trigger · ai_liberate_desire

Hands-On Usage

ai_liberate_desire is commonly used in AI decision scripts related to liberation wars and puppet independence, to determine whether the current country has liberation intent toward a target nation, thereby deciding whether to trigger related diplomatic or war goal logic. For example, in the available block of a "liberation movement" decision, it can be used to restrict execution to only AI with sufficient liberation desire toward the target:

available = {
    ai_liberate_desire = {
        target = FROM
        value > 50
    }
}

Synergy

• [has_defensive_war](/wiki/trigger/has_defensive_war): Often used together to first check whether the country is in a defensive war state, then verify liberation intent, preventing the AI from triggering liberation logic in incorrect war scenarios.
• [create_wargoal](/wiki/effect/create_wargoal): When liberation intent meets conditions, use in conjunction within the effect block to have the AI create a liberation war goal against the target nation.
• [any_allied_country](/wiki/trigger/any_allied_country): Used to check whether any alliance member has liberation intent toward a nation; combined with ai_liberate_desire, it enables condition checking for joint liberation.
• [has_country_flag](/wiki/trigger/has_country_flag): Paired with country flag markers to ensure liberation intent trigger logic executes only once, preventing repeated activation.

Common Pitfalls

1. Forgetting to specify the target field: ai_liberate_desire must explicitly write target (such as FROM, ROOT, etc.); omitting target causes script errors or undefined behavior. Beginners often mistakenly assume it works like ordinary numeric comparisons and can omit the object.
2. Using outside COUNTRY scope: This trigger only functions under country scope. If accidentally written in STATE or UNIT_LEADER scope condition blocks, the game won't report obvious errors but the condition will never evaluate correctly, making debugging quite obscure.