[POSSIBLE BUG] Can't liberate another civ's capital?

[Auncien]

Hey there. I attacked two cities occupied by civ x but formerly owned by civ y. Civ y had been totally conquered, but upon retaking one of their old non-capital cities I was given the opportunity to liberate it (which I did). When I came upon their original capital it only gave the options to annex or puppet... no liberate. I had to manually return the capital to them via trade at which time the game announced that civ y (china) had retaken their original capital.

 

[ainwood]

I'm not sure about this one. I *think* that its something to do with the fact that you need to capture the capitals to win a domination victory. I'll list it as a "possible bug".

 

[Kaveh]

I'm having the same problem of bringing a dead Civ to life by liberating one of their (non-capital) cities. I don't remember what happened when I captured the former capital.

The Civ in question is America, which had been wiped out by Rome. Upon capturing Boston (not America's capital), I got the option to liberate the city. Liberating resulted in America coming back into existence. This is a first time I'm seeing a dead Civ coming back to life in the entire Civ franchise history, so I assume it's a bug.

Also, when searching the Civilopedia for the word "liberate", the text clearly says that City-States can be liberated, but says nothing about bringing Civs back to life.

I'm attaching my save from before capturing Boston. Boston is around the center of the left continent.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

If you look at the Diplomatic Victory Screen, it has a column for Liberated Civs. (They have to vote for you, just like liberated city-states)

I think this is working as intended.

 

[SatanasOz]

If you look at the Diplomatic Victory Screen, it has a column for Liberated Civs. (They have to vote for you, just like liberated city-states)

I think this is working as intended.

True - but I to found it odd. Maybe another option in the "City Captured" menu after you liberated a civ labeled: "Return to original owner" - just like in BtS

 

[Jaraxle]

After a game where the romans decided to give me everything they had captured in a Peace agreement I saw this happen

I was able to liberate 2 of the civs Capitals but not the final one (the guy with river warlord I forget his name).

 

[Barking Iguana]

If you want to liberate a city-state or a conquered capital and your enemy wants to surrender, you can't accept their surrender.

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