Colonial Monty

[Rycheman]

Can someone please tell me what just happened in my current game ?

Here's the set up:-
I'm playing as Sury, Monarch, on a standard sized Hemispheres map, four Continents with seven other Ai's.So basically it's two civs to each continent.

My next door neighbour is Gilgamesh,everyone hates protective civs,so i decided to wipe him out with axes and cats.No problem.In fact,i was surprised how easy his Vultures fell to normal axes,although cats did most of the damage.So now i'm playing an isolated game until i discover Optics to meet the other civs.

Now during my time recovering my economy and teching towards Optics, i never met anyone else cos i couldn't reach them with Galleys/workboats.

All of a sudden the war horn sounds, twice, and i see Pacal shaking his fists at me,WTH just happened ? I looked around my shoreline for his invasion force or even a caravel,but found nothing !
Here's what happened but i don't for the life of me know why or can't begin to understand it....

Pacal creates a colony which is run by Monty,oh great now that nutcase is in my game.So on the very same turn i'm guessing it's him that actually declares war on me,bringing in his master Pacal.Fair enough.But what i don't understand is how this is even possible when neither of them know i even exist.There are no cultural borders nearby and no caravels sailing towards me.

Now here's the worst part.One of my cities immediately has 6 unhappy citizens coz "we want to join our motherland".The population has suddenly become 66% Aztec !

This to me just seems totally broken, unless i'm missing something.Can anyone please explain to me how this can happen.

Also,this is my second game in a row where Monty has been placed in charge of a colony,on the very same turn declared war on me, and population in one or more of my cities turned Aztec when his borders are nowhere near me.

 

[Lone Wolf]

That's a bug which is fixed in the latest patch (3.17). And it happened with any colonial leader, not just Monty.

 

[Munch]

I would add that vassals do not have the power to declare war, bringing along their master - only the master has that power.

 

[Rycheman]

That's a bug which is fixed in the latest patch (3.17). And it happened with any colonial leader, not just Monty.

Thanks for that Lone Wolf.You're right,i've not downloaded the latest patch[3.17] coz i never saw the need.Well i guess that just changed.
I was put off by all the talk of how long it took to download and the constant time-outs.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Thanks for that Lone Wolf.You're right,i've not downloaded the latest patch[3.17] coz i never saw the need.Well i guess that just changed.
I was put off by all the talk of how long it took to download and the constant time-outs.

Download it from any of the number of mirrors instead if you are having trouble. It's generally better than using the ingame updater anyway, unless you are really really lazy.

 

[Rycheman]

What will happen to my existing saved [3.13] games, when i patch up to 3.17 ?
Will i still be able to complete them or not ?
Also,which do you feel is the best mirror site to download from ?

 

[PieceOfMind]

What will happen to my existing saved [3.13] games, when i patch up to 3.17 ?
Will i still be able to complete them or not ?
Also,which do you feel is the best mirror site to download from ?

Normally when you patch your game you will lose compatibility with old saves. I'm pretty sure you won't be able to load 3.13 games with 3.17.

If you've had a game with 3.13 where a game-breaking bug has occured, there is unfortunately no real hope of being able to load it up in 3.17 and avoid the bug. That game is dead.

You'll have to finish them on the old patch if you want to finish them at all.

As for the best mirror site, any will do. If I had to pick I'd say Gamershell.