Why won't it let me start a mission on this island?

General_Jah · Oct 16, 2008

Hi guys,

I have to jesuit missionaries on this island and there are two native villages here. It will not let me try to create a mission. Any idea what the deal is?

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Dale · Oct 16, 2008

This is going to sound wierd to you, but their profession is "Colonist". You'll have to return them to your city and change their profession to "Missionary".

Wierd, yes I know.

Refar · Oct 16, 2008

I think it happened to everyone of us at least once...
They should have made the graphics show somehow that the dudes have no profession

Btw. Why would you want to misison that island in the first place ? I mean you will have to send a ship to pick up the converts every time... And Fishermen / Ore Miner are not that special...

General_Jah · Oct 16, 2008

Refar said:
I think it happened to everyone of us at least once...
They should have made the graphics show somehow that the dudes have no profession

Btw. Why would you want to misison that island in the first place ? I mean you will have to send a ship to pick up the converts every time... And Fishermen / Ore Miner are not that special...

doh thanks!

Well my major city is 2 moves away, so much easier to pick them up with a ship than wait 6-10 turns of them moving by themselves over land.

Refar · Oct 16, 2008

General_Jah said:
Well my major city is 2 moves away, so much easier to pick them up with a ship than wait 6-10 turns of them moving by themselves over land.

hmmm... sounds reasonable.

dalgo · Oct 16, 2008

Since that nice picture is in this thread - how do you make those annoying blue circles go away?

Refar · Oct 17, 2008

Turn off "Unit Action Recomendation"

dalgo · Oct 17, 2008

That worked, thanks.

Babibo · Oct 17, 2008

Why would you want to misison that island in the first place ? I mean you will have to send a ship to pick up the converts every time... And Fishermen / Ore Miner are not that special...

If I remember correctly (but I may be mistaken with old Col I), the converted natives you get from missions are not specialized. Only the colonists you send there to learn something are... Unless you imply that you make your converted natives learn the skill of the village where they were converted.

much2much · Oct 17, 2008

You have to equip them as missionaries specifically. What happens is they get a whole bunch of junk and put it in a box and then put a colourful pamphlet about God in with it. Then they give these to the children of the tribe:
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Refar · Oct 17, 2008

Babibo said:
you make your converted natives learn the skill of the village where they were converted.

Seems like the right thing to do for me.
Unless you specifically need Untrained Natives

Ethan211 · Oct 20, 2008

Did changing them to the missionary profession work? I remember having this problem once, and I think I had to found a colony before I could start establishing missions on the same landmass.

General_Jah · Oct 21, 2008

Ethan211 said:
Did changing them to the missionary profession work? I remember having this problem once, and I think I had to found a colony before I could start establishing missions on the same landmass.

yes once I changed them to missionaries I was able to convert both villages.

Why won't it let me start a mission on this island?

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