RA's not enabled? (UOP only 9.1)

[Aristos]

Hi Thal,

I am using UOP only with 9.1 and it seems that RA's are still disabled even after Philo... anyone else seeing the same?

Thanks,

rjg

 

[Thalassicus]

Thank you for bringing this up, I've fixed it for v9.1.1. The problem was in this file if you want to continue your current game:

CiVUP - Civ V Unofficial Patch\Yield Library\YL - General.xml

Delete this section and save the file:

<Technologies>
  <Update>
    <Where Type="TECH_PHILOSOPHY" />
    <Set ResearchAgreementTradingAllowed="false" />
  </Update>
</Technologies>

 

[GrayingGamer]

I've had the same bug for several patch versions.

However, the particularly odd thing is this - in my current game, the science tooltip (mouseover at the top-left part of the screen) says I'm getting some flasks from a research agreement... even though I haven't formed any, indeed, I am completely unable to do so. This might've been present in prior games as well - I simply never checked.

 

[Sneaks]

I've had the same bug for several patch versions.

However, the particularly odd thing is this - in my current game, the science tooltip (mouseover at the top-left part of the screen) says I'm getting some flasks from a research agreement... even though I haven't formed any, indeed, I am completely unable to do so. This might've been present in prior games as well - I simply never checked.

If you are using VEM as well, then it is working as intended.

 

[GrayingGamer]

If you are using VEM as well, then it is working as intended.

Mmm, I missed that from the OP. Yes, I am using the whole thing, VEM included. However, I did look over the VEM information (I strongly suspected this was a "working as intended" situation) but I could not find any documentation regarding what I'm seeing. All I found was the line "Research agreements are now balanced separately in Seek’s Free-Research Balance Mod," and reading about FRBM didn't help - it seems like RA's should still basically work the same way, and they don't for me.

 

[Thalassicus]

I figured out the problem in VEM. I moved the tooltip (explaining research agreements) from one file to another, and the second file was not properly read into the database. It should show the correct information again in v9.1.17 beta.

 

[GrayingGamer]

K, thanks.

Would someone mind explaining how they do work, real quick? I honestly haven't been able to figure it out =) I was starting to guess that it has to do with open borders and/or friendship agreements... but in the game I'm playing, I really can't make heads or tails of it.

 

[Thalassicus]

From the tooltip that should have been displayed:

5% of the combined research of both players adds to your Science every turn. This is automatically active for any two players when the following conditions are met.

Both players must:

• Research the Philosophy technology.
• Have an active Declaration of Friendship.

 

[GrayingGamer]

Cool.

What about gold costs?

 

[Thalassicus]

We're unable to do costs with our current modding tools. When we get access to the game core, I intend to just take vanilla RAs as a starting point, and change the end-reward to a value based on both player's science rates. We're not currently able to alter RAs, so I use this temporary substitute.