOT = { has_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides } #Romania shouldn't be able to keep switching sides all the time
}
}
visible = {
is_faction_leader = no # you shouldn't be able to betray your own faction
original_tag = ROM
NOT = { has_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides }
hidden_trigger = { has_country_flag = can_change_sides_dem }
}
cost = 0
fire_only_once = yes
remove_effect = {
hidden_effect = { clr_country_flag = can_change_sides_dem }
}
complete_effect = {
#save current faction leader for use in the event
hidden_effect = {
random_country = {
limit = {
is_in_faction_with = ROOT
is_faction_leader = yes
}
save_global_event_target_as = romania_former_ally_target
}
}
#top priority is joining the Allies if they still exist
if = {
limit = {
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = democratic
OR = {
original_tag = ENG
is_in_faction_with = ENG
}
}
}
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = democratic
OR = {
original_tag = ENG
is_in_faction_with = ENG
}
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
#then attempts to join the USA's faction
else_if = {
limit = {
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = democratic
OR = {
original_tag = USA
is_in_faction_with = USA
}
}
}
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = democratic
OR = {
original_tag = USA
is_in_faction_with = USA
}
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
#then attempts to join any democratic faction
else = {
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = democratic
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
event_target:romania_new_ally_target = {
country_event = { id = DOD_romania.16 }
}
hidden_effect = {
set_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides
}
}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 100
modifier = {
is_historical_focus_on = no
factor = 0
}
modifier = {
is_historical_focus_on = yes
NOT = { date > 1944.08.08 }
factor = 0
}
}
}
# Commintern
ROM_change_sides_to_commintern = {
icon = decision_generic_nationalism
allowed = {
original_tag = ROM
}
available = {
is_faction_leader = no
has_capitulated = no
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
OR = {
has_government = communism
original_tag = SOV
}
}
OR = {
has_government = neutrality
has_government = communism
}
hidden_trigger = {
NOT = { has_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides } #Romania shouldn't be able to keep switching sides all the time
}
}
visible = {
is_faction_leader = no # you shouldn't be able to betray your own faction
original_tag = ROM
NOT = { has_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides }
hidden_trigger = { has_country_flag = can_change_sides_com }
}
cost = 0
fire_only_once = yes
remove_effect = {
hidden_effect = { clr_country_flag = can_change_sides_com }
}
complete_effect = {
#save current faction leader for use in the event
hidden_effect = {
random_country = {
limit = {
is_in_faction_with = ROOT
is_faction_leader = yes
}
save_global_event_target_as = romania_former_ally_target
}
}
#top priority is joining the Commintern if they still exist
if = {
limit = {
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = communism
OR = {
original_tag = SOV
is_in_faction_with = SOV
}
}
}
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = communism
OR = {
original_tag = SOV
is_in_faction_with = SOV
}
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
#then attempts to join any communist faction
else = {
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = communism
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
event_target:romania_new_ally_target = {
country_event = { id = DOD_romania.16 }
}
hidden_effect = {
set_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides
}
}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 0
}
}
# Axis
ROM_change_sides_to_axis = {
icon = decision_generic_nationalism
allowed = {
original_tag = ROM
}
available = {
is_faction_leader = no
has_capitulated = no
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
OR = {
has_government = fascism
original_tag = GER
original_tag = ITA
}
}
OR = {
has_government = neutrality
has_government = fascism
}
hidden_trigger = {
NOT = { has_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides } #Romania shouldn't be able to keep switching sides all the time
}
}
visible = {
is_faction_leader = no # you shouldn't be able to betray your own faction
original_tag = ROM
NOT = { has_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides }
hidden_trigger = { has_country_flag = can_change_sides_fas }
}
cost = 0
fire_only_once = yes
remove_effect = {
hidden_effect = { clr_country_flag = can_change_sides_fas }
}
complete_effect = {
#save current faction leader for use in the event
hidden_effect = {
random_country = {
limit = {
is_in_faction_with = ROOT
is_faction_leader = yes
}
save_global_event_target_as = romania_former_ally_target
}
}
#top priority is joining the Axis if they still exist
if = {
limit = {
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = fascism
OR = {
original_tag = GER
is_in_faction_with = GER
}
}
}
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = fascism
OR = {
original_tag = GER
is_in_faction_with = GER
}
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
#then attempts to join Italy's faction
else_if = {
limit = {
any_country = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = fascism
OR = {
original_tag = ITA
is_in_faction_with = ITA
}
}
}
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = fascism
OR = {
original_tag = ITA
is_in_faction_with = ITA
}
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
#then attempts to join any fascist faction
else = {
random_enemy_country = {
limit = {
is_faction_leader = yes
has_war_with = ROM
has_government = fascism
}
save_event_target_as = romania_new_ally_target
}
}
event_target:romania_new_ally_target = {
country_event = { id = DOD_romania.16 }
}
hidden_effect = {
set_country_flag = romania_has_flipped_sides
}
}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 0
}
}
}- 4
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