German sudden Take of >my< Baltics doesnt trigger war

[brygun]

Wacky incident...

upsest so I closed the game
also exiting to make a save would have locked my long play game to this bug

1945 late, my USA is at war with France


Between turn message of "In sudden blitzkrieg Germany takes the Baltic States"

uhh....

those are >mine<

And with multiple defenses: 3+ of 8in coastal batteries, 3 airbases, MTBs and even a big boy 12 in battery in turrets.

As well as the instant conquest of a player held land, not just landing but taken, no war starts.

Seriously...

1) when the player holds the special place: Baltic States, Greece, Norway... then an auto-landed is okay but auto-taken? 
Shouldnt the layers of defense provide resistance?
Could start at a high invasion level but still...

2) Such a rapid invasion should trigger a war state with the player

[krawa]

Wacky indeed.

I have little experience with the "Blitzkrieg" feature added in RTW3 (mainly playing 1890 starts and starting again after larger patch changes), but considering the attacker is Germany who shares a land border with the Baltic States (they still had East Prussia?) it actually makes sense your coastal batteries are of little value. So if there is a spot where such quick surprise attack makes sense it is exactly the scenario you described.

If such an instance should trigger a war is a different matter. I think it should trigger an event where the player can advise his government if war should be declared or not, with the possibility the government overrules the player decision.

[brygun]

Just fyi...


Happened again a few months later.

This time when I saw the message on the game screen I forced exit via task manager. Noticed later the Baltic States on Neutral. I could edit game file easily enough to give ownership back to me.

However, the coastal batteries and airbases were purged.

Admittedly this was a forced exit from the game.

Im trying to figure out how to manually add the coastals back in or at least the airbases. The Baltic plays a role along with Finland in air blitzing any Russian naval efforts.

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Side note:

While the 8 in coastal batteries would struggle in a land attack the airbases certainly pose a challenge and more so the 12 in guns in turrets... which can very much point inland... would make land invasions very troublesome near them. Long enough for 1 month of game time? likely.

[brygun]

Game8 USA Norway invaded okay.7z (3.62 MB)

Same game a little later

This time my Norway was invaded but not a "blitzkrieg"

Norway shows the invasion fight going on

War started between me as Germany

Save provided

Suspect now that the "Blitzkrieg" code is different than this "invasion" aka paratrooper code

[williammiller]

Thanks - pushed this for internal evaluation.