Interim fix for aqueduct bug?

[Ahriman]

Is there some interim fix we could implement for the Tradition aqueduct bug?

The bug makes any civ with an aqueduct UB totally broken. I tried a game as Egypt, which led to me getting aqueducts and basin irrigation in my cities, and having two size 25+ cities insanely early.

Possibly the simplest interim solution would just be to remove the UB aqueducts for the moment; this makes those civs boring to play as a human, but it means that they won't break your game if they happen to randomly come up as AI opponents.

 

[stackpointer]

A tradition finisher fix would require DLL modifications and is not in the cards right now. I believe the plan right now is to remove the free aqueducts as a policy altogether. A simple workaround for this problem for now is to comment out the following code in CEL__A_I.xml at lines 620 and 1032:

<!--		<Row>
			<Type>BUILDING_BASIN_IRRIGATION</Type>
			<BuildingClass>BUILDINGCLASS_AQUEDUCT</BuildingClass>
			<Cost>100</Cost>
			<GoldMaintenance>1</GoldMaintenance>
			<PrereqTech>TECH_ENGINEERING</PrereqTech>
			<Description>TXT_KEY_BUILDING_BASIN_IRRIGATION</Description>
			<Civilopedia>TXT_KEY_BUILDING_BASIN_IRRIGATION_TEXT</Civilopedia>
			<ArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_BUILDING_HOSPITAL</ArtDefineTag>
			<FoodKept>30</FoodKept>
			<MinAreaSize>-1</MinAreaSize>
			<ConquestProb>66</ConquestProb>
			<IconAtlas>TECH_ATLAS_1</IconAtlas>
			<PortraitIndex>0</PortraitIndex>
		</Row>-->

<!--		<Row>
			<Type>BUILDING_INDUS_SANITATION</Type>
			<BuildingClass>BUILDINGCLASS_AQUEDUCT</BuildingClass>
			<Cost>100</Cost>
			<GoldMaintenance>1</GoldMaintenance>
			<PrereqTech>TECH_ENGINEERING</PrereqTech>
			<Description>TXT_KEY_BUILDING_INDUS_SANITATION</Description>
			<Civilopedia>TXT_KEY_BUILDING_INDUS_SANITATION_PEDIA</Civilopedia>
			<ArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_BUILDING_HOSPITAL</ArtDefineTag>
			<Happiness>3</Happiness>
			<FoodKept>30</FoodKept>
			<MinAreaSize>-1</MinAreaSize>
			<ConquestProb>66</ConquestProb>
			<IconAtlas>CEP_BUILDING_ATLAS</IconAtlas>
			<PortraitIndex>2</PortraitIndex>
		</Row>-->

 

[Ahriman]

A simple workaround for this problem for now is to comment out the following code in CEL__A_I.xml at lines 620 and 1032:

Thanks. And what does this do? Disables Basin Irrigation and Indus Sanitation?
Do the Aztecs also have an aqueduct UB still?

 

[stackpointer]

It disables the two buildings.

I thought the Aztecs had a garden replacement and does not have a FoodKept value?

 

[Ahriman]

It disables the two buildings.

I thought the Aztecs had a garden replacement and does not have a FoodKept value?

I lost track, I think you're right. Thanks.

 

[mystikx21]

I'm pretty sure the Aztecs chinampa is a watermill replacement actually (with extra food and food on lakes, but no food kept to cause a conflict). Indonesia's Candi would be the one with a garden UB.

So long as we avoid the "food kept" being less efficient cost wise than the aqueduct, it might be possible to use it as a bonus for an Indian or Egyptian UB, but it's probably simpler to just make the effects we want there go on something else.

 

[EricB]

The Tradition finisher was changed from 15% growth in every city and a free aqueduct in your first 4 cities to 15% growth in every city plus +3 food in every city. It's just a workaround due to the bug in the vanilla game. I uploaded it to the Github source yesterday and Thal accepted it, so it'll probably show up in a beta update sometime.

Maybe we can go back to the free aqueduct later if Firaxis fixes their bug.