Is this a bug and is there any way around it?

[JFD]

Using ChangeGoldenAgeProgressMeter or SetGoldenAgeProgressMeter always increases the Golden Age threshold once the condition on those commands have been met (i.e. after conquering a coastal city, you gain the intended boost to your Golden Ages, but also the threshold is increased). These increases seem to be a static number, so doesn't appear dependent upon the current Golden Age progress, and to make matters worse the threshold also increases whenever a city is founded/conquered that does not meet the conditions (i.e. an inland city). So is this a bug and is there a way I can amend it?

 

[LastSword]

Oh, man.

From my observations Golden Age treshold is not increased by number of ages you had before (for one city, it will be always 500 for example), while it is increased by every city you have (not huge value). I am not sure about certain numbers game, but we have GlobalDefines.xml:
http://modiki.civfanatics.com/index.php/Civ5_GlobalDefines

GOLDEN_AGE_BASE_THRESHOLD_HAPPINESS	 Integer	 500	
GOLDEN_AGE_THRESHOLD_CITY_MULTIPLIER	 Integer	 0.01

I would be right guessing it is 5 per city.

So, if you conquer a city...

Make a PlayerDoTurn function and check if it will increase treshold.

 

[JFD]

I see. Thanks for the info. I'll have to look in that some more.