great scientist cant bulb?

[[to_xp]Gekko]

just got the free scientist from Porcelain tower and he doesn't have a button to instalearn tech. maybe related with the great artist without great works Ahriman reported?

 

[Ahriman]

just got the free scientist from Porcelain tower and he doesn't have a button to instalearn tech. maybe related with the great artist without great works Ahriman reported?

I the version I was playing with no great works, bulbing with the GS still worked.

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

to clarify this is with civup 2041 and gem 10611

 

[skodkim]

CivUP41 and GEM 1.6.12

Just tried this using the fire tuner to grant myself a GS and it worked fine.

\Skodkim

 

[EmperorFool]

Note that VEM (and probably GEM) or one of the mods it includes moves the button to the bottom of the list of buttons to help you avoid starting a GA by accident. It doesn't do this with most other great people, though, IIRC.

 

[Thalassicus]

If this happens again, please post a zip file containing the savegame and your /mods folder.

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

I still don't see the bulb button. mods:

Civup 2046
GEM 179
RED 15
JED 15
lighttouch 6
infoaddict 19
faster aircraft animations 2
colored religions 3
civwillard 1.1

 

[Dunkah]

Where did you get CivWillard1.1?

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

from Apolyton, google "apolyton civwillard" and you should find it, enjoy

 

[ekolis]

I'm having a similar issue with Great Artists' Culture Bomb ability. I was able to do it before, but now the button is missing! Is there a limit to how many times you can do it per game? I know there's a limit of some number of turns before you can do it again, but even when that happens, the button just gets disabled; it doesn't disappear completely! (And my scientists can still discover techs...)

 

[EmperorFool]

Oh, I thought the ability had been removed. I don't know why I thought that. I don't recall reading that and yet it didn't surprise me to see it was missing.

 

[mystikx21]

It was disabled a few versions ago because of conflicts with engineers. But I thought it was fixed and restored. Haven't been getting many artists in testing (I have been fiddling with wonders as it is).

 

[Dunkah]

Pretty sure that was removed in favor of the Great Works ability.

Looking for a culture bomb try the Great General with his Citadel.

 

[ekolis]

Yeah, the general's citadel conquering territory was cool! Sometimes it was even a wider radius than the old culture bomb when I tried it!

I never saw any great work ability - is that supposed to be like the Civ4 one where the artist spams culture for a city?

 

[Dunkah]

Once your artists is created, move him to a city. The Create Great Works button should be there.

Yes it gives a huge culture boost to the Civ, can knock off a turn or two from your Social Policy ticker easily, depending on how far into the game you are, much more the earlier you use him.

 

[ekolis]

Only to the civ, not to the city? So no border expansion, even if there are no foreign cities nearby? Wonder why you need to be in a city then...