AI Focus Tree Selection

[martismarti]

I am trying to play a game with democratic or communist (AI) Japan. Few years in the ♥♥♥♥ have several option left. After looking online on how the focus tree is selected and looking at the Japanese focus tree document I've calculated the chance as follows:

Unthinkable option, factor 2, 14%
Purge the kodoha faction, factor 4, 29%
Support the kodoha faction, factor 3, 21%
Strengthen the civilian government, factor 2, 14%

Then there are 3 options left with factor 1 each (7%).

Total is, therefore 14 and the percentage as stated above are hence relative and accumulate to 100%.

I've saved my game slightly prior to the selecting a new focus.
Now i've tried restarting the game and loading that save around 20-25 times.
Yet every time the ♥♥♥♥ select to either purge or support the kodoha faction, which should be around 50% of the time together.

Why does the game not select any of the 5 options?? Im confused and slightly frustrated...

[Skippah]

When Historical is selected the AI should not deviate from its historical path. When you are playing a non-historical game it’s all up to chance to a certain degree. In this scenario what I think might be causing this choice is the current situation the AI is in. Sometimes, because of the build-up and choices of other nations, the AI will be forced to pick a particular path.

[Johnny 5]

Restarting the game may also refresh the random seed.

[James303]

you should be able to make AI Japan pick a certain path such as democratic or communist using the custom game rules before you start a game

[Mr_Faorry]

Go into the game rules and either set Japan to proper random or just set them to choose either Democratic or Commie focus's.
I tend to just set all nations to proper random so that way games are most fun since you never know what's coming.

[martismarti]

Thanks for the replies guys

@Skippah , I'm playing non-historical and checked the notepad document with all factors, I didn't see any modifiers there where the AI thinks about the current situation, except if other national focus had already been done (and thus increasing/decreasing factor).

@Johnny 5 , I have restarted the game several times and the AI does change the focus, however, as mentioned it's always one or the other, even though other options are available.

@james303 & Mr_faorry, I'll consider these for future games to enforce my game, however, doesnt explain why the game doesn't select any of the other national focus available.

[JakeTheDane]

As far as i understand the AI chooses which national focues to do upon you starting a specific game save for the first time. So reloading it wouldnt change the outcome as it was chosen when you started that save.

Take my words as a grain of salt tho, i just think i remember reading this somewhere in the past

[martismarti]

Originally posted by JakeTheDane:

As far as i understand the AI chooses which national focues to do upon you starting a specific game save for the first time. So reloading it wouldnt change the outcome as it was chosen when you started that save.

Take my words as a grain of salt tho, i just think i remember reading this somewhere in the past

I would expect as such, however, the AI switches between purging and supporting the faction, so it does actually change upon reloading the save.

[Skippah]

One thing I know for sure, the AI makes decisions on the spot, I did some tests with Austro-Hungary in “protecting czechoslovakia” with the goal of annexing them, and it succeeded after a reloading the game.

It could be that national focusses or determined from the start of a game, I never really tried it.

[martismarti]

Im starting to think the game i just trolling me, as I replayed another game (from scratch in Ironman mode) and this time the game kept switching between democratic and commie option. Only after the 10th restart it went to purge (which I required in this game).

So either the game trolls me to the max or im just very unlucky. probably both lol