[Vote] (9-46) Move Map Trading To Navigation

[hokath]

Motivation:
Map trading is a staple civ mechanic, but in VP at the moment it is locked behind Military Science
By the time one reaches Military Science, much of the map is often unlocked.
This is a shame!
As has been pointed out elsewhere, the Age of Discovery is when the trading of maps was in full swing. It should cap that off instead.

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Proposal:
Move Map Trading to the Navigation tech

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Implementation notes:
Need to do

UPDATE Technologies SET MapTrading = 0 WHERE Type = 'TECH_MILITARY_SCIENCE';
UPDATE Technologies SET MapTrading = 1 WHERE Type = 'TECH_NAVIGATION';

and then update these strings

        <Row Tag="TXT_KEY_DIPLO_TRADE_MAPS_NO_TECH_BOTH">
            <Text>Both players don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item (Military Science).</Text>
        </Row>
        <Row Tag="TXT_KEY_DIPLO_TRADE_MAPS_NO_TECH_OTHER_PLAYER">
            <Text>They don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item (Military Science).</Text>
        </Row>
        <Row Tag="TXT_KEY_DIPLO_TRADE_MAPS_NO_TECH_PLAYER">
            <Text>You don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item (Military Science).</Text>

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References:
This proposal would rename the Navigation tech

[Database] Thread '(9-NS) Rename "Navigation" Technology To "Atlas"'

Jan 2, 2026

Motivation

Navigation - it's too vague a name, which ultimately harms it. Both as a phenomenon and as a scientific endeavor, Navigation emerged with the advent of seafaring and mathematics. Essentially, it dates back to the Ancient World. Interestingly, in Civilization 7, Navigation is actually assigned to the Ancient Era. This means that in each Civilization game series, the developers toss this "unfortunate" technology into different Eras (this is one of the problems with naming in Civilization series). Therefore, a more specific term for this technology, appropriate for the...

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This has no effect on this proposal, except what you update those strings to!

 

[Tekamthi]

the maps and map trading is so underdeveloped relative to how important maps were historically, getting this in earlier strikes me as no-brainer -- only question is if AI can value it appropriately at the diplomacy trade screen

 

[Stalker0]

I like it!

 

[azum4roll]

and then update these strings
<Row Tag="TXT_KEY_DIPLO_TRADE_MAPS_NO_TECH_BOTH"> <Text>Both players don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item (Military Science).</Text> </Row> <Row Tag="TXT_KEY_DIPLO_TRADE_MAPS_NO_TECH_OTHER_PLAYER"> <Text>They don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item (Military Science).</Text> </Row> <Row Tag="TXT_KEY_DIPLO_TRADE_MAPS_NO_TECH_PLAYER"> <Text>You don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item (Military Science).</Text>

Why are these hardcoded

 

[hokath]

I sponsor this
If someone has a smart way to construct these strings so they will dynamically update, let me know

 

[azum4roll]

The strings are only used in DLL, so it's easy to just grab the tech description there and pass it into the GetLocalizedText call. Will probably need to assume there's only one tech unlocking it though.
Change the database text to

Both players don't yet have the Technology required to trade this item ({1_Tech:textkey}).

 

[Recursive]

Timestamp post to arrange all the threads in a neat order.