Need help with Japanese Election Event

[danoh]

I'm playing Japan in an MP game and the election event has not fired as of May 1938. Now it will be nice to hit China with my basic 70 mm tanks and my Val dive bomber stack but. . .

I've read elsewhere in this forum the election may not ever fire, and that this seems to occur more often in MP than in SP.

My question: is the election date set at the start of the scenario, or could it pay to reload the save we have at the start of 1937 and see if the election could possible occur the second time we play 1937?

Thanks for the help

 

[unmerged(16020)]

I'm not sure if reloading will change anything. You can agree to either edit the war in, or edit the WE in and then edit the dissent out after you declare war.

I thought this was fixed in the later patches.

 

[jpd]

When you reload a 1937 save game, you get a new set of chances to get the elections. Make sure you are at the start of 1937, not the end, as the elections are implemented with a daily check that has a small chance of triggering the elections. The more daily checks still available, the more likely it is you get the elections.

And no, it isn't fixed in 1.05c yet. I know that some people are working on a replacement election system that uses real events. That would also solve the problem

Jan Peter

 

[unmerged(14249)]

Your other option is to take advantage of your democratic status, join the Allies and fight against Germany as Japan did in WW1. Nationalist China is Paternal Autocrat and German-led so they might reasonably join the Axis and then you will get the war against them that you seek. The 1936 scenario is supposed to present alternate histories and so you should go with the flow. If you want the historical situation, then play the 1939 scenario instead.

I played Japan in an MP game at the weekend, didn't get the election but declined offers to have the game altered. That's cheating, IMO.

Andrew

 

[unmerged(14249)]

BTW, note that Russia is a traditional enemy of Japan and, in the 36 scenario, the Comintern is the enemy of the Allies, as well as the Axis. If you join the Allies, plan for a war against the Comintern after Germany is beaten. The game isn't over until 1947 and only one alliance will win it ...

Andrew

 

[unmerged(28254)]

The whole Japanese election thing is totally stupid. 90% of the time, it's a TOTAL waste of time to play Japan, as you can't do anything.

What have they screwed up in this patch that is so messed up?

 

[unmerged(16124)]

The whole Japanese election thing is totally stupid. 90% of the time, it's a TOTAL waste of time to play Japan, as you can't do anything.

What have they screwed up in this patch that is so messed up?

Yepp, it’s still screwed up. You can always”open” the save game and edit one of the minister files to make Japan become paternal;

minister = {
id = { type = 9 id = 5001 }
name = "Okada Keisuke"
picture = "okada_keisuke1_jap"
position = HeadOfGovernment
category = paternal_autocrat
cabinet = ruling
trait = 0
loyalty = 0
year = 1900

The line you change is “category”; it should be as posted above. So just replace the info in your save game (he should be liberal…), remember this has to be the host game.

About the elections, why don’t use a fixed date for them to happen, should solve the problem…..?