Colonies dont join war with parent

[Ruges]

Is it intended that colonies don't join a war when the parent country is war deced? In a way it can make sense that a colony would not always declare war when the parent is wardeced. However when the parent gets annexed all of the colonies change hands to the new country.

[Balthagor]

We are still debating the rules for this. I think we've changed some of it from SRCW but more changes to come.

[Aragos]

Agreed. Especially in a WWII game--colonies should automatically join the war on the side of their owners.

[Ruges]

What about an ally declaring war on a colony of that ally?

For instance as Italy I took over France and got Indochina as a colony. So Indochina is now a colony of Italy. Italy and Japan are allies. Japan declared war on Indochina.

However I suspect Japan declaring war on Indochina was a scripted event. So what needs to be fixed there is a fix to the event triggering. and to not trigger when the colony is controlled by an ally.

[Aragos]

Agreed. Historically, Japan didn't DoW French (Vichy) Indochina, but occupied it. If they use a scripted event, that is the way to go (e.g., "Vichy France surrenders Indochina to Japan.").

Personally, the neatest way to go is to have it random--where some French colonies turn Free French, while others are Vichy. If that isn't possible, then a pre-set event should convert some to Vichy (Indochina, North Africa, Lebanon/Syria) and others Free (Guadaloupe and other Atlantic islands, most of French Africa and Pacific islands). If an "Indochina to Japan" event triggers, to be fair and accurate, a "Lebanon/Syria to UK" event should fire as well.

I saw in a USA game, Indochina DoW the US while fighting Siam. Siam also DoW'd the US (I think by event), so it was this weird three way war.