rocklikeafool
Warmaster
Maybe the AI got to it 1st?
Jade Torcs: The new unit of currency in Erebus
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Maybe the AI got to it 1st?
fuzzy_bunnies
Prince
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AI can't see it, can they? I had one load right in between 2 civs and no one touched it while I ran my hero all the way down there to pick up another torc
I'm not sure what you mean by 'got to it.'
Once I get the Treasure Chest, whenever an AI unit appears near it I see that unit (I have show Enemy/Friendly moves on). I often see Bears and other animals near the Treasure Chest.
It seems like if I don't get to it within a certain number of turns it disappears.
I went to great lengths to get to one in my current game, nearly crossing the huge map, only to find it EMPTY!
xienwolf
Deity
Did your units go on strike maybe? It could have been automatically disbanded during that time if so.
Other alternatives would be that cultural borders expanded and bumped it, but there weren't any tiles very near to it which were valid so it is somewhere considerably farther away. If that is the case, the best way to find it is to hit F5 and look on the list for "Treasure Chest" if it is there, then click on it and the location will blink on the mini-map, click on the blinking dot and it'll zoom to that spot for you.
Other alternatives would be that cultural borders expanded and bumped it, but there weren't any tiles very near to it which were valid so it is somewhere considerably farther away. If that is the case, the best way to find it is to hit F5 and look on the list for "Treasure Chest" if it is there, then click on it and the location will blink on the mini-map, click on the blinking dot and it'll zoom to that spot for you.
rocklikeafool
Warmaster
It's like vanilla goody huts. You AND the AI can both use it. Often the AI will come to a treasure chest before you do. Therefore, the AI steps on it, opens it, and it disappears.I'm not sure what you mean by 'got to it.'
Once I get the Treasure Chest, whenever an AI unit appears near it I see that unit (I have show Enemy/Friendly moves on). I often see Bears and other animals near the Treasure Chest.
It seems like if I don't get to it within a certain number of turns it disappears.
I went to great lengths to get to one in my current game, nearly crossing the huge map, only to find it EMPTY!
Also, I spose it programmed so 1 or 2 chests are empty. It was the same with goody huts.
Not quite like goody huts, treasure chests are invisible to all other civs...
xienwolf
Deity
You don't just step on a chest and open it, you have to cast a spell to open the chest, and to do that you have to know it is there (ie - it has to belong to you)
Merddyn
Scholar of the Arcane
I don't think the AI CAN use it, though. I've played a team game withe my brother and a friend of mine a few times, and I ended up grabbing a treasure chest of my own, and then, since I was right next to it, put my unit on top of his treasure chest. Waited a few turns, even, but there was never and spell button to open it.
Maybe the AI saw it and attacked it?
Maybe the AI saw it and attacked it?
xienwolf
Deity
The only way that the AI could have attacked it is if they had open borders with you, or the treaure chest spawned inside their territory to begin with, and they had Dies Diei, then hit the chest with an HN unit.
Well, it remains a mystery how a Treasure Chest can disappear.
It was early in a game, so no strikes or wars. The only culprits could have been barb units, but as I said, I saw Bears wandering around it, but they never landed on the Treasure Chest tile.
Also, the invisibility/inability to cast the spell to all others but me make me wonder what happened.
Maybe it can simply 'wear out' over time if you don't get to it?
It was early in a game, so no strikes or wars. The only culprits could have been barb units, but as I said, I saw Bears wandering around it, but they never landed on the Treasure Chest tile.
Also, the invisibility/inability to cast the spell to all others but me make me wonder what happened.
Maybe it can simply 'wear out' over time if you don't get to it?
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[to_xp]Gekko
QCT junkie
seconded. and of course, more items. this doesn't mean items being more common of course, it just means more variety
rocklikeafool
Warmaster
Yeah, I know. But same basic concept. Jus a slight twist.
rocklikeafool
Warmaster
That'd be a cool idea.
heisenberg
Lost in Erebus
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regarding chests... just a minor "gripe" though 
for some reason I'm able to establish contact with other civs on a faraway continent just because a chest I popped, which I haven't even actually set my hands on, which are supposedly invisible to others, "met" with their scouts.
Somewhat like getting contacts with other civs with my HN units lol~
for some reason I'm able to establish contact with other civs on a faraway continent just because a chest I popped, which I haven't even actually set my hands on, which are supposedly invisible to others, "met" with their scouts.
Somewhat like getting contacts with other civs with my HN units lol~
xienwolf
Deity
I've been working on that one myself. You can give a unit 0 visibility, and it will not reveal even the tile it is standing on. But the issue is that it doesn't allow you to see the unit or select it unless someone else makes the tile visible. I'd really like the chest to still show up for you, but not reveal anything else on the plot. Haven't found where to make that one happen just yet....
[to_xp]Gekko
QCT junkie
I love chests. especially Alexis' and Faeryl's... sorry, I just HAD to say that
well, aside from this I'll have to agree that HN units granting contact with civs is weird.
well, aside from this I'll have to agree that HN units granting contact with civs is weird.
heisenberg
Lost in Erebus
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Alexis... not so...
Faeryl.... now thats something else
. . . you forgot Hannah!
Faeryl.... now thats something else
. . . you forgot Hannah!
rocklikeafool
Warmaster
I prefer all 3 at once. LOL!
Make the plot visible (it'll be obscured by fog real fast) and put a sign there (visible even in fog)? You still don't see the unit itself but I don't see why that's neccessary.
