I:R - Dictatorship event chain appears again even if one is ongoing with Princeps Law

[BFKelleher]

Description of problem
Dictatorship event chain appears again even if one is ongoing with Princeps Law

What platform are you playing on?
Steam

What game version are you running?
1.0.2

Please select any/all DLC you have enabled.
Hellenistic world flavor pack,
Epirus flavor pack

Do you have mods enabled? No

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
It seems like whenever a ruler has been appointed dictator, a war has ended, and the dictatorship hasn't been returned, the 'extended dictatorship/dictatorship returned' event can appear even if one of those event chains is already ongoing. This creates problems for players who want to pass Princeps Civitatis while saving on oratory power.

I think this is because the returning of power by a dictator removes the "dictatorship_enabled" variable, but nothing else does except the death of the dictator. This means if a player is really unlucky, they can stack several "extended dictatorship" modifiers until their character finally dies. Also, it doesn't really make sense for a dictator who has implemented the princeps law to ever go through the "return power" event.

I think a simple fix would be to just make the extended dictatorship event also remove the "dictatorship_enabled" variable. That way the country cannot get any dictators repeatedly grasping power and stacking that modifier and the dictator can't 'return power' while keeping princeps.

EDIT: Also this affects a ruler who hasn't been appointed dictator since appointing dictator only extends the consulship by a year. A new leader being elected should probably also remove the "dictatorship_enabled" variable.

Steps to reproduce the issue.
1. Appoint your ruler dictator and have them keep on to power.
2. Do not let anyone plot against your ruler and implement Princeps Civitatis when the event comes up.
3. Declare a new war and finish it.
4. Watch as you get a brand new dictatorship event, either the extended dictatorship or the returning of the dictatorship.

I have also included a save game that illustrates this.
1. Load the save game. Notice how you already have the extended dictatorship modifier.
2. Implement Princep Civitatis through the event.
3. Declare war on Sipontum and assault the fort to win ASAP. Sue for peace.
4. Unpause and get either a new extended dictatorship or the returning of the dictatorship.

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[Blastaz]

Happened to me too. Also puts Rome in a weird place if a non-Populist enacts the Princeps law, where it is very hard to convert into a Dictatorship form of Government. The whole event chains needs a logic and gameplay scrub.

The work around is to repeatedly pass in and out of Princeps once you have got a populist into power. That allows you to drive up populist support high enough to convert. But seems fairly broken.

 

[BFKelleher]

Happened to me too. Also puts Rome in a weird place if a non-Populist enacts the Princeps law, where it is very hard to convert into a Dictatorship form of Government. The whole event chains needs a logic and gameplay scrub.

The work around is to repeatedly pass in and out of Princeps once you have got a populist into power. That allows you to drive up populist support high enough to convert. But seems fairly broken.

There are other laws one can pass that up the level of populist support.

 

[GAGA Extrem]

Thanks for the report!

The issue has been added to our JIRA bug database.

 

[BFKelleher]

EDIT: Also this affects a ruler who hasn't been appointed dictator since appointing dictator only extends the consulship by a year. A new leader being elected should probably also remove the "dictatorship_enabled" variable.

You all might want to add this detail in as well.