[R&F] Making trade route duration NOT dependant on distance?

[Question]

I am very annoyed with how they made trade routes worse in civ 6. Lets say i want to send a trader somewhere ust to build some routes...but its the destination is too far away and my trader will be out of action for 40+ turns. Thats a huge waste of time just to get some roads.

Is there a way to make it work like civ 5/BE in which trade route durations are not dependant on the distance to the destination? I thought about increasing the number of tiles that traders mvoe per turn, but i cannot find that info anywhere...

 

[Laurana Kanan]

I thought about increasing the number of tiles that traders mvoe per turn, but i cannot find that info anywhere...

Units.xml - Trader has BaseMoves = "2"

 

[Infixo]

In Civ5 tr duration IS dependant on distance. Caravan moves 2 tiles per turn.

 

[Question]

Units.xml - Trader has BaseMoves = "2"

That doesnt work because the trader has the "ignore moves" flag. You will notice traders move only 1 tile per turn even though they are listed with 2 base moves.

 

[Question]

In Civ5 tr duration IS dependent on distance. Caravan moves 2 tiles per turn.

Is there any way to not make it dependant on distance, or at least have an option to cancel a trade route halfway through?

 

[Infixo]

There was a Lua function to recall a caravan in Civ5 but I am not aware of such in Civ6. Maybe there is something in unit actions via UnitManager, but it requires some digging into details here.

 

[Question]

Im guessing copy pasting that lua function wouldnt work?

 

[Infixo]

Lua needs to be supported by engine. There is no such function.

 

[Laurana Kanan]

That doesnt work because the trader has the "ignore moves" flag.

Of course, so just set it to false.

 

[Question]

Of course, so just set it to false.

But that would allow you to move traders like normal units...

 

[Laurana Kanan]

Well good luck then...

 

[Question]

So you are saying it cant be done without making traders movable like normal units?