Sinking ship bug

[Magic_gorter]

This is a part belonging to GOTM 70. I want to know if this is a known bug?

The ship destroyed my settler but the next turn a new build ship destroyed them. Then my ship waited in that city but got lost at sea??????

I didn't know that civ2 finds that a 1 tile islandcity is considered to be ocean and that you're trimere can get lost a sea if it's in the city (not outside).

I love to build on 1 tile islands and have played several games on custom maps where the starting position is a 1 tile island. Interestingly, I do not recall ever seeing that behavior.

So I just loaded an old save game and went to test. You are right! What a nasty bug! Fortunately, there is a simple workaround: fortify the ship. If it is fortified it will not be lost.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Yes, it is known, but I can't remember if the ship may also sink if it is next to a one tile city as well.

 

[Magic_gorter]

No it didn't. A passed it a few times and did not sink. I think the game looks if there is any ground tile around the ship and not if there is ground on the tile where it is staying.

 

[ElephantU]

Yes, that has been noted before. The "lost at sea" test looks for land <next to> the ship's location, not within it. If you have a city on a one-tile island your Trireme must move outside the city right after it is built. In GOTM#23 we had a two-tile island so it was safe, but Barbs could land.