Impossible to Confederate Minor Dwarven Factions eg Zhufbar

[floskan]

"With the Book of Grudges rework allowing for confederation of major factions and their LL, it now appears that it is impossible to confederate any of the smaller factions due to the confederation being removed as a dimplomacy option for all dwarf factions."

https://community.creative-assembly.com/total-war/total-war-warhammer/bugs/1304-impossible-to-confederate-minor-dwarven-factions-eg-zhufbar?page=1

[mfvreeland]

Could be intentional.

[DrDCB]

Dwarf confederation is locked via the apply_default_diplomacy function in script\campaign\wh_campaign_setup.lua searching for factions in the dwarf_playable_factions set :

-- If there are any human dwarf factions block confederation between the Legendary Lords
if human_dwarf_faction then
    for _, source_faction in model_pairs(dwarf_playable_factions) do
        for __, target_faction in model_pairs(dwarf_playable_factions) do
            if source_faction ~= target_faction then
                cm:force_diplomacy("faction:" .. source_faction:name(), "faction:" .. target_faction:name(), "form confederation", false, false, true)
            end
        end
    end
end

The factions in the set as defined in db\faction_set_items_tables:

id	culture	faction	remove	set	subculture
1245378925		wh_main_dwf_dwarfs	false	dwarf_playable_factions
1139157765		wh_main_dwf_karak_izor	false	dwarf_playable_factions
1196225252		wh_main_dwf_karak_kadrin	false	dwarf_playable_factions
764272554		wh2_dlc17_dwf_thorek_ironbrow	false	dwarf_playable_factions
1852398745		wh3_main_dwf_the_ancestral_throng	false	dwarf_playable_factions
480430056		wh3_dlc25_dwf_malakai	false	dwarf_playable_factions

It shouldn't affect Zhufbar or the other minor Dwarf factions. It's possible something is breaking somewhere though, possibly via mods or something else, as I found that Thorek was able to be confederated via diplomacy when I discovered him around turn 60ish in a current Dwarf campaign. He should only be able to be confederated via the grudge mechanic. Belegar was working as intended earlier in the campaign (could only be confederated through the book).