[FIXED in 1.0.1.135] Hagia Sophia rounding error

[prodigitize]

This was briefly mentioned in the Angkor Wat thread - the +33% bonus to GP should in fact be +1/3 but when producing 3 GP, it will take 99% of 3 and round down, i.e. not give any bonus when it should in fact give +1 bonus.

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Taj Mahal is +2 great artist and Hagia Sophia is +1 so clearly I should have +3 and a 1/3 bonus which should make it +4 great artist but I'm only getting +3.

I would imagine that making the bonus +34% would solve the issue or better yet, allow decimals for great people like with production and food.

[The_J]

Please provide a savegame for this situation.

[Mercade]

Confirmed, with SaveFile: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a5her3 (Askia_0165 AD-1700.zip)

Technically it is working as advertised, but that's not the way it is intended. Look at the city of Gao. It has Hagia Sophia giving a 33% Great Person bonus. With the library you can have one or two scientists, each giving 3 GS points.

1 scientist -> 3 GS points -> with HS: 3 x 1.33 = 3.99 -> truncated to 3 GS points
2 scientists -> 6 GS points -> with HS: 6 x 1.33 = 7.98 -> truncated to 7 GS points

Clearly the intention is that if you have 1 scientist + HS it should give 4 GS points.

The easiest way to fix this is to make the Hagia Sophia give +34% Great Person bonus.
Another solution would be to apply proper rounding on all floating point calculations, but that has wider implications.

Incidentally the same effect can be observed with the Sistine Chapel giving +33% culture, so a city with 6 culture produces 7 instead of 8.

[The_J]

I trust you, that you know what you're saying.

Moderator Action: Bug confirmend and thread moved.

[Perkus]

Mercade is correct, I questioned this exact same thing before, thinking it a bug. I doubt they're going to do anything about it.

[Mercade]

To rephase the math in a simple way, currently it works as follows:

1 specialist gives 0 extra Great Person Points
2 specialists give 1 extra Great Person Point
3 specialists give 2 extra Great Person Points

So why would a person with one specialist not benefit from the Hagia Sophia Wonder effect? Much more reasonable would be:

1 specialist gives 1 extra Great Person Point
2 specialists give 2 extra Great Person Points
3 specialists give 3 extra Great Person Points

The principle is clear. There should be a benefit to a Wonder when you build it, even at lower numbers.

[BomberEscort]

This has been fixed for 1.0.1.135. They changed the bonus to 34%! Also fixed for the Sistine Chapel!

[The_J]

Thanks for reporting, and thanks for reporting .
Changed it on the list.

[Mercade]

Originally Posted by The_J

Thanks for reporting, and thanks for reporting .
Changed it on the list.

J, can you also update the title of this thread with [Fixed in 1.135] ?

[The_J]

No, i can't...because Petek already did it .