Is China bugged? Or am I doing something wrong?

[fuser312]

I am just not sure and its frustrating. So I pick up Communist China planning to do some achievements run. I start by annexing the three Chinese states and then I join nationalist factions against Japan. Japan comes in and Nationalist AI is hilariously inept as it kept throwing bodies at Japanese soldiers while leaving her ports completely unguarded. Japan will again and again make successful naval invasion and I communist china will go in and avert the crisis. But finally I managed to start pushing Japan out, I did it from my territory with my troops but all land from China to Korea just went to Nationalist China, I got nothing. Then I believed if you push Japan out of Chinese mainland and Korea, you got a peace event but no such event fired even after waiting for one year and I can't do anything as I have no ports. Then to complete my focuses which dependent on no of factories, I declared war on Tibet and everything went to nationalist China once again even though they did absolutely nothing against Tibet.

So my question is what now, am I doing something wrong, is asian theater of war bugged or something? How the hell am I supposed to do anything as any Chinese nation now?

 

[sekelsenmat]

Communist China is great fun, but I also had tons of issues with it in the end. My case was even worse, because while I was holding Japan, the USA invaded it and took everything and puppeted Korea, Japan, Tibet and Manchuria kkkk permanently nuking my chances of building modern China.

I think that the solution is to not push Japan out. Just keep an equilibrium, prevent Japan from capitulating CHI, but don't do too much more while you build up. When you feel you can hold Japan and take China at the same time, then use the focus that let's you get out of the faction and declare war on China. If the USA doesn't destroy Japan you should be fine.

About the event, maybe you were not the faction leader and it fired towards Nat Chi but it refused it or something? Or some condition wasn't met:

JAP_sue_for_peace_CHI = {

        allowed = {
            original_tag = JAP
        }

        available = {
            FROM = {
                surrender_progress < 0.2 # if they are losing, lets not allow it
            }
            custom_trigger_tooltip = {
                tooltip = JAP_sue_for_peace_TT
                NOT = {
                    controls_state = 525
                    controls_state = 527
                }
                NOT = {
                    any_of = {
                        array = CHI.core_states
                        var:v = {
                            NOT = {
                                state = 524
                            }
                            controller = {
                                OR = {
                                    tag = JAP
                                    AND = {
                                        is_subject_of = JAP
                                        OR = {
                                            tag = MEN
                                            tag = MAN
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                MAN = {
                    OR = {
                        exists = no
                        NOT = {
                            is_subject_of = JAP
                        }
                        has_capitulated = yes
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        target_array = enemies

        target_trigger = {
            #Target is FROM
            FROM = {
                tag = event_target:WTT_current_china_leader
                has_war_with = ROOT
            }
        }

        visible = {
            FROM = { exists = yes }
            any_enemy_country = {
                is_literally_china = yes
            }
        }

        cost = 0

        fire_only_once = yes

        ai_will_do = {
            factor = 400
        }

        complete_effect = {
            event_target:WTT_current_china_leader = {
                country_event = { id = wtt_japan.126 days = 1 }
            }
        }
    }

 

[fuser312]

Oh yes, I was not the faction leader. May be that's why everything went to Nat China too. But then this doesn't happen generally, anyways thanks.

 

[sekelsenmat]

Oh yes, I was not the faction leader. May be that's why everything went to Nat China too. But then this doesn't happen generally, anyways thanks.

Just 1 correction: You need to be "China leader" as in WTT_current_china_leader, which is resolved via some mechanic I think there are some decisions to build "china mana" or something.

Being China leader before Japan sues for peace would be another solution, but I somehow prefer to just stab CHI in the back.

Historically CHI & Com Chi did in fact refrain from committing too much against Japan. Com Chi did the "100 regiments" offensive and not much more I think. Both were holding out for the real fight against one another.