Meiji event chain not firing

[Lloyien]

Using V:R 2.01 with VIP 3.03.

Firstly, I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, but I didn't find any threads about it. Secondly, I know I've seen the AI achieve it, or at least enter a civil war between Japan and Tokugawa.

The problem I'm having is that event 12601 (Constitutional Crisis) isn't firing. I get Perry's Mission to Japan (choosing the Accept option), but the proceeding events act as though they've been slept. I tried manually firing 12601, which seems to work (the event fires), but 12602/12603 still don't fire when they're supposed to.

This problem has occurred in three games, one after the other. I know the event chain is slept if you choose to accept the Dutch Letter and its vassalage, but I've always refused it.

Is this normal, and has anyone else seen this behavior? I haven't altered any of the files, so I'm not entirely sure what the problem could be.

 

[Lloyien]

I found out why the Meiji event chain is being slept, but not the reason.

Event 231200, in VIP_Japan.txt, is an AI_EVENT (to conceal it, I would imagine) that sleeps the Meiji chain.

Was it simply replaced, but the events were never removed? Should I expect everything to go smoothly--and if so, what events am I looking for to see the new Meiji Restoration?

 

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OHGamer mentioned a wonderful event line involving Perry's visit to Japan.


Turns out its completely missing...! I can't find event 14160 anywhere in the event files. Consequentially its impossible for Japan to Civilize at the moment...

 

[Lloyien]

OHGamer mentioned a wonderful event line involving Perry's visit to Japan.


Turns out its completely missing...! I can't find event 14160 anywhere in the event files. Consequentially its impossible for Japan to Civilize at the moment...

Actually, that isn't the case. Japan does civilize, but the original Meiji chain appears to have been removed entirely. I've played up through November 1868, and instead of having the assassination events leading to a Meiji Reformation, you instead have a series of events leading up to a civil war between the Imperial court and the Tokugawa shogunate. You become civilized at the same time that Tokugawa is released, but I haven't seen yet if there are any events for the subsequent government and military reforms.