Taking province from puppet

[Sniperal]

Hi,

I've annexed Australia and then liberated it into a puppet. However, as I understand things, because I do not share a land border with Australia and they do not have any convoys, then they will not be able to send me any resources. So, I want to liberate Australia, but keep Darwin for myself. If I "Open Negotiations" and click on the Australian (Or any other puppet's) province tab, there are none listed, so I cannot order them to cede Darwin to me.

Is it possible using a cheat to do any of the following:

a) Prevent Darwin from being included as part of Australia during the liberation.
b) Award Darwin to my own country after the liberation.
c) Give Australia convoys so that they can send their resources to me.

Thanks

 

[vitality]

The cheat "transports" adds convoys for free if I remember correctly. Type this into the console (press F12 to bring it out).

 

[Tuscan]

Hi,

I've annexed Australia and then liberated it into a puppet. However, as I understand things, because I do not share a land border with Australia and they do not have any convoys, then they will not be able to send me any resources. So, I want to liberate Australia, but keep Darwin for myself. If I "Open Negotiations" and click on the Australian (Or any other puppet's) province tab, there are none listed, so I cannot order them to cede Darwin to me.

Is it possible using a cheat to do any of the following:

a) Prevent Darwin from being included as part of Australia during the liberation.
b) Award Darwin to my own country after the liberation.
c) Give Australia convoys so that they can send their resources to me.

Thanks

Save game > switch to Australia > gift the provinces to yourself > save game > switch back again.

 

[unmerged(59184)]

If you load up as Australia and put transports in their build que, say just one or two 99 long serial builds. Will they cancel them when you let AI take over again?

 

[Tuscan]

If you load up as Australia and put transports in their build que, say just one or two 99 long serial builds. Will they cancel them when you let AI take over again?

No I don't think they will cancel them. I have done this before for airbases and naval bases etc, and they appeared half a year later so I guess they don't cancel them.

 

[unmerged(59184)]

Good to know, cheers.

 

[Sniperal]

I had to go with the transports option. National provinces don't seem to appear in the list of provinces that you can cede.

 

[Tuscan]

I had to go with the transports option. National provinces don't seem to appear in the list of provinces that you can cede.

Rather than going to the diplomacy screen, try right clicking on the province itself and gifting it that way.

 

[Wildcat_PL]

Rather elegant solution is to edit the revolts.txt. Put darwin prov id to extra rather then minimal. Then load up a game, give this province via negotiation to some other puppet, release australia, and then force acceptall the first country to give you darwin back.

 

[Conanteacher]

Rather elegant solution

I'd say rather complicated!! Just type "transports aussies" and they get some convoys. Seems historical - and you won't cripple their production that way.

 

[Wildcat_PL]

The most elegant I imagine would be creating offmap province with uncrossable land connection to darwin. Locating this offmap prov somewhere close to australia. This would allow land trade and make sure japan does the transporting via sinkable convoys.

 

[unmerged(5228)]

My method:

Take military control of the puppet.

Build excess TP units.

Go to negotiations.

Give excess TP units to your puppet.

Go to your puppet and click on the units you newly gifted.

"Convert" TP into convoys.

Viola! Your puppet has more convoys.

Time consuming and expensive but there's no need for you to edit the game.