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Goeben event

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:29 pm
by Marquee
Whenever I've played the game as the CPs and receive the Goeben event, I only have one choice available: Send it to Constantinople. In the manual, though, it says there is a choice to send it to Constantinople or to refuse (Goeben goes to Pola/Austria). Do others have two choices on this event or just one like I do?

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:56 pm
by Winfield S. Hancock
I have only ever seen the Constantinople option myself, and wondered why as well. Looking forward to getting the real scoop on this one.

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:07 pm
by calvinus
Not exactly two options, but an alternative event (Refuge to Pola) if the first one cannot occur. But indeed I never saw the "Refuge to Pola" event occurring, so perhaps there's something wrong to check. :sherlock:

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:28 pm
by Syt
What's the condition of the alternate event? England deciding to deliver the ships that the Turks have ordered?

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:27 pm
by PhilThib
The condition (normally) is when Turkey is much much closer to the Entente and closes the Dardanelles to Central Powers ;)

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:34 pm
by calvinus
"Goeben takes refuge in Constantinople"

Difficulty: die roll required 3+

Modifiers:

BeginModifier
Type=EM_CheckPreviousEvent
Modifier=-1
Parameters=FRA_003,1
EndModifier
BeginModifier
Type=EM_CheckPreviousEvent
Modifier=1
Parameters=GER_004,1
EndModifier


That means:
-1 if "England delivers Sultan Selim and Reshadieh battleships to Turkey" event has occurred and England has decided to send the ships to Turkey.
+1 if "The Kaiser's gold to Turkey" event has occurred and Germany decided to send the gold to the Ottomans

"Goeben battlecruiser takes refuge in Pola"

Conditions:

BeginCondition
Type=EC_PreviousEvent
Parameters=GER_005,0
EndCondition

ConditionsFormula={1}


That means if the "Goeben takes refuge in Constantinople" has not taken place...

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:38 pm
by Tamas
But that is wrong! :o You have no choice with the Constaninople event.

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:43 pm
by calvinus
In fact there are two events, not one with two choices. :D

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:34 pm
by Marquee
So this event is working properly? We're not supposed to have any choice in the matter?

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:47 pm
by calvinus
The principle is: the game engine should first check the "Refuge to Constantinople" event, then the "Refuge to Pola" (that can occurr only if the first one has not occurred). Now the problem is that the first one seems occurring always. I guess it must be investigated. ;)

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:10 pm
by calvinus
Events double-checked. I added something in the code to "help", but not only these mandatory events... ;)