Diplomatic Catalysts

To create diplomatic catalysts, define them in common/diplomatic_catalysts following the required schema for category, political_lobby_creation, ai_country_goal_recalculation, and effect to ensure correct integration with actions and events.

The diplomatic catalyst schema requires category, political_lobby_creation, ai_country_goal_recalculation, and effect blocks. Reusing existing components within these definitions maintains consistency across related actions and scripted effects.

Diplomatic catalysts may fail if definitions lack coherence with category schemas or if cross-file references in actions and events are misaligned. Audit surrounding diplomacy logic and verify category definitions in common/diplomatic_catalyst_categories.

To update catalyst usage in callers, verify that tooltips, cooldowns, and outcomes stay aligned with the catalyst definition. Audit the surrounding diplomacy logic to ensure safe, localized effects and overall balance.

Yes, understanding ai_country_goal_recalculation is required. You must ensure catalyst definitions integrate safely with AI goals, lobby creation blocks, and localized effects to maintain coherence and balance across the diplomatic pipeline.

The best way to review catalysts is to locate definitions in common/diplomatic_catalysts, verify related category definitions in common/diplomatic_catalyst_categories, and audit surrounding diplomacy logic such as actions and events that trigger them.