Is this a bug?

[LukeUeda-Sarson]

Now that I've been told I can access mercenaries without touching the dreaded axe icon, I've been giving the Carthaginians a go. Several failed attempts without successfully getting the two first UHV condition on time - or so I thought until now.

The game I'm playing right now, I've managed to get 5 coastal Mediterranean cities (actually 6), but I thought I hadn't secured all 3 dye resources. I definitely have the one in Cyrenaica. The other two in Syria I have in my cultural boundaries. but haven't got plantations on them yet (4 workers are on the job though...) - and I couldn't see how I would ever likely be able to either in the time frame required. But when the next turn after the deadline rolled around, it said I had succeeded and my Golden Age kicked in - evidently I don't have to have actual access to the resources themselves, just their squares, although the stated victory conditions would lead one to think otherwise. Bug, or feature?

Cheers, Luke

 

[sennomulo]

Feature. It says "control", which in the context of the UHV conditions means "have that square in your cultural boundaries".

 

[coko]

This is the same with America, for the reason you sometimes just don't have time to convert all the oil. Though frankly I think it should have to be built, because then you could destroy them hurting them! However the AI doens't go for this, still would be cool.

 

[LukeUeda-Sarson]

But not all the UHVs seem to regard "control" to mean simply "be within your cultural boundaries" like you say. When I asked about the Turkish one regarding Mesopotamia, Rhye said words to the effect that you didn't have to "control" Mesopotamia in that way, you only needed to control 3 cities in Mesopotamia.

I think the victory condition here for Carthage is OK, but the wording isn't good enough. If it means "have at least 3 dye resources either within your cultural boundaries or obtained through trade", it should say so.
Cheers, Luke

 

[holy king]

how can you enter the mercenaries menu without the axe button?

 

[LukeUeda-Sarson]

Alt-M

Cheers, Luke

 

[holy king]

thank you!