Diplomat Can't Enter City

[bragaul]

Having enjoyed Civ1 I figured it's about time I try civ2. I created a diplomat and made my way over to an enemy city but I cannot "move" into it, even at full movement points. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Magic_gorter]

You don't get another box with options to chose from? Did you tried moving it on an enemy unit (you also should get a options to chose).

 

[bragaul]

Yup I can interact with enemy units (bribe them) but no menu comes up when I try to enter a city.

 

[Magic_gorter]

Which version of civ 2 have you?? Classic or MGE. With classic you need to have the 2.42 patch. That might solve the problem. Otherwise I don't know.

 

[bragaul]

I've got multiplayer gold Maybe it's a vista64 patch thing?

 

[Magic_gorter]

Did you use Mastermindx his patch??? There are more problems with 64 bits. Just look at the technical support section.

 

[BaconLad]

Was the city defended?

If there are troops inside the city, you should be given a list of possible actions for your diplomat/spy to do, I.E poison water supply.

If the city is not defended, I'm pretty sure you get a message saying something along the lines of "None military units may not capture a city, do this, do that, blah blah".

 

[Prof. Garfield]

No, you can bribe empty cities (and get them at half price), so you get the diplomatic options when entering an empty city with a diplomat. Also, you can deliver caravans to empty cities.

The message you are thinking about is the one that prevents ships and air units from capturing cities.

 

[damianreds]

sorry for bringing this back alive again but i checked the forums & the technical support section and could not find any solution to this. diplomats cant enter enemy cities, adjacent squares are clear. does this relate to mastermindx's patch? im running the latest patch (5.04 march 99 patch 3) + No CD + Hostile AI patch + mastermindx's patch.

if someone could help me on this one it'd be really cool!

many many thanks!

 

[damianreds]

nevermind guys, i continued the research on the forum and found the following solution:

- simply move your save games (*.SAV files) to any other newly-created folder of your choice & diplomacy will work again

 

[Sir_Lancelot]

nevermind guys, i continued the research on the forum and found the following solution:

- simply move your save games (*.SAV files) to any other newly-created folder of your choice & diplomacy will work again

It is strange what can solve a problem...

 

[Catfish]

if someone could help me on this one it'd be really cool!

What was the full address path for your saved game? For example, "C:\Games\MPS\CIV2\FileName.sav". Did it happen to contain any unusual characters, full stops/periods?