Case in point is Turkey, which usually sets up to attack Egypt. But then what? So here's what's new. I created a new function to check certain overseas minors and assign a best port. Once conquered or made a Free State, the major power will send some home forces to the port if the minor capital is not at risk. Once forces are at the port, the major power will try to send fleets with sufficient capacity to carry the forces. And once fleets and forces are ready, they can then be assigned to a new amphibious invasion or forces returned home. That's the idea.
In the screenshot, AI Turkey moved I Janissary Corps to Alexandria in June following the conquest of Egypt, and then moved I Hvy fleet to Alexandria in July. So far so good. Obviously there are some limitations to all this, particularly if the major power is at war and fleets are otherwise busy blockading enemy fleets or being blockaded by enemy fleets. But if conditions are good, then the computer opponent should be better at striking overseas targets and then returning some forces home for other missions.
Also in the past couple of weeks, I've made some other naval AI adjustments to ensure nations with naval superiority are blockading enemy fleets (sometimes Great Britain was not doing this as expected). Also, the naval AI was not verifying if forces could be loaded on a fleet when making check for possible DOW, causing potential lapse of war when the forces could not be loaded and the minor nation could not be invaded. Things are better now. I hope to get another hotfix out soon prior to wrapping up v1.23.08 for release.
