Locked alliances -- Am I doing something wrong?

[Sycraft]

So I decided to create a scenario with a couple locked alliances, one which I was in. However, after a time, my ally deicded to start making demands of me like tech and such. I'm not sure what made them angry since I was nothing but 100% supportive in all wars. I said no and they declared war on me. ???? How the hell can you declare war in a locked alliance? Their units showed as hostile and would prevent a city from producing in a square, but I couldn't attack them nor they me. The game showed us as at war and the AI acted clearly hostile, but no actual hostile acts were possible.

So: Is this just a dumb bug, or is there something else I need to setup such that AI's in a locked alliance won't get pissed and attack me?

 

[GR8Madmax]

Locked alliance is a big joke in C3C. I was also looking forward to this feature when C3C first came out. But I was very disappointed to find out that locked alliance just means a locked MPP. You can declare war on a Civ that you have a MPP with. The AI is clueless and will act like they did in your game. As far as they are concerned, you're still a threat to them.

My recomendation is stay away from locked alliance. Maybe, just maybe, they'll actually have some real diplomacy in Civ4.

 

[Paradigne]

Maybe, just maybe, they'll actually have some real diplomacy in Civ4.

We can only hope...

 

[Sycraft]

Figured as much. Oh well, makes the scenario I'm trying to design somewhat unworkable, but it was a fun thought