Time N Tide
Chieftain
I just started playing Conquests #9 (WWII in the Pacific) for the very first time. I'm playing the Americans, and on turn 6 my only source of oil disappears (or "is exhausted", I think is the correct terminology). That's bad enough, but the Netherlands and the Commonwealth won't give me one of their extra oils, or trade one to me at any price despite their "gracious" attitudes toward me. I even offered up Honolulu and Los Angeles and the darn Dutch wouldn't part with one of their six extra oil resources. How am I supposed to fight WWII if I can't build planes, tanks, and warships?
My Real Questions:
1. If I had backed up a turn or two by loading an autosave file, is it possible that the oil would not have exhausted, or would the "Preserve Random Seed" option cause the oil to be exhausted on turn 6 every time? Unfortunately, before I thought to try this, I restarted the scenario just to see where the one oil resource had been and lost the autosave files.
2. I've never written a scenario myself, but just out of curiosity, can the random occurrences of resource exhaustion be "turned off" in a scenario? It certainly seems to me that this would be more realistic. It's not like the U.S. was gonna run out of oil during WWII. Maybe the map should have included Texas and those wildlife preserves in Alaska.
3. What's up with the AI trading? Why won't a civ in a locked alliance with me and a gracious attitude toward me be more willing to trade?
Thanks for any answers or thoughts...
My Real Questions:
1. If I had backed up a turn or two by loading an autosave file, is it possible that the oil would not have exhausted, or would the "Preserve Random Seed" option cause the oil to be exhausted on turn 6 every time? Unfortunately, before I thought to try this, I restarted the scenario just to see where the one oil resource had been and lost the autosave files.
2. I've never written a scenario myself, but just out of curiosity, can the random occurrences of resource exhaustion be "turned off" in a scenario? It certainly seems to me that this would be more realistic. It's not like the U.S. was gonna run out of oil during WWII. Maybe the map should have included Texas and those wildlife preserves in Alaska.
3. What's up with the AI trading? Why won't a civ in a locked alliance with me and a gracious attitude toward me be more willing to trade?
Thanks for any answers or thoughts...