solenoozerec
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The following posts were transferred from the COTM 8 Spoiler thread and describe work done to investigate the problem. It was concluded that this did indeed appear to be a bug. AlanH
While playing COTM8 I encountered a strange phenomenon, I was able to buy a lux from Byzantium twice (see this thread.
After I finished this game I went back to my saves to investigate this matter. In 70BC I had the following situation. I had an active contract with Byzantium for incense for 18 more turns.
However, our cities were not getting any incense because the trade route was through Babylon and I was in war with them.
I was not able to buy more incense from Byzantium, because I did not have a trade route.
IMHO at this point everything was normal.
The next save was at 90AD and I already had this problem:
I did not have any other saves in between. So I decided to replay this fragment of the game starting from 70BC save.
It seems that the problem started after I built first harbor and I have a hypothesis about what was going on.
My first trade was through Babylon. Since I was in war with Babylon, I was unable to get it. When I built harbor I still was not able to get incense from the first trade, but I was able to establish a new one. And this is what I did. As a result I got this situation.
If anyone wants to reproduce this situation, download my 70BC. Open it and rush a harbor in any city. Next turn you will find that you still have a deal for incense, but your cities are not getting any and you can make a second deal.
Later I found another problem:
Iron is clearly connected to Constantinople. Yet, I can sell it to Byzantium:
While playing this game I did not sell my iron to Byzantium. I understood that I missed a good opportunity only now, when I realized that they were ready to give so much (they seem to have iron anyway!).
I do not know how the situation with iron came to live. It may be not a bug if Byzantium is selling their own iron to someone else. But I do not know how to check it. The save at which I notice it is 660AD.
The closest normal save before this date is 570AD save.
Moderator Action: Fixed file links.
While playing COTM8 I encountered a strange phenomenon, I was able to buy a lux from Byzantium twice (see this thread.
After I finished this game I went back to my saves to investigate this matter. In 70BC I had the following situation. I had an active contract with Byzantium for incense for 18 more turns.
However, our cities were not getting any incense because the trade route was through Babylon and I was in war with them.
I was not able to buy more incense from Byzantium, because I did not have a trade route.
IMHO at this point everything was normal.
The next save was at 90AD and I already had this problem:
I did not have any other saves in between. So I decided to replay this fragment of the game starting from 70BC save.
It seems that the problem started after I built first harbor and I have a hypothesis about what was going on.
My first trade was through Babylon. Since I was in war with Babylon, I was unable to get it. When I built harbor I still was not able to get incense from the first trade, but I was able to establish a new one. And this is what I did. As a result I got this situation.
If anyone wants to reproduce this situation, download my 70BC. Open it and rush a harbor in any city. Next turn you will find that you still have a deal for incense, but your cities are not getting any and you can make a second deal.
Later I found another problem:
Iron is clearly connected to Constantinople. Yet, I can sell it to Byzantium:
While playing this game I did not sell my iron to Byzantium. I understood that I missed a good opportunity only now, when I realized that they were ready to give so much (they seem to have iron anyway!).
I do not know how the situation with iron came to live. It may be not a bug if Byzantium is selling their own iron to someone else. But I do not know how to check it. The save at which I notice it is 660AD.
The closest normal save before this date is 570AD save.
Moderator Action: Fixed file links.